Ravi Bopara lauds England’s current ODI squad – Cricket News Update
Essex all-rounder Ravi Bopara, on Sunday termed the current England ODI squad as the best they have ever had.
"I think this is probably the best side we've ever had," said Bopara while speaking to media reporters after a six-wicket win over Ashes rivals Australia in the second ODI at The Oval, on Sunday.
"The bowlers are performing really well, putting pressure on (opposition) batsmen - and then there's always someone in the top six (for us) that goes on and gets a big score," he added further.
In Sunday’s second one-dayer, a depleted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 continued with his good form, providing the hosts a steady
start with his meticulous knock of 75 runs from 113 deliveries, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 finished things off with an impressive 82-run inning, laced with eight boundaries.
Sunday’s comprehensive win not only handed the Poms a 2-0 lead in the five-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033, before clinching a 2-0 series
win over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in a three-match home series, the third of which was washed out due to rain.
The last eight bouts saw English players scoring six individual centuries, including Eoin Morgan’s unbeaten 89 on Friday, and a number of half centuries.
"The amount of hundreds we've scored in the last however many games has been incredible," said Bopara, the veteran of 12 Tests and 76 One Day Internationals.
Asked about his match-winning knock at The Oval, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 all-rounder said, "I enjoyed myself out there.
"I told myself just to watch the ball, and hit it, and I play my best when I do that. I think I'm batting the best I ever have," said Bopara, adding that the few changes that he had made to his batting over the last six months, have started paying off.
A victory at Edgbaston on Wednesday will hand the Poms an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series, while a 5-0 whitewash will catapult them to the top of ICC’s ODI rankings.
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