London, March 18 -- England batter Ollie Pope, heading into the County Championship starting from April 3 after a disastrous Ashes tour to Australia, admitted that the decision to drop him after three poor Test matches was the right decision at that time.

Other than a Boxing Day Test win that ended England's winless run in the Aussie land in Test cricket since their 2011 triumph, it was largely a disappointing Ashes series for England. The 'Bazball' approach to cricket under skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, prioritising positive, attacking and result-oriented cricket, backfired yet again as the duo continued to search for their first-series win against Australia and India, two of their biggest rivals, since joining forces....