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England opener Zak Crawley has signed a one-year extension with Kent after losing his central contract for 2026-27. The 28-year-old returns to the county as his primary employer ahead of Kent’s return to the County Championship’s top division

Zak Crawley says he “loved” the time-wasting row at Lord’s and reflects on England’s strong start at Old Trafford, his improved mindset, and the growing bond with fellow opener Ben Duckett.

England captain Ben Stokes praised his team’s skill and mindset after a record fourth-innings chase to defeat India in the first Test at Leeds. He credited Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley’s opening stand and hailed Josh Tongue’s game-changing spells.

At lunch, England stood at 100/2, with Crawley (61* off 71 balls, including nine fours and a six) remaining unbeaten at the crease.

At lunch, England stands at 32/0 in six overs, trailing India by 364 runs. Duckett secured his first boundary, an inside edge against Mukesh Kumar, after facing off Jasprit Bumrah's opening over.

Zak Crawley said the five-match series in India offers his team "an amazing opportunity" to test 'Bazball' and themselves in different conditions

Root’s team surrenders momentum as Axar, Ashwin help hosts dominate Day One.

Rohit attributed his sublime first innings half-century to the positive intent that he displayed during the day-night third Test in which England got thrashed by 10 wickets

While there were debates going on around the pitch and how it behaved, another topic of discussion was the umpiring.

Hyderabad: Fast-rising England opener Zak Crawley was on Thursday ruled out of the first two Test matches against India after sustaining a freak wrist injury on his 23rd birthday. Crawley, who turned 23 on Wednesday, had slipped on the marble floor of the Chepauk dressing room, thereby injuring his wrist Now you can get handpicked […]

England are still 283 runs behind with eight wickets in hand

England were left with a target of 73 to chase and scored 38 with the loss of three wickets on Day 4