Since Stokes took over the reins in the longer format, Pope was promoted to bat at number 3 and retained the wicketkeeping gloves over a fit Ben Foakes for the series against Pakistan, which England is currently leading 2-0 with one more Test to go. Under the Stokes-McCullum leadership this year, Pope has scored 643 runs in nine Tests across 18 innings at an average of 40.18. This also includes two centuries and four fifties, with the best score of 145.
The English middle-order batsman Joe Root, Sunday, completed 10,000 Test runs. Root has become the second Englishman to get past the 10,000-run mark in Tests after Alastair Cook (12,474). The former English captain registered his 26th Test century and became only the 14th batter to surpass 10,000 runs. The list includes the likes of Sachin […]
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