Cook backs Bopara to replace injured Flintoff.Byline: ANI London, Apr 29 (ANI): England's opener Alastair Cook
Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December, 1984 in Gloucester) is an England cricketer, a left-handed batsman, who currently plays county cricket for Essex and test has backed Ravi Bopara to replace injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. all rounder Andrew Flintoff. Flintoff is missing once again after knee surgery on Monday saw him laid up until the Twenty20 World Cup in June. Bopara, who came in for Flintoff on the recent tour of West Indies West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean. , smashed a sparkling century in Barbados before being dropped for the final Test. Bopara is the likely man at No. 6, and Cook believes that his county teammate can continue giving the selectors a headache, The Sun reports. "It's hugely disappointing for England that Freddie is out - especially for the big man himself. People don't see the work that he puts in behind the scenes getting fit, so it's doubly frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: for him," Cook said. "Whoever gets the chance to come in will want to perform as well as they can. And Ravi is one of the most talented cricketers I've played with - he can hit balls for four that I can only dream of. "Last year he started to fulfil that promise and showed his quality. The hundred in Barbados was classy class·y adj. class·i·er, class·i·est Informal Highly stylish; elegant. class  i·ness n. . I've grown up playing
cricket with him throughout my career, and he has all the shots in the
book. He's confident, but he is now backing up that confidence up
with the goods," he added. (ANI)
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