{"id":211118,"date":"2025-06-24T18:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211118\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T18:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:59:09","slug":"ben-duckett-ton-seals-incredible-leeds-test-win-as-england-chase-down-371-against-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/211118\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Duckett ton seals incredible Leeds Test win as England chase down 371 against India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opener Ben Duckett played an outstanding counter-attacking century in a fourth-innings chase as England chased down 371 to win the first Test against India in Leeds.<\/p>\n

Duckett followed his first-innings fifty with a majestic 149 from just 170 balls as the home team reached the target with five wickets in hand in the final hour of play.<\/p>\n

It was the 10th highest successful run chase in Test history. <\/p>\n

On the final day of the first Test at Headingley<\/a>, the hosts needed 350 runs to pull off an improbable run chase while India needed 10 wickets.<\/p>\n

Looking at the way the Indian attack had performed in the first innings, England<\/a> had the greater chance of chasing down the runs.<\/p>\n

And they went along their job with hardly any trouble.<\/p>\n

England resumed on 21-0, with both sides eyeing an early lead in the five-match series.<\/p>\n

Duckett and Zak Crawley (65) toyed with the Indian attack, including first-innings hero Jasprit Bumrah<\/a>, as they added 188 for the opening wicket inside 43 overs.<\/p>\n

They not only weathered an early morning testing spell from the Indian pacers but kept the scoreboard ticking without taking many risks.<\/p>\n

Left-hander Duckett in particular anchored the chase brilliantly. His reverse sweeps negated the biggest threat of the attack – left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja.<\/p>\n

Jadeja had ample rough outside the off-stump to target but Duckett went after him, forcing the spinner to change his lines and go defensive. <\/p>\n

That played right into England’s plans as they motored along on a day that was littered with intermittent showers and rain breaks.<\/p>\n

The closest India had came to separating the pair before lunch was when Bumrah dropped a tough low, left-handed caught and bowled chance off Crawley when he was on 42.<\/p>\n

Duckett went on the attack after lunch, on-driving Bumrah for a superb four, with Crawley whipping the India spearhead for a boundary through square leg.<\/p>\n

A quick single took Crawley to a 111-ball fifty – the slowest of his England career but still hugely valuable.<\/p>\n

Following a 20-minute rain delay in the second session, India finally ended a first-wicket stand of 188.<\/p>\n

One ball after pulling impressive quick Prasidh Krishna for four, Crawley edged a drive to first slip, where KL Rahul held a sharp catch.<\/p>\n

At that stage, England needed a further 183 runs to reach a victory target of 371 after their highest fourth-innings opening partnership since Michael Atherton and Graham Gooch put on 203 against Australia at Adelaide in 1991.<\/p>\n

Crawley’s exit brought in Ollie Pope after the vice-captain top-scored with 106 in England’s first-innings 465.<\/p>\n

But Pope could only manage eight before he was bowled by a fine ball from Krishna to leave England 206-2.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Duckett rode his luck to complete his sixth hundred in 34 Tests.<\/p>\n

He was on 97 when he top-edged a pull off Mohammed Siraj only for Yashasvi Jaiswal, running in from deep square leg, to drop another catch in the Test.<\/p>\n

Soon afterwards, Duckett’s reverse hit off left-arm spinner Jadeja took him to a century with his 14th four in 121 balls faced.<\/p>\n

England were on cruise control before seamer Shardul Thakur brought India back into the contest.<\/p>\n

He had Duckett driving to cover right before the tea break, ending a superb century that included 21 fours and one six. Next ball, Thakur had Harry Brook caught behind as England lost momentum heading into the final session. <\/p>\n

Captain Ben Stokes and Joe Root tried to counter attack before Stokes fell to Jadeja for 33.<\/p>\n

It was left to former captain Root at anchor the chase in the company of keeper Jamie Smith.<\/p>\n

Root raised his 66th fifty in quick time to take England close. Smith completed a stunning win by smashing Jadeja for a four and two sixes with the second new ball.<\/p>\n

Root remained unbeaten on 53 and Smith scored 44. <\/p>\n

India thus became the first team in Test history to lose a Test despite hitting five centuries<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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