24 Facts About Zak Crawley

Zak Crawley was born on 3 February 1998 and is an English international cricketer who plays Test cricket for the national team.

Zak Crawley made his international debut for England in November 2019 in the second Test match of England's tour of New Zealand.

Zak Crawley's mentor is former Kent captain Rob Key; Key was appointed as Director of Men's Cricket by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2022.

Zak Crawley was born in Bromley in south-east London and was educated at New Beacon School in Sevenoaks and Tonbridge School; his father Terry is a retired City of London futures trader who had begun his working life as a carpet fitter, before becoming one of Britain's highest-paid men and making the Sunday Times Rich List following his change of profession.

Zak Crawley has represented Kent from under-11 level onwards, is a graduate of the Kent Cricket Academy and played club cricket for Holmesdale Cricket Club, Knockholt Cricket Club and Sevenoaks Vine.

Zak Crawley made his Second XI debut for the county in 2013 aged 15 and signed his first professional contract with the club at the end of the 2015 season during which he had become a regular Second XI player and was selected for the England Elite Player Development for London programme.

Zak Crawley made his senior debut for Kent in the 2017 Royal London Cup against Essex at Canterbury on 17 May 2017.

Zak Crawley made his first-class debut for Kent against the touring West Indians on 6 August 2017 during the 166th Canterbury Cricket Week, scoring 62 runs in his debut first-class innings before going on to make his County Championship debut for the county at the end of the same month.

Zak Crawley scored his maiden List A cricket half century in Kent's opening match of the competition against Guyana, scoring 60 runs as an opening batsman, before going on to score 99 not out against the Leeward Islands in the county's third match of the tournament.

Zak Crawley was Kent's third highest run scorer in the County Championship with 755 runs scored at an average of 31.46 runs per innings.

Zak Crawley was drafted by London Spirit for the inaugural season of The Hundred, but only featured once, scoring 64 as an opening batsman in a loss to Birmingham Phoenix.

Zak Crawley was retained by the Lord's-based side for the 2022 season.

Zak Crawley made scores of 4 and 25 in the match, but took two "vital" catches during the final innings of the match.

Zak Crawley went on to play in the remaining two matches of the series, scoring his first Test half-century in the final match.

Zak Crawley signed a three-year contract extension with Kent in March 2020.

Zak Crawley went on to make his maiden Test century in the following match, his eighth Test match, scoring 171 not out on the first day, passing his previous best first-class score in the process.

Zak Crawley is a top-order batsman who has been described as "very strong" technically and as a "natural stroke maker".

Zak Crawley returned to the side for the third Test, top-scoring with 53 runs in England's first innings before playing in the home series against New Zealand.

Zak Crawley made his ODI debut in the first match of the series, scoring an unbeaten half-century.

Zak Crawley was recalled to the team for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne, the third of the series, after England had batted poorly in the first matches of the tour, although he scored poorly in the match.

Zak Crawley scored his second Test century during the first match of the West Indies tour, and his innings of 121 saw Viv Richards describe him as "a magnificent player".

Zak Crawley was one of four England batsmen to score a century in their first innings, and came close to becoming the first England player to score a century before lunch on the first day of a Test match.

Zak Crawley scored rapidly on a "very flat pitch", making 122 runs and reaching his century in 86 balls, setting a record for the fastest century by an England Test opener.

Zak Crawley scored a half-century in similar style in England's second innings and played in each of the remaining matches in the series.