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Full name John Paul Crawley
Born September 21, 1971, Maldon, Essex
Current age 36 years 290 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
Relations Brother - MA Crawley, Brother - PM Crawley

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

1800

156*

34.61

4589

39.22

187

ODIs

235

21.36

408

57.59

First-class

340

564

23939

311*

47.21

130

213

List A

301

288

8512

114

32.12

Twenty20

107

11.88

146

73.28

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

ODIs

First-class

340

215

283

1/7

141.50

7.89

107.5

List A

301

4.00

Twenty20

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

Test statistics

ODI debut

England v Zimbabwe at Sydney, Dec 15, 1994 scorecard

Last ODI

England v Sri Lanka at Sydney, Feb 3, 1999 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

1990

Last First-class

Hampshire v Nottinghamshire at Southampton, Jun 29-Jul 2, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1991

Last List A

Hampshire v Somerset at Southampton, May 2, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Hampshire v Lancashire at Southampton, Jul 19, 2004 scorecard

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 have 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 is 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, topping the first-division in 2006 with 1,737 runs and six centuries, form that made him an outside bet for another England recall.
Lawrence Booth (September 2006)

May 7, 2008

John Crawley rocks back to pull on his way to a half-century © Getty Images

Aug 8, 2007

John Crawley sweeps Hampshire towards a handy total on the first day © Getty Images

Jul 11, 2007

Darren Maddy removes John Crawley for 10 © Getty Images

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