Ex-England batter Bopara calls time on county careerImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ravi Bopara has played 494 T20 matches over his careerPublished1 hour agoRavi Bopara says he will not be playing in the T20 Blast this summer, therefore calling time on his career in county cricket.Bopara, now 40, has played in every season of the competition since its launch in 2003 and last year he scored 462 runs as part of the Northamptonshire side that reached the final.That included a sensational match-winning 105 not out off 46 balls in the quarter-final away to Surrey at The Oval.
He first played county cricket for Essex in 2002 and spent most of his career there before joining Sussex for the 2020 season and then played for the past two seasons with Northants.