England vs West Indies 2020: Ollie Pope grabs first-rate catch as England register 113-run victory at Old Trafford

Dixit Bhargav | 20/07/2020
England vs West Indies 2020: Ollie Pope grabs first-rate catch as England register 113-run victory at Old Trafford

Ollie Pope grabs first-rate catch: The English batsman claimed a sharp catch at short leg to win the match for this team.

During the fifth day of the second Test of the ongoing West Indies’ tour of England in Manchester, England batsman Ollie Pope grabbed a sharp catch to dismiss West Indies’ last batsman in Kemar Roach (5).

It all happened on the first delivery after the last drinks break when Roach inside-edged a Dom Bess delivery to Pope at short leg. Having initially fumbled the catch, Pope did exceedingly well to grab it on the rebound as the English spinner got his second wicket after dismissing West Indies captain Jason Holder (35) earlier.

Chasing a 312-run target on Day 5, West Indies were bundled out for 198 in 70.1 overs. A 100-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Shamarh Brooks (62) and Jermaine Blackwood (55) had given them hopes for a draw but it wasn’t to be as others hardly showed any resistance.

With bowling figures of 15-5-42-3, veteran England seamer Stuart Broad was not only the pick of their bowlers in the second innings but also walked the talk with respect to his omission from the first Test in Southampton.

Coming on the back of his 10th Test century in the first innings, England vice-captain Ben Stokes scored an exciting 78* (57) in the morning after sent in to open the batting for the first time in Tests last evening. Having scored 254 runs and picked three wickets in the match, Stokes was rightly awarded the ‘Man of the Match’ award.

Ollie Pope grabs first-rate catch to dismiss Kemar Roach

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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