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Former England captain Michael Vaughan has criticised Zak Crawley’s performance in Test cricket, questioning his place in the England squad. Crawley showed improvement with a score of 65 in the first Test at Headingley against India, helping England chase down 371 runs while facing Jasprit Bumrah.At Edgbaston, with Bumrah rested, Crawley returned to his previous form, getting dismissed for 19 and 0 while playing loose drives outside off stump.
India won the second Test by 336 runs, levelling the series 1-1 with three matches remaining.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!England has retained Crawley in their squad for the upcoming third Test at Lord’s.“In my time watching, playing for and covering England, he is the player luckiest to have won as many caps as he has,” former England captain Vaughan wrote of Crawley in Britain’s Daily Telegraph. “He has to count himself fortunate to have played 56 games while scoring just five hundreds and averaging 31.”“Crawley is so exasperating because he has the game…. But he has to score more runs at the top of the order.”Geoffrey Boycott, another England cricket legend, shared his thoughts on Crawley’s batting approach.
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“I don’t think he can change or get better,” said Boycott, writing in the same newspaper. “His faults in technique and thinking are ingrained.”“A leopard doesn’t change his spots, or maybe Zak does not want to change. He should be approaching his best years but in 56 Tests he has learned nothing.”“One sparkling innings (of 267) and numerous failures, with an average of 31, is not good enough.”India’s bowling performance at Edgbaston proved superior, with Akash Deep, who replaced the rested Bumrah, claiming 10 wickets.
