ENG vs AUS Ashes 2023 Test series: England's star opener Zak Crawley hammered a scintillating boundary off the first ball of ENG vs AUS Ashes 2023 Test series after England captain Ben Stokes invited Australia to bowl first at Edgbaston. The first ball of England's innings was bowled by Aussie skipper Pat Cummins -- an off-side pitched delivery that was hit by Crawley for a cracking boundary, leaving fans in awe. Fans and those in the England dressing room, especially captain Ben Stokes, who is leading his national team for the first time in Ashes Test series, couldn't control their excitement upon seeing a very rare sight in Tests.
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England captain Ben Stokes' animated reaction to opener Zak Crawley hitting a cracking four off the first ball of ENG vs AUS Ashes 2023 1st Test match went viral on social media in no time.
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Team India's veteran wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Karthik, who is currently in England doing media media work for Ashes Test series 2023, took to Twitter to react to the incident.
"Stokes reaction will be all of us if England keep batting the way Zak Crawley has started. Aussies have started with a deep point," Karthik wrote on Twitter.
A look at Zak Crawley's heroics in ENG vs AUS Ashes 2023 1st Test
England cricket team opener Zak Crawley hit a half-century off just 56 balls in ENG vs AUS 1st Ashes 2023 Test. He played a valuable innings of 61 runs in 73 balls at a strike rate of 83.56, laced up with 7 fours. This is career's 9th half-century in Tests. On the fourth ball of the 27th over, Scott Boland delivered the third blow to England by getting Crawley caught by Alex Carey.
Australia has won the Ashes 2021/22 series 4-0 at home against England and are the current holders of the The Ashes urn.