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The third match of the 3-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka started at the Oval in London, on the first day of which the host England completely dominated. Batting first after losing the toss, England scored 221 runs for the loss of 3 wickets till the first day's play ended early due to poor light.

Ollie Pope, who captained England in this Test series, remained unbeaten on 103 runs, while left-handed opener Ben Duckett played a brilliant innings of 86 runs, on the basis of which he managed to achieve a big feat.

Ben Duckett completes his 1000 runs in WTC 2023-25

Before the matches against England and Sri Lanka in the third edition of the World Test Championship 2023-25, there were only 2 players who managed to complete the thousand run mark. Now the name of England team's opening batsman Ben Duckett has also been included in it as the third player. Thanks to his 86-run innings, Duckett crossed the thousand run mark in WTC 2023-25 ​​and now he has 1021 runs to his name. Earlier, Joe Root and Yashasvi Jaiswal had managed to achieve this feat. Root tops the list with 1386 runs, while Yashasvi Jaiswal is second with 1028 runs.

Performance by Ben Duckett

If we look at Ben Duckett's performance in the Test format in the year 2024, he has not lived up to the expectations so far, he has scored 700 runs in 20 innings of 11 Test matches at an average of 35. During this, one century and three half-centuries have come from Duckett's bat. Ben Duckett has played 25 matches in Test cricket so far and has scored 1735 runs at an average of around 40, which also includes three centuries.

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