Crawley out for 267 as England power on to 490-5

Southampton - The 22-year-old Kent batsman became the third-youngest Englishman to reach the milestone.

Zak Crawley scored a majestic double century and shared a record-breaking partnership with Jos Buttler to help England reach a commanding 490-5 at tea on the second day of the third and final test against Pakistan on Saturday.
After making a cautious start in a rain-hit morning session, Crawley converted his maiden Test hundred into a double ton on a batting-friendly pitch in Southampton.
The 22-year-old Kent batsman became the third-youngest Englishman to reach the milestone when he edged his 25th boundary in 331 deliveries.
Crawley, who had only scored three first-class hundreds prior to the Test, went on make 267 before he was stumped by Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan to become part-time off-spinner Asad Shafiq's first wicket of the match.
Rain interrupted play twice before Buttler (140 not out) reached his second Test century.
Crawley and Buttler negotiated the second new ball in the morning session and went on to add 359 runs, surpassing England's previous record fifth-wicket stand of 254 shared by Keith Fletcher and Tony Greig against India in 1973.
England were teetering on 127-4 on Friday when Crawley and Buttler came together to launch a counter-attack, helping the hosts reach a commanding 332-4 at the end of day one.
Pakistan's seam attack have struggled to control their line in blustery conditions, with captain Azhar Ali losing two reviews in pursuit of Buttler's wicket.
The visitors need to win the Test to level the series after England won the opening match in Manchester by three wickets, and the rain-hit second game ended in a draw.

The top 10 highest maiden Test hundreds are as follows (score, player, opposition, venue, year): 365 no Garry Sobers WIS v PAK Kingston 1958 311 Bob Simpson AUS v ENG Old Trafford 1964 303 no Karun Nair IND v ENG Chennai 2016 287 Reginald Foster ENG v AUS Sydney 1903 277 Brian Lara WIS v AUS Sydney 1993 274 Zaheer Abbas PAK v ENG Edgbaston 1971 267 Zak Crawley ENG v PAK Southampton 2020 256 Rohan Kanhai WIS v IND Kolkata 1958 255 no Jackie McGlew RSA v NZL Wellington 1953 251 Wally Hammond ENG v AUS Sydney 1928 Highest Test scores by England batsmen (score, player, opposition, venue, year): 364 Len Hutton v AUS The Oval 1938 336 no Wally Hammond v NZL Auckland 1933 333 Graham Gooch v IND Lord's 1990 325 Andrew Sandham v WIS Kingston 1930 310 no John Edrich v NZL Headingley 1965 294 Alastair Cook v IND Edgbaston 2011 287 Reginald Foster v AUS Sydney 1903 285 no Peter May v WIS Edgbaston 1957 278 Denis Compton v PAK Trent Bridge 1954 267 Zak Crawley v PAK Southampton 2020 Highest England partnerships in Test cricket (stand, wicket, players, opposition, venue, year): 411 - 4th wkt Peter May, Colin Cowdrey v WIS Edgbaston 1958 399 - 6th wkt Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow v RSA Cape Town 2016 382 - 2nd wkt Len Hutton, Maurice Leyland v AUS The Oval 1938 370 - 3rd wkt Bill Edrich, Denis Compton v RSA Lord's 1947 369 - 2nd wkt John Edrich, Ken Barrington v NZL Headingley 1969 359 1st wkt Len Hutton, Cyril Washbrook v RSA Johannesburg 1948 359 5th wkt Zak Crawley, Jos Buttler v PAK Southampton 2020 Note: no = not out