'Play on, pontiff' - Pope repays England's faith
Ollie Pope repaid England's faith with his best hundred in a home Test, writes Stephan Shemilt.
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Pope makes gutsy century before Bumrah late show
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Ollie Pope's gutsy century leads England's resurgence only for Jasprit Bumrah to give India the crucial wicket of Joe Root late on day two of the first Test.
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Ollie Pope retains his No 3 spot for the first Test and India wouldn’t mind having a bit more of that kind of continuity
There always seems to be one man under pressure in England’s batting lineup and…
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Ollie Pope smashes 169 off Zimbabwe to show England selectors his class
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England 498-3 on day one after Zimbabwe win toss
Duckett and Crawley also hit centuries in one-off Test
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Pope reaches century as England pull away from Zimbabwe
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Ollie Pope scores his eighth career Test century to leave England on 401-2 in their first innings of their one-off Test match against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.
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Ollie Watkins on target as Aston Villa beat Bournemouth to boost top-five hopes
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A little over a month ago Aston Villa were preparing for the Parc des Princes and while they have enjoyed some memorable trips on the continent this campaign, it was hard to escape the sense that thi…
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'Fuming' Watkins channelled anger into 'dynamite' display
Ollie Watkins has a message for his manager Unai Emery - he wants to start the biggest games after inspiring Aston Villa to victory over Newcastle.
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'Fuming' Watkins channelled 'anger' into 'dynamite' display
Ollie Watkins has a message for his manager Unai Emery - he wants to be starting the biggest games after he inspires Villa's win over Newcastle.
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My son went from being your usual 'party-loving' university student to needing 24/7 care in a matter of weeks after getting a mystery disease... we still don't have answers
With dreams of becoming a journalist, Ollie, from Staffordshire, studied media but his university experience was largely impacted by the Covid pandemic.
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Ollie Bearman: ‘There’s nothing that I wouldn’t have done to get to F1’
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Leaving home at 16 to pursue his dream has paid off for Britain’s youngest F1 driver as he begins his first full season
There is an unmistakeable air of steely determination about Ollie Bearman; an al…