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Ultimate Bazballer Ben Duckett opens up on why he'll never change the way he plays, having faced 1,915 balls in Tests - and has only left 31!
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August 16, 2024
It's not even two years since Ben Duckett returned to Test cricket, hoping - perhaps even praying - that his second crack would go better than his first. Now, he is not only a top-order fixture: he is one of the team's most unapologetic spokesmen, barely pausing when asked why England's Bazballers - after 17 often thrilling wins in 26 Tests - still attract criticism. 'In the world we live in, some people can never be happy, and can never make positive comments,' he says. 'They're always looking to dig and criticise the way anyone plays.
After England's 4-1 series loss to India, PAUL NEWMAN rates the team, while Jonny Bairstow and Shoaib Bashir score highly, while Jonny Bairstow has a trip to forget
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March 9, 2024
England crashed to a humiliating loss in three days to put an end to their tour of India on the lowest possible note when they were bundled out for 195. In his 100th Test, Ravichandran Ashwin took five wickets for 77 runs as England was defeated by an innings and 64 runs, not even being able to muster a convincing fight for the thousands of supporters who had come to this most picturesque part of India for a 'bucket-list' Test. Mail Sport's Paul Newman evaluates the squad's results during the team's disappointing tour of India.
England LOSE the fifth Test to India by an innings and 64 runs after another batting collapse on Day Three, despite Joe Root's knock of 84 - as Ben Stokes' side are thumped 4-1 in the series
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March 9, 2024
PAUL NEWMAN OF DHARAMSHALA: England crashed to a humiliating loss in three days today to bring an end to their tour of India on a dim note as they were bundled out for 195. England's six-wicket-list Test was thwarted by five wickets and 64 runs, leaving Ravichandran Ashwin for 77 runs.
Despite Ben Stokes' stunning entrance with the ball, England is dominated by India, with hosts racking up a 255 advantage on the second day of the final Test
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March 8, 2024
PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: If Ben Stokes writes his own scripts, it is fair to assume that he will not have England staring down the barrel in another traumatic loss after just two days in a dream setting. However, even the England captain could not have penned his spectacular but, let's face it, futile entrance with the ball in an otherwise predictable tale of Indian domination that will surely come to a 4-1 thumping any time soon. Stokes has been downplaying his chances of returning to his all-round role after recovering from knee pains late last year even though he has been steadily stepping up his bowling in practice.
England hosts another batting horror show in India as they lose their last eight wickets for only 81 runs to crash to 218 all out, before hosts show them how it should be done
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March 7, 2024
PAUL NEWMAN IN DHARAMSHALA: Thousands of England supporters who participated in this 'bucket-list' Test were ideally encouraged to enjoy the stunning views of the snow-capped Himalayan mountains. For the alternative, it was safer to watch a complete horror film. This was the most frustrating day of a tour so far, but England had promised a lot but not delivered maddeningly little. Worse than when they lost to a historic loss in Rajkot and even worse than when they threw it all away in Ranchi.
TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Ravichandran Ashwin draws level with Test cricket legend after his 35th five-wicket haul in Ranchi - and young English spinners are thriving under Ben Stokes
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February 25, 2024
On day three, India dashed England's hopes of winning for a fourth Test victory as they bowled the tourists out for 145 and ended the final session without loss in Ranchi. Dhruv Jurel and Akash Deep started the day with a superb eighth wicket standoff that gained momentum in India's favour and left the hosts 46 runs behind England's first innings total. The LAWRENCE BOOTH of Mail Sport is a newspaper distributed in the United States. The day's most notable figures from the day.
NASSER HUSSAIN: What impresses me most about India and the change England should make
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February 25, 2024
NASSER HUSSAIN: England would have been able to bat with more freedom if they had gone into third innings with a score of 100 or more. As it was, the advantage had been reduced to 46, and when Ravichandran Ashwin defeats Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope in successive balls, it suddenly feels as if the tide has changed. One thing you might have noticed in this Test - Joe Root, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Zak Crawley - have all been keen to play spin on the front foot.
England takes over the fourth Test against India thanks to Shoaib Bashir's four wickets, with tourists 134 ahead at the end of day two in Ranchi
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February 24, 2024
PAUL NEWMAN IN RANCHI: Bashir was four for 84, hardly surprising to be the best figures of his fledgling career, as India struggled to deal with the uneven bounce and turn England's newcomer extracted from the cracked surface from his height of 6ft 4in. And with the imposing prospect of batting last, Hartley, who was postponed by Stokes' introduction until the 32nd century, is now 134 behind and facing the perplexing prospect of batting last.
NOTEBOOK: Rehan Ahmed is the latest celebrity to drop out of the Test series, Ravichandran Ashwin completes a historic double, and Ravindra Jadeja may have to keep a low profile in his own hotel
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February 23, 2024
As a risk-free unbeaten century united England stabilised England on a dramatic opening day against India in Ranchi, Joe Root defied an unpredictable pitch to return to form. After debutant Akash Deep's three-wicket haul, on a cracked surface providing vital early assistance for India's bowlers, Ben Stokes' dismissal to a Ravindra Jadeja grubber left England on 112 for five at lunch. Root, who hit 12.83 runs in the first three matches, has ended his lean patch with a 106 not out victory, which included a 113-run stand with Ben Foakes as England goes to stumps on 302 for seven runs.
As the fourth Test wicket looks like a raging turner and a nightmare for batsmen, England captain Ben Stokes admits he's never seen a pitch as 'dark and crumbly.'
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February 21, 2024
Fireworks have blazed the stand-by. This fourth Test may be short, and England will only hope, sweet, as they try to pull Rajkot behind them and level this series. Well, Ben Stokes said on Wednesday that he had never seen anything like the dark brown, ultra-dry, and cracked pitch that brought back memories of England's last Indian tour three years ago, when the team lost by a 3-1 series loss to rank turners. When asked to describe the surface two days out at this north-western outpost where an international stadium was constructed 12 years ago almost in honor of legendary local MS Dhoni,' said the England captain.
NASSER HUSSAIN on what England must NOT do - and whether we should ditch the toss
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February 19, 2024
ASK NASSER: After losing by 434 runs to India in the third Test in Rajkot, England was left to lick their wounds. India's elving victory put them 2-1 up in the series of two games to play, but England captain Ben Stokes was unconcerned about their Bazball strategy.
Ravichandran Ashwin pulls out of India's third Test against England as he rushes to be with his ill mother hours after becoming only the ninth player in history to take 500 Test wickets
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February 16, 2024
Ravichandran Ashwin sat out of the remainder of England's match against India in Rajkot last night, just hours after being the ninth player in history to take 500 Test wickets. On the second day, Ashwin, 37, led Zak Crawley's team to 207 for two by stumps. Following Virat Kohli's withdrawal from the entire series, it was later discovered that he had rushed to Chennai with his ill mother, making him the second highest-profile India player to be missing for family reasons.
NASSER HUSSAIN: Ben Duckett's skilful century shows why he's the player that has epitomised England's change in mindset… but he was aided by one India decision that caught me by surprise
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February 16, 2024
NASSER HUSSAIN: Ben Duckett is the player who epitomises English cricket's mindset shift. Duckett talked about what he learned from England's first winter in 2016-17, when he toured Bangladesh and India and really failed. In Bangladesh, he played on some turning pitches and ended up with a 50 in a 1-1 draw, but was later harrassed by Ravichandran Ashwin of India, who swore out to him three times in a row, not helped by a tactical decision to get his front leg out the way and reveal his stumps in an attempt to open up the off-side.
THE NOTEBOOK: Sir Alastair Cook reveals regular gamesmanship of Essex batsmen, Steven Finn gets into some bother and Ravichandran Ashwin claims Zak Crawley as his 500th Test victim
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February 16, 2024
RAJKOT'S BONUS: ON the second day of the fifth test in Rajkot, PAUL NEWMAN AND RICHARD GIBSON FINDS. Duckett's century came from just 88 runs, making it the quickest since Harry Brooks' appearance against Pakistan in 2022. It came after England had started the day off by dismissing nightwatchman Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja.
In the third Test, Ravichandran Ashwin accuses Alastair Cook of'deliberately' breaking an obscure rule
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February 16, 2024
Ravichandran Ashwin, an India spinner, debunks former England captain Sir Alastair Cook's argument that he had deliberately encroached on the pitch's covered area. On an eventful day two of the third Test for Ashwin, who was suspended for running down the middle of the Rajkot pitch when he was batting. Ravindra Jadeja was given India's first and final warning for the same transgression the night before, so England and Ashwin were awarded five penalty runs when Ashwin played the same in a fast single.
After India piled on the runs to post 445 and take control of the third Test, Ben Duckett's spectacular century off just 88 wickets gives England hope in Rajkot
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February 16, 2024
England captain Ben Duckett led England's comeback against India in the third Test with a remarkable century of 88 balls. On 133 and England on 207 for two, the opener was unbeaten on day two and England on 207 for two as they responded brilliantly to India's first innings total of 445 in Rajkot. And that was during Ravichandran Ashwin's dismissal of Zak Crawley for 15 and Mohammed Siraj trapping Ollie Pope lbw for 39 runs.
After India's unusual problem in the third Test, England began their first innings with five extra runs
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February 16, 2024
After India committed an unusual rule violation on the second day of the third Test in Rajkot, England began with five extra runs on the board. India lost two early wickets but bounced back as Dhruv Jurel and Ravichandran Ashwin established a promising alliance, resuming the day's play on 326 for five. However, their eighth-wicket stand came at a time of controversies, when Ashwin was given a stern warning by the umpires.
After an excellent nine-wicket haul in England's second Test victory, Jasprit Bumrah became the first Indian pace bowler to top ICC's rankings
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February 7, 2024
Following his man-of-the-match success against England in Visakhapatnam, Jasprit Bumrah has become the first Indian pace bowler to top the Test rankings. Bumrah's nine for 91 sent him to No. 1 in the ICC's bowling rankings, a position he had only ever occupied among his compatriots by spin trio Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Bishan Singh Bedi. Tom Hartley, a left-arm spinner from Lancashire, meanwhile, has risen in both batting and bowling rankings after being only the second England player after Wally Hammond's death to score at least 50 runs and five wickets in each of his first two Tests.
THE BOOK: Ravichandran Ashwin is on the brink of history, Marais Erasmus nears 60 not out, and the Premier League relegation war dominates the England squad
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February 5, 2024
THE NOTEBOOK: India has tied up the five-Test series with England after securing a healthy winning margin of 106 runs in Visakhapatnam. In the third innings of the match this week, Jasprit Bumrah and Yashasvi Jaiswal appeared for the hosts with bat and ball, while Shubman Gill added a century. England had pulled off a surprise in Hyderabad to stage the first match, but there were no such heroics this round, with Zak Crawley the only tourist to reach 50 runs, doing so in both his innings.
India square the series with a 106-run win over England as Ben Stokes and Co fall short in pursuit of a second miracle in successive Tests
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February 5, 2024
PAUL NEWMAN IN VISAKHAPATNAM: England fell short of a second miracle in a row this week after being bowled out for 292 runs on Monday, losing the second Test by 106 runs. After pulling off an amazing victory in the first Test, England got to a target of 399 and make history on the fourth day. However, even though they did have times when they were able to imagine escaping the near impossible, they were unable to repeat their first Test magic and left the series level at 1-1 with three others participating.
VIZAG NOTEBOOK: Tom Hartley's dad's debut is difficult to remember, but if you're looking for a unique way to India's exports, it will be back to him in Abu Dhabi
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February 4, 2024
In the second Test in Visakhapatnam, England had a spectacular chase of 399 to defeat India, but Ben Duckett was lost by the end of the third day. With Zak Crawley, Duckett scored 28 in a stand of 50, but the tourists lost to Ravichandran Ashwin, who needed 332 more runs for a thrilling victory. After a century from Shubman Gill, India seemed to have advanced to the modern age, but the visiting team was still struggling for 255. However, England will also need to shatter records to move 2-0 up in the series, as injury concerns persist over Joe Root's finger. The PAUL NEWMAN and RICHARD GIBSON round up the talking points...
With Ben Stokes at the wheel, England's Test victory is as good as it gets... Mail Sport's analysts agree that this team will go far beyond infinity and beyond
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January 29, 2024
England won by a 190-run deficit in Hyderabad on Sunday to defeat India in a historic Test victory. Ben Stokes' side recovered after a difficult first two days with a spectacular 196 from Ollie Pope. In the first Test, debutant spinner Tom Hartley spun his team to a 28-run victory.
DAVID LLOYD: I told Rob Key that match-winner Tom Hartley could cut it out in India - I was right!His style suits the conditions down to a tee
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January 28, 2024
DAVID LLOYD: I made a witty comment that you don't need flighty English-style spinners but rather tall ones who strike the pitch hard. Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin, two bowlers, have been bowling. Hartley was part of the selection process for me. Hartley and his fellow left-armer Jadeja bowled at 60 mph, the optimum speed for the weather. At 49-50, Shane Warne began to bowl his leg-spin. Remember, Warne averaged 43 with the ball in India, way down on his career record of 25. To get the ball off the ground, you have to throw it into the air.
After Ben Stokes' side's spectacular comeback to win in Hyderabad, the Punters lose hundreds of thousands of dollars betting on India to defeat England in the first Test
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January 28, 2024
On days three and four of the match, Ben Stokes' team shocked the cricket world by producing a comeback for the ages, winning by 28 runs following stunning performances from Ollie Pope and Tom Hartley. Pope ruled India to win the Test by 196 runs, but Hartley recovered from a difficult first innings to take seven wickets, including the final one of Ravichandran Ashwin to win by a single run.