{"id":1231,"date":"2025-08-02T21:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T21:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/englands-ben-duckett-and-zak-crawley-become-1st-opening-pair-in-the-world-to-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T21:10:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T21:10:27","slug":"englands-ben-duckett-and-zak-crawley-become-1st-opening-pair-in-the-world-to-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/englands-ben-duckett-and-zak-crawley-become-1st-opening-pair-in-the-world-to-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s Ben Duckett And Zak Crawley Become 1st Opening Pair In The World To&#8230; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9480778\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">August 03, 2025, 02:04 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9480778\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-3865092386 asubttl-schema\">Crawley and Duckett opened the innings for England on Saturday (August 2) and added 50 runs in 13.5 overs for the first wicket.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-3865092386 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley become first opening pair in the world to add at least 50 runs for the first wickets against in India in Tests nine times. (Picture Credit: AFP)\" title=\"Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley become first opening pair in the world to add at least 50 runs for the first wickets against in India in Tests nine times. (Picture Credit: AFP)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-3865092386\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley become first opening pair in the world to add at least 50 runs for the first wickets against in India in Tests nine times. (Picture Credit: AFP)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett are the openers for England in Test cricket, and on Saturday (August 2), they entered their names in the history books by becoming the first opening pair in the world to register nine 50+ run opening partnerships in Tests against the Indian team.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">Duckett and Crawley opened the second innings for England in the ongoing fifth Test against India at The Oval and added 50 runs for the first wicket in 13.5 overs on Saturday. The 50-run stand by the duo was the ninth time in 19 innings that they managed to add at least 50 runs for the first wicket in Tests against India.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">They broke Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes\u2019s record. Haynes and Greenidge played 30 innings as an opener for the West Indies against India in Tests and added at least 50 runs for the first wicket eight times.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><strong>Most 50+ partnerships for an opening pair vs India in Tests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"listOncontentArticleUL\">\n<li>9 \u2013 Zak Crawley &amp; Ben Duckett (England)<\/li>\n<li>8 \u2013 Gordon Greenidge &amp; Desmond Haynes (West Indies)<\/li>\n<li>7 \u2013 Alastair Cook &amp; Andrew Strauss (England)<\/li>\n<li>7 \u2013 Matthew Hayden &amp; Justin Langer (England)<\/li>\n<li>7 \u2013 Bill Lawry &amp; Bob Simpson (Australia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">In 19 Test innings against India, Crawley and Duckett have added 1034 runs as opening partners for England against India. They are only the second opening pair in the world to score 1000 runs against India in the five-day format of the game.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley\u2019s opening stands vs India in Tests<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"table_container\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>RUNS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>INNINGS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>VENUE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\"><strong>YEAR<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">55<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Hyderabad<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">45<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Hyderabad<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">59<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Visakhapatnam<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">50<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Visakhapatnam<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">89<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Rajkot<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">15<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Rajkot<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">47<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Ranchi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">19<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Ranchi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">64<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Dharamsala<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Dharamsala<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Leeds<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">188<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Leeds<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">13<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Birmingham<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">11<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Birmingham<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">43<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Lord\u2019s<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">22<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Lord\u2019s<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">166<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">Manchester<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">92<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">1st<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">The Oval<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">50<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2nd<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">The Oval<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:25%\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">The overall record of scoring the most runs as an opening pair in Tests against India is in the name of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes of the West Indies. Haynes and Greenidge played 30 innings as an opener against India in Tests and added 1325 runs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\"><strong>Most runs as opening partners against India in Tests<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"table_container\">\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>PLAYER<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>COUNTRY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>INNINGS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>RUNS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gordon Greenidge &amp; Desmond Haynes<\/td>\n<td>West Indies<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>1325<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Zak Crawley &amp; Ben Duckett<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>England<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>19<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1034<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alastair Cook &amp; Andrew Strauss<\/td>\n<td>England<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>933<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bill Lawry &amp; Bob Simpson<\/td>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>753<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Justin Langer &amp; Matthew Hayden<\/td>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>714<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Michael Atherton &amp; Graham Gooch<\/td>\n<td>England<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>652<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ed Cowan &amp; David Warner<\/td>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>621<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alviro Petersen &amp; Graeme Smith<\/td>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>616<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marvan Atapattu &amp; Sanath Jayasuriya<\/td>\n<td>Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>593<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jeffrey Stollmeyer &amp; Allan Rae<\/td>\n<td>West Indies<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>591<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\"><strong>Crawley out for 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">In England\u2019s second innings of the ongoing fifth Test against India at The Oval, Crawley could only manage to score 14 runs from 36 balls. 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