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Australia vs England, 2nd Test

Ben Duckett 15(18)
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7.4
W
Boland to Duckett, out Bowled!! Boland strikes. The crowd roar. Boland has a wicket in his opening over. Duckett is disappointed as he slowly trudges off. Wide of the crease, good length and angled in on middle, stayed low, Duckett goes on the back foot to defend, hits the under-edge and rolls back on the stumps. That's quite unfortunate but a double failure for Duckett in this match. Australia have their first. Duckett b Boland 15(18)
7.1
Boland to Duckett, 1 run, short of length and on middle, from round the wicket, Duckett goes on the back foot and tucks it to deep backward square-leg
6.3
Doggett to Duckett, 1 run, good length outside off, Duckett goes on the back foot and opens the face of the bat to steer to the vacant backward point area
6.2
Doggett to Duckett, no run, short of length outside off, angling away, rising, Duckett pulls the bat inside the line
6.1
Doggett to Duckett, no run, short of length outside off, Duckett goes on the back foot to defend to cover, solidly behind that
5.2
Neser to Duckett, 3 runs, full outside off, Duckett is early into the drive, almost chips it to mid-off but Head is very square and on the dive it beats him, they take three more
4
Neser to Duckett, 4 runs, they run four! Full on the pads, flicked away through mid-wicket, the fielder who is Boland, chases and slides to pull it back, but they run all four. In Australia you can do that with such massive boundaries, well-run
3.5
Neser to Duckett, no run, good length outside off, angled across, left alone
3.4
4
Neser to Duckett, byes, FOUR, slung well down leg, no chance for Carey to his right, who doesn't even attempt to go for it, four byes
3.3
Neser to Duckett, no run, dropped by Neser, but it was a tough chance. Full outside off, Duckett gets forward to drive and the thick inside half is found, Neser was in his followthrough, goes down and it came at pace to him, Neser just puts his hands in the reverse-cup position, palms it to the mid-wicket region, if there was a short mid-wicket in place, he could have caught that
3.2
Neser to Duckett, no run, way outside off, easy leave
3.1
Neser to Duckett, no run, short of length outside off, angling away, Duckett goes on the back foot and punches it to backward point
2.3
Mitchell Starc to Duckett, 3 runs, goes for the big inswinger but drifts it on the pads, Duckett flicks up and over mid-wicket, another easy three
2.2
Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, that's the delivery which got him in the first innings. Fullish and on the fifth-stump channel outside off, shapes away, Duckett almost plays at it, then tucks the bat inside the pad, wry smile from Mitchell Starc
2.1
Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, good length just outside off, Duckett goes on the back foot and punches, off the thick inner half to mid-wicket
0.5
Mitchell Starc to Duckett, 3 runs, Duckett avoids the pair. Full and angled in on middle, he likes it there, flicks it past the square-leg ump and runs back for the third. Has a wry smile on his face after reaching the other end, nicely played that
0.4
Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, full and outside off, shapes away, Duckett gets forward to drive and it squirts off the thick outer half of the bat to backward point
0.3
Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, short of length on middle, Duckett is nearly squared up but manages to defend it, slightly off the outer half of the bat as the ball finds Mitchell Starc