England cricketer Ollie Pope took a superb fielding catch at foolish level place to dismiss New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell on the second day of the second Test between New Zealand and England in Wellington on Saturday.
The incident occurred when New Zealand have been 96-5 and Ben Stokes introduced on left-arm spinner Jack Leach to take the ball. Mitchell, who was 13 on the time, pulled the ball strongly ahead, nonetheless, to his shock, Pope took the catch in a flash across the bat. The batsmen have been shocked to see this effort.
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Even the on-air commentator was shocked on the effort and mentioned, “It’s almost unbelievable, but your eyes aren’t deceiving you.”
Mitchell’s wicket put the Kiwis in additional hassle, dropping six wickets with out crossing the 100 mark. New Zealand have been 138 for seven when rain washed out halfway via the final session on the Basin Reserve and compelled play to be stopped for the day, but England have been 435 for eight declared of their first innings to 297. Runs have been few.
Earlier within the day, an unbeaten century from Joe Root and a bowling masterclass from James Anderson put England in full management as New Zealand’s hopes of leveling the collection have been dashed on a rain-affected day.
Although Harry Brook (186) was denied a double hundred in a 302-run partnership with Root, the previous England captain scored an unbeaten 153.
Ben Stokes’ announcement paid fast dividends as Anderson, the world’s top-ranked Test bowler on the age of 40, tore aside New Zealand’s top-order with three fast wickets.
Spinner Jack Leach made three and Stuart Broad one sufferer, leaving wicket-keeper Tom Blundell (25 not out) and tail-ender captain Tim Southee (23 not out) with an inconceivable rescue mission.
Root mentioned of Stokes’ announcement, “I think it was a great call from him personally.” “We can’t sit here with him at seven tonight, so the credit goes to him.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
