I don't actually hate Bopara thread

[Jager]

tbf Cook gifted SA a wicket when he named Bopara in the XI.

I guess they're trying to boost his confidence by showing faith in him, trouble is he's in disastrous form - I'd imagine his fragile self-esteem has well and truly taken a battering this series

 

[Jono]

tbf Cook gifted SA a wicket when he named Bopara in the XI.

Worry about your own team mate:

ICC World Cricket League Division Four, Denmark v Singapore at Kuala Lumpur, Sep 6, 2012

 

[Spikey]

first ball duck for skidmark00. how embarrassing

 

[uvelocity]

it would be hard for them, theyd be used to bowling in minus 40C conditions - 72 degree turnaround

 

[grecian]

Boo, is it the end of the road? tributes here, or not.....

 

[Pothas]

Nah he will always be back.

 

[Howe_zat]

He's after Graeme Hick's record for most comebacks

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He's after Graeme Hick's record for most unsuccessful comebacks

Fixed

 

[theegyptian]

England in India 2012-13 : Ravi Bopara worth bearing in mind | Cricket Features | India v England | ESPN Cricinfo

oh haha.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Slow news day must be. Only excuse.

 

[Scaly piscine]

England in India 2012-13 : Ravi Bopara worth bearing in mind | Cricket Features | India v England | ESPN Cricinfo

oh haha.

**** off Cricinfo you ****ing bunch of total ****ing imbeciles.

 

[Pothas]

Scaly never one to dissapoint.

 

[Гурин]

**** off Cricinfo you ****ing bunch of total ****ing imbeciles.

Sometimes I wonder if cricinfo writes these articles about Bopara only to troll this guy. I imagine George Dobell coming eagerly to this thread with THAT grin.

 

[Jarquis]

Rather Ravi bowl 10 than Dernbach

 

[Scaly piscine]

Sometimes I wonder if cricinfo writes these articles about Bopara only to troll this guy. I imagine George Dobell coming eagerly to this thread with THAT grin.

Either that or they're parodying themselves.

There can be no other legitimate reason for putting that lump of excrement as the main headline.

 

[Prince EWS]

Rather Ravi bowl 10 than Dernbach

Howe would rather Pietersen and Bell bowl 10 than Dernbach; he wins.

 

[Cabinet96]

Rather Ravi bowl 10 than Dernbach

Indeed. And Bopara at least beats Dernbach's high score of 5.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah, I'm sure he'd contribute more to the side than Dernbach, particularly if you get 10 overs out of him before the 35th or so. He's certainly not going to do any worse with the ball, and obviously Can Bat.

Realistically speaking, I'm not sure when you'd bowl him if Woakes is in the side, who it seems is a bit too slow to bowl at the death, his line and length to a set Dhoni in the 47th on Tuesday was just asking for trouble.

He could well come in for Samit, whose bowling has never really inspired and seems barely worth bowling over Root, but that leaves us without the fast-scoring cameos that Patel has made a niche as lately. Bopara is not a quick scorer, and if he came in for anyone at this stage it'd be Root, which I'm not keen on at all.

At home, I'd quite like to see him in the side as a 4th seamer, but given free reign over the squad there are a million or so changes I'd make, so I'd have to work it out place by place.

 

[theegyptian]

lol grecian has been posting on the cricinfo comments section.

 

[BoyBrumby]

In all fairness, there's a case Ravi's a better ODI seamer than pretty much all the current squad, save Finn. Bres and Woakes bowl hittable pies and Dernbach sends down runaball liquorice allsorts.

Trouble is he'd replace Sammy or Root and that's just silly talk.