Ollie Pope Records: Friday was a very special day for English batsman Ollie Pope. Ollie Pope played an unbeaten innings of 103 runs. At the same time, England scored 221 runs for 3 wickets at the end of the day’s play. However, a special record has been registered in the name of Ollie Pope. This English batsman did the feat that big batsmen like Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar could not do in the 147-year history of Test cricket.
This happened for the first time in the 147-year history of Test cricket
So far, Ollie Pope has scored a century 7 times in the Test format. This time he scored a century against Sri Lanka. But do you know that all the centuries of Ollie Pope have come against different countries? Ollie Pope has scored 7 centuries in his career against 7 different countries. This is a record in itself. This has happened for the first time in the 147-year history of Test cricket. Till date, no batsman has done this feat. Big batsmen like Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar could not do this feat. But Ollie Pope did it.
What has happened so far in the England-Sri Lanka Test?
Let us tell you that the third Test is being played between England and Sri Lanka. At present, England is leading 2-0 in the 3 Test match series. At the same time, till the end of the first day of the third Test, the score of the English is 221 runs for 3 wickets. Ollie Pope is not out after scoring a century for England. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how far Ollie Pope and England can reach the run figure? The England team would like to clean sweep Sri Lanka by winning the Test.
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