Harry Brook rescued England once again after the visitors were reduced to 43/4 on the first day of the second Test against New Zealand. England are 1-0 ahead and with the loss in the series opener, New Zealand too were knocked out of the qualification race for the WTC final.
The first Test between England and Pakistan is currently in progress in Multan. After conceding a mammoth 556 in the first innings, the visitors have also started well courtesy of attacking cricket from their opener Zak Crawley who has now surpassed Rohit Sharma in WTC history.
Zak Crawley became the latest Englishman to sign up for the SA20, especially for the players who play Test cricket predominantly given that England are scheduled to play a white-ball series in January against India. The third season of SA20 is set to be played from January 9 to February 8.
James Anderson retired from international cricket after playing against West Indies in the first Test of the home summer at Lord's. He dismissed Joshua Da Silva to pick his final international wicket.
"We never doubted Joe, we just think if he gets couple of lowies, he's even more due than before, so we fully expected him to go out and get runs in this game. He deserves everything he gets, he works so hard at his game and he always comes good," Zak Crawley said after Day 1's play.
England and Ireland will be involved in a three-match ODI series starting Wednesday, September 20. A second-string England team led by Zak Crawley will be facing Paul Stirling and Co., however, former Test captain Joe Root also has made himself available for the series.
Zak Crawley played extremely aggressive cricket while Joe Root also complimented him well as England plundered Australia on the second day of fourth Ashes Test.
The visitors are 3-0 down in the 5 match series and Crawley believes winning the final two games will go a long way to restoring some pride for the English side.
Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets in as many balls in his very first over of the innings, removing Zak Crawley and Jonny Bairstow.
Zak Crawley stepped out of the crease and played a big shot right after Rishabh Pant taunted him, saying "someone is getting angry."
Quizzed whether batting will be easier in the final Test as it will be a red ball game again, Crawley answered in affirmative.
England's Zak Crawley believes that the side is hurt with "50-50 umpiring decisions" not going their way on Day 1 of the third Test in Ahmedabad.
Crawley, who turned 23 on Wednesday, had slipped on the marble floor of the Chepauk dressing room, thereby injuring his wrist.
Crawley's career-defining 267-run innings earned him a number of admirers, one of which was former India captain and current Board of Control for Cricket in India President Sourav Ganguly.
Shan Masood was the first to go, falling to James Anderson yet again after making just 4. Masood's opening partner Abid Ali was then caught in the slips in Anderson's very next over after which captain Azhar Ali and Babar Azam stuck around nervously
By the time he was stumped off part-time spinner Asad Shafiq, Crawley had moved into 10th place in the all-time list of top scores by an England player — above the likes of Geoffrey Boycott, Joe Root and Ben Stokes.
Zak Crawley and Jos Buttler added 359 runs for the fifth wicket on day 2 of the third Test against Pakistan
Zak Crawley was dismissed on 267 and the Pakistan players took turns to applaud the English youngster on an incredible knock.
22-year-old Zak Crawley became the seventh England batsman to convert his maiden ton into a double and the third youngest from his country.
Playing in his eighth Test, Crawley hit an unbeaten, career-best 171 as he and Buttler (87 not out) shared an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 205 to put England in control after closing the opening day on 332 for 4.
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