Full Name

Lloyd Pope

Born

December 01, 1999

Age

24y 109d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak Googly

Playing Role

Bowler

Lloyd Pope shot to prominence in Queenstown in 2018 when he demolished England with figures of 8 for 35, the best figures ever produced in an Under-19 World Cup. Nearly 25 years after England were first shocked by Shane Warne's Ball of the Century, another Australian legspinner, it seemed, had appeared to haunt them. Needing only 128 to win, England managed only 96.

Pope was instantly watchable: the straggly, flowing red hair, the plentiful confidence, and the legspin repertoire that has befuddled countless batsmen in Australian junior ranks - all of which helped earn the "Wizard" nickname.

He took up wristspin while "mucking around" with his dad in Cairns as an eight-year old, two years before the family moved to Adelaide. It was there that he broke into South Australia's Under-17 and Under-19 team and joined Kensington, the Adelaide grade club that was once the home not only of Don Bradman, but also Clarrie Grimmett, Australia's relentlessly wily legspinner of the 1920s and '30s. ESPNcricinfo staff

Lloyd Pope Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC132324961838297/877/18863.374.4186.0120
List A99438478144/784/7834.146.5431.2100
T20s3030564771324/224/2224.098.2017.6200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC1320942123.8121719.35004030
List A93254*5.001435.71000010
T20s3052652.001250.00001020

Recent Matches of Lloyd Pope

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
South Aust vs Victoria4*0/7108-Feb-2024MelbourneList A
Strikers vs Heat02/3922-Jan-2024CarraraT20
Strikers vs Scorchers--4/2420-Jan-2024PerthT20
Strikers vs Thunder--4/2214-Jan-2024CanberraT20
Strikers vs Hurricanes--0/2611-Jan-2024HobartT20

Photos of Lloyd Pope

Lloyd Pope (left) and Cameron Boyce (right) have helped inspire a change of fortunes for Adelaide Strikers
Lloyd Pope celebrates a wicket
Lloyd Pope ended with 4 for 22
Lloyd Pope celebrates a wicket
Lloyd Pope had a big impact for South Australia
Lloyd Pope struck twice in an over to begin the Strikers' collapse