Ollie Pope may be answer to England’s long search for a batting messiah

The 20-year-old Surrey player is the latest in a long line of batsmen tried out by the selectors, but Pope’s debut Test appearance against India suggests he may be specialThe South Africans have Kyle Abbott, the Pakistanis Imam-ul-Haq, the West Indians had Ian Bishop, and England, of course, have had a genuine Reverend in David Sheppard. And now they have a Pope, too. Ollie was in early, out at Lord’s just after lauds, at 11.45am, when the score was 32 for two and the innings only ei