England is determined to win the ultimate Ashes check in opposition to Australia regardless of a sequence victory not being doable because it seems to construct for the longer term, batter Zak Crawley stated.
Australia retained the urn after no play was doable on day 5 of the drawn fourth check because of the moist climate, leaving England trailing 2-1 within the sequence forward of the ultimate check at The Oval, which begins on Thursday.
The draw was agonising for England, which appeared to be heading in the right direction to storm again from 2-0 down within the sequence to degree issues up after posting a primary innings complete of 592, with Crawley scoring a sensational 189.
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“We’re massively up for it. Any game, you want to win,” Crawley informed reporters. “As Ben Stokes says, we’re building as a team, this isn’t the end just because it’s the end of the Ashes. Hopefully, it’s very much the start.”
“I think 2-2 would be fair. They had the better of us at Lord’s, Edgbaston could have gone either way, we probably deserved this one, and Headingley could have gone either way. So I think 2-2 would be right.
“It felt like we were getting on top of them for sure, and if we’d won this game it would have been very interesting to see. They’ve got some very good players and would have bounced back but the momentum would have been with us for sure.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com