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‘I can’t see him batting at number three in Melbourne. To be honest…’ Nasser Hussain on Ollie Pope’s dismal form in the Ashes | Cricket News

‘I can’t see him batting at number three in Melbourne. To be honest…’ Nasser Hussain on Ollie Pope’s dismal form in the Ashes | Cricket News

With his knock of 17 runs during England’s second innings’ on the fourth day of the Adelaide Test, England number three Ollie Pope failed to get past the 50-run mark in this year’s Ashes so far. The 27-year-old has an average of 20.83 in the series so far and it has led to questions about his place in the England team for the remainder of the series. Former England captain Nasser Hussain believed England should bring Jacob Bethell at number three for the remainder of the series with Pope looking vulnerable up in the batting order. “I can’t see him batting at number three in Melbourne (for the fourth Test). To be honest, his career and his series follow a very similar pattern. It starts well – he started the tour game well, he got runs (46)in the first innings of the first Test, and then slowly he just gets out the same way outside off stump. You want your number three to settle your dressing room, that’s what greats do, they calm the situation …