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John Crawley

England

Full name John Paul Crawley

Born September 21, 1971, Maldon, Essex

Current age 38 years 62 days

Major teams England, Cambridge University, Hampshire, Lancashire

Nickname Creepy

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Height 6 ft 2 in

Education Manchester Grammar School, Trinity College Cambridge

Relation Brother - MA Crawley, Brother - PM Crawley

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	37	61	9	1800	156*	34.61	4589	39.22	4	9	187	3	29	0
ODIs	13	12	1	235	73	21.36	408	57.59	0	2	14	1	1	1
First-class	351	584	60	24361	311*	46.49			54	133			222	1
List A	308	295	23	8681	114	31.91			8	55			97	4
Twenty20	10	10	1	107	23	11.88	146	73.28	0	0	9	0	3	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	351		215	283	2	1/7		141.50	7.89	107.5		0	0
List A	308		6	4	0	-	-	-	4.00	-	0	0	0
Twenty20	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	England v South Africa at Lord's, Jul 21-24, 1994 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 2-6, 2003 scorecard
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ODI debut	England v Zimbabwe at Sydney, Dec 15, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Sri Lanka at Sydney, Feb 3, 1999 scorecard
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First-class debut	1990
Last First-class	Hampshire v Lancashire at Southampton, Aug 6-9, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1991
Last List A	Hampshire v Ireland at Southampton, May 18, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Hampshire v Lancashire at Southampton, Jul 19, 2004 scorecard

Profile

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. 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, that winter, Zimbabwe, 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 has 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 the 2009 season.
Lawrence Booth August 2009