Watch: Shannon Gabriel bowls an absolute beauty to clean up Ollie Pope

The player of the match in the 1st test for West Indies in Shannon Gabriel removed the dangerous looking Ollie Pope with an absolute ripsnorter of a delivery that cleaned up the young right hand batsman from Middlesex.

Ollie Pope undone by Shannon Gabriel

England were in a commanding position at the end of day 1 of the decider and were looking to bat the visitors out of the game as they had two well set overnight batsmen in Jos Buttler and Ollie Pope.

Both the batsmen have had a quiet series so far as neither of them had a half century to their name. Cometh the decider, both the batters had to step up as the hosts are playing a batsman short and they didn’t disappoint. They stitched together a massive 140 runs together that helped England to get to a more than a respectable first innings total.

The 2nd day started on a rather disappointing note for England as Kemar Roach and Shannon Gabriel breathed fire and Ollie Pope was removed by a scorcher of a delivery from Shannon Gabriel who took his first wicket after 50 odd overs.

The Middlesex born tried to play across the line and ended up getting bowled by one that moved in at the last moment. Here’s the video of Ollie Pope getting cleaned up by Shannon Gabriel.

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Jason Holder’s move backfired once again

The West Indies captain won the toss and opted to bowl first for the second time a row and the decision has once again backfired big time which might even cost the series for West Indies.

England have accumulated a healthy first innings score at the moment which is the most vital thing in any test match. Ollie Pope top scored for England with 91 runs and the wicket keeper who was under the scanner Jos Buttler departed after scoring 67 runs