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Full name Ravinder Singh Bopara
Born May 4, 1985, Forest Gate, London
Current age 23 years 13 days
Major teams England, 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	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	5	0	42	34	8.40	73	57.53	0	0	7	0	1
ODIs	21	19	7	330	52	27.50	496	66.53	0	1	30	0	7
First-class	69	112	16	3751	229	39.07	7463	50.26	8	14			45
List A	96	89	23	2129	101*	32.25			2	13			29
Twenty20	30	23	3	413	83	20.65	350	118.00	0	2	40	6	7

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	3	4	156	81	1	1/39	1/39	81.00	3.11	156.0	0	0
ODIs	21	9	211	172	4	2/43	2/43	43.00	4.89	52.7	0	0
First-class	69		4838	3252	71	5/75		45.80	4.03	68.1	1	1
List A	96		1960	1761	62	3/13	3/13	28.40	5.39	31.6	0	0
Twenty20	30	21	362	470	19	3/18	3/18	24.73	7.79	19.0	0	0

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	New Zealand v England at Hamilton, Feb 12, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	2002
Last First-class	England Lions v New Zealanders at Southampton, May 8-11, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2002
Last List A	Essex v Kent at Chelmsford, May 16, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Surrey v Essex at East Molesey, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Middlesex v Essex at Lord's, Jul 6, 2007 scorecard

Profile

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.
Andrew Miller January 2008

Apr 27, 2008

Ravi Bopara guides through the covers
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Apr 27, 2008

Ravi Bopara celebrates a wicket for Essex against Sussex
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Apr 16, 2008

Ravi Bopara has David Sales trapped lbw
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