Pope is an absolute freak of a player. Unbelievable talent.
His hundred is up and he sees us to 400 and max batting points. The ball is still doing a lot despite being 28 overs old. So I would tell them to have a bit. Get a quick 70 more here then have a bowl at them.
Just unbelievable stuff. I get to the pub and they are 3 down. I check the score and they are following on. He will never better those bowling figures of 6 for 5. Mental. He had only taken 2 wickets in 7 first class matches before this one.
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324-5
Currently 370-6
395-6
His hundred is up and he sees us to 400 and max batting points. The ball is still doing a lot despite being 28 overs old. So I would tell them to have a bit. Get a quick 70 more here then have a bowl at them.
411-7
447-8
447-9
459 all out
53-1
57-2
63-3
117-4
Rikki's on fire...
148-4
169-5
173-6
174-7
Three wickets for Patel in seven balls!
174-8
Incredible!
174-9
Patel has bowled 11 balls and has taken 5 wickets.
!!!!!
Patel finishes with 6-5 off 3.5 overs.
180 all out, and we've enforced the follow-on.
What an amazing day.
Another one to add to the bunch of incredible young players we have.