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How far can Zak Crawley go in his Test career?

Markhor said:
The white Yasir Hameed. How do you not score a single hundred in four innings on the flattest roads you'll ever see ?

Living example of class privilege in English cricket. If you go to public school and your dad is on the Sunday Times Rich List, you don't need to worry about getting enough chances.
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Other then when playing vs Pakistan, Crawley has been trash. He definitely needs to get the boot
 
What is Crawley’s career stat minus that giant knock he played against Pakistan
 
No opener in Test history with 2,500 runs has averaged less than Zak Crawley..

Crawley test avg is 30.33 after 55 test matches

:kp
 
Bhaijaan said:
Damn bro that’s a pathetic record who’s played 50 tests.
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Sometimes you just need to pull the plug, instead of trying to prove a point to yourself.

Atleast Greame Hick had an incredible run on the county circuit before he was given that 'blind faith' run.

Not sure what Crawley has done to earn this kind of backing, besides McCullum thinking that he looks like a really good player.
 
It’s not about the Pakistan knock.

Crawley averaged 50 and was England’s top scorer in the 2023 Ashes. He is still living off that performance although he has not done enough in the last two years.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Other than when playing vs Pakistan, Crawley has been trash. He definitely needs to get the boot
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Did he play vs Pakistan in the 2023 Ashes? 🤡

He is poor and should be dropped, but let’s not rewrite history and blame Pakistan for everything.

He averaged 50 in 2023 Ashes. That is why he is still in the team, although I think he should definitely be axed if he fails in the remaining 3 Tests.
 
Crawley continues to be pathetic... another failure for him.. Against India, 3rd test, 1st inning.

18 for him only...

ENgland need to move on from him.
 
Zak Crawley slams a 42-ball half-century!

48 of his 52 runs so far have come in fours, with just four singles
 
The guy opens and averages 45+ with the bat but strikes in mid 40s. He's been scoring runs for last 4 years both in county and Zimbabwe's domestic. Still remains nowhere near selection. Zak Crawley has been given such a big run without him really churning out consistent runs.
 
Some of the shots that he hit yesterday were out of this world. A poor batsman cannot hit those shots.

Yes he is inconsistent, but you can also see why England persist with him. He is a serious underachiever. I think his main problem is he just cannot concentrate on every ball. When he is locked in he is a serious player.
 
Mamoon said:
Some of the shots that he hit yesterday were out of this world. A poor batsman cannot hit those shots.

Yes he is inconsistent, but you can also see why England persist with him. He is a serious underachiever. I think his main problem is he just cannot concentrate on every ball. When he is locked in he is a serious player.
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He is a very good player against pace bowling when he gets in. Averages 43 against Australia from 8 Tests home & away. Again like you say, a poor batsman would not be capable of that.

In terms of why he is still in the team, it’s as much about the opening partnership as it is about his own form. Duckett as an individual player has solid career numbers, whereas Zak does not. But look at their record as an opening partnership, and there is a compelling case not to split them up.
 
James said:
He is a very good player against pace bowling when he gets in. Averages 43 against Australia from 8 Tests home & away. Again like you say, a poor batsman would not be capable of that.

In terms of why he is still in the team, it’s as much about the opening partnership as it is about his own form. Duckett as an individual player has solid career numbers, whereas Zak does not. But look at their record as an opening partnership, and there is a compelling case not to split them up.
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That is true, it’s more about the sum of the parts. Also, there isn’t a young opening prospect - or not that I am aware of - that is banging on the door right now. When it happens, there will be a change of guard.
 
Mamoon said:
That is true, it’s more about the sum of the parts. Also, there isn’t a young opening prospect - or not that I am aware of - that is banging on the door right now. When it happens, there will be a change of guard.
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McKinney at Durham & Haines at Sussex are probably the next openers in line, however when they’ve been in white hot nick this season the selectors have continued to back a misfiring Crawley, then they’ll lose form and Crawley finally has a good innings, so England miss the boat to make a change.

Timing will be important here. If Crawley performs in the Ashes then of course he’ll be staying in, but if he has a shocker and England lose, that will probably be Stokes stepping down and some of his favoured picks being jettisoned, so could be the end for Crawley.
 
A mediocre batsman

Very get out able in the slips to gully cordon
 
England are really missing a trick not selecting him for the white-ball formats
 
Ordinary Test batter. He has been lucky to play on some flat pitches are home due to Bazball. He has no technique against new ball which is the reason for the the style of play. Any other era, he wouldn't have played so many Tests. England in this Bazzball era are happy with his pretty 30-40 runs as long as it is scored fast. He averages 50+ against only 3 countries, Pakistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe. Has decent average of 43 against Australia.
 
According to Nic Savage, Zak Crawley has made single figures in 41% of his Test innings. Not sure how that compares with other similarly averaging Test openers but that's dreadful in any context.
 
England are full of these no name Ollies and Crawleys who usually tend to have a better career in the Sky commentary box than they do on the field.
 
Varun said:
England are full of these no name Ollies and Crawleys who usually tend to have a better career in the Sky commentary box than they do on the field.
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Many of those players are solid county pros and can provide expertise based on their county experience.

Crawley has an average of 30 odd in county too
 
Zak Crawley is playing a brilliant knock atm in 2nd Ashes test... England lost 2 early wickets and then he and Root are in recovery mode... 61 off 80 atm not out
 
The amount of opportunities this guy has gotten considering his output, I can't think of many players who would be afforded that luxury. To be averaging 30 after 60 tests...only an English player could have had a career this long with those kinds of numbers.

The funny thing is that he always plays a couple of knocks like these every series when everyone is questioning his place in the side after a few failures.
 
crawley plays 1 good knock and he manages to save his spot for the next series.... Pretty much like Shan Masood
 
Crawley reminds me of Sadagoppan Ramesh. You know he isn't supposed to be playing test cricket, but he looks good when he gets runs and gets them fast. But the point is, you know you're just buying time to find another opener.
 
Baz and Stokes need to look through the mirage of Bazball and select a consistent scorer like Ben Compton instead of Crawley.
 
BouncerGuy said:
crawley plays 1 good knock and he manages to save his spot for the next series.... Pretty much like Shan Masood
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They arent comparable. Crawley is leagues > Shan. He's only poor for Sena standards.

He'd easily replace anyone from PK's current test lineup.
 
pillionrider said:
Crawley reminds me of Sadagoppan Ramesh. You know he isn't supposed to be playing test cricket, but he looks good when he gets runs and gets them fast. But the point is, you know you're just buying time to find another opener.
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He can be a nightmare on low bounce wickets where he can smash fast bowlers off a length on the front foot.

On wickets with bounce, he gets exposed every time.
 
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