The England and Essex all-rounder Ravi Bopara has been treated for shock and concussion after being hurt in a car crash while off-road driving.
Bopara, who is due to travel with the England party for next month's Test series in Sri Lanka, also suffered a cut to his elbow after his 4x4 vehicle overturned on farmland near the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent on a Volkswagen press day.
Guardian Unlimited Sport's Andy Bull, who was metres from the incident, said that Bopara had been warned for pulling donuts and driving too fast before flipping his vehicle. "We had just completed a 30-minute run around the woods, which was pretty dull in truth, when Alastair Cook and Bopara asked to have a proper spin themselves," said Bull.
"They took a car each and started going hell for leather around the field, pulling donuts and fast spins - and all the Volkswagen guys started telling them to slow down. Bopara then drove straight up a hill, paused at the top, before going from 0-40mph at full throttle and banking hard left. That flipped the car on to its roof.
"Everyone ran over to him but he wasn't too seriously injured. The car was a write-off, however, with both mirrors broken, the windscreen smashed and the chassis severely damaged."
An ambulance was called to the farm and Bopara was treated at the scene. Cook, who was in another car, was unhurt.
