Pope's association with the former England captain runs deep, with the 61-year-old overseeing his rise through the ranks as Surrey's director of cricket.
And it was Stewart, below, who who Pope sought out after a poor series in Pakistan - in which he averaged just 11 - raised difficult questions over his role in the side.
Some those questions of were answered with his first-innings knock of 77 here for England a score that was 22 more than he managed in five innings combined on the spinning pitches of Multan and Islamabad. And he credited Stewart with helping him find focus.
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