Cricket fraternity slams Ollie Pope's bizarre catch appeal

England wicketkeeper Ollie Pope was criticised for claiming a dropped catch of Abdullah Shafique during the hosts' innings in the first Test at Rawalpindi.

In the 34th over of Pakistan's first innings, bowled by James Anderson, Abdullah Shafique gloved a ball down the leg side. Despite Pope's claim that he made the catch, Joel Wilson decided to consult the third umpire to determine the outcome.

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Shafique was ruled not out because the ball had bounced before being caught by Pope, as evidenced by the replay.

The Cricket fraternity are unimpressed by Pope's claim on the social networking website Twitter.

That in my view was not good by Pope in Test Match

not even close to clean catch

Hit ground first and bounced into his glove
Cheating Attempted #EngvsPak

— russell jones (@russelljones25) December 2, 2022

Ollie pope? You okay? Yey na insaafi wali harkatein na subse ziada annoying hoti please stop.

— HMkhan (@crictweeting) December 2, 2022

How’s Pope even claiming that

— T. (@_mastam) December 2, 2022

Ollie pope would have made Rashid Latif proud. 😬

— The Not So Friendly Neighborhood Expert (@madaddie24) December 2, 2022

Pope 🤝 Ashwin 🤝 Williamson 🤝 Shahzad

— biryani ✨ (@battingcollapse) December 2, 2022

Alec Stewart said Ben Foakes is the best wicketkeeper in the world now you understand why #PAKvsEng #ENGvPAK #PakvsEng2022

— Monty Panesar (@MontyPanesar) December 2, 2022