England opener Ben Duckett has admitted that scoring his maiden Test century against Pakistan is "probably the worst I'll feel on a cricket pitch" after he was one of the squad members laid low by illness in the lead up to the first Test in Rawalpindi.
Around half of the squad caught the virus with wicketkeeper Ben Foakes too unwell to play. Duckett recovered enough to feature and marked his return to Test cricket after a six-year absence by smashing a brilliant 107 off just 110 balls.
It was a dream return for the 28-year-old, who ended the series as the second-leading run scorer with 357 runs at an average of 71.40. However, Duckett views his hundred in Rawalpindi as something of a missed opportunity as he felt he had a chance to score "the easiest double hundred going".
