Ben Duckett has backed up his captain’s request for ‘fast, flat pitches’ for the Ashes - and believes the Aussie quick bowlers will come on ‘nicer’ into the middle of his bat.
Ben Stokes has made the request for quick pitches from the five groundsmen at Edgbaston, Lord’s, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval, and Duckett is in full agreement. And he won’t be short of pace with Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Cameron Green all capable of nudging the speed gun over 90mph with the ball.
That was the quartet of quick men who did the most damage Down Under in the last series with Scott Boland also making an impact, and he will be on his first Ashes tour this summer.
