The third match of the ongoing Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) is being played at Kingston Oval, London. Let us tell you that on the first day of this match, England captain Ollie Pope batted brilliantly and scored a century.

On the first day of the game, Pope played an unbeaten innings of 103* in 103 balls with a strike rate of 100 and with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. Now, a big statement has come from former veteran fast bowler of England cricket team Stuart Broad regarding this innings of Pope. Broad says that Pope is a high quality player.

Broad was seen praising Ollie Pope

Speaking to Sky Sports after the first day’s play between England and Sri Lanka, Stuart Broad said, “I think when you’re struggling to find some form or rhythm, coming back home and batting is the right solution.”

If he could have chosen anywhere to bat in these conditions, it would have been the Oval. He is a high-quality player. Once he gets on the field, he always scores against you.

England’s first innings were bowled out for 325 runs

On the other hand, if we give you information about this match, then England’s first innings was reduced to 325 runs after 69.1 overs. Ollie Pope played a captaincy innings and scored 154 runs in 156 balls. Pope hit 19 fours and 2 sixes during his innings.

Apart from Pope, opener Ben Duckett played a brilliant innings of 86 runs. However, Daniel Lawrence (5), Joe Root (13), Harry Brook (19) and Jamie Smith (16) failed to play big innings.

Talking about Sri Lanka’s bowling, in the first innings, spinner Milan Rathnayak took the maximum of 3 wickets for the team, while Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara and Dhananjay de Silva got 2-2 wickets each. Apart from this, Asitha Fernando got 1 wicket.