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Ollie Pope

English cricketer
Date of Birth : 02 January, 1998 (Age 27)
Place of Birth : Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Profession : Cricket Player
Nationality : English
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Oliver John Douglas Pope (অলি পোপ) is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team in Test cricket and is the current vice-captain. He plays domestically for Surrey County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batter who occasionally plays as a wicket-keeper. He made his Test debut against India in 2018.

Domestic career

Pope attended Cranleigh School and is the great-great-great-great-grandson of the school's first headmaster, Joseph Merriman. He played club cricket for both Guildford and Cranleigh Cricket Clubs and was a member of the Surrey age-group sides. Pope also played football and hockey for the school's teams, and he had to get an approval from the Cranleigh club to play for Surrey. Pope made his first XI debut in 2013 aged 15. He also toured South Africa with the Surrey Youth team, where Sam Curran, Ryan Patel and Amar Virdi were among his teammates.

On 26 August 2016, Pope signed a two-year professional contract with Surrey. Two days later, he made his List A debut for Surrey in the semi-final of the 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup against Yorkshire, making 20 runs off 23 balls.

International career

Pope was added to England's squad for the second Test against India at Lord's, where he made his Test debut, on 9 August 2018. He made 28 in his only knock, as England won by an innings. Later that year, he was selected for England's tour of Sri Lanka. However, having played no part in England's first Test, he was released from the tour in order to join up with the England Lions for their game against Pakistan A in the UAE.

During a strong 2019 season, Pope was called up as cover for Jason Roy before the 3rd Ashes Test at Headingley. Although Roy was eventually passed fit to play, this saw Pope back in the International picture, and a month later he was called up to the England Test squad to face New Zealand. In the second Test at Hamilton, Pope made 75 runs in England's only innings. Pope then toured South Africa but missed the first test due to illness. He then top scored in the first innings of the second test with 61* and then followed this up with his maiden Test century for England in the third Test against South Africa in Port Elizabeth, with 135*.

Batting style

Veteran cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Brett Lee and Kevin Pietersen have compared Pope's technique to that of English cricketer Ian Bell. Similarities with Bell are often drawn to Pope's "elegant" cover drive, ability to rotate the strike, and "compact" technique.

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