Predicting the future Fab 5 in international cricket

4. Ollie Pope

Even Ollie Pope, just like Shubman Gill was highly exclusive and unique against his generation of players especially when the 22-year old had attained a historic average of 60.68 in first-class cricket. Although he still might be a relative rookie, whose currently relishing his middle-order spot in Test cricket, the youngster is already now regarded as England’s most elegant batter of recent times.

While the experts have already hailed him for potentially becoming a certain vital cog in England’s Test batting line-up, Pope is also expected to later enter into the white-ball proceedings. Not to forget that it was his initial transition from an innovational stroke maker in the T20s to a heavy first-class run-scorer that had allured the national selector of England to consider him for international cricket in 2018.

Hence, it is indubitable that Ollie Pope can be in for a long haul even in white-ball cricket. His all-around game is all built on a composed batting stance (reminiscent of Ian Bell) which not only allows him to seamlessly play the exquisite strokes like the cover drive with ease but also permits him to exhibit a plethora of horizontal shots as well.

Even temperament-wise, Pope is well regarded to be organised, and in addition to that, he is definitely even very regular with his run-scoring. Therefore, with his international career valiantly moving in the direction of escalation, Ollie Pope can assuredly break into any Fab 5 club in the near future.