Ben Duckett opens up after he was dismissed on 98 runs and was unable to score his maiden Ashes Test hundred on Day 2 of the match at Lord’s on Thursday. The English player was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood in the 43rd over of England’s first innings when David Warner took a catch.
Ben Duckett said:
“It’s a shot I play and a shot I’ve scored plenty of runs with in my career. I would have been gutted with myself if I’d gone away from it, gone into my shell and gloved one behind”.
“Ten metres on either side and I’ve got a hundred. Falling so close to three figures here at Lord’s, I was obviously gutted for half an hour after, but I’m happy with how I played. I thought it was certainly my best innings in an England shirt,” Duckett was quoted by the Mirror.
“It’s the way we play our cricket. If they have plans like that and we go into our shells, it would be totally against what we do. We lost a couple of wickets but we’re in a good position.”