Rory Burns and Ollie Pope extend Surrey deals

Captain Burns, who made his debut for Surrey as a 21-year-old back in 2012, scored 603 Championship runs in 2019 - hitting one century - and passed 10,000 club runs across all formats during the campaign

England pair Rory Burns and Ollie Pope have signed new deals with Surrey, extending their current contracts until the end of the 2023 season.

Club captain Burns, who made his debut for Surrey as a 21-year-old back in 2012, scored 603 Championship runs in 2019 - hitting one century -  and passed 10,000 club runs across all formats during the campaign.

Pope, who made his own first-class debut in 2016, played just five red-ball matches for the club last summer but registered 561 runs at an average of 80.14 in that time.

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Both players have been named in England's Test squad to face South Africa in four Tests, starting at Centurion on Boxing Day.

Burns has 14 Test appearances under his belt and looks to have nailed down one of the opening spots. Last time out the left-hander struck his second Test hundred, against New Zealand at Hamilton.

Pope has represented his country in four Tests, scoring 164 runs at 27.33 with a highest score of 75.

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