England skipper Ben Stokes opened up on the absence of Test vice-captain skipper Ollie Pope and the course of action that his team is willing to take in order to cover for it.
England cricket team has announced their Starting 11 for the 3rd Test against Australia which begins on Thursday. Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood make their way into the squad and Ollie Pope, James Anderson and Josh Tongues are sidelined from the team.
England's number three and vice-captain Ollie Pope is ruled out of the Ashes series due to a shoulder dislocation he suffered during the second Test at Lord's, which England lost by 43 runs and trail by 2-0 in five-match series.
England batter Ollie Pope has been ruled out of the entire Ashes 2023 series after his right shoulder dislocated during the second Test match against Australia.
England's spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel expressed England's frustration after injured batter Olli Pope was forced to field with an injured shoulder on Day 3 of the second Test match of the Ashes 2023 series at the Lord's on Friday.
Half-century from Ben Duckett and his partnerships with Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope put England in a solid position in their first innings of the second Ashes Test in reply to Australia's 416
Nathan Lyon's heroics with the ball puts England in a tough situation as the Three Lions ended up losing three wickets in the first session on Day 4 of the first Test match of the Ashes 2023 at Edgbaston.
Crawley's place in the squad has been a point of debate in an English squad that has won 11 of their past 13 Tests with Ben Stokes at the helm. He has been a consistent pick since the start of last summer, but he comes into the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston this week with an average of just
Ahead of the Ashes series starting from June 16, England vice-captain Ollie Pope has said lauded the abilities of Australian batter Steve Smith and said he loves playing in English conditions
In the post match presentation, Balbirnie said, "Character not in doubt, we've got a tough group. Test cricket is very raw to us, yesterday was a tough day but to come back and make England bat again was a small win.
England have retained the same group of 16 players from the one-off Test against Ireland for the first two Ashes Tests. Josh Tongue, who made his Test debut against Ireland has made his place in the squad alongside James Anderson and Ollie Robinson, who were ruled out of the Lord's Test.