Despite his lackluster performance in the series following his heroics in the Hyderabad Test against India, Ollie Pope has received support from Marcus Trescothick, England’s assistant coach.
Pope, who amassed 296 runs after nine innings after scoring 196 in the first Test’s second innings, did not fare well in the Dharamsala Test. Just before lunch, the England vice-captain lost patience and stepped out to Kuldeep Yadav’s delivery, giving away his wicket to India. He was bowled out for eleven.
Nevertheless, Trescothick stated that Pope has adjusted well to certain situations and supported the batter’s future development.
Trescothick told BBC Sport, “He’s adapted really well in certain conditions and certain parts of his game.”
He will get better the more he is put to the test and plays in these harsher settings. There was a noticeable improvement after that 196 in the opening game. All he needs to do is keep developing and supporting that, and he will become an even better player.
Trescothick added that Pope is attempting to get better at the little things, and that he has gotten better at some aspects of his game throughout the series. The England assistant coach pleaded with supporters to let the batter keep honing his craft.
According to former England opener Trescothick, Ollie is working on a few small things in his life. It’s never easy to get into an innings over here, nor to face good spin.
That’s an area where he wants to get better at his game. We can all probably agree that following his 196 in Hyderabad, there was a noticeable improvement and that there are definitely improving aspects of his game.
Let’s continue to permit that to occur. The more we demoralize and oppress others, the difficulties we face will increase. Trescothick stated that he and many other players on our team are undoubtedly getting better.
Day one would be dominated by India, who bowled England out for just 218 runs thanks to the devastating strikes of Kuldeep Yadav and R Ashwin. India would trail England by 83 runs at stumps, having raced to 135 runs ahead of them.