{"id":5406,"date":"2025-12-20T10:04:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=5406"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:04:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:04:30","slug":"the-ashes-zak-crawley-unaware-of-ben-stokes-weak-men-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=5406","title":{"rendered":"The Ashes: Zak Crawley unaware of Ben Stokes’ ‘weak men’ comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Opener Zak Crawley suggested he was not aware of comments made by Ben Stokes when the England captain said his dressing room is “not a place for weak men”.<\/b><\/p>\n

Stokes made the statement in multiple interviews following England’s defeat in the second Ashes Test against Australia earlier this month.<\/p>\n

In the run-up to the third Test, in which England are set to be beaten to lose the series at the earliest opportunity, Stokes said he had let his message “drift around” his players.<\/p>\n

“I’ve done all the talking over the past two days that I needed to have done,” said the all-rounder.<\/p>\n

But after Crawley made 85 on the fourth day of the third Test in Adelaide, he said: “I didn’t see that.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t see and wasn’t really looking out for it. We take everything that is said in the media with a pinch of salt.”<\/p>\n

Stokes made the “weak men” comment after England were beaten in Brisbane to go 2-0 down.<\/p>\n

The England squad subsequently went on holiday to Noosa between the second and third Tests.<\/p>\n

Before this match in Adelaide, Stokes said his team had held “raw” conversations. The captain also asked his players to “show a bit of dog” in their battle to remain in the series.<\/p>\n

But Kent’s Crawley stated the messaging from Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum had remained consistent with their previous three years in charge.<\/p>\n

“It’s been very positive, the same as always,” said Crawley. “[It’s] just trying to be optimistic, play our way, with lots of freedom. It felt like we could do something special going into this game.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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