{ "id": "127684", "author": "23", "cnmid": null, "title": "I Don\u2019t Think I Got Sledged Once In The Whole Series, Says Ben Duckett On Australia In The Ashes", "lang": "en", "series": "1", "cup_year": "2023", "article_type": "General", "excerpt": "Ben Duckett: England opener Ben Duckett revealed that he wasn't sledged even once by the Australian cricketers during this year\u2019s Ashes series which ended in a 2-2 draw. He added that the reality on the ground was completely different, as compared to the hype created by the media.", "subtype": null, "editor1": "

Ben Duckett:<\/strong> England opener Ben Duckett revealed that he wasn't sledged even once by the Australian cricketers during this year’s Ashes series which ended in a 2-2 draw. He added that the reality on the ground was completely different, as compared to the hype created by the media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

“I actually feel it’s completely overhyped. Most of the back and forth was just niggle in the media. On the field, they are not niggly at all. I hope they don’t mind me saying this but they are a bunch of nice guys who are very good at cricket. I don’t think I got sledged once in the whole series,” Duckett was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Though there were no sledges for him from the Australians, Duckett recalled a friendly banter with opposition skipper Pat Cummins during the second Test at Lord’s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

“Cummins bowled me a ball down the slope at Lord’s and I definitely played and missed. He says ‘was that a leave?’ I asked what he reckoned, and he said ‘definitely’.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

“When he was bowling bumpers, I was doing a bit of a Steve Smith trigger. He pitched one up and I left it, and he said: ‘Don’t ruin the percentage now Ducky’. I will only normally leave one or two innings, but they had a deep point out and they were bowling pace, you just had to get bat on the ball and get down the other end.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

England’s next Test assignment is a five-match series trip to India from January 25 to March 11 next year, with Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamshala being the venues.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Duckett said he understood that the pitches will be different in India as compared to England, but he insisted that he will stick to his strengths and his now-established opening partnership with Zak Crawley.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

“I had two low scores at Edgbaston, when I was nervous in the first innings, and a few years ago I would have panicked about nicking off twice. But I spoke to the coaches, and they told me to go harder. I did and it worked. So, I don’t think I will be practising those leaves any more ahead of India, especially as so much spin will be bowled there.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

“It’s nice that mine and Zak’s partnership has clicked. My game has come on thanks to him, and I think he’d maybe say the same. It’s obvious things, with the lengths that bowlers are having to find. I am cutting the same ball he would drive through the covers.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“It’ll be different for us in India, but I will stick to my strengths. I’m not going to spend six months working on my forward defence. I know how I can be successful over there, and that’s trying to put pressure back on the bowlers,” he concluded.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2023\/08\/i-dont-think-i-got-sledged-once-in-the-whole-series-says-ben-duckett-on-australia-in-the-ashes-1692465327.jpg", "alt_img": "I don\u2019t think I got sledged once in the whole series, says Ben Duckett on Australia in the Ashes", "alt_title": "I don\u2019t think I got sledged once in the whole series, says Ben Duckett on Australia in the Ashes", "image1": null, "video": null, "seo_title": "I Don\u2019t Think I Got Sledged Once In The Whole Series, Says Ben Duckett On Australia In The Ashes On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Ben Duckett:\u00a0England opener Ben Duckett revealed that he wasn't sledged even once by the Australian cricketers during this year\u2019s Ashes, I Don\u2019t Think I Got Sledged Once In The Whole Series, Says Ben Duckett On Australia In The Ashes.", "seo_keywords": "Ben Duckett, England Cricket Team", "tag": null, "tagging": "Ben Duckett, England Cricket Team", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": null, "slug": "i-dont-think-i-got-sledged-once-in-the-whole-series-says-ben-duckett-on-australia-in-the-ashes", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "1", "ians_date": null, "ians_time": null, "server_time": null, "trash": "0", "view_count": "1230", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2023-08-19 22:45:27", "updated": "2023-08-19 22:45:27", "img_from": "Image Source: IANS", "img_source": null, "schedule_publish": null, "news_keywords": "Ben Duckett, England Cricket Team", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "13", "jio_date": "2023-08-19 22:45:27", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "1", "google_date": null, "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": "Select", "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/i-dont-think-i-got-sledged-once-in-the-whole-series-says-ben-duckett-on-australia-in-the-ashes-127684" }