Personal Information

Full Name Oliver John Douglas Pope
Born January 2, 1998 Chelsea, Middlesex
Age 27 Years, 6 Months, 10 Days
National Side England
Batting Style Right Handed
Bowling -
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting 20 - -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
4 - 0 - -

Career Information

Teams Played England, England XI, Surrey, England Under-19, Adelaide Strikers, England Lions, South, London Spirit, Southern Brave, Welsh Fire, Gulf Giants
Career Span

Oliver John Douglas Pope Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
58 102 5 3439 205 v IRE 9 15 406 18 35.45 65.16 77 1 IRE 13 5 1 1 ENG England ENG
First-class
63 93 12 4703 274 v GLA 15 15 590 31 58.06 66.34 83 0 GLA 333 4 0 4 - - -
List A
31 28 5 767 93* v PK-A 0 5 52 11 33.34 79.48 9 0 PK-A 713 3 2 5 - - -
T20I
67 64 12 1538 99* v SUS 0 6 143 26 29.57 132.58 31 3 SUS 1186 2 4 6 - - -
ttwenty_domestic
67 64 12 1538 99* v SUS 0 6 143 26 29.57 132.58 31 3 SUS 1186 2 4 6 - - -
Youth Test
4 7 0 187 78 v SL-U19 0 1 24 0 26.71 55.98 9 1 SL-U19 1165 2 0 21 - - -
Youth ODI
8 8 0 283 87 v SL-U19 0 2 28 2 35.37 79.05 9 2 SL-U19 1165 0 3 22 - - -
ttwenty_non_domestic
2 2 0 18 18 v ADKR 0 0 2 0 9.00 90.00 2 0 ADKR 3381 1 0 73 GG - -

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
First-class
1 1 0 10 0 0/10 v LAN 0 0 - 10.00 - 1 4 - - -

Oliver John Douglas Pope Profile

Oliver John Douglas Pope, a name that popped out from nowhere and surprised many. In an act of daring or desperation by the ECB, as it was put out by the English media, a young 20-year old was selected for the national team during India's tour of England in 2018. The young boy, short in stature, known for his cuts and pulls enjoyed an amazing season with Surrey where he led the Division One batting charts after scoring 684 runs at an average of 85.5. His outstanding form didn't go unnoticed and he soon found the backing of the selectors and his skipper, Joe Root, who himself started his Test career at a tender age.


Innovative strokeplay has been the highlight of Pope's batting and his List A and T20 strike rate speaks volumes about his hard-hitting prowess. Owing to the consistent failure of Dawid Malan, Pope was handed a golden opportunity and he went on to become one of the youngest to debut for England at number 4.


The much-awaited call-up to the international squad followed in August 2018, as he was included in the squad for the second Test match to face India. His Test debut came on 9 August 2018 at Lord's. His consistency was awarded as Pope was awarded the PCA Young Player of the Year award. Pope was subsequently selected for England's tour of Sri Lanka but he played no part in England's first Test. He was then released from the tour in order to join up with the England Lions for their game against Pakistan A in the UAE.