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Matthew Cooper

Alastair Cook delivers verdict on Zak Crawley's England struggles after latest failure

Zak Crawley's Test match career has been a case of feast or famine so far, with the England opener going big for a stunning double century against Pakistan in 2020 and a brilliant hundred against the West Indies in March.

However, there were a litany of single-figure scores in between those two innings and five in his seven innings since that ton in Antigua. Crawley has found himself largely getting out on the drive, either caught behind or in the slips and he was once again out caught behind for a single-figure score in England's first innings in the second Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.

It was a brilliant delivery by Trent Boult, but an all too familiar dismissal for Crawley, who now averages just 27.87 in 23 Tests. Since making his debut in 2019, Crawley has edged 8% of his deliveries according to CricViz, with no other opener edging a higher percentage in that time.

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