Zak Crawley: From England's golden boy to their fall guy for Ashes failure

The Athletic has launched a Cricket WhatsApp Channel. Click here to join.It was the moment even he must have known the game was up. That his remote hopes of surviving the winter’s Ashes debacle and carrying on with what many consider a charmed life opening the batting for England had been dashed.Zak Crawley momentarily stood, with hands on hips, contemplating his fate after being bowled for a boundary-laden 44 when trying to heave a drive through the legside off a straight ball from Derbyshire’s Martin Andersson.Advertisement