- Agius' stoppage time penalty earns a point for the Alex
- Booth makes super saves to keep Crewe in it
- Entertaining six-goal thriller at Alexandra Park
Mike Jackson’s Under-21s earned a hard-fought point at Alexandra Park in a 3-3 draw with Wigan Athletic.
Calum Agius' penalty in the dying moments of the game helped the young Reds to come away from the Professional Development fixture with a point.
Max Woodcock and Jack Parry were also on target against the Latics.
Jackson's team included first-teamer Tom Booth for the first time since his injury that he picked up in the first half at Tranmere Rovers earlier this month.
The Alex started the game positively and enjoyed plenty of possession creating most of the opportunities and there goal came moments later.
Muhammed Jatta squared the ball across the box for Woodcock who finished cooly into the back of the net to give Crewe the lead.
In the 20 minutes that followed didn't include any big chances at either end of the pitch.
But the Latics levelled through Luke Brennan, who slotted the ball under Booth after good link-up play with Dylan Dwyer.
The visitors started the second half on top, with them taking the lead in the 52nd minute through Max McMillan. Brennan took a powerful effort which was superbly saved by Booth, but the rebound was followed in by McMillan.
Parry was introduced shortly after for Jatta and made an instant impact for the Alex. Parry intercepted a poor pass from Matt Corran in the Wigan goal and sent the keeper the wrong way with a powerful low finish.
After the equaliser, Wigan came close to taking the lead again with numerous chances not being taken.
Dwyer drove into the area and fired his shot across the goal and just wide of the post. Harrison Bettoni then hit the post from a corner for the visitors, but the second ball was cleared away.
Set-pieces were a problem for the Alex all afternoon, and Youssef Chentouf found the back of the net from his front post header.
Booth denied the away side from grabbing a fourth with a great reflex save from a close-range header.
With minutes ticking away, Crewe got a lifeline when Agius was taken out inside the box from a reckless challenge from a Wigan defender. The referee had no option, but pointing to the spot.
The 18-year-old converted the penalty into the bottom right corner sending Corran the wrong way to earn the Alex a point.
Crewe: Booth, Armstrong, Sant, Trialist, Dancey, Nolan, Allport (Perry 78), Moore (Leader-Williams 78), Woodcock, Agius, Jatta (Parry 56).
Wigan: Corran, Lloyd (C), Trialist, Solomon (Bolland 84), Dwyer, Sharif, McKee (Reilly 75), Chentouf (Mohamed 75), Bettoni, Brennan, McMillan.