Ex-england Batter Bopara Calls Time On County Career

Bopara, who is presently astatine nan Pakistan Super League wherever he is coach of Karachi Kings, will attraction connected commentary during nan English play alternatively of playing.

"I did deliberation difficult astir nan Blast," he told ESPNCricinfo., external

"That was a really, really reliable 1 to deliberation about. But I'm excited for caller things. I've had a bully opportunity pinch commentary, which I deliberation I'd beryllium silly to move down."

At world level, Bopara played 13 Tests for England, scoring 3 hundreds of years pinch a champion of 143 against West Indies, while he featured successful nan victorious Ashes bid successful 2009.

He played 120 One-Day internationals, including 3 World Cups, and 38 T20s betwixt 2007 and 2015, while successful first-class cricket, he amassed 12,821 and ended pinch a profession mean of 40.44.

The middle-order batter and occasional mean pacer has been a regular connected nan world franchise circuit, including nan Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash, while his astir caller cricket was earlier Christmas for Chitwan Rhinos successful nan Nepal Premier League.