England Ben Duckett plays a shot in the five day of the first cricket match between England and India in Headingley, Leeds, England, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) Former English cricket and coach David Lloyd compared Ben Duckett with the former Indian attacking opener Virender Sehwag.In his column, Lloyd wrote for the Daily Mail: “Ben Duckett has passed a long way because he poured a drink on Jimmy Anderson on Ashes Tour.”“Now England is an answer to Virender Sehwag and opens launching in your world XI. Reverse sweeping is such a natural shot for him. It plays for fun.“It is no surprise to learn that he was a good hockey player at school because he’s like a hockey shot.”
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Duckett’s coach James Knott from his school days in Stowe School revealed why Southpaw is so good with reversed sweeping.“At that age I saw better technical skills, but he hit the ball very hard and began to repeat he took from hockey,” Knott The Times said.“We worked on Orthodox sweeping and bikes, and in the middle of our time the school received the Merlyn Spin-Bowling school. In one match, against Brighton College from Australia, Ben went from 100 to 150 completely through reverse sweepers.”
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“I certainly didn’t want to take away his attacking taste. And although he was very hungry for running, he wasn’t selfish.”“He wanted to open the launch because the school cricket would not be a big challenge if he came to 4.“I thought he would have a longer career in shorter forms of the game, and he wasn’t sure if he would be successful at the test level, but Ben Stokes and” Baz “McCullum arrived for him at the right time. “Duckett played excellent knocking 149 to help the hosts chase 371 runs on the last day of Leeds test.
