Ollie Pope

Ollie Pope
Personal information
Full name Oliver John Douglas Pope
Born (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998
Chelsea, London, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting Right-handed
Role Batsman / Occasional Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 687) 9 August 2018 v India
Last Test 18 August 2018 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–present Surrey (squad no. 32)
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 2 22 16 22
Runs scored 54 1,368 367 412
Batting average 18.00 54.72 36.70 29.42
100s/50s 0/0 5/3 0/3 0/0
Top score 28 158* 68 46
Catches/stumpings 2/– 29/0 5/0 6/0
Source: CricketArchive, 28 September 2018

Oliver John Douglas Pope (born 2 January 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for the English National Team and Surrey County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who also sometimes plays as a wicket-keeper.[1] He attended Cranleigh School, where he was a 1st XI player from Year 10, and captain for two seasons.[2]

On 26 August 2016, Pope signed a two-year professional contract with Surrey.[3] 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.[4]

He made his first-class debut on 28 March 2017 for Surrey against Oxford MCCU as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures.[5] Pope scored his maiden List A half-century on 7 May 2017 against Sussex.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Surrey in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 7 July 2017.[7]

In August 2018, he was added to England's squad for the second Test against India.[8] He made his Test debut at Lord's for England against India on 9 August 2018.[9] On 4 October 2018, Pope was awarded the PCA Young Player of the Year award.

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile: Ollie Pope". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Pope Hits it Big - Cranleigh School". Cranleigh School. 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Ollie Pope signs two year deal". Surrey County Cricket Club. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Royal London One-Day Cup, 1st Semi-Final: Yorkshire v Surrey at Leeds, 28 August 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, Oxford MCCU v Surrey at Oxford, Mar 28-30, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Chris Nash leads way as Sussex see off Surrey". ESPNCricinfo. ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "NatWest t20 Blast, South Group: Essex v Surrey at Chelmsford, Jul 7, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "England v India: Ollie Pope replaces Dawid Malan for second Test at Lord's". BBC Sport. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "2nd Test, India tour of Ireland and England at London, Aug 9-13 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[1]

  1. ↑ "Pope Wins PCA Young Player Of The Year - Kia Oval". www.kiaoval.com. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
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