Zak Crawley: England opener fails as County Championship 2025 season will get below manner | Cricket Information

England opener Zak Crawley’s depressing run of type with the bat continued into the 2025 Rothesay County Championship as he was bowled out for one for Kent on the opening day of the season.

Crawley’s keep on the crease lasted simply seven balls earlier than he was bowled by left-arm seamer Liam Guthrie when trying to drive a fuller ball swinging again into him.

The England opener is below strain after a run of 15 Exams and not using a century, with the 27-year-old averaging solely 8.66 over his six innings on the winter Check tour of New Zealand. He then registered 5 single-figure scores when taking part in in eight appearances for Jap Cape within the SA20 competitors in January.

Northamptonshire finally bowled Kent out for 231 on day one in all their Division Two conflict, Raphael Weatherall taking 3-32 for the hosts, whereas Tawanda Muyeye top-scored with 72 for Kent.

In Division One, newly-promoted Yorkshire had been skittled for a measly 121 on the opening day of their match in opposition to Hampshire.

Former England batter, and now Yorkshire captain, Jonny Bairstow managed solely 10 in his aspect’s complete, with Hampshire left-arm spinner Liam Dawson – capped 20 occasions throughout all three codecs – ripping via the decrease order when taking 3-8 in solely 4.4 overs.

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