Duckett, Pope hit 50s; England on top

Sat, 21 June 2025

21:52

England 114-1 (26 ovs) vs India 471 | Scorecard

Bumrah to start off with the ball in the post-tea session. Pope plays a risky shot, steering the first ball uppishly but in the gap between slips and gully fielder for a boundary.

That four brings up his half-century from 65 balls.

He flicks the third ball to the fielder at fine leg for a single.

Bumrah bowls an unplayable delivery as the back of length ball beats Duckett on the outside edge as he pushes forward to defend. The left-hander must consider himself lucky not to have edged it.

Ravindra Jadeja from the other end. Duckett misses the reverse sweep first ball and misses the shot next ball to be hit on the pads but it is outside the line.

Duckett clips the fourth ball through square leg for a single and Pope keeps out the last two balls.

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