Full Name

Lloyd Pope

Born

December 01, 1999

Age

23y 305d

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 A77329348114/784/7831.636.3429.9100
T20s2424438586193/233/2330.848.0223.0000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
FC1320942123.8121719.35004030
List A721111.00616.66000010
T20s2442653.001154.54001010

Recent Matches of Lloyd Pope

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
South Aust vs Victoria--3/5115-Feb-2022AdelaideList A
South Aust vs Victoria6* & 11/33 & 0/7609-Feb-2022AdelaideFC
Sixers vs Heat--0/629-Dec-2021SydneyT20
Sixers vs Thunder--2/3326-Dec-2021SydneyT20
Sixers vs Strikers--1/3321-Dec-2021SydneyT20

Photos of Lloyd Pope

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
Lloyd Pope ran through Queensland
Lloyd Pope is at the center of celebrations during his record-setting spell of 8 for 35
Lloyd Pope goes up in an appeal