Past England National Cricket Team captain Michael Vaughan doubled down on his insecure pocket at Ollie Pope, labeling him as a good vice-captain who was not good enough to be a full-time captain.
Ollie Pope, 26, has become one of the most talked about names in English cricket right now, not because of his brilliant performances but actually because of his failures.
Ollie Pope, the appointed vice-captain of the Test team, has been named England captain for the home Test series against the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team after Ben Stokes was ruled out of England’s summer campaign with a torn hamstring. a hundred.
However, the skipper did not do the batter Ollie Pope any favors as he failed in the first two Tests against Sri Lanka.
In the series opener in Manchester, he hit twin sixes before scoring 1 and 17 in the Lord’s Test. Two things going in Ollie Pope’s favor in a poor form is good support from Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, and England have won both Tests against Sri Lanka to take a 2-0 lead.
Meanwhile, Michael Vaughan has been very open in his assessment of Ollie Pope and speaking on BBC Test Match Special, he said that he does not like Pope as captain because he is an insecure person and not suited for the job. He responded to Vaughan’s comments by saying that he was not surprised by the criticism from former cricketers and that he just needed to block out extraneous noise.
Now, in his latest column for The Telegraph, Vaughan has launched a fresh attack on Pope, citing the times when he was captain and Trescotick as vice-captain, saying that every vice-captain cannot be captain. He elaborated:
“Ollie Pope is the ideal vice-captain for England. Pope is the perfect foil for Ben Stokes. He’s a very good lad, trains well and is a real team man – able to offer tactical advice when required and happy to be in the team. But rather than being promoted to captain, he is vice-captain. better kept in that role as a captain.
“Not every vice-captain is going to be a captain. There are a lot of captains, including me, who can’t be a captain. I wanted to be a leader. I wanted to make decisions. I didn’t want to be a thoughtful strategist in the background,” he said.
But I think he’s a bit insecure – Michael Vaughan on Ollie Pope
Michael Vaughan didn’t stop there as he once again called Ollie Pope an unreliable person, adding that the ECB only gave him the vice-captaincy to give him a boost.
“I’d love to be proven wrong about Pope. But I think he’s a bit insecure. I understand why they gave him the vice-captaincy to support him, but he really didn’t need the captaincy. This stage of his career,” Vaughan added.
Michael Vaughan has once again backed Harry Brook as the next England captain, saying he looks like the natural successor to Ben Stokes. Vaughan also urged the ECB not to give Ollie Pope the captaincy even if Stokes is injured and suggested they hand the responsibility to former captain Joe Root on an interim basis. He said:
“Going forward, Harry Brook would be a better fit as captain of this side: his whole approach makes him a natural successor to Stokes. But what if there is another interim period when Stokes is injured and there are concerns about Brook’s fitness? Joe Root’s captaincy is it wrong to give?
“Pope has the best player England have ever sat next to in the dressing room. He needs to go and sit down with Root and try to develop a process that he can deliver on a day-to-day basis.”
