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Full name Ravinder Singh Bopara
Born May 4, 1985, Forest Gate, London
Current age 23 years 211 days
Major teams England, England Lions, England Under-19s, Essex, Essex Cricket Board, Marylebone Cricket Club
Nickname Puppy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 5 ft 10 in
Education Brampton Manor School

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

8.40

57.53

ODIs

601

28.61

852

70.53

T20Is

First-class

130

4572

229

40.82

8641

52.91

List A

121

112

2991

201*

35.60

Twenty20

513

22.30

422

121.56

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

156

1/39

81.00

3.11

156.0

ODIs

271

240

2/43

48.00

5.31

54.2

T20Is

First-class

6001

3946

5/75

43.84

3.94

66.6

List A

121

2430

2229

4/52

28.57

5.50

31.1

Twenty20

422

538

3/18

23.39

7.64

18.3

Career statistics

Test debut

Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, Dec 1-5, 2007 scorecard

Last Test

Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Dec 18-22, 2007 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard

Last ODI

India v England at Cuttack, Nov 26, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

Only T20I

England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

2002

Last First-class

Gloucestershire v Essex at Bristol, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2002

Last List A

India v England at Cuttack, Nov 26, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Surrey v Essex at East Molesey, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

England v Trinidad & Tobago at Coolidge, Oct 28, 2008 scorecard

Aged 17, Bopara earned a professional contract with Essex in 2002, and he has never looked back. He made his first-team debut the same year, playing three Championship matches before playing for England at the Under-19 World Cup in 2003. A top-order batsman, he can also chip in with some handy medium-pace bowling and he has been maturing with every match.

Bopara, who is nicknamed Puppy, was a late selection for the England A squad in West Indies in 2006, after injuries in England's senior squad left spots to fill. Although unsuccessful in the Caribbean he found form on the county scene and was subsequently rewarded with a place in England's preliminary squad for the 2006 Champions Trophy and the Academy squad to be based in Perth during the winter's Ashes series. After impressing the selectors, he made his ODI debut against Australia at Sydney, and claimed the wicket of Mike Hussey to help England kick-start their trophy-winning campaign with a 92-run win. A fortnight later in the World Cup, showed impressive resolve and class in his maiden one-day fifty against Sri Lanka, albeit in a losing cause. He was one of only a handful of England players to emerge from that tournament with their reputation enhanced, but injury prevented him from building on his success in the World Twenty20. Another encouraging display for England in their one-day series against Sri Lanka in October 2007 led to his call-up to the Test squad for December's series, and he was picked to make his Test debut in the opening match at Kandy ahead of Owais Shah. It was, on reflection, a tour too soon for Bopara who scratched 42 runs in three Tests, and was axed the following January. He has remained around the one-day squad and was part of the Test party again after Michael Vaughan resigned the captaincy, although didn't make the final eleven against South Africa at The Oval.
Andrew Miller August 2008

Nov 26, 2008

Ravi Bopara looks disappointed on missing out © Getty Images

Nov 26, 2008

Irfan Pathan unsuccessfully for an lbw against Ravi Bopara © Getty Images

Nov 22, 2008

Ravi Bopara gets snapped © Getty Images

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