Full name Ravinder Singh Bopara
Born May 4, 1985, Forest Gate, London
Current age 34 years 218 days
Major teams England, Auckland, Chittagong Kings, Dhaka Dynamites, Dolphins, England Lions, England Under-19s, Essex, Essex Cricket Board, Gloucestershire, Karachi Kings, Kings XI Punjab, Marylebone Cricket Club, Prime Bank Cricket Club, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sydney Sixers
Nickname Puppy
Playing role Middle-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 5 ft 10 in
Education Brampton Manor School
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 13 | 19 | 1 | 575 | 143 | 31.94 | 1087 | 52.89 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
ODIs | 120 | 109 | 21 | 2695 | 101* | 30.62 | 3462 | 77.84 | 1 | 14 | 204 | 34 | 35 | 0 |
T20Is | 38 | 35 | 10 | 711 | 65* | 28.44 | 599 | 118.69 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 0 |
First-class | 221 | 357 | 40 | 12821 | 229 | 40.44 | 24873 | 51.54 | 31 | 55 | 118 | 0 | ||
List A | 323 | 301 | 56 | 9845 | 201* | 40.18 | 15 | 60 | 103 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 337 | 307 | 66 | 6733 | 105* | 27.93 | 5553 | 121.24 | 1 | 33 | 519 | 197 | 119 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 13 | 10 | 434 | 290 | 1 | 1/39 | 1/39 | 290.00 | 4.00 | 434.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 120 | 74 | 1860 | 1523 | 40 | 4/38 | 4/38 | 38.07 | 4.91 | 46.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 38 | 21 | 322 | 387 | 16 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 24.18 | 7.21 | 20.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 221 | 15462 | 9381 | 257 | 5/49 | 36.50 | 3.64 | 60.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
List A | 323 | 8097 | 7197 | 248 | 5/63 | 5/63 | 29.02 | 5.33 | 32.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
T20s | 337 | 256 | 4499 | 5651 | 222 | 6/16 | 6/16 | 25.45 | 7.53 | 20.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, Dec 1-5, 2007 scorecard |
Last Test | England v South Africa at The Oval, Jul 19-23, 2012 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 2, 2007 scorecard |
Last ODI | Afghanistan v England at Sydney, Mar 13, 2015 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard |
Last T20I | England v India at Birmingham, Sep 7, 2014 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 2002 |
Last First-class | Somerset v Essex at Taunton, Sep 23-26, 2019 scorecard |
List A debut | 2002 |
Last List A | Essex v Gloucestershire at Chelmsford, May 7, 2019 scorecard |
T20s debut | Surrey v Essex at East Molesey, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard |
Last T20s | Paarl Rocks v Durban Heat at Paarl, Dec 4, 2019 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0/15 | Durban Heat | v Paarl Rocks | Paarl | 4 Dec 2019 | T20 |
0/21, 18* | Durban Heat | v Giants | Durban | 30 Nov 2019 | T20 |
0/21 | Durban Heat | v Blitz | Cape Town | 28 Nov 2019 | T20 |
57*, 0/26 | Durban Heat | v Giants | Port Elizabeth | 23 Nov 2019 | T20 |
- | Durban Heat | v Spartans | Centurion | 21 Nov 2019 | T20 |
1/33, 12 | Durban Heat | v Blitz | Durban | 17 Nov 2019 | T20 |
1 | Essex | v Somerset | Taunton | 23 Sep 2019 | FC |
2/30, 36* | Essex | v Worcs | Birmingham | 21 Sep 2019 | T20 |
27, 0/19 | Essex | v Derbyshire | Birmingham | 21 Sep 2019 | T20 |
34, 1/15 | Essex | v Surrey | Chelmsford | 16 Sep 2019 | FC |
A talented, wristy strokeplayer, capable of opening the innings or batting in the middle order, Ravi Bopara was a regular member of the England set-up for several years without ever making himself indispensable. Admirers of his laid-back approach to life, and there are many, forever lived in hope that his England career would finish in a blaze of glory, but England's inglorious World Cup campaign in 2015 - and his 120th ODI cap against Afghanistan in Sydney - was where his international story ended.
NBC Denis Compton Award 2007
Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketers of the Year 2008