They played some really good cricket and put us under pressure. It’s disappointing not to get the clean sweep but we’ll learn from it and come back stronger.
It’s been a great summer of cricket and we’ll take the positives from it and move forward.
England will now turn their attention to their upcoming tour of Australia for the Ashes series, where they will be looking to regain the urn after losing it in 2019.
Pope will be hoping to lead his team to victory and put the disappointment of the Sri Lanka series behind them.
I feel like we are moving in the right direction and we will learn from this defeat and come back stronger in the future.”