Stand-in: Ollie Pope
(Picture: REUTERS)Stand-in wicketkeeper Ollie Pope says he is happy to continue behind the stumps for England if asked, but insists that his “main priority is to keep churning runs at No3”.
It has been a whirlwind year for Pope, who was dropped after the Ashes tour in January, unused in the Caribbean in March and then selected to bat at No3 in the summer. It was a role he had never performed in first-class cricket and he claimed it only after calling Ben Stokes and volunteering, knowing that it was the only space available in the side.
