Crawley struck 19 fours in a composed 269-ball innings that saw him more than double his previous best score of 76, achieved last month on the same ground in Southampton. The 22-year-old batsman is only playing in his eighth test match because Ben Stokes is missing while he attends a family matter back in New Zealand, and now looks undroppable on this form. It was the first test century by a No. 3 batsman for England since November 2018, and a first