Roderick Easdale predicts what the future holds for the game’s top young talents, Surrey batsman Ollie Pope

Salute: Ollie Pope celebrates his century against Yorkshire last weekend as Surrey team-mate Conor McKerr looks on
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At the Kia Oval against Yorkshire in the most recent round of championship matches, Ollie Pope made an unbeaten 158 in his only innings. Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root aggregated only three more runs than this in their four innings combined – and Bairstow had batted like a god in his first innings 95. But sometimes, it appears, Popes can...