Michael Vaughan then drew comparisons with Shubman Gill and stated how he worked on his technical flaws to score back-to-back tons. The Shubman Gill-led India will now clash against England for the third Test match at the Lord's Cricket Ground from July 10
Michael Vaughan (Pic: File Pic)
Former England skipper Michael Vaughan castigated opening batsman Zak Crawley for his inconsistent show in the ongoing Test series against India. He also labelled him the luckiest player to have won so many Test caps despite repetitive failures.
Criticising Crawley for a poor outing, Vaughan said, "There have been many players who have frustrated fans, including me over the years, but he (Crawley) is right up there as the most frustrating I can remember".
"And in my time watching, playing for and covering England, he is the player luckiest to have won as many caps as he has," he added in in his column for 'The Telegraph'.
The former skipper then drew comparisons with Shubman Gill and stated how he worked on his technical flaws to score back-to-back tons.
"It is possible to change. Look at Shubman Gill. He came into this series averaging 35, and four innings later he averages 42. He has done that because of his mindset and strategy. He recognised that he was vulnerable to the lbw, and that his hands were away from his body," said the 50-year-old.
Further, Vaughan added, "But he has been tighter, and that has allowed him to bat for long periods with greater control, while still putting the bad ball away. He has focused on defence, then attacked later".
In the recently concluded second Test match, Zak Crawley scored 19 runs in the first innings and later was not able to open his account as he departed on a duck after facing just seven balls.
"He has to count himself fortunate to have played 56 games, whilst scoring just five hundreds, and averaging 31. Among all the openers in history with more than 2,500 runs, he has the lowest average: 30.3," said Vaughan.
"He's batted 102 times in Test cricket, and been out in single digits 42 times," the cricketer-turned-commentator didn't mince words while highlighting every statistical detail of the right-handed opener's career," he concluded.
The Shubman Gill-led India will now clash against England for the third Test match at the Lord's Cricket Ground from July 10.
(With PTI Inputs)
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