Perth, Nov. 16 -- England batter Ollie Pope, after scoring a hundred and fifty in a warm-up game ahead of the Ashes, said he hopes he has put an end to speculation about his position in the England team and is now focused on his performance.

Pope slammed a 100 and 90 in the first and second innings, respectively, in the sole warm-up game ahead of the first Ashes Test against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth.

"I hope so," Pope said when asked if he had ended the debate. "I've got so used to those conversations being had (about the No.3 position). I don't go looking for them, but it's pretty hard to avoid sometimes. I'm so used to seeing it, I've just learned to focus on my game," Pope said as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

"I'm just t...