Zak Crawley is an English cricketer. He is a top-order right-hand batsman. He was on 3rd February 1998 in Bromley in South-East London. Studying at New Beacon School and then at Tonbridge School, the 6 fit 5 inches tall batsman learned cricket at Kent Cricket Academy. Crawley is described as a technically strong and natural stroke maker.

The interesting part of his career is that when he got a national call-up at the age of only 21 his batting average in domestic was simply ordinary, not at all helpful to impress the selectors. Still, the national selectors had given him a chance after watching his two first-class centuries which came against a strong fast bowling attack. One was against Nottinghamshire side containing James Pattinson and Jack Bell and the other century was made against Warwickshire where Ryan Sidebottom and Henry Brookes opened with the ball. The selectors noticed the excellent temperament and technique of Crawley against these fast bowlers.

Having played since under-13 level for Kent and then regularly for Second XI in the English County at the age of only 15, Zak Crawley made his debut in first-class cricket for Kent against the touring West Indies in 2017. He scored 62 runs in his maiden first-class appearance. Since 2018, Crawley was regular in Kent's playing eleven and he became the third-highest run-scorer in that season, scoring 755 runs at an average of 31.46. After missing his maiden century twice Crawley finally smashed his maiden first-class century, scoring 168 in the final home match of that season against Glamorgan. Crawley has played 48 first-class matches so far and scored 2657 runs at an average of 33.21 including his best score of 267. In the List ‘A’ game, Crawley also has 743 runs in 23 matches including his best score of 120.

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Zak Crawley made his debut in Test in 2019 against New Zealand in Hamilton, making the last-minute replacement for injured Jos Butler. He scored only one run. Still, he was not axed from the team for its South Africa tour. The selectors were impressed by his effort and excellent fitness. Crawley also obtained an opportunity to get into the playing eleven after Rory Burns suffered an injury in the eleventh hour ahead of the Cape Town Test. However, in the series, Crawley improved his scores including his maiden half-century in Tests at Johannesburg. Crawley has so far played in 10 Tests and scored 616 runs at an average of 38.50 including his best score of 267. He struck it against Pakistan and made the record fifth-wicket partnership of 359 runs with Jos Buttler. Crawley's 267 has been the second-highest maiden century scored by an English batsman behind R.E Foster's 287.

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He has not yet participated in the Twenty20 International match. Rather he has participated in 24 T20 matches and scored 652 runs at an average of 31.04 including an unbeaten 108.

Crawly’s 267 is the second-highest maiden double after R.E Foster's 287.