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[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Ben Duckett - A big star for England?

He has now completed the 150-run mark that too with 100 plus strike rate, superb inning so far.
 
Ben Duckett's mammoth inning of 153 runs ended by Kuldeep. A superb display of batting by him. 23 fours and 2 sixes in his inning.
 
Ben Duckett reaches the fifth double hundred of his career, getting to the landmark from 240 balls, with 24 fours. It is the fourth scored by a Notts batsman at Edgbaston. He scored 218 off 264 against Warwickshire in county championship 2024.
 
Duckett doing bazball against West Indies in the 2nd test match.

Scored 50 off just 32 balls and looking to go big.
 
Most underrated batter in the World right now.

I was honestly surprised he couldn't find a place in England's XI in the WT20 in West Indies.

He continues to pile up runs in Test format though.
 
RidiculousMan said:
Most underrated batter in the World right now.

I was honestly surprised he couldn't find a place in England's XI in the WT20 in West Indies.

He continues to pile up runs in Test format though.
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Most underrated ?

He has just 2 50+ scores in 12 innings this year and avg of under 35. He's playing as a specialist batter and those numbers are not good enough.
 
"The pure effect of Bazball

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Ben Duckett passes fifty for the second time in the match

Ben Duckett has been unreal since his comeback in the England team. I still believe this is not him at his 100% best.
 
This guy is creating big impact.
In his last 2 big series he has
321 runs at 35/75 in home Ashes
343 runs at 34/85 away vs India

Currently his test avg after 22 tests and 1600 runs is just over 40 with 85 SR.

For batters with over 1500 runs only Afridi is ahead of him with 86 SR
 
I don't think this guy likes to play any dot balls. A perfect example of modern-day batters like Phil salt or butter or Klassen but from a different format.
 
Ben Duckett continues his great run in ICC WTC 2023-25

Most runs in ICC World Test Championship 2023-25
1028 - Yashasvi Jaiswal
986* - Ben Duckett
984 - Zak Crawley
943 - Usman Khawaja
 
'We're the ones out there' - Duckett defends bad light rules

England opener Ben Duckett said rules about bad light protect the players after more than half of the first day of the third Test against Sri Lanka was lost at The Kia Oval.

Only 44.1 of a possible 90 overs were bowled after a near three-hour break in the early afternoon was followed by the players leaving the field more than 90 minutes before play could have ended.

The cricket that did take place was highly entertaining as England moved to 221-3 and scored at five runs per over, but some spectators booed when the umpires made the second intervention over the light.

"If it does get more dark and more dangerous, we're the ones out there playing," said Duckett.

"It's very easy to sit there as a supporter and want to see more cricket. I think they saw quite a good day's cricket in the short amount of time there was. That is living and playing cricket in England. They're the conditions."

England are looking to secure a second successive 3-0 series win and a first 100% home summer in 20 years.

Both of the first two Tests against Sri Lanka, at Old Trafford and Lord's, included delays for bad light, igniting the debate over whether or not cricket is too cautious when it comes to playing in gloomy conditions.

In the past, the on-field umpires 'offered' the light to the batting team, who could then decide whether or not they wanted to play on. Now, decisions over the light are solely at the discretion of the umpires.

Amid an ongoing debate over the health of Test cricket, some argue delays for bad light are damaging the game. Possible solutions would be to use a pink ball for part or all of Test matches, ban short-pitched bowling during periods of poor light, or simply play on through the gloom.

Certainly there seemed to be no danger to England's batters at any point on Friday. Captain Ollie Pope is unbeaten on 103, while opener Duckett added a dazzling 86.

Speaking on Test Match Special after an early lunch was called because of the bad light, England managing director Rob Key said: "The way they were going about it, it didn't look like it was dark. What you need is to have a proper look and some proper investment into what is dangerous.

"When full floodlights are on, how hard is it to see the ball? I don't think we have ever done a study on that. It is frustrating."

Former England captain Michael Vaughan added: "You go to a pink ball and carry on. Teams will have to accept they get unlucky. All these ideas, you're not going to appease everyone. I just want to see them carry on."

But Duckett said different situations result in different outcomes, pointing to the pacey Australia attack that England encountered on this ground last year.

"It depends who you're playing against it," he said. "I'm sure if that same Aussie attack last summer was bowling in those conditions, you'd probably want to get off the field.

"It does have a big impact when the lights are fully on and the ball starts swinging and nipping around.

"It's got nothing to do with the players. We don't get the option. The umpires take you off and you have to respect their decision."

BBC
 

Ben Duckett is an England opener like no other... his bravery and risk-taking is reaping rewards against Sri Lanka, writes NASSER HUSSAIN​


Conditions on the opening day of this match were perfect for batters leaving the ball outside off-stump - typically, though, Ben Duckett did not leave a single one.

Sri Lanka won the toss, the lights were on, the pitch had some grass on it and there was some movement.

Mark Butcher, a top order left-hander who batted a lot at the Oval, did the pitch report for Sky Sports on Friday and - tongue in cheek - said: ‘If you leave the ball well, you can survive on here.’

By the time he had added 86 runs to his tally, Duckett had swelled his tally of balls played at this series to 197 of 198.

Contrast that to players like Graham Gooch and Michael Atherton, two more predecessors as England openers who would ignore deliveries outside off-stump and make the bowlers bowl in areas they wanted them to.

Or compare Duckett to any other modern Test opener for that matter. There is literally daylight between him and the rest.

His career leave percentage is 1.7%, making him nearly five times as likely to play than Pakistan’s Abdullah Shafique, the next man on the list with 8.3%. India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal is next with 8.9%.

Also consider that Dom Sibley and Rory Burns, two of the openers in the previous England regime, boasted 25.3% and 21.5% respectively.

When everything is in the bowlers’ favour, that is exactly how the England team management want him, Duckett to play - putting pressure back on the opposition.

Let’s be honest, Sri Lanka were poor. It was almost like they’d never bowled to a left-hand, right-hand combination before, but Duckett never let them settle at all.

They kept bowling on the legs early on, or even outside the line of the pads, and then when they over-corrected, they were short and wide. Where does Duckett like the ball the most? Short and wide outside off-stump. He put them to the sword.

Later, after the rain delay, he started scooping and upper-cutting fours and sixes. Yes, scooping was his downfall in the end, but so be it, because it is his role in the side.

I like his attitude because there have been plenty of opening batters before him that have come unstuck when not playing shots.

Leaving might be a high percentage choice for others. Not him. He always sticks to his guns.

Facing up to the Dukes ball first up in England can be a real challenge, and Sri Lanka could have bowled fuller at him. Instead, they have fed his best scoring area.

With batsmen, however, your strengths can also be your weaknesses and I expect Australia to play on this in next year’s Ashes. They will bowl at fourth stump, with a deep point, because they know that he hits it there a lot.

Equally, if a player is playing that kind of shot every ball - with the extra bounce on Australian surfaces - they could nick off.

But I can’t see him changing. He will give it a go and that aligns with the constant messaging from the England dressing room.

If a player scores runs with a particular shot, they do not want them to put it away if they get out to it. He got out reverse sweeping at Lord’s last week; scooping this. They just want it played better next time.

Sometimes coaches over-talk. One of yesteryear might have asked: why did you play that shot? A hundred was there for the taking.

Not Brendon McCullum, though. They have an ingrained attitude to risk taking and Duckett is at the heart of it.

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NASSER HUSSAIN: Ben Duckett is an England opener like no other

NASSER HUSSAIN: Conditions on the opening day of this match were perfect for batters leaving the ball outside off-stump - typically, though, Ben Duckett did not leave a single one.
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Ben Duckett is surely getting an IPL contract for 2025. What a turnaround in his career!

He played a decent innings against Australia in the 4th ODI, a rain-affected match, scoring his fifth ODI fifty.

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A good omen for Pakistan?
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Ben Duckett's injury

The tourists' task has been made all the tougher by a thumb injury to opener Ben Duckett when taking the final Pakistan wicket to fall.

There is no official word through yet on the extent of the damage and whether Duckett can still bat in this innings or the remainder of the Test, though Sky Sports' Nasser Hussain relayed on commentary "he is not going for a scan, so they must be positive about it."
 
The Bald Eagle said:
A good omen for Pakistan?
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Ben Duckett's injury

The tourists' task has been made all the tougher by a thumb injury to opener Ben Duckett when taking the final Pakistan wicket to fall.

There is no official word through yet on the extent of the damage and whether Duckett can still bat in this innings or the remainder of the Test, though Sky Sports' Nasser Hussain relayed on commentary "he is not going for a scan, so they must be positive about it."
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He’s going to bat tomorrow I think
 
I think Pakistan were lucky that he did not open for England in the first innings. He and Crawley could have easily added another 20-30 runs more on this pitch.
 
11th 50 completed for Duckett overall and 4th vs Pakistan.

and he has a thumb injury as well.
 
Duckett swept his way to another 50 and at a brilliant strike rate. He is liking it here in Multan.

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Sky Sports' Michael Atherton:

"Duckett’s love affair with Pakistan continues.

"It is a fitting way to go to his fourth Test match hundred, because it’s that shot, the sweep shot, which has been the basis of everything for him today.

"He returned to the team two years ago on this tour here and he hasn’t looked back since."
 
Pocket Rocket. Gritty batsman. Good test century at a fast strike rate.
 
New record for the fastest to 2k test runs in terms of balls faced
Gun opener and a spinner's nightmare, his small frame means he gets down for sweeps incredibly quickly
 
Another 50 for Duckett against Pakistan.

Duckett's last five 1st innings scores
40
86
84
114
52* - today
 
Kevin Pietersen, after England's innings, speaking to the local broadcasting media during the 1st ODI between India and England:

"If you have a look at Duckett's running, he was jogging. He was not at full sprint. Then he slows down further. He was not at his partner; he was just shouting. Salt was saying come come come. Actually, if Duckett had gotten his foot down, hustled and sprinted, there would have been more decisive thinking. But then, there was too much of a jog, too much of a coast and it proved to be costly. Salt got a fifty the other night at Wankhede and here, he was again batting beautifully and this cost England another 50-60 runs."
 
Ben Duckett falls for 65(56), dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja in the 2nd ODI between India and England

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Trophy win would justify India loss – Duckett

Opener Ben Duckett says he does not care if England are beaten 3-0 in their one-day series in India, as long as they win the Champions Trophy.

England have lost six of their seven matches on Brendon McCullum's first tour as white-ball coach and are already 2-0 down going into the third and final ODI in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

They then travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, beginning their campaign against Australia on 22 February.

"We have come here for one thing and that is to win the Champions Trophy," said Duckett. "We still believe we can do that. It'll be completely different conditions, all different teams we are playing against.

"If we lose 3-0 to India, I don't care as long as we beat them in the final of the Champions Trophy. If we do that, we probably won't look back on this if we do the business in that competition.

New Zealander McCullum, who reinvigorated England's Test side, was given control of the white-ball teams after Matthew Mott was sacked last summer.

England, once simultaneously world champions in both limited-overs formats, are looking to rebuild after an awful period which included lacklustre performances at the 50-over World Cup in 2023 and again at the T20 version last year.

McCullum's first assignment is among the hardest in global white-ball cricket. India - T20 world champions - first beat England 4-1 in the shortest format and, in following up with victory in the ODIs, extended an England winless run in ODI series in that country that stretches back to 1985.

Along with Australia, England will meet South Africa and Afghanistan in the group stage of the Champions Trophy, which is being held in Pakistan and Dubai.

"It's about peaking at the right time," said Duckett. "We have been close against this India side and we have been nowhere near our best. We will always take positives.

"We could dwell, start meetings and going at each other but the group under Baz aren't going to do that. It's difficult not to get the results here, but hopefully we can turn it around in Pakistan."

Batter Tom Banton has now joined the squad in India after Jacob Bethell was ruled out of the tour and the Champions Trophy with a hamstring injury.

Banton, 26, is expected to be confirmed as Bethell's replacement in the Champions Trophy squad in the coming days.

BBC
 
Everytime Eng lose a series they say they dont care about it.

At what point will England consider results important?
 
BouncerGuy said:
Trophy win would justify India loss – Duckett

Opener Ben Duckett says he does not care if England are beaten 3-0 in their one-day series in India, as long as they win the Champions Trophy.

England have lost six of their seven matches on Brendon McCullum's first tour as white-ball coach and are already 2-0 down going into the third and final ODI in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.

They then travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, beginning their campaign against Australia on 22 February.

"We have come here for one thing and that is to win the Champions Trophy," said Duckett. "We still believe we can do that. It'll be completely different conditions, all different teams we are playing against.

"If we lose 3-0 to India, I don't care as long as we beat them in the final of the Champions Trophy. If we do that, we probably won't look back on this if we do the business in that competition.

New Zealander McCullum, who reinvigorated England's Test side, was given control of the white-ball teams after Matthew Mott was sacked last summer.

England, once simultaneously world champions in both limited-overs formats, are looking to rebuild after an awful period which included lacklustre performances at the 50-over World Cup in 2023 and again at the T20 version last year.

McCullum's first assignment is among the hardest in global white-ball cricket. India - T20 world champions - first beat England 4-1 in the shortest format and, in following up with victory in the ODIs, extended an England winless run in ODI series in that country that stretches back to 1985.

Along with Australia, England will meet South Africa and Afghanistan in the group stage of the Champions Trophy, which is being held in Pakistan and Dubai.

"It's about peaking at the right time," said Duckett. "We have been close against this India side and we have been nowhere near our best. We will always take positives.

"We could dwell, start meetings and going at each other but the group under Baz aren't going to do that. It's difficult not to get the results here, but hopefully we can turn it around in Pakistan."

Batter Tom Banton has now joined the squad in India after Jacob Bethell was ruled out of the tour and the Champions Trophy with a hamstring injury.

Banton, 26, is expected to be confirmed as Bethell's replacement in the Champions Trophy squad in the coming days.

BBC
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Ben Duckett Update

Scans on a left groin injury have confirmed that England Men’s batter Ben Duckett is fit and available for the ICC Champions Trophy.

Duckett sustained the injury while fielding during the first innings of England’s third ODI defeat to India in Ahmedabad last Wednesday.
 
Scored his 7th fifty in his ODI career today against Australia in the Champions trophy game.

Boy likes Pakistani pitches too much...
 
Ben Duckett in Pakistan in international cricket

14 - Mat
19 - Inns
1017 - Runs
63.56 - Avg
105.17 - SR
3 - 100s
6 - 50s
165 - HS
 
Before today, he had scored 30+ in seven consecutive innings and in 10 of his last 11. However this time he was dismissed for 24.

Despite England’s ongoing ODI struggles, he continues to be a promising prospect for the future.

His recent scores as an opener in ODIs:
95, 32, 8, 63, 107, 32, 65, 34, 165, 38, 24.
 
Ben Duckett has been England’s best Test batter over the last 5 years, Consistent & fearless. :kp
 
A magnificent innings came to an end...Duckett departs after scoring 149(170) against India in the first Test.
 
He has been exceptional since his comeback. Deserves more recognition.

Serious player. You have to wonder if England made a mistake by not bringing him back earlier.
 
Along with Jais he's one of the best test openers rn, dynamic, always looking to score and really good against spin, he clobbered Jadeja something fierce today
 
There is a shot he plays the next ball after he has tried and failed some clever stroke. He jumps back in his crease, doesn't move his feet and just thrashes the ball. It's amazing to watch as it's all hands and eye. Haven't followed him enough to know if this is something he often does, or was just part of today's knock.
 
Ben Duckett kicked things off with a Player of the Match performance at Leeds but it's been pretty quiet with the bat for him ever since.

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Ben Duckett currently at 54*(51) playing with a 100 plus strike rate in a Test against India. How many more can he add before his dismissal at Manchester in the 4th Test?
 
Brilliant batter. Should be a certainty in all formats for England going forwards.
 
Should have gotten that 100 but bad luck... It was a great knock though... He really likes to go all guns blazing.
 
The fun is finally over for Ben Duckett! England put on a 92-run opening stand off only 12.4 overs

Some sensational scoops from Ben Duckett this morning but it ends up as his demise - gloves one through to the keeper on 43!

Akash Deep breaks the opening stand - England 92/1 in just 12.5 overs
 
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