'Duckett would've infuriated me as a bowler - he's one of world's best'

Nothing will ever travel adjacent to nan hostility and play of Ben Stokes' epic Headingley occurrence successful nan Ashes successful 2019.

But, successful position of a axenic tally chase, England's pursuit of 371 to triumph nan first Test against India connected nan aforesaid crushed is correct up location pinch nan very champion I person seen.

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The astir memorable are Stokes' triumph and nan celebrated 1981 Ashes comeback victory, inspired by Ian Botham and Bob Willis' iconic performances.

Another typical capacity came from Mark Butcher, who led England to triumph pinch a fourth-innings period against Australia successful 2001, conscionable for illustration Ben Duckett did against India connected Tuesday.

Butcher batted for illustration a deity that day.

I had meal pinch him this week and he told maine really he ne'er played for illustration it ever again. It was a erstwhile successful a life innings.

What I admired astir Duckett, successful contrast, is he conscionable batted for illustration Duckett and made 149 - nan second-highest people by an England opener successful nan 4th innings.

Many of nan different awesome fourth-innings hundreds of years are protect successful their quality because they are attempts to prevention nan game.

Duckett's was successful his attacking style but perfectly controlled.

The 30-year-old's gift is that he cashes successful connected being truthful short - his size messing pinch bowlers' lengths - and plays those cuts, pulls and sweeps. The reverse-sweep for six disconnected Ravindra Jadeja was simply extraordinary.

I would person recovered Duckett infuriating to vessel at. He leaves nan shot truthful seldom extracurricular disconnected stump and arsenic a bowler you deliberation he is going to nick 1 down yet but, somehow, he does not.

It would thrust maine up nan wall.

People are starting to talk astir him being 1 of nan very champion batters presently playing each formats successful nan world and it is difficult to disagree.

It helps him that he plays a Test innings overmuch nan aforesaid arsenic he plays successful a T20, albeit pinch a fewer much expansive shots successful nan shortest format, which allows him to move betwixt formats much easily.

His occurrence is made moreover much pleasing fixed nan difficult commencement he had successful Test cricket.

A number of group whose sentiment I respect greatly told maine not to springiness up connected Duckett, aft he looked retired of his extent successful those 4 Tests successful India and Bangladesh successful 2016.

Duckett had an mean of 15.71 but they told maine to support nan faith.

Having benefited from nan caller commencement of swapping counties and been fixed nan chance by Stokes and Brendon McCullum backmost successful 2022, he is now 1 of nan important players successful England's XI and is 1 you would emotion to person successful your team.

Duckett is ever up for nan fight, does not return a backwards measurement and stands location pinch his thorax puffed out.

This innings is only further impervious he has go a very good batsman.

In reviewing this superb triumph we must besides springiness a batch of in installments to Zak Crawley, who much than played his portion successful nan opening guidelines of 188 pinch Duckett that laid nan level for England to complete their pursuit - their second-highest successful Test history.

I complaint their business truthful highly because of nan power they showed.

A batch has been spoken astir nan refined type of England's attacking approach. This was it successful cleanable form.

Yes India's onslaught is lacking isolated from nan exceptional Jasprit Bumrah, but alternatively than being reckless arsenic they were successful nan horrible defeats successful Rawalpindi and Hamilton successful nan winter, Crawley and Duckett batted pinch control.

Do not place nan immense unit that comes erstwhile stepping retired pinch specified a target.

We person been shouting for England to show immoderate communal consciousness and they did it successful nan modern sense.

They batted astatine 4 aliases 5 runs per complete but astatine nary constituent did it consciousness for illustration a chaotic assault. They knocked nan shot astir while ever looking to put nan bad balls away.

This should beryllium their template going forward.

Josh Tongue must besides beryllium fixed praise aft he doubly blew distant India's tail to decorativeness pinch 7 wickets successful nan match. India should person buried England and scored 600 successful nan first innings from their position of 430-3.

That Tongue doubly quickly wrapped up nan innings is simply a large positive for England, fixed really they person struggled to do truthful nether Stokes, and now should make their adjacent determination easier.

There has been a batch of talk astir Jofra Archer returning for nan 2nd Test but I dream that is put to furniture now England are moving onto Edgbaston adjacent week pinch a win.

After each of nan heartache, nan observant readying and nan patience from some sides, location is nary logic successful rushing Archer backmost aft 1 first-class match.

You tin vessel arsenic galore overs successful nan nets arsenic you like, play arsenic galore T20s arsenic you want, but until you person spent a time successful nan field, bowled spell aft spell and backed it up again, you will ne'er beryllium prepared for Test cricket.

Sussex person different County Championship lucifer starting connected Sunday.

Let Archer play successful that and past he will beryllium fresh for nan 3rd Test astatine Lord's, if England want to make nan change.

They merit truthful overmuch in installments for this triumph astatine Headingley, 1 of their champion successful caller memory. Do not do thing silly now.

Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Matthew Henry astatine Headingley.