Ooph,” winces Graham Duckett, after his son Ben has been hit hard by Jasprit Bumrah in the fourth over of the day. “Well, at ...

As Ben Duckett stood on the Headingley outfield enjoying the warm glow of his finest performance yet, ... was his 11-month-old baby, Margot. “I’m a dad now,” he said, ...

Ben Duckett reverse swept once, twice, three times. And eventually 12. A modern man, conquering the most traditional role in Test cricket – opening the batting – in the least traditional of ways.