Cricket Winner Test Team of the Year

2. Ben Duckett

2024 Stats: Matches: 17; Runs: 1149; Average: 37.06

Ben Duckett is one such opener of the year who made an impression with his swashbuckling left-handed style. He has played an important part in implementing the well-known tactics of the aggressive BazBall style. Aside from Jaiswal, he was the only opener who scored 1,000 runs or came near.

He made two blazing and valuable centuries in the tour of India and Pakistan, which went in vain. He established himself as a senior squad member, but his slightly vague and hesitant habit of leaving without playing, but the numbers do the talking.