The fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia is currently underway and the home team is dominating at the moment. Zak Crawley has been the star for England, scoring a brilliant 189 off just 182 balls with 21 fours and three sixes. Crawley added 121 runs for the first and second wickets. moeen ali And then shared a 206-run partnership with the former captain Joe Root,
A 206-run partnership for the third wicket between Crawley and Root came in just 178 balls, before Cameron Green dismissed Root. The pair beat their own teammates to score the fastest double century in the world record Johnny Bairstow And Ben Stokes who scored a mammoth 399 off just 346 balls. Another England pair of Jack Crawley and Ben Duckett have made it to the list in 2022 after scoring 233 runs together off 214 balls in the Rawalpindi Test against Tests.
| players | Partnerships | run rate | Oppose | place and year |
| Jack Crawley and Joe Root | 206 (178) | 6.94 | Australia | Manchester, 2023 |
| Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes | 399 (306) | 6.91 | South Africa | Cape Town, 2016 |
| Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden | 233 (203) | 6.88 | Zimbabwe | Perth, 2003 |
| Jack Crawley and Ben Duckett | 233 (214) | 6.53 | Pakistan | Rawalpindi, 2022 |
| Joe Burns and David Warner | 237 (226) | 6.29 | new zealand | Brisbane, 2015 |
| AB de Villiers and Graeme Smith | 217 (209) | 6.22 | Zimbabwe | Cape Town, 2005 |
Jack Crawley broke several Ashes records with his 189 on the second day of the Test. His strike rate of 103.84 is the second highest in an Ashes innings of 150 or more runs. Crawley’s innings of 189 is also the fourth highest individual score among England openers in Ashes history.
Meanwhile, England are in a very good position in the ongoing fourth Ashes Test with a first innings lead of over 100 runs. Their aggressive approach finally paid off and they are on course to win the Test match and level the score at 2-2.