NORTHAMPTONSHIRE batsman Ben Duckett will miss the start of the 2018 domestic campaign after undergoing surgery on a persistent finger problem.
The 23-year-old is likely to be out for around 12 weeks – also ruling him out of next month’s North v South series. Duckett has four England Test caps but was suspended from the Lions’ tour of Australia in December after pouring a drink over team-mate James Anderson, thus ruling him out of the squad to play in the West Indies.

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