Nasser Hussain has criticised England Test coach Brendon McCullum for giving struggling opener Zak Crawley a "cop out" by claiming that "his skillset is not to be a consistent cricketer".
Crawley has endured a lean run of form at the top of the order this summer, managing just 164 runs at an average of 16.40 across five Tests. And former England openers Sir Alastair Cook and Mark Butcher have both called for him to be dropped, with Butcher going as far as to claim that continuing to pick Crawley is becoming "cruel".
However, McCullum has insisted that England will continue to back Crawley, saying: "He's a talent, and there are not too many of those guys floating around. He's still learning his game at this level.
