off chasing that. ben duckett scored quickly as did crawley. but australia, nathan lyon off the pitch with what looks like a serious calf injury. australia had to try something so they bowled short and tempted england to hit the ball towards fielders and that is what duckett and pope did, whatjoe root did. some may say it was naive that england would stay and spray. they have given themselves a chance to reclaim the initiative on the third day here at lords. it was a case of so near yet so farfor the england opener ben duckett. he was two runs away from a first ashes century after a superb knock until his luck ran out. but despite missing out on getting his name on the lord s honour board, duckett says he is happy with how he played. at the start of the day i would have been over the moon if i had felt so close to scoring three figures here at lords. i am obviously gutted but i am happy with how i played