Zak Crawley played his last ODI game against the West Indies in December 2023 .
England openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley employed the “Bazball” attacking method to full effect in tough batting conditions, to get their team off to a flying start against India in fifth Test.
Ben Duckett played fluently right throughout his innings while Zak Crawley had early struggles before getting into his own
India ended up on the losing side and Siraj was also left heartbroken. Looking at him, Zak Crawley and Joe Root ran towards him and tried to console Indian batter showing a great example of sportsman spirit.
After restricting India at 387/10, England took the crease and added two runs in an over on day 3 of Lord’s Test.
At the end of it all, Zak Crawley survived the over from Jasprit Bumrah, to live to fight another day in Lord’s Test
Nitish Kumar Reddy changed the complexion of the innings completely in favour of the Indian cricket team with wickets of England openers
In the penultimate over before the lunch break, Siraj was looking to close his spell quickly. As he took his run-up to bowl the delivery, Crawley backed away at the final moment.
Noting their previous underwhelming performances, Boycott has written in his column for The Daily Telegraph that these players will go through the real challenge versus the Indian Test team.
In the three-match Test series against New Zealand, Zak Crawley scored just 52 runs from six innings at an average of 8.66 with Matt Henry dismissing him all six times.
After 15 overs the England scorecard read 67/3 with Jonny Bairstow (7 off 13) and Joe Root (5 off 14) in the middle. Akash Deep has been the pick for the bowlers, bagging all three wickets so far in the game.
The third Test of the five-match series will commence on February 15 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
At the end of 28 overs, England were on the backfoot with their scoreboard reading 136/4 with Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow taking the guards.
However, the 28-year-old did not shy away from sharing this on his Instagram story at the end of Day 1 Stumps, taking a dig at his height.
Zak Crawley’s innings on Day 1 came to an end, courtesy a moment of brilliance from West Indies wicketkeeper.
The soft signal from the on-field umpire suggested not out which seemed to have ultimately impacted the decision.
The County match with Sussex is expected to be Archer’s final opportunity to prove his fitness for the Test series against New Zealand.