PAK vs ENG: Ollie Pope’s win percentage is better than mine: Ben Stokes praised the captaincy of the young player

According to Ben Stokes, in his unavailability, Ollie Pope captained brilliantly in the first Test matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Olie Pope and Ben Stokes. (Photo Source: Twitter) England Test team captain Ben Stokes has praised the captaincy of stand-in captain Ollie Pope. According to Ben Stokes, in his unavailability, Ollie Pope captained brilliantly in the first Test matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Let us tell you that due to injury, Ben Stokes could not participate in the last four Test matches and in his place the England Test team was captained by Ollie Pope. However, now Ben Stokes is making a comeback in the second Test against Pakistan to be played in Multan. Under the captaincy of Ollie Pope, England defeated Sri Lanka 2-1 at home and the English team also won against Pakistan. Speaking on Sky Sports before the second Test match, Ben Stokes said, ‘A young player who has got a lot of experience, he has done excellent batting as well as captaincy in the top order. This will be a great thing for them in the long run. Pope’s winning percentage is even better than mine. They have won three out of four tests. Very happy that he achieved all this while I was injured. I never had any doubts about Ollie Pope’s batting and he has also won my heart with his captaincy. Ben Stokes praised the English team fiercely Ben Stokes further said, ‘When you are on the field, you get very few opportunities. However, when you are outside the team, you realize that all the players are performing tremendously. I am very happy with my team. He has won many important matches with strong performance. No individual player is bigger than the team and the thing I have seen is that all 11 players have performed tremendously on the cricket field. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Punjab Kings can retain these 6 players “Bangladesh is playing poor cricket”- Aakash Chopra Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players

PAK vs ENG, 1st Test: Day 2: Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings, England’s score at the end of the day was 96/1

After the second day’s play, the England team is trailing by 460 runs. Pakistan Cricket Team (Photo Source: PAK vs ENG, 1st Test: Day 2 Highlights: The first match of the three-match Test series between Pakistan and England is being played in Multan from October 7. By the end of the first day, the host team had scored 328 runs at the loss of four wickets in the first innings. Today, on the second day of play, Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings. By the end of the day, England had scored 96 runs at the loss of one wicket. Jack Crawley (64*) and Joe Root (32*) are unbeaten at the crease. Let us tell you all the highlights of the second day’s play- PAK vs ENG: Naseem Shah scored 33 runs After the first day’s play, Saud Shakeel (35*) and Naseem Shah (0*) were present at the crease unbeaten. On the second day, there was a partnership of 64 runs between the two batsmen for the fifth wicket. Naseem Shah (33) lost his wicket against Brydon Carse and Pakistan suffered its fifth blow at the score of 388. Proper shot by Naseem! He falls after a fine contribution🏏#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/JHjFiJe4pk — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 8, 2024 Mohammad Rizwan out on duck In the first innings of the first Test against England, Mohammad Rizwan disappointed the team. He was out for a duck against Jack Leach after playing 12 balls. Saud Shakeel played brilliantly and scored 82 runs in 177 balls with the help of 8 fours. Saud nails the sweep shot for his fifth 5️⃣0️⃣+ score in Tests against England RUN#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/49U24jw5KM — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 8, 2024 Salman Ali Aga played an unbeaten inning of 104 runs in 119 balls with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes. At the same time, Shaheen Afridi made an important contribution by scoring 26 runs in 49 balls. Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings on the basis of centuries by Abdullah Shafiq (102), Shan Masood (151), Salman Ali Aga (104*) and half-century by Saud Shakeel (82). An eventful six! Chris Woakes tries hard but Salman Ali Agha is deemed safe 🏏#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/5hqtmSdi6B — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 8, 2024 Peppering boundaries all over the park 🙌 Salman Ali Agha stamping his authority 🏏#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/P6Vkloe4FO — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 8, 2024 The Agha-Afridi power-hitting show motiv#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/6N64phFaVk — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 8, 2024 PAK vs ENG: Jack Leach took 3 wickets in the first innings None of the England bowlers could show anything special in the first innings. Jack Leach took the maximum of three wickets for 160 runs in 40 overs. He took the wickets of Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi. Apart from these, Gus Atkinson and Braydon Kars took 2-2 wickets each. Ollie Pope lost his wicket in the second over of the innings The first success for Pakistan was given by Naseem Shah, who tightened the noose on…

ENG vs SL 3rd Test: England scored 325 runs in the first innings, Sri Lanka also reached a good position, read the status of the second day’s game

Ollie Pope played a brilliant innings for England England vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) ENG vs SL 3rd Test: The last match of the ongoing three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) is being played at Kingston Oval ground in London. Let us tell you that today on Saturday, 7 September, the second day of the match ended. About 30 overs of play were not possible due to poor light. Some overs of play were lost due to this on the first day of the match as well. In reply to England’s first innings score of 325 at stumps, Sri Lanka scored 211 runs for the loss of five wickets after 45 overs at the end of the second day. They are still trailing hosts England by 114 runs. England vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test match, Day 2 result: If we tell you about the second day of the game, England started playing ahead from 221/3. Captain Ollie Pope, who remained unbeaten on 103 runs on the first day, continued to bat in a brilliant manner. Pope played a brilliant innings of 154 runs in 156 balls with the help of 19 fours and 2 sixes. However, Harry Brook could add only 11 more runs to his innings and was dismissed for 19 runs. Apart from this, wicketkeeper Jamie Smith could only score 16 runs and got caught by Kusal Mendis against Vishwa Fernando. Apart from this, Joe Root 13, Chris Woakes 2, Gus Atkinson 5, Ollie Stone 15, Josh Hall 2 and Shoaib Bashir got out cheaply after scoring 1 run. At the time of stumps on the second day, Sri Lanka has scored 211 runs at the loss of 5 wickets after 45 overs in the first innings. Captain Dhananjay de Silva is present at the crease with 64* runs and Kamindu Mendis with 54* runs. There has been a partnership of 118 runs between the two for the sixth wicket, due to which Sri Lanka’s innings has recovered a bit. Earlier, opener Pathum Nissanka batted brilliantly for the team and scored 64 runs. But Dimuth Karunaratne (9), Kusal Mendis (14), Angelo Mathews (3) and Dinesh Chandimal (0) disappointed. So far, Ollie Stone has taken 2 wickets and Chris Woakes and Josh Hall have taken 1 wicket each from England. That’s stumps at The Kia Oval. Play has been abandoned due to bad light. pic.twitter.com/WD457QSZGP — England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 7, 2024

ENG vs SL: ‘He is a high quality player’ Stuart Broad was seen praising Ollie Pope’s century

Pope has scored a century for England in the ongoing third Test against Sri Lanka at Kingston Oval. Stuart Broad and Ollie Pope (Image Credit- Twitter 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.

ENG vs SL 3rd Test: Ollie Pope played a century innings for England, read the status of the first day’s game

Joe Root played another century innings for England England vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) England vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Test: The last match of the ongoing three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) has started today, Friday, September 6, at Kingston Oval ground in London. On the very first day of the game, captain Ollie Pope played a brilliant innings of 103* runs for host England. 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. However, he could have scored some more runs but due to poor light, about 30 overs of play could not be completed on the first day. The reaction from the dressing room says it all pic.twitter.com/v4fUiyowTz — England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 6, 2024 England vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test, first day’s play status If we tell you about the match in detail, then Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. While batting first, host England has scored 221 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after 44.1 overs at the end of the first day. Ollie Pope is currently present at the crease with 103* and Harry Brook with 8* runs. Earlier, England openers Ben Duckett and Daniel Lawrence shared a 45-run partnership for the first wicket. Lawrence scored 5 runs and got caught by Pathum Nissanka against Lahiru Kumara. Duckett played a brilliant innings of 86 runs in 79 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. He had a golden opportunity to score the fourth century of his Test career in the match, but Milan Rathnayak showed him the way to the pavilion by getting him caught out by Dinesh Chandimal. Apart from this, former captain Joe Root, who scored a century in both innings of the second Test match, failed to play a big innings. Root scored just 13 runs and played a wrong shot against Lahiru Kumara and got caught by Vishwa Fernando. Talking about Sri Lanka’s bowling on the first day of the game, so far Lahiru Kumara has got 2 wickets and spinner Milan Rathnayak has got 1 wicket. Bad light means stumps has been called on Day 1 ✅ pic.twitter.com/1fLZC3QiTI — England Cricket (@englandcricket) September 6, 2024

Michael Vaughan raised questions on Ollie Pope’s captaincy, gave 2 names for the next captain of England

Michael Vaughan believes England should groom Harry Brook as captain for the future. Michael Vaughan (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has once again expressed concern over the leadership ability of England national cricket team’s stand-in captain Ollie Pope. Vaughan believes that even though England has achieved recent success under the captaincy of Ollie Pope, he should not be seen as a captain. According to Vaughan, Pope should be kept in the role of vice-captain rather than captain, as he is a great partner for Ben Stokes. Ollie Pope was given the responsibility of vice-captain ahead of the home series against Ireland in 2023. He then took over the captaincy on the tour of India and West Indies. However, Vaughan believes that both Pope’s leadership ability and his batting are still under question mark. Vaughan wrote in his column for ‘The Telegraph’ “Ollie Pope is a good vice-captain. He fits the bill well with Ben Stokes, his contribution to the team cannot be overlooked. But he is not yet ready for the role of captaincy.” Not every vice-captain can be made captain: Michael Vaughan Expressing his concern, Vaughan said, “Not every vice-captain is ready to become a captain. I think this applies to Ollie Pope’s case. He needs to focus more on his batting. If I am proven wrong by making Pope the captain, I will be happy, but I think he is a bit insecure right now.” Joe Root and Harry Brook can be made captain: Vaughan Vaughan believes that England should prepare Harry Brook as captain for the future. Vaughan suggested that if Stokes is unavailable and Brook is not ready for captaincy, then England should hand over the leadership responsibility to Joe Root again. Root’s experience can provide stability to the team. Vaughan finally said, “Pope has a chance to learn from England’s best batsman Root. He should go to Root and learn the nuances of batting.”

Sri Lankans should be careful, after Root and Atkinson, now Ollie Pope is fully prepared to make a mark with his bat in the Oval Test

The final match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka is starting from September 6 at the Kennington Oval. Ollie Pope (Photo Source: X/Twitter) England defeated Sri Lanka by 190 runs in the second Test match played at Lord’s Stadium in London and took a 2-0 lead in the three-match Test series. So far, the performance of all the England players has been very good in this series. However, England’s stand-in captain Ollie Pope has so far failed to make a mark in this series. Let us tell you, Ollie Pope has scored 6 runs, 6 runs, 1 run and 17 runs in the Test series being played against Sri Lanka so far. Ollie Pope’s captaincy may have been excellent in this Test series, but the pressure of it has been seen on him in batting. However, Ollie Pope believes that he will definitely look to score big in the third Test between these two teams starting on September 6. Ollie Pope said, ‘I would not like to hide anything about the fact that both my matches with the bat have been very bad. However, cricket is like this. Sometimes the form is in your favor and sometimes you are going through a bad time. But good players are those who forget it and make a fresh start from the next week. I hope that I will be able to score big in the upcoming match. I have learned a lot in the last two matches and I will try to improve my game even more. Especially at the beginning of my innings. Whatever opportunities I get, I will use them in a great way. Ben Stokes told me a lot about criticism before the series: Ollie Pope Pope further said, ‘I am not at all surprised that people are criticizing me. Ben Stokes told me this before the series that you are the captain and you will have to face a lot of criticism. There are many voices that you hear and people say a lot of wrong things about you. However, I do not care about all these things at all. For me, I would like to spend as much time as possible with people who believe in me and recognise my ability. When I went to the West Indies and scored runs in that series, people were still saying things about me. I really don’t care about anyone.’ The final match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka is starting from September 6 at the Kennington Oval. List of captains who have won the toss the most number of times in Test cricket- Know who is Rishabh Pant’s girlfriend Isha Negi? Babar Azam’s bat is rusty, Shan Masood will be thrown out of the playing XI Batsmen who have scored the most centuries in Tests for England- Bowlers with most five-wicket hauls for India in WTC- These 10 famous cricketers have gone to jail, one is Dhoni’s disciple Dhoni ruined the career of these 5 star players India got another…

ENG vs SL: ‘Questionable decision on a turning pitch’: Eoin Morgan on decision to leave Ollie Pope out due to bad light

Due to poor light, some overs of the third day of the ongoing second Test between England and Sri Lanka could not be played. Ollie Pope (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second Test match between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) is going on at Lord’s. The third day of the game ended yesterday on 31 August. On the third day, England set a strong target of 483 runs for Sri Lanka to win, while by the end of the day’s play, England had taken the wickets of Pathum Nissanka and Nishan Madhushka in Sri Lanka’s second innings. However, England could have bowled a few more overs in the match, but the game could not proceed due to poor light. But at this time captain Ollie Pope did not consider it necessary to put the fast bowlers on bowling again and he went to the dressing room with the team. So, on the third day of the match, due to the bounce and turn of the pitch, he could have got some overs bowled by spin bowlers, but he did not do so. On the other hand, now a big statement of former captain Eoin Morgan has come out on this decision of Ollie Pope. Morgan says that this decision of Pope on the turning pitch is suspicious. Eoin Morgan gave a big statement Let us tell you that after the end of the third day of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka, Eoin Morgan said in a discussion with Sky Sports – I think this is a questionable decision. The reason behind this is the entire last hour of the game, the reason is darkness. There is a reason why fast bowlers cannot bowl. This is dangerous for all the people involved in playing the match. I completely understand the concern about the condition of the ball, but you are talking about England’s premium fingerspinner in Shoaib Bashir who needs to bowl. The ball is moving and bouncing, I question the decision, you have runs to play. Everything is in your favour, but still you are sitting in the dressing room.

ENG vs SL, 1st Test, Match Preview: Head to Head record, Playing XI, and Pitch Report – Know all the details here-

The first Test match between England and Sri Lanka will be played at Old Trafford Cricket Ground from August 21. ENG vs SL (Photo Source: Getty Images) ENG vs SL, 1st Test, Match Preview: The first match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka will be played at Old Trafford Cricket Ground from August 21. In the ICC World Test Championship points table, England is at seventh place with 6 wins, 1 drawn match and 36.54% PCT. At the same time, Sri Lanka is at fourth place with two wins and 50% PCT. England won the last Test series against West Indies 3-0 at home. Whereas, the Sri Lankan team won the Test series against Afghanistan and Bangladesh 2-0. England’s Test captain Ben Stokes was injured while playing for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred, after which he was ruled out of the series against. Ollie Pope will be seen captaining the team in place of Ben Stokes, and the board has appointed Harry Brook as the vice-captain. English opener Jack Crowley was injured in the Test series against West Indies, in his place Dan Lawrence will be seen opening the series against Sri Lanka. Dhananjay de Silva will captain Sri Lanka. Also, the team will depend more on the performance of Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal. ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Match Details: ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Where can fans watch live streaming of the match? Fans can watch the first Test match between England and Sri Lanka on Sony Sports Network and SonyLIV app. ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Head to Head Records: ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Pitch Report The pitch of Old Trafford Cricket Ground will help the fast bowlers more in the first hours of all five days. If the batsmen manage to spend time on the pitch in the first two days of the match, they can score more runs. The wicket is expected to dry up a bit from the third day, which will help the spinners. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 332 runs. ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Full Squad England: Ollie Pope (captain), Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (vice-captain), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Asitha Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Nisala Tharaka, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Jeffrey Vandersay, Milan Rathnayake ENG vs SL, 1st Test: Probable Playing XIs England: Dan Lawrence, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Matthew Potts, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne, Nishan Madushka, Kusal Mendis (wicketkeeper), Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Kamindu Mendis, Prabhat Jayasuriya, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara

IND vs ENG: Dhruv Jurel really does wicketkeeping like MS Dhoni, if you don’t believe then watch the video.

Dhruv Jurel & Ollie Pope (Source:X) After his match-winning performance in the fourth Test against England, India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel became Team India’s star player overnight. became. Dhruv played a brilliant inning of 90 runs in the first innings and then scored 39* in the second innings to help India chase the target of 192 runs. Along with his batting, Jurel performed brilliantly behind the wicket as well and took some brilliant catches. He also helped the captain a lot in taking DRS calls. Meanwhile, Dhruv’s match awareness helped India get the wicket of Ollie Pope in the fifth Test in Dharamsala. On the second ball of the 26th over, Dhruv predicted Ollie Pope to step out of the crease and asked Kuldeep Yadav to keep his length back. He had told bowler Kuldeep Yadav just before the ball that the batsman would move forward and that is exactly what happened. Kuldeep also sensed that batsman Ollie Pope would move ahead so he bowled a good ball ahead of him. Ollie Pope got caught in this trap and Dhruv Jurel got him out. Kuldeep sends Pope packing with a Jaffa 🤯🤌 India get their second wicket at the stroke of Lunch 🙌#IDFCFirstBankTestSeries #BazBowled #INDvENG #JioCinemaSports pic.twitter.com/gQWM3XYEEg — JioCinema (@JioCinema) March 7, 2024 During this, Harsha Bhogle, who was commenting, told how Dhruv Jurel had already told Kuldeep that it will progress further… it will progress further… Kuldeep also understood that Ollie Pope can do this, because the last few balls of the first session were played. There was still time left and they wanted to return unbeaten, but it did not happen. Thanks to the brains of Dhruv Jurel and clever bowling by Kuldeep Yadav, India made a comeback after the first session. Let us tell you that till lunch the score of the England team was 100/2 and the England team lost a total of 8 wickets till the tea break and the entire team was all out after scoring 218 runs after the lunch break.