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Mark Butcher: Jacob Bethell in pole position following Ollie Pope’s demotion

We’re in the commentary box for the One-Day Cup final, it’s raining outside, and Nick Knight pipes up: “Who bats three? Pope or Bethell?” The room went quiet for a very long time as everyone pondered the question.
Jacob Bethell finished his stop-start summer with a flourish

We’re in the commentary box for the One-Day Cup final, it’s raining outside, and Nick Knight pipes up: “Who bats three? Pope or Bethell?” The room went quiet for a very long time as everyone pondered the question.
Even when the ensuing discussion began, I sat there for six or seven minutes before I opened my mouth, considering my response.
It’s a question to which there is no easy answer. But when I did eventually speak, my answer was Jacob Bethell.

At the start of the summer, I came down on the side of Ollie Pope. He was the man in possession, and he started the Test summer with a big hu...

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