AUS vs ENG 1st Test: Zak Crawley's Perth Pitstop Ends In Annihilation, Joins Unwanted List Of Ducks

Australia Men's Cricket Team Vs England National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Zak Crawley joined the unwanted company of English openers to bag a pair of ducks in an Ashes Test following another dismissal to pacer Mitchell Starc during the first Ashes Test at Perth's Optus Stadium on Saturday.

Tasked with providing England with an explosive start to expand their 40-run lead further, Crawley once again fell to Starc in the first over, thanks to an excellent one-handed grab from the veteran Aussie left-armer. Previously, in the first innings, he had nicked the delivery at slips to Usman Khawaja.

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Now, he has joined Trevor Bailey (Melbourne in 1959), Dennis Amiss (Adelaide in 1975), and Michael Atherton (Melbourne in 1998) as the fourth English opener to bag a pair of ducks in an Ashes Test.

This is also the first instance of a wicket falling before a run was scored in each of the first three innings of a Test, with Crawley and Jake Weatherald falling for ducks in previous innings without a run added to the scorecard for their teams.

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In 2025, Crawley made 414 runs in 12 innings at an average of 34.50, with a strike rate of over 63, including a century, three fifties and a best score of 124 in seven Tests.