England lose unbeaten streak at hands of brilliant Sri Lanka Sport England’s Ollie Pope admitted his side “shot themselves in the foot” as Sri Lanka won the final home Test of the year to ruin a previously unbeaten summer. England, without Test captain Ben Stokes, went into the third Test at the Oval 2-0 up in the series having won all five of their matches this [...]
Pope vows to stick to Bazball blueprint on England captaincy debut Sport Ollie Pope is preparing to embrace the honour of becoming England’s Test captain against Sri Lanka this week but admits it is still Ben Stokes’s team. Pope will become the 82nd man to take up the role when he leads his country out in Wednesday’s first Test at Old Trafford, propelled into the hot seat [...]