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Former English captain, Alec Stewart said that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RD-Shah-c2298 Bopara’s decision to miss the Headingley Test could come back to haunt his cricketing career after the struggling batsman pulled out of the all-important second Test match, starting Thursday.
The 27-year-old Essex player surprised everyone after ruling himself out, citing ‘personal issues’. The Londoner has been fighting to carve a permanent place in the English squad, but his poor showing with the bat in the first Test has raised serious questions
over his ability to cement a permanent spot in the Test team.
However, the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 great wrote in his weekly column for BBC that Bopara might find it hard to make another comeback into the England squad, and his decision could make him fall out of favour with both, the team management and the English selectors.
“Bopara's decision to pull out of the squad at such late notice is not something he will have taken lightly as he will know that it is another opportunity missed in his quest to nail down a regular spot in the team,” the 49-year-old wrote.
This was Bopara’s fourth comeback in the English team since making his debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in 2007. The recent Oval bout was his first Test appearance for the national side after a yearlong lay-off due to injuries.
The risky decision could have caused a lot of embarrassment to England coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362, who staunchly backed the right-hand batsman despite his failings.
England suffered a massive defeat at the Oval by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 where he was out for another duck amidst
mounting pressure to axe him for the second Test.
“Since http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stewart-c91370 further added.
With the inclusion of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Taylor-c66127, to replace Bopara, the English team would hope to finally find an answer to their batting woes, but it still remains to be seen that how well the 22-year-old will fare against the mighty Proteas bowling attack, come Aug
2.
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