DEREK PRINGLE
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Inventive: Duckett unveiled all the shots in his thrilling firstinnings knock
PICTURES: Alamy
Time was when all the best batters were small. Don Bradman, Brian Lara, Sunil Gavaskar, Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Border, all were short in stature but long in run-scoring ability. Then taller men, six foot plus, began to invade the best-of lists: Kevin Pietersen, Jacques Kallis, Sir Alastair Cook and now Joe Root.
At 5ft 6in Ben Duckett is in the small camp. In a game where beastly fast bowlers are often over a foot taller than him, it often lo…
