England's Ollie Pope, right, celebrates his half-century with teammate Joe Root during day one of the Third Men's Test between England and Sri Lanka at The Oval, London.
England skipper Ollie Pope put on an absolute show by silencing the critics with his century as the hosts showcased dominance against Sri Lanka on Day 1 of the third and final Test match of the series. After opting to bowl, Sri Lanka sent Dan Lawrence back early, but Ben Duckett and Pope stitched a good partnership as the rain gods played start-spot at The Oval. Eventually, England were 221/3 after 44.1 overs at the end of the day’s play.
England's Ollie Pope, right, celebrates his half-century with teammate Joe Root during day one of the Third Men's Test between England and Sri Lanka at The Oval, London.
England's Ollie Pope celebrates reaching his century during day one of the Third Men's Test between England and Sri Lanka at The Oval, London.
Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal catches out England's Ben Duckett during day one of the Third Men's Test between England and Sri Lanka at The Oval, London.
England's Ben Duckett hits the ball to Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal to be caught during day one of the Third Men's Test between England and Sri Lanka at The Oval, London.
England's Ollie Pope hits for six on day one of the Third Rothesay Men's Test match between England and Sri Lanka at The Kia Oval, in London.
England's Dan Lawrence gets a top edge off the bowling of Sri Lanka's Lahiru Kumara and is caught out by Dhananjaya de Silva on day one of the Third Rothesay Men's Test match between England and Sri Lanka at The Kia Oval, in London.
Sri Lanka's Milan Rathnayake bowls on day one of the Third Rothesay Men's Test match between England and Sri Lanka at The Kia Oval, in London.