IND vs ENG: Michael Vaughan lambasts England player after Edgbaston Test defeat – ‘He has to count himself lucky’ | Cricket News

Former England captain Micheal Vaughan (Photo by Julian Herbert/Getty Images)

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has criticised Zak Crawley‘s efficiency in Test cricket, questioning his place within the England squad. Crawley confirmed enchancment with a rating of 65 within the first Test at Headingley towards India, serving to England chase down 371 runs whereas dealing with Jasprit Bumrah.At Edgbaston, with Bumrah rested, Crawley returned to his earlier kind, getting dismissed for 19 and 0 whereas enjoying free drives outdoors off stump.

India gained the second Test by 336 runs, levelling the sequence 1-1 with three matches remaining.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!England has retained Crawley of their squad for the upcoming third Test at Lord’s.“In my time watching, playing for and covering England, he is the player luckiest to have won as many caps as he has,” former England captain Vaughan wrote of Crawley in Britain’s Daily Telegraph. “He has to count himself fortunate to have played 56 games while scoring just five hundreds and averaging 31.”“Crawley is so exasperating because he has the game…. But he has to score more runs at the top of the order.”Geoffrey Boycott, one other England cricket legend, shared his ideas on Crawley’s batting method.

“I don’t think he can change or get better,” stated Boycott, writing in the identical newspaper. “His faults in technique and thinking are ingrained.”“A leopard doesn’t change his spots, or maybe Zak does not want to change. He should be approaching his best years but in 56 Tests he has learned nothing.”“One sparkling innings (of 267) and numerous failures, with an average of 31, is not good enough.”India’s bowling efficiency at Edgbaston proved superior, with Akash Deep, who changed the rested Bumrah, claiming 10 wickets.