'Too good' Crawley thankful for faith shown in him after hitting 189

Crawley is thankful to McCullum and Stokes for sticking by him through criticism as he hit 189 on day two.

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00:00 Every ashes knock is important but I was very pleased with how I played and how it went

00:06 and the position we're in at the moment in the series. We're fighting back nicely so

00:10 we're in a good position to push this game forward now so hopefully we do that.

00:15 How much fun was it? You don't get a lot like that every day.

00:19 No it was a lot of fun. I rode my luck at times but played some nice shots along the

00:23 way and I enjoyed those. Batting with Mo is always fun as well, he's a funny guy and Ruthie

00:30 just takes so much pressure off you when you're batting so I enjoyed today.

00:34 It's fair to say under any other coach or captain I probably wouldn't be playing this

00:38 series so to be backed by them gives me a lot of confidence and they've always said

00:42 to me just don't worry about being consistent, just try and go and win games for England

00:47 and it would be really nice if we win this game and hopefully I've contributed to that.

00:51 I think it was obviously a taxing session because Crawley was so dominant and he played

00:57 so well right from the onset. We obviously had some clear plans for him but he was too

01:02 good on a wicket like this today so I think that period where him and Root got together

01:06 it was almost all out attack. We knew how important that partnership was and the run

01:11 rate obviously got away from us where in the past when we've gone to that plan we've still

01:15 been able to manage the run rate and today it wasn't possible and that was because two

01:21 batsmen were too good on the day.