John Crawley

England|Top order Batter
John Crawley
INTL CAREER: 1994 - 2003
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Full Name

John Paul Crawley

Born

September 21, 1971, Maldon, Essex

Age

52y 180d

Nicknames

Creepy

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Fielding Position

Occasional Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Top order Batter

Height

6ft 2in

Education

Manchester Grammar School, Trinity College Cambridge

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Few players in the world deal quite so clinically - and elegantly - with the ball that strays onto the pads. But it is weaknesses in other areas of Crawley's game that cost him a regular place in the England side.

After becoming the leading run-scorer for England Under-19s in youth Tests - and the first player to pass 1,000 runs - several big scores for Cambridge, Lancashire and England A paved the way for his Test debut, against South Africa in 1994, but he was undone by the Lord's slope, and never quite shook off the accusation that he didn't know where his off stump was. Crawley was in and out of the Test team after that, despite caressing consecutive hundreds against Pakistan in 1996 and hitting out freely to score 156 not out in Muttiah Muralitharan's Oval Test of 1998.

Peerless on the leg side and an intelligent player of spin, Crawley also added a cover-drive to his less-than-fluent off-side game. He was also fitter than the heavy-hipped youngster who toured Australia in 1994-95.

After a bitter legal battle with Lancashire, he joined Hampshire for the 2002 season. The change of scene worked wonders and Crawley was soon recalled to the England squad after an absence of more than three years. He responded with a century against India at Lord's, but his third tour of Australia was a disappointingly stop-start affair, as injury interrupted a run of good form. He remained as consistent as ever in county cricket, reaching his highest first-class score of 311 against Nottinghamshire in 2005, before announcing his retirement at the end of 2009 having passed 1,000 runs in a season 10 times.

He joined Marlborough College in a public relations and cricket coaching role before moving to Magdalen College School in Oxford as head of cricket in February 2012, where former England bowler Phillip DeFreitas was also on the staff.
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John Crawley Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests376191800156*34.61458939.22491873290
ODIs131212357321.3640857.590214111
FC3515846024361311*46.49--54133--2221
List A30829523868111431.91--855--974
T20s101011072311.8814673.28009030

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests37------------
ODIs13------------
FC351-21528321/7-141.507.89107.5-00
List A308-640---4.00-000
T20s10------------
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John Crawley brings out the pull
John Crawley rocks back to pull on his way to a half-century
John Crawley sweeps Hampshire towards a handy total on the first day
Darren Maddy removes John Crawley for 10
John Crawley sweeps during his 73
John Crawley drives off the back foot