All’s now forgiven for ‘bad boy’ Ben

By Seth Francis
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE head coach David Ripley has handed a vote of confidence to fallen hero Ben Duckett.
The 23-year-old hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the winter when he was axed and sent home from the England Lions tour to the West Indies after he poured a drink over James Anderson in Australia and was handed a final written warning and fine by England chiefs.
Ripley said: “I thought he was hard done by in terms of how the winter panned out.
“From the moment Ben Stokes got into trouble, right through the winter our Ben was a little bit in the wron...

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