England’s red-ball opener Zak Crawley stated that he is focused only on match-winning performances and not on his batting average ahead of the second Test against West Indies which is set to begin on Thursday in Trent Bridge.
England recorded a massive 114-run and an innings victory in James Anderson’s farewell Test in Lord’s and want to continue the impressive form and record yet another heavy win in the second match.
After 45 Test matches, Crawley has scored 2,687 runs with an average of 33.17. He scored 76 runs at Lord’s last week but failed to convert his half-century into a hundred.
Talking ahead of the second Test, the right-handed batter argued that his batting average does not bother him as he is only focused on having match-winning performances.
"The average certainly doesn't bother me. I don't get caught up in things like that, otherwise I'll get pretty down myself a lot of the time," said the opener ahead of the Nottingham Test.
"I'd like to win more games for England. That's kind of what I judge myself on. Hopefully I start getting bigger scores.
"I probably haven't won that many games. I've played some really good knocks but my main goal going forward is how many match-winning performances can I get for my team.
"I've certainly never looked at my average and gone, 'oh, I hope I can get one higher' or things like that. [Opening] is a tough place to bat.
"I'm going to continue to be aggressive. I think we all are. I think that's why we've been backed, especially me, over a period of time
"Maybe at times in India [during a 4-1 series defeat over the winter] we didn't quite read the game as well as we could have and you get punished against a team like India.
"At times you've got to read the game and rein it in, but naturally it's going to be quite aggressive."
