On Sunday I was watching Ravi Bopara make a very patient 85 for Essex in a losing cause against Worcestershire; today he scored an undefeated 201 in a fifty over game.
I guess we can add adaptability to his many virtues.
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John Snow, The Cricketer (July 2011)
Ed Smith, What Sport Tells Us About Life (2008)
Cricket has lasted because it is what it is. It's a game which reflects life, with all the nuances in it. You can be a success in the morning and crap in the afternoon, then come back in the evening. As at work, you can spend four days doing something and nothing comes of it. Another time you will dash something off and it's terrific. Life resonates through cricket like no other game.
John Snow, The Cricketer (July 2011)
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2 comments:
consistency is the name of the game...and that's what is required...there are enough ONE-OFF stories in English County...
Dead right - but you can't argue with the type of consistency that Bopara's been showing all season.
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