Crawley is simply not a test opener. I would have preferred his Kent teammate, Ben Compton, in the side. He seems to at least grasp that an opener's job is to stick around for a while and see off the first new ball.
Without straying too far into old firm willy waving territory, I doubt what the Lisbon Lions achieved in 1967 will ever be surpassed - and that isn't taking anything away from Rangers 2022 whatsoever. What was the stat - all players apart from one were born within about 10 miles of Celtic Park? Incredible.
If the $40 million in 4 years thing is true, then he definitely has a problem. Addiction can strike at any time and its not unusual for fading sports stars to try and replace the 'kick' they got from their sport with something else (notwithstanding his surprise USPGA victory last year)