Oliver John Douglas Pope (born 2 January 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for the English National Team and Surrey County Cricket Club.
He is a right-handed batsman who also sometimes plays as a wicket-keeper.
He attended Cranleigh School, where he was a 1st XI player from Year 10, and captain for two seasons.On 26 August 2016, Pope signed a two-year professional contract with Surrey.
Two days later, he made his List A debut for Surrey in the semi-final of the 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup against Yorkshire.He made his first-class debut on 28 March 2017 for Surrey against Oxford MCCU as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures.
Pope scored his maiden List A half-century on 7 May 2017 against Sussex.
He made his Twenty20 debut for Surrey in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 7 July 2017.In August 2018, he was added to England's squad for the second Test against India.
He made his Test debut at Lord's for England against India on 9 August 2018.
On 4 October 2018, Pope was awarded the PCA Young Player of the Year award.
Pope was subsequently selected for England's tour of Sri Lanka.
However, having played no part in England's first Test, he was released from the tour in order to join up with the England Lions for their game against Pakistan A in the UAE.
In September 2019, he was called up to the England Test squad to face New Zealand.
In the second Test at Hamilton, Pope made his highest score of 75 runs in England's only innings.