Ben Duckett signs new deal with Nottinghamshire after excellent season

Duckett hit an unbeaten half century in the T20 Blast final against Surrey to lead his side to victory, while also making two centuries in the Bob Willis Trophy

Nottinghamshire batsman Ben Duckett has extended his contract with the county.

The England international’s extension comes after he played a starring role in Nottinghamshire’s T20 Blast triumph in October.

He hit an unbeaten half century in the final against Surrey to lead his side to victory, having been at the crease a year earlier when Nottinghamshire fell a single run short against Worcestershire in the semi-final.

Duckett was subsequently named as the club’s player of the year last month, having hit 734 runs across the Bob Willis Trophy and T20 Blast. Despite the attention given to his white-ball success, he also averaged 56 in red-ball cricket, with hundreds against Lancashire and Durham.

His new contract keeps him at Trent Bridge until at least the end of the 2023 season.

Duckett said: “Coming to Trent Bridge has been everything I wanted it to be and more. We have a group of ambitious cricketers all pulling in the same direction, the support we have from the coaches is second-to-none and I’m hugely excited about what I believe we can achieve in all forms of the game.

“We share a determination to challenge for trophies, and we hope lifting the Blast last year can be the start of something special.”

Nottinghamshire head coach Peter Moores added: “Ben has improved steadily over the past 12 months. He had a clear picture of the sort of player he wanted to become after a tough season in 2019.

“He should take a lot of credit for sticking to his guns after getting some good balls in the first few games. He backed what he had worked on and went on to become our leading run-scorer in the Bob Willis Trophy.

“He was the glue within the T20 team, scoring at a really good rate, manipulating the ball to all areas of the ground and always scoring when needed.

“He gauged the run-chase in the Final brilliantly which was a credit to all the work he had done before.

"The fact that he made it look so straightforward is credit to him, and it was fitting that he was there to hit the winning runs and get us over the line."

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