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The harrowing of Zak Crawley

Jon Hotten says that the discarded opener kept telling himself to be who they needed him to be. But now, they won’t be needing him at all.

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Jon Hotten says that the discarded opener kept telling himself to be who they needed him to be. But now, they won’t be needing him at all.

It would have been a cruelty to select Zak Crawley for the first Test of the summer – and it is an equal and opposite cruelty not to.
But cricket is a cruel game, physically for bowlers, psychologically for batters.
It’s why Kent, Crawley’s county, have a new no-comments policy on their social media, instituted by head coach Adam Hollioake. Because imagine being Zak Crawley and reading what they’re saying about you online right now.
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