'The back end of our innings it felt impossible to stand there and...': Disheartened Ben Duckett reacts to England's loss despite record-breaking 165

After tasting defeat despite a record-breaking 165-run knock in Lahore, Ben Duckett felt that England were a couple of wickets away from making a comeback.

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Ben Duckett during a post-match interview with former England captain Nasser Hossain.

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Ben Duckett registered the highest score by an England batter in an ICC event.

Duckett became the first batter to score 150 or more in Champions Trophy history.

Duckett credited Australia for chasing down a target of 352.

England opener Ben Duckett batted till the slog overs at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium and scored his ODI career-best 165 but it went in vain as Australia pulled off a record-breaking run chase. Duckett was happy to have scored big runs but disappointed that it went in vain. 

"I just feel pretty flat right now. I'm obviously happy to have scored runs but it is just never the same in a losing cause," Duckett told Sky Sports after England's five-wicket loss in their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign opener.

 

 

Duckett lauded Australia for chasing down the target of 352 . During the second innings, the southpaw said that he talked about bowling a stump-to-stump line. He also revealed that it became difficult for him at the back end of the innings to hit sixes as the conditions changed a bit. 

“First of all, when a side chases down 350 you’ve got to give them credit. I think they played really well in those middle overs,” Duckett told Sky Sports.

 

 

“To be honest it felt like we were one, two wickets away from potentially winning pretty easily. I couldn’t always, while we were fielding, see the lines we were bowling, but it felt like we cut a little bit too much on that wicket.

 

 

“The one thing I spoke about was keeping the stumps in play. You only have to walk across here to see it. It did get easier. The back end of our innings it felt impossible to stand there and try and hit sixes. When Jos and Livvy (Liam Livingstone) and those guys came in. The conditions obviously changed.”

 

 

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Duckett's unwanted feats

Duckett broke the record for highest score in a losing cause in Champions Trophy history. The record previously belonged to Zimbabwe's Andy Flower who scored 145 against India in the 2022 edition. Also, this is the highest score by a batter in Champions Trophy history. Along with Flower, New Zealand's Nathan Astle scored 145 against USA in 2004 edition.

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Also, Duckett's 156 is the highest score by a batter in a losing cause in an ICC event. The previous best belonged to Scotland's Kyle Coetzer who scored 156 against Bangladesh in 2015. 

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