The ball went faster than a bullet, then Ollie Pope took a wonderful catch

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Tezzbuzz|12-07-2024

Ollie Pope Catch: The first match of the three-match Test series between England and West Indies (ENG vs WI) is being played at Lord's Cricket Ground, London.

On the first day of this match, the English bowlers bowled out the host team for just 121 runs. Meanwhile, the team's vice-captain Ollie Pope took a very charismatic catch, the video of which is becoming increasingly viral on social media.

The catch was taken in the blink of an eye

This catch of Ollie Pope was very amazing which was seen in the 36th over of West Indies' innings.

Chris Woakes was bowling this over for the English team. He delivered the third ball outside the off stump on which Kevin Hodge played a powerful shot.

After hitting the bat of the Caribbean batsman, the ball came out at the speed of a bullet and went towards the point. Ollie Pope was stationed here and he did a miracle. The English player took this catch in the blink of an eye at the point position, seeing which the Caribbean batsman Kavem Hodge was stunned. The video of this incident is becoming very viral on social media, in which the reaction of Kavem Hodge can also be seen.

If we talk about this match, England won the toss at Lord's and decided to bowl first, after which Gus Atkinson took 7 wickets for 45 runs in 12 overs for the team. Chris Woakes, James Anderson and Ben Stokes also took one wicket each due to which the West Indies team was all out after scoring just 121 runs in 41.4 overs. After this, the English team came out to bat and by the end of the first day, they scored 189 runs by losing 3 wickets in 40 overs.

Ollie Pope was out after scoring 57 runs in 74 balls.

Ollie Pope was out after scoring 57 runs in 74 balls.

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