Ben Duckett responds to 'dumb cricket' criticism of England's T20 international win over India - ahead of the crucial penultimate clash in the series for Brendon McCullum's side
Ben Duckett responds to 'dumb cricket' criticism of England's T20 international win over India - ahead of the crucial penultimate clash in the series for Brendon McCullum's side
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England risked being dismissed as Dumbslog Millionaires before delivering what Ben Duckett suggests could be the defining moment of their white-ball reset. With the Twenty20 series against India on the line, Liam Livingstone’s decision to blitz Rajkot’s boundary in response to the tourists being reduced to 127 for eight, slapping three sixes in four balls, reinforced the positive messaging of Brendon McCullum.
![[Ben Duckett (left) believes England's tactics make it hard for opponents to rest easy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/17/94693977-14343389-image-a-18_1738258352224.jpg)
And surged England towards their first win under McCullum as multi-format coach. ‘I imagine halfway through our innings people would have been saying it was dumb cricket and it wasn’t going to work, but we ended up winning by 26 runs because we bat so far down and we can go out and play as aggressively as we do,’ said Duckett, ahead of Friday’s penultimate match of five.
![[The bold strategy reinforced the positive messaging of England's coach Brendon McCullum (right)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/30/17/94693735-0-image-a-17_1738258039379.jpg)
‘A lot of teams might have scrambled to 140-150 there and lost the game. When Livi hit those three sixes in the over, momentum suddenly changed. ‘We want opposition teams to be thinking that the game's not done. Like they don't know what's going to happen next.
Liam Livingstone hit five sixes in his 43 off 24 balls to help fire England to a 26-run win over India. Ben Duckett (left) believes England's tactics make it hard for opponents to rest easy. The bold strategy reinforced the positive messaging of England's coach Brendon McCullum (right).
