Stand-in captain Pope not concerned by run-drought

Despite England's emphatic victory against Sri Lanka, stand-in captain Ollie Pope has struggled to find form

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00:00Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to hide behind the fact that I've had two poor games with the bat.

00:05That's the way cricket is sometimes and I think form sort of comes and goes,

00:10but I think the best players are the ones who can sort of draw a line under it

00:13and have a fresh start next week.

00:15And yeah, hopefully I can put a score together.

00:17Obviously, Joe has had a couple of great ends.

00:20Is there anything you can learn from him?

00:22I mean, I think anyone, any batter in England can learn a fair bit off him.

00:28Yeah, I think, like I said, form is something that comes and goes.

00:31Sometimes batting can feel a lot easier

00:34and then other times it's just harder to come by the runs

00:37and that's something I think for me it's probably not overthinking it.

00:41Keep training hard and go into the next game.

00:43It's a completely fresh week, fresh start

00:45and yeah, like I said, hopefully you can put a score together.