In the world of cricket, Bradman and then Tendulkar are considered great players, but the captain of the English team created a record that even this historic batsman could not make.
England cricket team captain and middle-order batsman Ollie Pope made this record by scoring a century in the third Test against Sri Lanka.
Ollie Pope scored his first century as captain against Sri Lanka at the Oval, but this is his seventh Test century. He played a brilliant innings of 154 runs, which has earned him a unique and interesting record.
The English batsman has scored seven centuries in his Test career so far, against 7 different countries, including Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, and West Indies.
No batsman in the world has scored his first seven centuries against different countries before, However, Ollie Pope is yet to play a three-figure innings against traditional Ashes rivals Australia.
It should be noted that they have taken an unbeaten lead in the series by winning the first two Test matches of the three-Test series between England and Sri Lanka.
In the third match, despite taking a lead of 62 runs against Sri Lanka in the first innings, England failed to give a big target to the visiting team, and in the second innings, the entire team collapsed for 156 runs.
Set a target of 219 runs to win, Sri Lanka scored 102 runs for the loss of two wickets, needing 107 runs to win with 8 wickets remaining.
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