After the innings of his life, Ben Duckett left it to others to sing his praises and perhaps understandably so. The opener was unbeaten overnight, a rapid-fire 133 runs on the second day of the third Test ending with the promise of more to come.
Instead it was over to Ravichandran Ashwin and Mark Wood to appraise the innings, the former having dominated Duckett back in 2016 – a brutal first taste of Test cricket – only to sit among the spinners taken down on the day. England had responded to India’s 445 all out by racing to 207 for two in just 35 overs.
