The ICC has confirmed the Event Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 has approved Ravi Bopara as a replacement player for the injured Eoin Morgan in the England squad for the tournament.The confirmation was conveyed to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on behalf of the event technical committee. Bopara will replace Morgan, who is suffering from a finger injury.The injured player was declared unfit by his board and, as a result, the ECB chose to seek a replacement for the entire event.The 25-year-old Bopara has previously played 54 ODIs for England having scored 1,140 runs at an average of 28.50.Any injury-based replacement requires a written submission to the Event Technical Committee along with a diagnosis from a medical practitioner as to the extent of the injury. Once replaced, a player cannot return to the squad.As with all players in the tournament, the eligibility of a replacement player is subject to approval by the ICC before that player can be officially added to the squad.The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 consists of David Richardson (ICC, chairman), Prof. Ratnakar Shetty (Tournament Director), Campbell Jamieson (IDI representative), Anil Kumble (host nominee), David Lloyd (independent nomination) and Sanjay Manjrekar (independent nomination).
