Zak Crawley had a awful outing against New Zealand, scoring only 52 runs in 6 innings, falling prey to Matt Henry every single time. However, assistant coach Marcus Trescothick has backed the England batter to come good in the future.

"It's always tough when someone gets something over you, and you find it really challenging and you've got to come up with plans," Trescothick said. "I had similar situations in my time when I was playing against other oppositions.

"You go away when you've got the opportunity, which he has now, to try and think about it before next time they come up against each other.

"I think the important part of this is to remember we're very much focussed on him being the opening batter for a good period to come. We've seen the damage that he does and how he goes about it.

"I don't want to give you too much about how he goes about it in the changing room because it's the private area of what we have… but he's a strong character. Although it's challenging when it's like this, when someone gets you under the pump, it's tough, but he'll find a way. And we'll help him find a way to get back to that point."

Trescothick clarified that Crawley's poor form was unrelated to the fractured finger he suffered during the third Test against the West Indies, which had sidelined him from the Sri Lanka series later that summer.