'Future England Captain' tag not on Ollie Pope's mind as he prioritises No. 3 role

"Cheers Broady!" beamed Ollie Pope, smiling from ear to ear, cheeks tinged with a bit of embarrassment.Moments before he sits down for Friday's media engagement at the team hotel, Pope is informed of the words of Stuart Broad, who had been in that chair five minutes earlier."I think Pope is a great leader in the group, actually," Broad said after Pope captained an England warm-up match for the second time in three months, this time acting as Ben Stokes' understudy in Hamilton against a New Zealand XI, after a first go in Abu Dhabi against England Lions ahead of the Pakistan series."He's grown so much in the last year, the way he operates, the confidence and responsibility he's been given. He speaks really well in the group, he's got a great cricket mind. There's no doubt you can see him as a future England captain."He's been probably the most impressive growing cricketer in the group that I've seen over the last year. From where his confidence was to where he is now. How Popey has grown as a character is very impressive."There aren't many better to gauge what makes a good Test captain given Broad has played under six of them across his 16 years and 159 caps at this level. The 36-year old was covertly given vice-captain duties last summer and came close to stepping up for the main job at Headingley against New Zealand when Stokes was battling with an illness. As such, his lauding of Pope as one in waiting carries considerable weight.Pope, while appreciating the compliment, is in no rush to get to that point. Nor does he quite regard himself as a FEC (Future England Captain). His only previous dalliance with captaincy in professional cricket came in September 2021, when standing in for Rory Burns for Surrey's County Championship match against Glamorgan. Beyond that were games at the helm for Surrey under-17s and Cranleigh School."I don't necessarily see that. I'm going to keep developing my cricket brain," Pope said. "If that opportunity came up in the future I'll make sure I can learn as much as possible before t