Centurion Pope answers the Ghosts’ prayers

By Richard Edwards
OLLIE POPE has some big shoes to fill at his new club in Sydney – but he has already made the grade by scoring a century against an attack boasting two Australian Test stars.
The 19-year-old has followed in the footsteps of Monty Panesar and Mark Stoneman at the Campbelltown-Camden Ghosts and he has wasted no time in giving First Grade bowlers a fright.
Pope scored 114 off just 112 balls against a St George side boasting the talents of Josh Hazlewood and Trent Copeland – striking an early blow for the English with the first Test in Brisbane appro...

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