Steven Charles Pope (born November 15, 1972) is a former cricketer from South Africa. Pope was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break and sometimes played as a wicketkeeper. He was born in East London, Cape Province.

Over a career lasting 14 seasons, Pope played for several teams, including Eastern Cape, Border, Border B, Warriors, Huntingdonshire, Cornwall, Eastern Province, and Eastern Province B. He played for many different teams in South Africa. Pope played 9 List-A matches for Cornwall, where his family is from, and 1 match for Huntingdonshire in English county cricket. During his 14-year career, Pope had a successful but sometimes inconsistent first-class career. He played 93 first-class matches, scoring 5,958 runs with a batting average of 32.91. He scored 27 half centuries and 12 centuries. His highest score in first-class cricket was 156. With the ball, he took 48 wickets at a bowling average of 31.27, with 2 five-wicket hauls and best figures of 7/62. In List-A cricket, he played 106 matches, scoring 2,660 runs with an average of 31.29. He scored 21 half centuries but no centuries, with a highest score of 98. He also took 29 wickets in List-A cricket, with a bowling average of 22.55 and best figures of 4/38.

Near the end of his career, Twenty20 cricket was introduced. Pope played 6 matches each for Eastern Cape and Warriors in this format. In 12 matches, he scored 116 runs with an average of 12.88, with a highest score of 34.

Family

His father, Charles Pope, played first-class and List-A cricket for Border. His uncle, Ken McEwan, also played first-class and List-A cricket.