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Originally Posted by sostenurter Crawley's attitude didn't impress on the last Ashes tour. He missed two Tests because he had a sore hip. As Clive once said, Steve Waugh scored 150 on one leg against us. When you consider that we now have younger players like Collingwood, whose attitude is the type Fletcher wants, I'd find it hard to say why Crawley should get another try. |
As pointed out he had a mjor opportunity to make a name for himself on the last ashes tour. The fact is that missing two matches, as he did, with a trivial injury demonstrated that he was not hungry enough. Attitude is so important to the current England set-up, and players who like Collingwood are more likely to get selected than Crawley.
Also, the man has to make a case himself, last year he failed to score a hundred in the championship, and an average of less than 35 does not indicate a man making that case for inclusion.
I think he is a good player, but sadly pure talent only takes you so far. The best players combine talent with attitude.