ENG VS IRE | Twitter reacts as Ollie Pope smashes his maiden double hundred with a glorious six

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BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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Scoring a double century is an incredible feat achieved by any batter in Test cricket but it becomes special when the batter completes it with a glorious stroke. Ollie Pope did the same against Ireland as he whacked a swashbuckling maximum to score his maiden double hundred in Tests.

England are all over Ireland in the one-off Test between both teams as the hosts declared their innings after posting 524/4 in response to 172 scored by the opposition. Ben Duckett impressed everyone with his innings of 182 but Ollie Pope stole all the limelight by scoring a double hundred while registering a few records to his name. Further, he made his century memorable for the audience by completing it with an impressive six. 

Pope was facing the third ball of the 83rd over with a score of 199 and it produced curiosity amongst the fans regarding the manner in which the batter will complete his maiden double hundred in Test cricket. The English batter chose to achieve the feat in the boldest manner by walking down the track and taking the attack to Andy McBrine. 

The batter smoked the delivery over wide long-on for a six and raised his bat in celebration. The crowd at Lords rose on their feet to give a standing ovation to Pope. Notably, it was the second fastest double century by an English cricketer and thus, the Twitteratis showered a lot of praise on him. 

Ollie you beauty!💚

Against Ireland but numbers are gonna stay there!

Yes that's true!

Good things are there to capture and bad to leave!

Brilliant with the bat!

With a six there!

Take a bow!

Man will go long way!

Yeah! Good to see them bat ike this.

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