Ben Duckett: England striker's long road to Pakistan tour squad

Ben Duckett
Locations: Rawalpindi, Multan and Karachi Dates: 1-5 , 9-13 & 17-21 DecemberCoverage: Live text commen tary on the BBC Sport website, plus a Test Match Special commentary on BBC Sounds now plays back to that night in 2017 at The Avenue bar when he poured a drink on James Anderson and went is found banned from playing on the England Lions Australian tour.

"I've had enough done in my career, even before this incident, to be remembered better than that," he told BBC Sport.

Five years later, Duckett is set to resume a Test career that includes four matches against Bangladesh and India in 2016.

< p class="" data -reactid=".7bbkszy926.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6">Just a year ago the southpaw thought he'd never play another test, but a prolific summer put him in the lead position for open batting alongside Zak Crawley in Pakistan this month, p he finished third for Notts.

The points scored by Duckett is the culmination of 'a long way back, not from indiscretion in Perth, but from a broken hand that meant he eventually had to relearn how to hold a bat.

"I actually forgot how I grip the bat and how I had done it for 20 years, "said the 28-year-old. "I had problems for two or three years, but I just found a way out.

"I lost sight of my offside game for a few years, and that has always been a huge strength."

Duckett moved to Trent Bridge at the end of 2018, but it was only after the 2019 season that he started working with Notts coaches Peter Moores and Ant Botha.

"I found out how to hold the bat again," he says. "It was weird, like if I was a new player.

"It was Monday to Friday, every day during the Ant Botha's shoulder was hanging down at the end.

< p class="" data-reactid=".7bbkszy926.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15">"It was a process that I don't want to do for the rest of my career. I want to play outside, rather than in a dark indoor school, I...

Ben Duckett: England striker's long road to Pakistan tour squad
Ben Duckett
Locations: Rawalpindi, Multan and Karachi Dates: 1-5 , 9-13 & 17-21 DecemberCoverage: Live text commen tary on the BBC Sport website, plus a Test Match Special commentary on BBC Sounds now plays back to that night in 2017 at The Avenue bar when he poured a drink on James Anderson and went is found banned from playing on the England Lions Australian tour.

"I've had enough done in my career, even before this incident, to be remembered better than that," he told BBC Sport.

Five years later, Duckett is set to resume a Test career that includes four matches against Bangladesh and India in 2016.

< p class="" data -reactid=".7bbkszy926.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6">Just a year ago the southpaw thought he'd never play another test, but a prolific summer put him in the lead position for open batting alongside Zak Crawley in Pakistan this month, p he finished third for Notts.

The points scored by Duckett is the culmination of 'a long way back, not from indiscretion in Perth, but from a broken hand that meant he eventually had to relearn how to hold a bat.

"I actually forgot how I grip the bat and how I had done it for 20 years, "said the 28-year-old. "I had problems for two or three years, but I just found a way out.

"I lost sight of my offside game for a few years, and that has always been a huge strength."

Duckett moved to Trent Bridge at the end of 2018, but it was only after the 2019 season that he started working with Notts coaches Peter Moores and Ant Botha.

"I found out how to hold the bat again," he says. "It was weird, like if I was a new player.

"It was Monday to Friday, every day during the Ant Botha's shoulder was hanging down at the end.

< p class="" data-reactid=".7bbkszy926.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-15">"It was a process that I don't want to do for the rest of my career. I want to play outside, rather than in a dark indoor school, I...

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