Making the most of the batting-friendly conditions in Rawalpindi, Root switched to a left-handed mode while batting against right-arm spinner Zahid Mahmood for the first two deliveries of his sixth over
The Rawalpindi pitch saw England racking up a world record 506 runs on the opening day of the Test. Ramiz slammed the surface as "embarrassing" and said that it would take another season for the quality of pitches to improve
On the eve of their first Test in Pakistan, England is in disarray after 13 to 14 staff members, including half of the 16-man playing squad, fell ill on Wednesday
At the domestic T20 level, the right-hand, top-order batter has an impressive strike rate of 145.08, having amassed 1284 runs over 47 appearances, including a personal top-score of 108* in 2020
After making his full first-team debut in 2017, the Kent Cricket Academy graduate has gone on to make 125 appearances for Kent, scoring almost 5,000 runs.
In his previous ten innings, Crawley has managed only 164 runs at a poor average of 16.40. He has scored no fifties in this run, with the best score of 46