Published 17:32 IST, July 25th 2020
Ian Bell lauds Sachin Tendulkar for comparing Ollie Pope' batting technique to that of his
Former English batsman Ian Bell lauded Sachin Tendulkar after he had compared young English cricketer Ollie Pope's batting technique to his
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Former English cricketer Ian Bell lauded Sachin Tendulkar after latter had praised young batsman Ollie Pope by saying that his batting technique is similar to that of Bell.
'Who am I to argue?': Ian Bell
It so happened that after Ollie Pope had resurrected England's innings when y were four down with just 122 on board, Master Blaster took to micro-blogging site and had posted a coll of both Pope and Bell i.e. a still of ir cricketing shots where y can be seen hitting ball powerfully through off-side. He n mentioned that young English batsman seems to have modeled his batting on Ian Bell.
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At same time, Little Master furr added that Pope's stance footwork looks exactly same to him.
After having read tweet, ex-English batsman obliged by saying that who is he to argue with great man himself and n hoped Ollie Pope to score a big hundred.
Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler rebuild for England
After winning toss and electing to bowl first, Kemar Roach made most of new ball as he sent back Dominic Sibley in very first over of contest. Skipper Joe Root and hero of last match Ben Stokes could t make any impact eir and when Rory Burns was also dismissed for a well-made 57, it appeared that English innings would fall apart when scorecard read 122/4 after hosts had lost ir top-order batsmen.
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However, Ollie Pope and wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler rebuilt innings by registering splendid half-centuries as England crossed 250-run mark. y will w be eyeing to take team to a formidable first-innings total as y aim to bat West Indies out of contest.
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17:32 IST, July 25th 2020