Alastair Cook is the highest run scorer for England in Test cricket
9. Ben Duckett
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Ben Duckett struggled as an opener and averaged 23 in 4 innings
England were touring Bangladesh in October 2016 and needed an opener who could tackle spin to partner Cook.
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Ben Duckett was given the responsibility to open the innings and he too disappointed. Scores of 14, 15, 7 and 56 were enough for the selectors to push Duckett to the middle-order in the next series against India.
Duckett averaged 23 as an opener in 4 innings and in 3 innings as a middle-order batsman averaged 6. He last played a Test against India in 2016.
In 7 Test innings, an average of 15.71 was enough for the selectors to drop him from the Test team.
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