Ollie Pope believes England can still score 600 runs in a day of Test cricket for Ben Stokes' men in the right conditions.
Pope was one of three-century scorers for the hosts as England won the second Test against the West Indies by 241 runs at Trent Bridge, with Harry Brooke and Joe Root making it three centuries to win the series.
The victory in Nottingham also marked the first time in the 147-year history of Test cricket that England scored 400 runs in both innings.
Ollie Pope was one of four batsmen to score a century when England posted 4-506 despite facing just 75 overs on the first day against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in December 2022.
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England's vice-captain believes the team now have the ability to surpass that feat but also have the ability to adapt to more bowler-friendly conditions while improving their aggressive 'fuzzball' style...
I think when Baz (England coach Brendon McCullum) and Stokey took over, we were a batting unit, not lack of experience, but lack of confidence at the time," Pope said.
Back then it was about building trust, now it's hopefully becoming more and more ruthless.
Sometimes we might score 280-300 in a day but that's okay and maybe because we're reading the conditions.
The 26-year-old Surrey star added: "We saw at Trent Bridge when the lights were on and it started to swing more, that was the time to take control of the game a bit and that's what we want to do better. but
But there may be a day when we go and get 500 or 600 sometime in the future. That's a good thing.
England, who earlier defeated the West Indies by an innings and 114 runs at Lord's, have now won a Test series for the first time since 2022 as they take a 2-0 lead ahead of this week's final at the Edgbaston Ground in Birmingham. There is a mill.
