ENG Vs ZIM One-Off Test Match: Top Three Batters Hit Tons For The 17th Time In Red-Ball Cricket History

Crawley played with patience and completed his fifth Test ton before Sikandar Raza dismissed him LBW. He made 124 runs off 171 balls, including 14 fours

Englands Zak Crawley celebrates his century on day one. AP
England's Zak Crawley celebrates his century on day one of the International test series cricket match between England and Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA via AP
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England's cricket team have started their summer season with a bang! Opener batters Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett scored their respective centuries, and now Ollie Pope has joined them, making it just the 17th occasion in the history of Test cricket when the top three batters scored tons. (Day 1 Blog)

Asked to bat first, Crawley and Duckett added 231 runs for the first wicket at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Zimbabwe bowlers looked hopeless when Wessly Madhevere was introduced into the attack, and he dismissed Duckett in his first over. He made 140 runs off 134 balls, including 20 fours and two sixes.

Crawley played with patience and completed his fifth Test ton before Sikandar Raza dismissed him LBW. He made 124 runs off 171 balls, including 14 fours.

Then Ollie Pope took no time to reach his eighth Test century and is still batting with Joe Root.

England have a strong hold on this four-day Test match on the first day itself. England's leading run-scorer in Test cricket, Joe Root, is batting with Pope, and some talented batters, including the skipper Ben Stokes, Harry Brook and Jamie Smith, are next to bat.

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