England to Pakistan: Tourists 'lived up' to Stokes and McCullum's wishes - Pope
England to Pakistan: Tourists 'lived up' to Stokes and McCullum's wishes - Pope
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England became the first team to score 500 on the first day of a test during the opening of the series in Rawalpindi.
They closed the 506-4 in 75 overs with Pope, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Harry Brook all doing ages.
"We really listened what Baz [McCullum] and Stokesy said," Pope said. "It was an amazing day."
Speaking to Sky Sports, he added: "The best thing is that everyone lived the way the two guys upstairs want us to play.
"They want us to entertain people.
"It's not about milestones. It's about putting on a show and putting the "team in a good position. The fact that everyone is so happy to buy this puts us in a very good position."
The series - England's first Tests in Pakistan for 17 years - is England's first overseas assignment since Stokes and McCullum were appointed earlier this year.
Over the summer, the pair instilled a new attacking approach to impressive effect winning six out of seven Tests against New Zealand, India and South Africa.
But dominating Pakistani bowling on flat ground, they went even further, breaking the previous record for points made on the first day from a test - 494 of Australia against South Africa in 1910.
L opener Crawley's 122, Pope's 108 and Brook's 101 were all better than a run a ball with Brook hitting triple figures on 80 balls - the third fastest ton by an English batter.
Duckett's 107 came from 110 balls and was part of a 233-run opening stand with Crawley in 35.4 overs.
The Nottinghamshire southpaw was playing his first run since being recalled to the Test team after a six-year absence.
He said he was inspired to take a more aggressive approach in domestic cricket after watching England earlier in the year.
"The real change was watching this team at the start summer," he said. "I started playing again with more freedom.
"I don't think there will be never better environment in which to get involved.
"I'm sure there will be plenty of cricketers desperate to be in this dressing room and I was one of them last summer. They allow you to play your game and play freely."
Former Sri Lankan batter Kumar Sangakkara said the performance was "fantastic for English cricket and fantastic for the world game".
"England's traditional perspective has changed," he told Sky Sports.
"Cricket has a new landscape and there is an opportunity for a new type of player to move from shorter versions to red ball format, not like this was traditional it's done."
England became the first team to score 500 on the first day of a test during the opening of the series in Rawalpindi.
They closed the 506-4 in 75 overs with Pope, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Harry Brook all doing ages.
"We really listened what Baz [McCullum] and Stokesy said," Pope said. "It was an amazing day."
Speaking to Sky Sports, he added: "The best thing is that everyone lived the way the two guys upstairs want us to play.
"They want us to entertain people.
"It's not about milestones. It's about putting on a show and putting the "team in a good position. The fact that everyone is so happy to buy this puts us in a very good position."
The series - England's first Tests in Pakistan for 17 years - is England's first overseas assignment since Stokes and McCullum were appointed earlier this year.
Over the summer, the pair instilled a new attacking approach to impressive effect winning six out of seven Tests against New Zealand, India and South Africa.
But dominating Pakistani bowling on flat ground, they went even further, breaking the previous record for points made on the first day from a test - 494 of Australia against South Africa in 1910.
L opener Crawley's 122, Pope's 108 and Brook's 101 were all better than a run a ball with Brook hitting triple figures on 80 balls - the third fastest ton by an English batter.
Duckett's 107 came from 110 balls and was part of a 233-run opening stand with Crawley in 35.4 overs.
The Nottinghamshire southpaw was playing his first run since being recalled to the Test team after a six-year absence.
He said he was inspired to take a more aggressive approach in domestic cricket after watching England earlier in the year.
"The real change was watching this team at the start summer," he said. "I started playing again with more freedom.
"I don't think there will be never better environment in which to get involved.
"I'm sure there will be plenty of cricketers desperate to be in this dressing room and I was one of them last summer. They allow you to play your game and play freely."
Former Sri Lankan batter Kumar Sangakkara said the performance was "fantastic for English cricket and fantastic for the world game".
"England's traditional perspective has changed," he told Sky Sports.
"Cricket has a new landscape and there is an opportunity for a new type of player to move from shorter versions to red ball format, not like this was traditional it's done."
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