Pope 'still the man in possession' for England despite losing vice-captaincy

Pope is coming under pressure for his Ashes place from Jacob Bethell

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00:00There's not like an elaborate scheme that if we take the vice-captainSe of Olly Pope, it makes him easier to drop.

00:06It doesn't matter really if you're vice-captain or not,

00:09if we don't feel you're the right person wherever you're batting whether that's an opener or number-five wherever

00:16we'll end up bringing in someone who we think can do the job better.

00:19So at the moment, Olly Pope's the man in possession.

00:22There's a white ball series that Jason Bethel's playing, things like, that.

00:26I think he felt that that was coming

00:28and vice captaincy

00:30you know like

00:31it's not always the most important decision

00:33that you've got to make at times

00:35we could have gone down the road

00:36of not having a vice captain

00:37but when Popey's done it

00:39he's done it well

00:39he's fitted into so many different roles

00:41that we've asked him to do

00:42over the last few years

00:43and done them all well

00:45but Harry Brooks

00:46just I think the better leader

00:48you know like