A flamboyant left-handed opening batter, Ben Duckett first played for England in 2016 but he'd have to wait until 2022 for his proper initiation into international cricket under the Bazball regime. A wicket-keeper batter by trade, Duckett came through the ranks of age-group cricket at Northamptonshire and made his first-class debut in 2013 while aged just 18. Prior to that, he was also a part of England's squad for the 2012 Under-19 World Cup but had poor returns having finished the tournament with an average of just 19.60 from 6 games. Duckett first burst on to the scene after a remarkable County Championship season in 2015 where he scored just over a 1000 runs including 4 centuries. He did even better in 2016 after starting the season off with a glorious 282* against Sussex before eventually scoring 1338 runs at an average of 58.17 in that year's competition. He also played a crucial hand during Northant's trophy-winning T20 Blast campaign the same year. After featuring regularly in England Lions' squad and piling on the runs, Duckett received his first international call-up for England's tour to Bangladesh in 2016. On ODI debut, Duckett struck his maiden fifty with England going on to win the game and after a duck in the 2nd ODI, Duckett returned with another fifty in the third. His Test debut followed in the subsequent 1st Test between England and Bangladesh but his scores of 14 and 15 turned no heads. He made his maiden Test fifty in the 2nd Test and retained his spot in the squad for the following series against India but he was pushed down the order to number four with Haseeb Hameed slotted to open. After failing to impress again, Duckett was dropped after just two Tests. After initially being selected for the 2017/18 Ashes down-under, Duckett found himself unceremoniously dropped on disciplinary grounds. Having allegedly poured a drink over teammate Jimmy Anderson, Duckett was dropped from the senior squad and suspended from the Lions' squad along with being fined. Duckett struggled for form thereafter and was often criticised for his lack of fitness. After a disappointing domestic season, Duckett moved to Nottinghamshire in 2018, first on loan and then for good. He fought his way back into England's T20I squad for a one-off T20I against Pakistan in 2019 to make his international debut in the format but he failed to hold on to his spot thereafter.