Ollie Pope made this great record by scoring a century, this happened for the first time in the history of Test cricket
ENG vs SL 3rd Test: Ollie Pope has created history by scoring a century in the ongoing third Test against Sri Lanka. With this, he has now become the first player in the world in the history of Test cricket to score centuries against 7 different teams.
England captain Ollie Pope has made a brilliant record in the century of runs he scored in the third Test against Sri Lanka that is going on. He is the first batsman to make this record in the annals of Test cricket. This was the 7th Test century of Ollie Pope. With that, he now became the first player in the world to score Test centuries against 7 different teams. Going into this Test match with Sri Lanka, he had made centuries against South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Ireland, India, and the West Indies.
Talking about Ollie Pope's Test centuries, he scored the first century of his Test career against South Africa in January 2020. He played a brilliant unbeaten century of 135 runs during that time. The best score of Ollie's Test career is 205 runs, played against Ireland in June 2023, which is also the only Test century of his career.
Ollie Pope scored Test centuries against these countries:
- 135* vs South Africa
- 145 vs New Zealand
- 108 vs Pakistan
- 205 vs Ireland
- 196 vs India
- 121 vs West Indies
- 103* vs Sri Lanka
After losing the toss and batting first, England put up 221 runs on the scoreboard for the loss of 3 wickets till stumps on the first day. Ollie Pope is unbeaten on 103 and Harry Brook on 8 runs. Due to poor light, only 44.1 overs could be bowled in the match on the first day. Ben Duckett was dismissed for 86 runs, Daniel Lawrence 05, and Joe Root for 13 runs. Lahiru Kumara has taken two wickets for Sri Lanka.
