Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope steered England to an impressive nine-wicket victory over South Africa at The Oval on Monday to complete a 2-1 series victory and put the seal on an astonishing turnaround in fortunes for the home team this year.
England started the day at 97-0 needing another 33 to win and picked them up in 27 minutes for the loss of Alex Lees for 39. Crawley finished on 69 not out, with Pope unbeaten on 11.
"When you've got the bowlers like Jimmy , Broad and Robbo with the skills they possess, they've been phenomenal." The two openers, under considerable pressure after regularly failing to establish any sort of platform this year, had maintained England's aggressive approach on Sunday to effectively make the game safe.
There were no further scares though as Crawley thumped a stylish back foot cover drive to the boundary to finish the match and earn a huge personal confidence boost.
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