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Ollie Pope ready to roll with England demands in second Sri Lanka Test
Captain and No 3 has spoken to Joe Root about how to ‘compartmentalise’ as England look to build on first Test
In the week when the Gallagher brothers smoked the peace pipe and announced the return of Oasis, Ollie Pope was not exactly looking back in anger at Manchester. The five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka made for a bright start as England’s stand-in captain and the only downside – two failures with the bat – was still a lesson learned.
Before the second Test at Lord’s that gets under way on Thursday, Pope admitted he had struggled to “compartmentalise” the dual roles of captain and batter at Old Trafford.
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