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The young leg-spinner from Australia, Lloyd Pope is keen to represent his country in all the formats of the game. Meanwhile, Pope once again grabbed eyeballs during Sydney Sixers win over Brisbane Heat on January 20 (Sunday). The young spinner picked two crucial wickets Jimmy Peirson and Brendon McCullum to earn his team a 79-run win.

However, the Sixers left out Lloyd Pope after struggling to pick wickets in the last few games. But he was excellent on his comeback, foxing Peirson with a dip to have him stumped, and then getting rid of the dangerous McCullum.

The leg-spinner, who turned 19 recently, first made a mark during the U19 World Cup in 2018 when he bagged the figures of 8 for 35 against England. He made waves again with figures of 7 for 87 in just his second Sheffield Shield game, becoming the youngest in the competition’s 126-year history to take seven wickets in an innings.

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And now give making his presence felt in the T20s too, Lloyd Pope will be on the radar of the national selectors. He is likely to get a chance sooner or later and that is exactly what he is looking for.

I don’t know how far I will go but I definitely would love to play for Australia in all three formats,” he said after play on Sunday. “That’s every young cricketer’s dream and I’m going to try my absolute hardest to get there. I have to work on a lot of things – all three facets,” he added.

I am working on my game

Lloyd Pope is currently working with the veteran spinner and teammate Steve O’Keefe. He admitted that he has worked on his run up and it has helped him which is evident from his game.

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We’ve been working on a couple things in the nets, working on pace and length and things,” said Pope.

I really tried to work that out. My run-up is a little bit longer and stuff like that – I don’t know if you guys notice it. But it felt like a big change for me and it worked tonight,” he signed off.

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