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England captain Ollie Pope scored his 7th Test century in the first innings.
The third match of the Test series between England and Sri Lanka is being played at The Oval ground in London. In the first session on the second day of the match on Saturday, the England team was all out for 325 runs in the first innings. Ollie Pope played a captaincy inning of 154 runs for England.
England lost the last 6 wickets in scoring 35 runs. The England team came into play on the second day with a score of 221/3, but Harry Brook (19), Jamie Smith (16), Chris Woakes (2) and Gus Atkinson (5) returned to the pavilion cheaply. However, captain Ollie Pope continued his century and crossed the 150-run mark. Thanks to his innings, the England team could score 325 runs in the first innings.
At one time, England had lost only 4 wickets at the score of 290 runs, but the team lost the last 6 wickets in scoring the next 35 runs. Milan Ratnayake took 3 wickets for Sri Lanka. Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara and captain Dhananjay de Silva took 2 wickets each. Asitha Fernando got a breakthrough.
In the first session on the second day, England lost 7 wickets for 104 runs.
Ollie Pope’s captaincy innings England captain Ollie Pope could score only 30 runs in the first two matches of this series. There was a lot of pressure on Pope due to this poor performance, but he scored the seventh century of his career in just 102 balls in the third match. He scored 154 runs in 156 balls with the help of 19 fours and 2 sixes.
Sri Lanka started its innings By the end of the first session, Sri Lanka had also started its first innings. The team scored one run without loss after one over. Pathum Nissanka 1 and Dimuth Karunaratne returned not out without opening the account. Chris Woakes bowled the first over from England.
England lost 3 wickets on the first day
Ollie Pope scored a century on 102 balls on the first day. This is his first century against Sri Lanka.
The England team has scored 221 runs after losing 3 wickets. Captain Ollie Pope is at the crease with 103 runs and Harry Brook with 8 runs. Pope and Duckett together made a partnership of 95 runs on 100 balls for the second wicket. After Duckett was out after scoring 86 runs, Joe Root was out after scoring 13 runs. Read the full news…
