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Impressive Pope's ton set to seal Ashes spot
Birmingham Mail
|November 15, 2025
OLLIE Pope struck the first century of England's Ashes tour, locking down his spot at number three ahead of next week's opening Test.
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Pope scored exactly 100 from 113 balls on day two of the internal warm-up match against Andrew Flintoff's England Lions, sending him into the series with a much-needed shot in the arm.
He spent much of the summer fending off pressure from Jacob Bethell and looked to have lost his grip on the shirt when he lost the vice-captaincy to Harry Brook ahead of the trip Down Under.
But Bethell's lean white-ball tour of New Zealand, and a cheap dismissal on day one at Perth's Lilac Hill, strengthened Pope's hand as the incumbent.
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