“I really really feel it is fully overhyped. A lot of the backwards and forwards was simply niggle within the media. On the sphere, they don’t seem to be niggly in any respect. I hope they do not thoughts me saying this however they’re a bunch of good guys who’re superb at cricket. I do not suppose I bought sledged as soon as in the entire collection,” Duckett was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.
Whereas he did not expertise any sledging from the Australian gamers, Duckett reminisced a few lighthearted alternate he had with opposing captain Pat Cummins in the course of the second Check at Lord’s.
“Cummins bowled me a ball down the slope at Lord’s and I positively performed and missed. He says ‘was {that a} depart?’ I requested what he reckoned, and he stated ‘positively’.”
“When he was bowling bumpers, I used to be doing a little bit of a Steve Smith set off. He pitched one up and I left it, and he stated: ‘Do not destroy the share now Ducky’. I’ll solely usually depart one or two innings, however that they had a deep level out they usually had been bowling tempo, you simply needed to get bat on the ball and get down the opposite finish.”
England’s subsequent Check project is a five-match collection journey to India from January 25 to March 11 subsequent yr, with Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Rajkot, Ranchi and Dharamshala being the venues.
Duckett stated he understood that the pitches can be totally different in India as in comparison with England, however he insisted that he’ll persist with his strengths and his now-established opening partnership with Zak Crawley.
“I had two low scores at Edgbaston, once I was nervous within the first innings, and some years in the past I might have panicked about nicking off twice. However I spoke to the coaches, they usually informed me to go more durable. I did and it labored. So, I do not suppose I can be practising these leaves any extra forward of India, particularly as a lot spin can be bowled there.”
“It is good that mine and Zak’s partnership has clicked. My sport has come on due to him, and I feel he’d possibly say the identical. It is apparent issues, with the lengths that bowlers are having to seek out. I’m chopping the identical ball he would drive via the covers.”
“It’s going to be totally different for us in India, however I’ll persist with my strengths. I am not going to spend six months engaged on my ahead defence. I understand how I might be profitable over there, and that is making an attempt to place strain again on the bowlers,” he concluded.
(With IANS Inputs)
