Duckett prioritising family, scoring runs in County Cship to regain form following IPL withdrawal

DC was left deprived of a top-class T20I opening option as Duckett withdrew from the IPL three days back with focus on getting his English Test career back on track following a shocker of an Ashes tour Down Under, where he could score just 202 runs across five Tests at an average of 20.20, with best score of 42. Since his recall in the Test side in 2022, this was the first Test series in which the swashbuckling left-hander averaged under 30. Throughout the series, it was either Duckett failing to capitalise on promising starts or just getting devoured by quality Australian pace, particularly Mitchell Starc right in the start.