5 interesting facts about the English debutant Ollie Pope

#2 The debut hindrance

Pope has an interesting history of his debut games

The debut for any cricketer is surely a special occasion, but it brings interesting incidents in case of Pope. The rumours of a leaked team sheet, which later proved false, and incessant rain marred his international debut. His County Championship debut has even a funnier story to it.

Pope debuted for Surrey against his local club Middlesex in August 2017. Though he managed to score only 25 runs, the game came to an abrupt end when the umpires decided to abandon the match after a crossbow was fired to the pitch.