“To put Jasprit Bumrah off his pace shows Harry Brook’s confidence”: Ollie Pope hails teammate for knock of 99 runs in first innings

Samira Vishwas

Tezzbuzz|23-06-2025

Overview:

England star batter Harry Brook was caught in Saturday’s last over, but Jasprit Bumrah overstepped. Then the right-handed batter was dropped on 46 and 82.

LEEDS, England (AP) — As unlucky as Harry Brook was on 99 — after 11 boundaries and two sixes — he was lucky to have scored one run. Before he scored, he was caught in Saturday’s last over, but Bumrah overstepped. Then he was dropped on 46 and 82.

“He was pretty gutted to get out,” Pope said. “It was an unbelievable knock. Even the pull shot he hit in the first over of the day, I was like, ‘Where did that come from?’ To be able to put a guy like Jasprit Bumrah off his pace a little bit with a shot like that early on shows the confidence he has.”

Brook was in control of partnerships of 51 with Ben Stokes, 73 with Jamie Smith and 49 with Chris Woakes. When he was out at 398-7, England trailed by 73 runs, and India would have expected to wrap up the tail with the new ball only five overs old.

But allrounder Woakes and No. 9 batter Brydon Carse smashed 55 runs off 44 balls. Woakes smoked consecutive sixes to pass 2,000 test runs and achieve his best test score in a year, 38.

India needed Jasprit Bumrah’s back-breaking fifth spell to mop up the tail.

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