Duckett career hangs by a thread
Ben Duckett’s england future is in serious jeopardy after he was left out of the Lions squad because of the misconduct that saw him axed from an Ashes tour match.
Duckett was dropped for the game against a cricket Australia XI in Perth after pouring a drink over Jimmy Anderson in a bar.
the northants batsman was fined £1500, left out of the Lions’ last three games in Perth and given a final warning over conduct that saw him earn a poor tour report in India last winter. now Duckett, 23, as predicted in
Sportsmail, will miss out on the Lions matches against West Indies in the new year. An ecB spokesman said his absence was a consequence of the incident that heaped more problems on the tourists. But there are Lions places for fast bowlers Josh tongue of Worcestershire and tom Helm of Middlesex, identified on this page as prospects who could bring muchneeded pace to england.
Ben Foakes and Mason crane, both members of the Ashes squad, are included but will be withdrawn if they are selected for england’s full tour of new Zealand in February, while Haseeb Hameed, Jamie Porter and toby Roland- Jones return after various injuries.
keaton Jennings will captain the Lions in three four- day matches against West Indies A in Jamaica and Antigua early next year and also in three one- day matches against the same opposition that follow in Antigua.