Ben Duckett’s dazzling double century puts Nottinghamshire in control against Warwickshire on a rain-affected second day at Edgbaston.
England's Ben Duckett ends day one of Nottinghamshire's County Championship match against Warwickshire three runs short of a double century.
England's Ben Duckett makes 63 but Notts lead Worcestershire by only 195 runs going into the final day at Trent Bridge.
During England’s tour of India, they were treated to aggressive cricket from the Indian batters, with many striking near 100. The 4-1 scoreline saw many Indian batters hammering the inexperienced spinner from England, hitting 72 sixes. Seeing how aggressive the Indian side were, Ben Duckett claimed Bazball and the English team deserved credit.
R Ashwin (4-55) blasted through England’s batting order in the morning session of day three of the fifth Test against India in Dharamsala. Jonny Bairstow
India and England are currently locking horns in the fifth Test in Dharamshala. On Day 1 (March 7), Shubman Gill grabbed a brilliant catch to dismiss opener Ben Duckett.
The England openers are beginning to settle in. Boundaries are gradually trickling in after India asked Zac Crawley and Ben Duckett a lot of questions with the new ball, which was seaming around as the pacers bowled to the field.
The row over Ben Duckett’s weird comments about India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is showing no sign of de-escalating as Australian legend Michael Clarke became the latest to blast the England cricketer.
After breaking an 89-run partnership between English openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett, Ravichandran Ashwin became the second Indian bowler to a historic 500 Test wickets at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Friday (February 16).
En route Ben Duckett’s pyrotechnics, he became the fastest English centurion in Tests against India as he reached the three-figure mark in only 88 balls.
England pace bowler Mark Wood praises opener Ben Duckett for his rapid unbeaten 133 on day two of the third Test against India in Rajkot.
England blazed away in reply to India’s 445, wiping away nearly half of India’s total in quick time. Centurion Ben Duckett, in particular, was severe against the spinners and Kuldeep Yadav whom he managed to score heavily off with regular sweeps.
After restricting India to 445 on a flat pitch, England managed to get off to a quick start via Ben Duckett and Zac Crawley in the short period before the Tea interval.
Shaping to cut, Rajat Patidar was taken aback by the extra bounce as Tom Hartley’s drag-down stopped into the surface. The leading edge ballooned to Ben Duckett at short cover, leaving India in a spot of bother at 33/3.
Shubman Gill’s third Test ton buoyed India in their second innings of the Visakhapatnam Test and enabled the hosts to set a strong target of 399 for England.
England need 332 more runs to beat India in the second Test in Visakhapatnam, with nine wickets in hand after Ben Duckett falls late on day three.
India claimed a 190-run lead in the Hyderabad Test riding on 80s from Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja. Only once have India lost a Test after taking a lead of 190 or more – by 63 runs to Sri Lanka in Galle in 2015 after a first innings lead of 192.
Opener Ben Duckett says England are in a "strong position" in the first Test against India despite the hosts' powerful finish to the opening day.
Ollie Pope was pushing forward with hard hands right from the word go. He doesn’t cover for the angle and gets a thick edge off R Ashwin. It went low and in front of Rohit Sharma at slip, with the Indian captain diving forward to gets his fingers under the ball.
Having won the toss and unsurprisingly opted to bat, England scored a boundary each in the first eight overs, all by pacers, before R Ashwin drew first blood for India by trapping Ben Duckett in front.
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