From the press...
His father, who as a youngster was a good footballer and has long been a scratch golfer, was a property developer snd financier in the City in the 1980s where he made his fortune as a futures trader. The story goes that he went from being a Bermondsey carpet fitter earning £100 per week to the Sunday Times rich list. Having such a rich father meant Zac has enjoyed a very privileged upbringing but not that you would know it talking to him. His feet are firmly on the floor. Self effacing and incredibly hard working, he has inherited his father’s drive to succeed, learning quickly what is required to prosper in Test cricket and how to fit in. A public schoolboy fast tracked into the England team with a first-class average of only 31 could provoke resentment, but Crawley won over team-mates and coaches last winter with a dedication to fitness and a critical mind, willing to learn what it takes and improving his Test score five times in a row in South Africa.
Tbf nearly all the team are privately educated. Something like eight of them anyway Ben Stokes, Jimmy Anderson or Chris Woakes aren't but with Ben away the number was nine for the last test. - not a fact to be welcomed and the need to make the game more diverse and welcoming for people from all backgrounds has never been more obvious. Noone should think the sport is excluding them.
