Ollie Pope dismissal vs Pakistan: Watch Shaheen Afridi bowls unplayable delivery to dismiss English batsman at Old Trafford

Dixit Bhargav | 08/08/2020
Ollie Pope dismissal vs Pakistan: Watch Shaheen Afridi bowls unplayable delivery to dismiss English batsman at Old Trafford

Ollie Pope dismissal vs Pakistan: The English batsman had no answer whatsoever to a delivery from Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi.

During the fourth day of the first Test of the ongoing Pakistan’s tour of England in Manchester, England batsman Ollie Pope was a tad unfortunate to receive a brute of a delivery from Pakistan speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi to lose his wicket.

It all happened on the penultimate delivery of the 45th over when Afridi generated unexpected bounce from the surface. Looking to defend a good length delivery on the front foot, Pope ended up lobbing it in the air for he had no other option against Afridi’s unplayable bounce.

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Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan, who was fielding at gully, ran forward to grab a simple catch. Coming in to bat at No. 5 in the 39th over, Pope ended up scoring 7 (18) including one boundary to hand Afridi his first wicket of this innings.

Chasing a 277-run target, England have been reduced to 167/5 in 53 overs at tea on Day 4. A swift 50-run partnership for the sixth wicket between wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler (32 not out) and seamer Chris Woakes (26 not out) has doubtlessly improved their position in the match.

However, them still needing 110 runs to win the match calls for an intriguing third session today. It is worth mentioning that the match surely has it in it to finish today itself with both teams very much eligible to register a victory.

Ollie Pope dismissal vs Pakistan

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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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