New Delhi: BCCI President and legendary India batsman Sourav Ganguly has lauded England batsman Zak Crawley, who slammed a mammoth 267 against Pakistan in the third Test in Southampton, calling the youngster a class player.
The 393-ball knock put him in 10th place in the all-time list of top scores by an English player. “England have found a very good no 3 in Crawley,” Ganguly tweeted “Looks a class player .. hope to see him in all formats regularly.”
Crawley before the third Test had scored just 314 runs from 11 innings but notched up a 267 in a single innings. With 22 years and 201 days of age, Crawley became the 3rd youngest England player with a Test double. Second youngest with a Test double against Pakistan after Sir Garfield Sobers (21 years 216 days). He also became the youngest England No.3 to score a Test double.
Only playing the third and final Test because Ben Stokes has returned to his native New Zealand for family reasons, Crawley staked a claim to become a regular No. 3 batsman in the England team with his double century. His 359-run partnership with Buttler is a record for the fifth wicket for England in Tests and it is joint-sixth highest ever.
His 267 is now the highest Test score by a batsman who has been dismissed stumped. The previous best was 258 by West Indian Seymour Nurse at Christchurch in 1969.
