Croly and Docket broke Cook-Strauss records, England’s most dangerous opening pair against India
Crawley-Duckett Records: On the second day of the Oval Test, England openers Zack Croly and Ben Docket set a new record of adding the most opening runs against India. The pair scored 984 runs in just 18 innings, leaving behind Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss. Not only this, he has also equaled the world record in the case of 50+ runs opening partnership against India.
England’s opening partners Zack Croly and Ben Docket created history on the second day of the Oval Test on Friday, August 1. He has become the English partner to add the most runs as an opener against India. In this match, he needed only 41 runs to surpass the 932 -run pair of Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss, which they already crossed the session. Now he has 984 runs in 18 innings.
England’s opening couples (most runs) in Tests against India:
- 984 – Zack Crowley & Ben Docket (18 innings)
- 933 – Alastair Cook & Andrew Strauss (20 innings)
- 652 – Michael Attrit & Graham Gooch (6 innings)
- 520 – Joffre Boycott & Graham Gooch (10 innings)
Not only this, the pair of Crowley and Docket have made an opening partnership of 50+ runs against India for the 8th time, which is the highest for any English opening pair in Test cricket. Test cricket against India so far is only Gordon Greenies and Desmond Hens of West Indies who have done this 8 times.
The highest 50+ partnership by the opening pair in Tests against India:
- 8 – Zack Crowley & Ben Docket (England)
- 8 – Gordon Greenies & Desmond Hens (West Indies)
- 7 – Cook & Strauss (England)
- 7 – Hayden & Langer (Australia)
- 7 – Laurie & Bob Simpson (Australia)
Talking about the match, on Friday, the Crolly-Dkett pair added 92 runs in just 12.4 overs. Docket scored 43 runs in 38 balls with the help of 5 fours and 2 sixes, but caught wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel off Akash Deep in the 13th over.
