Ravi Bopara

[slippy888]

Why did his international cricket career never live up to the hype

 

[_00_deathscar]

Because he was ****.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Why did his international cricket career never live up to the hype

Didn't it slippy? Didn't it?

 

[Shady Slim]

was going to again direct him to the "let's remember some guys" thread but i reckon bopara is beyond guy status

i believe this may not be the first thread entitled Ravi Bopara he's created either, and now i realise i'm doing the sitcom thing where you talk about someone in the third person and everyone acts as if they can't hear it even though the person's a metre from the convo

 

[cnerd123]

Wasn't he ball tampering and possibly match fixing in the BPL recently?

Has played in the HKT20 Blitz so I'm a fan

 

[Lillian Thomson]

100% conversion rate. Top man.

 

[fredfertang]

My former secretary knew his mother

 

[slippy888]

Guy should have been world class

 

[harsh.ag]

Who

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Why did his international cricket career never live up to the hype

My former secretary knew his mother

Mystery solved.

 

[Aritro]

I saw him getting throwdowns in the Old Trafford nets before a county game. They were focussing on short stuff; bouncers and hookshots. "Don't be afraid to really bang them in" he kept saying to the guy doing the sidearm.

And then I thought it might be an idea to start recording it for a Facebook drop and he saw me and went, "Boss!" and vigorously shook his head. So I turned it off and he said, "Sorry", and looked genuinely apologetic.

And that's my story about Ravi Bopara.

 

[GIMH]

@Pothas

 

[Bijed]

I saw him getting throwdowns in the Old Trafford nets before a county game. They were focussing on short stuff; bouncers and hookshots. "Don't be afraid to really bang them in" he kept saying to the guy doing the sidearm.

And then I thought it might be an idea to start recording it for a Facebook drop and he saw me and went, "Boss!" and vigorously shook his head. So I turned it off and he said, "Sorry", and looked genuinely apologetic.

And that's my story about Ravi Bopara.

This doesn't surprise me actually, kinda fits with how on all the cricket DVDs I've got with him in, you never see him scoring any runs

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Here is Ravi Bopara’s all-time XI:

Virender Sehwag, David Warner, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Wasim Akram (c), Muttiah Muralitharan, James Anderson, Shoaib Akhtar.

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[Red_Ink_Squid]

Here is Ravi Bopara’s all-time XI:

Virender Sehwag, David Warner, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Wasim Akram (c), Muttiah Muralitharan, James Anderson, Shoaib Akhtar.

Ravi Bopara reveals his all-time XI; picks three Indians

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It was very gracious of him to leave himself out of that.

 

[Prince EWS]

>"all-time" XI
>every single player debuted between 1985 and 2011

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Here is Ravi Bopara’s all-time XI:

Virender Sehwag, David Warner, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Wasim Akram (c), Muttiah Muralitharan, James Anderson, Shoaib Akhtar.

Ravi Bopara reveals his all-time XI; picks three Indians

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Lara at 7?!

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Here is Ravi Bopara’s all-time XI:

Virender Sehwag, David Warner, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Wasim Akram (c), Muttiah Muralitharan, James Anderson, Shoaib Akhtar.

Ravi Bopara reveals his all-time XI; picks three Indians

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And since Ravi picked him in this team Kohli can't score 100s and his average has dropped into the 40s. The curse of Bopara.

 

[Prince EWS]

And since Ravi picked him in this team Kohli can't score 100s and his average has dropped into the 40s. The curse of Bopara.

Warner has no tons and averages 31 in that time too, and Jimmy got dropped for Craig Overton.

 

[TheJediBrah]

now i realise i'm doing the sitcom thing where you talk about someone in the third person and everyone acts as if they can't hear it even though the person's a metre from the convo

I read the whole thing in George's voice