That is one innings and admittedly that is more than his Test average of 28.42. Crawley has the lowest Test average at 26.49 for any batsman opening 50 plus times from any country in the history of the game. That is an achievement in itself.
Edit - since I last ran that query, Crawley has, actually moved up to 93rd of the 98 batsmen who have opened that many times. Below him are Powell (WI), Ganga (WI), Kayes (Bang), Smith (WI) and Omar (Bang). He is bottom of the 17 English batsmen but, by definition, most England openers get dropped, with such a low average, a long time before they reach 50 innings.
Don't get me wrong I would have dropped Crawley ages ago but...
I would never have picked Duckett to open either. There isn't a Matthew Hadden or Marcus Trescothick type opener scoring buddle of runs amd England, currently, wouldn't pick an Atherton type opener even if there was one.
Who do we pick that's significantly better than Crawley and how long do we give them?
Crawley is half-way through his likely innings in the series and he has a better average than Warner and Labouschagne, both of whom have more experience in Ashes series in England than he does. He has the highest strike rate of anyone who has played more than one innings in the series so far. Only one player - Joe Root - has taken more catches without the gloves, on either side. He's outperforming his career batting average.
Crawley isn't the reason we're 2-0 down in the series.
You are a very strange man
Oh. You think Crawley is the reason we're 2-0 down. Fair enough. I don't agree.
Stop making things up. I never said that and I don't think anyone else has either.
Then you have the luck of being in agreement with me!
I doubt we will ever agree on anything when it comes to cricket.
That is one innings and admittedly that is more than his Test average of 28.42. Crawley has the lowest Test average at 26.49 for any batsman opening 50 plus times from any country in the history of the game. That is an achievement in itself.
Edit - since I last ran that query, Crawley has, actually moved up to 93rd of the 98 batsmen who have opened that many times. Below him are Powell (WI), Ganga (WI), Kayes (Bang), Smith (WI) and Omar (Bang). He is bottom of the 17 English batsmen but, by definition, most England openers get dropped, with such a low average, a long time before they reach 50 innings.
Don't get me wrong I would have dropped Crawley ages ago but...
I would never have picked Duckett to open either. There isn't a Matthew Hadden or Marcus Trescothick type opener scoring buddle of runs amd England, currently, wouldn't pick an Atherton type opener even if there was one.
Who do we pick that's significantly better than Crawley and how long do we give them?
Crawley is half-way through his likely innings in the series and he has a better average than Warner and Labouschagne, both of whom have more experience in Ashes series in England than he does. He has the highest strike rate of anyone who has played more than one innings in the series so far. Only one player - Joe Root - has taken more catches without the gloves, on either side. He's outperforming his career batting average.
Crawley isn't the reason we're 2-0 down in the series.
You are a very strange man
Oh. You think Crawley is the reason we're 2-0 down. Fair enough. I don't agree.
Stop making things up. I never said that and I don't think anyone else has either.
Then you have the luck of being in agreement with me!
I doubt we will ever agree on anything when it comes to cricket.
Need a big score from Root after a strangely unsatisfactory series so far. In brilliant touch at Edgbaston but left high and dry by the ridiculous declaration before a brainless dismissal in the second knock when beautifully set then looked like he’d not held a cricket bat before at Lord’s.
England will, at some point this morning, be begging for Moeen Ali to score a Test fifty. That's what it will come to; that's what our illusory batting aptitude has led us to. And you know what? He'll be out for about 8. I mean, unless...
As predicted, those "shrinking violet" Aussies are visibly wilting under Bazball, not to mention all that abuse they've been getting from that vociferous and intimidatory Headingley crowd. Robinson said it, Crawley said it, Bairstow's defenders said it. Those Aussies have never faced anything like it before. Or likely to again.
England will, at some point this morning, be begging for Moeen Ali to score a Test fifty. That's what it will come to; that's what our illusory batting aptitude has led us to. And you know what? He'll be out for about 8. I mean, unless...
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Have a lol.
Giving the slip fielders catching practice
On his home ground.
In good conditions.