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Zimbabwe have one more over until the new ball becomes available. The problem is they don't have one of their strike bowlers fit to use it.

Zimbabwe's wicketkeeper Tafadzwa Tsiga has been chirping behind the stumps all day, as all good wicketkeepers can. He groans here as Joe Root goes back to Sikandar Raza. The only problem is the ball thuds into the middle of the bat, like it has all day.

Henry Olonga
Former Zimbabwe player on Test Match Special

Zimbabwe's fans have flags flying and they're singing their songs. Even though they're getting carted all over the park.

The Zimbabwe fans are still singing and dancing in the stands in their bucket hats. They're bringing some colour to this occasion.

Ollie, Ollie Pope, Ollie Pope...

(To the tune of Give It Up)

Henry Olonga
Former Zimbabwe player on Test Match Special

It doesn't appear that the wicket or the conditions have helped the bowlers at all.

One of those tosses where England might be happy that they were stuck in.

I think the England bowlers will be able to extract more out of the conditions. The conditions we face in Zimbabwe mean we face a different length, and they have not adjusted today.

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Sikandar Raza has bowled a mix of off-spin, leg-spin and seamers here - a real box of tricks - and he's hiding the ball behind his back to try and keep the batters guessing too. It does not trouble Ollie Pope in the slightest as he slams the ball to the cover boundary.

At the end of the over there's a bit of confusion, which leaves Joe Root scrambling to make his ground. He might have just made it.

Sam Cook has already perfected the shades on, feet up look on the England balcony. He will go far.

Henry Olonga
Former Zimbabwe player on Test Match Special

I have had many a day like this.

Especially when we went to Sri Lanka. My commiserations to Zimbabwe. It's been a tough day.

Ben Stokes has got his whites on now but not his pads. Just saying.

Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst

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With those runs, Ollie Pope passes a hundred and all of England’s top three batters have 100+ scores in the same innings. This is the fourth time all of England’s top three have achieved the milestone in a single innings. The last time this was achieved was in Rawalpindi, 2022.

No other side in Test cricket has now achieved this milestone more than England, passing India, South Africa and Australia who have achieved it three times.

Richard Ngarava, who had those back troubles earlier, looks like he's fielding with an iron bar stuck up his shirt right now. He is hobbling and cannot bend down to collect the ball.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

I like that from Ollie Pope.

He has come out and played with real fluency and control.

Players are not stupid, they know. All Ollie Pope had to do this week was go out there and get a hundred.

100 for Ollie Popepublished at 72 overs

72 overs

Three England batters, three hundreds!

Ollie Pope, under a bit of pressure, gets to his ton in 109 deliveries with another boundary.

He's done all he can do with doubts around his place in the team.

Ollie Pope gets himself back onto strike as Joe Root takes a single. He has two balls to get to his ton in this over...

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

You hope Zimbabwe don't lose confidence from days like this.

At home, they will have a better chance of competing against the bigger nations.

Not this time...

Joe Root was clearly keen to get his mate through as he comes skipping down the wicket but Ollie Pope wisely sends him back.

Pope is going to have to wait throughout a drinks break too.

An excellent spot, Graham. Yes, it would be. He's scored centuries against India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and West Indies.

The debate rumbles on but a clever dab takes Ollie Pope to 99 now...