Ben Duckett
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| Full name | Ben Matthew Duckett | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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17 October 1994 Farnborough, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 672) | 20 October 2016 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 17 November 2016 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 246) | 7 October 2016 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 12 October 2016 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–present | Northamptonshire (squad no. 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Islamabad United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 21 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ben Matthew Duckett (born 17 October 1994 in Farnborough, Kent) is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire. He is a left-handed batsman who also plays as a wicket-keeper.
Cricketing career
County cricket
Duckett made his debut for Northamptonshire in the 2012 Friends Life t20 against Gloucestershire on 8 July 2012, whilst in his first year of A-Levels at Stowe School.[1] During the 2015 season, he scored four centuries in the County Championship, just managing to break the barrier of a thousand first-class runs in the season, with 1002 at an average of 52.73.
The 2016 season was one of conspicuous success for Duckett. He began the season with a new highest score of 282 not out against Sussex.[2] He scored three other first-class hundreds during the season, scoring 185, 189 and 205, with a total of 1338 runs at 58.17 and played in the semi-final and final of the Twenty20 Blast for Northants. He finished on the winning side in the final, and had particular success in the semi-final, scoring 84 off just 47 balls, and sharing a 132 run partnership with Alex Wakely.[3]
At the end of the season, he was named as the young cricketer of the year by both the Cricket Writers' Club[4] and the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA). He was also named PCA Player of the Year, the first player to win both PCA awards in the same season.[5]
National side
Duckett was included in the England Under-19 squad for the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[6]
In July 2016, he was selected for the England Lions squad for the series against Pakistan A and Sri Lanka A.[7] In the first match, he scored 163 not out off just 104 balls.[8] In the 6th match against Sri Lanka A, he scored 220* off just 131 balls during an unbeaten second wicket partnership of 367 with Daniel Bell-Drummond.
International career
Bangladesh
In September 2016 he was named in England's Test squad for their tour to Bangladesh.[9] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for England against Bangladesh on 7 October 2016.[10]
On 20 October 2016, Duckett made his Test debut against Bangladesh.[11] He scored 14 runs in his maiden innings and was out to Mehedi Hasan, another debutant in the same Test.
India
He was also selected for the tour to India this time though batting at 4 with Haseeb Hameed opening.
References
- ↑ "Midlands/Wales/West Group: Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire, 8 July 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ↑ Winter, Alex. "Duckett desires more than accidental success". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ Dobell, George. "Duckett stars as Northants reach final". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ↑ "Cricket writers' 2016 awards for Ben Duckett, Keaton Jennings and Charlotte Edwards". The Guardian. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ Wilson, Dean (28 September 2016). "England rookie Ben Duckett lands unprecedented PCA awards double". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "England U19 World Cup squad named". ECB. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Dawid Malan to captain England Lions against Pakistan A and Sri Lanka A". The Guardian. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/1036693.html
- ↑ "Three uncapped players named in Test squad for Bangladesh". ECB. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "England tour of Bangladesh, 1st ODI: Bangladesh v England at Dhaka, Oct 7, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ "England tour of Bangladesh, 1st Test: Bangladesh v England at Chittagong, Oct 20 ,2016". Retrieved 20 October 2016.