Posts tagged with ‘Ravi Bopara’
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May 21, 2011
Why today is Ravi Bopara’s day of reckoning
Ravi Bopara may not get another chance to win the place vacated by Paul Collingwood after today. If he doesn’t take it, younger players could be ahead of him by the time another England vacancy is up for grabs.
April 13, 2010
English players at the IPL
There are some English players performing in the 2010 edition of the IPL. Even Paul Collingwood has seen some action. Here’s how they are getting on.
October 8, 2009
Luke Wright and Plunkett will tour South Africa
The selection of Luke Wright and Liam Plunkett for England’s tour of South Africa this winter will surprise many. The lack of reserve batsmen suggests that England will continue with Prior at six and five bowlers. Steven Davies is the reserve wicketkeeper, and Adil Rashid will understudy Graeme Swann.
September 11, 2009
Are England’s batsmen playing for themselves?
John Bracewell, the Gloucestershire coach and one-day guru, has made an interesting point regarding England’s ODI batting woes. He suggests that Ravi Bopara and Owais Shah are playing for their own places rather than the team. Consider this in the light of selection policy, however, and it is the selectors who are at fault for fostering this environment.
August 8, 2009
The Ashes: Knee jerk media muppetry
Well, it didn’t take long. Here is Scyld Berry calling for Mark Ramprakash to be called up for the Oval in a desparate, end of the world bid to win the Ashes. Now, I have the greatest respect for Ramps, but Berry is still living in the 1920s if he thinks that recalling someone after 8 years out of the team is the way to go.
July 24, 2009
The Ashes: RavBopping
Apparantly, four innings are ample time in which to condemn a young player who had previously scored 3 consecutive Test centuries. It is acceptable to do this because those centuries were “only” scored against the West Indies.
July 13, 2009
Ashes 1st Test aftermath
As emotive as England’s late escape was yesterday, the team will be under no illusions – they were thoroughly outplayed. With the 2nd Test following just a few days behind, Strauss will need to regroup his team fast. Here are the areas that are of concern.
June 18, 2009
Warne at it again
Shane Warne has been up to his usual mind-games in the press again. This time Ravi Bopara is the victim, having his temperament questioned.
June 15, 2009
England knocked out of World Twenty20
To be honest, this was probably as far as they were expected to get. That they managed to bounce back from the humiliation against Holland was creditable, and the victory over India was a feather in their cap.
May 10, 2009
Selectors undo their good work at first opportunity
We thought that it was a new dawn. We felt that a definitive statement had been made about the future direction of the England team. We felt there would be no more passengers or shirkers. We were wrong.
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