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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Cameron Ponsonby

Record-breaking Zak Crawley sees runaway England rack up runs against Pakistan

Pair: Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley

(Picture: AP)

It was only two and a half hours before play that England declared this match could go ahead after a virus swept through the camp yesterday, but some ferocious batting from openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett left the Pakistan bowlers feeling sick to their stomachs on the opening day of the tour.

A record-breaking opening partnership between Crawley and Duckett dominated the first day as England reached tea at 332-3 in Rawalpindi. The pair shared a 233-run-partnership that took just 35 overs to put together in yet another astonishing display of batting from this England side led by Brendon McCullum.

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