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Ollie Pope will strike different tone as leader but continuity is key

England’s stand-in Test captain has a weakened team under him for the first Test against Sri Lanka

If training has been anything to go by this week then Ollie Pope has already shown himself to be a shrewd England captain. Dan Lawrence has been performing drills for short-leg, suggesting the newbie in the lineup will be stationed in Pope’s usual spot against Sri Lanka.

Essex apparently offered ­danger money to players plonked at boot hill in the 1980s but the best batter of the county’s current crop – albeit a ­Surrey strutter these days – will be on the same match fee as his teammates.

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