by Ben Duckett, conversely, twice, three times. And finally twelve.
A modern man who conquers the most traditional role in the test cricket – the eyelash opens – in the least traditional way. With this shot alone he made 31 runs. He made a total of 149 when he led England to her second highest chase in history.
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Duckett, the highest result of which remains against Ireland in 2023, has set up a record that brings it into the upper echelons of England’s greatest openings. In a stroke in which Joe Root and Ben Stokes’ legends are already made. Where Harry Brook is the next generation talent, Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope spend their lives under a microscope. The consistency of ducket at the top of the order has disappeared, if not unnoticed.
Since his return to the test page in 2022, he has achieved an average of 47 with an 88 -year strike rate. With regard to the average, it is higher than Sir Alastair Cook or Sir Andrew Strauss. The last two men who held the role of the opener in an English shirt both took a knee in front of the queen, who were beaten for her efforts. As a strike rate, it is higher than that of virender Sehwag. The man is largely considered the largest aggressive opener in history.
In 2025 it may seem too early to bring Duckett’s name to the same bracket as the sizes. But continue how he has been to the side since he returned, and it will be there for years by 2035.
The Brendon McCullum team has twisted the reality so far that the arrival in Headingy on the fifth day with 350 runs that were still necessary for victory, more after the persecution of their second highest Chase, which, depending on a crazy man, thought to be crazy. These run persecution did not even take place three years ago. The dial has been changed. And this English team is the reason.
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Together with Crawley, Ducket England gave her dream. The fifty partnership between the two came across the inner finders in the 17th century – the slowest they have ever shared as a couple – but it was perfect under cloudy, bogler -friendly conditions.
Player of the game Ben Duckett poses after England’s victory against India (Getty Images)
Ducket, vigilant, struck the ball from the bowling of Mohammed Siraj. It fell right in front of the field player before it jumped past him for four. Duckett celebrated with a Mini fist pump in front of him.
Duckett’s strength lies in its versatility. Against fast bowl he hits the same ball in three different directions. And against the spinners, he has an arsenal of sweeps to call them. Sometimes he holds his hands on the racket. Sometimes he exchanges her. Sometimes he performs with his right foot. And sometimes he exchanges and leads with his left.
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The crowning shot from Duckett’s Innings was his reverse gear for six Ravindra Jadeja, who sailed into the Oststand. But his best was his drive against Jasprit Bumrah. The world’s biggest bowler welcomed a perfect technique.
Ben Duckett from England goes off after rejecting Sharul Thakur’s bowling (Getty Images)
People often talk about footwork when it comes to beating. But when the pace increases in the cricket, players disappear to make big movements either forward or backwards. There is simply no time at the highest level.
Instead, beating is about weight transmission. Subtle shifts that enable battery to manipulate your attitude and access all areas. Ducket, briefly in stature, rarely, if at all, moves his feet. He crouched deeply in his attitude and cuts everything something wide. He pulls something short. And drives everything from a distance. He is a call and reply cricket player with the answers that are pre-intensive before the end of the ball.
England’s Ben Duckett in action (action pictures about Reuters)
His talents have made him an English form in English and promotes the case that Ducket is one of the most complete battery in England. Only he and Harry Brook have a place in all three XIs. In the ODI cricket, Duckett’s average is even higher than in tests, at 49 years. Since he became an undisputed opener of the first choice in 2024, it has been 56.
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Headingley is home to Run Chase. One of the very first Bazball persecution occurred here in 2022 when England flashed against New Zealand for three. Shai Hopes Two tons were stopped in England in 2017; And a little -known cricket player named Ben Stokes did not do 362 two years ago two years ago when England dragged.
Today Duckett added this list to this list with one of the biggest innings in an England shirt. 18 months ago, England was in a series against India one-Nile after Pope in 196 had done Hyderabad. These innings felt like a miracle. The perfect combination of a thousand factors that come together. Ducketts Innings today and not a miracle, felt like coming from Age. The next step for a player who makes his legend before our eyes.
England’s Ben Duckett celebrates after a century (AP)
In the history of India, they just did not manage to defend a target of 350 twice. The first time was in England in 2022 when the home team chased 378. The second was on these banks today in their next game.
A total of four of the ten most successful running hunts of England came in test history during Bazball era. And the man who leads from the front is Ben Duckett.
