ENG vs WI | Twitter cheers as Duckett's start epitomizes Bazball with double-hattrick of boundaries

In what seemed like tailor-made conditions for batting, Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss in Nottingham and inexplicably put England in to bat first under the bright sun. The West Indian skipper's decision felt justified immediately after as Zak Crawley nicked off for a three-ball duck against Alzarri Joseph. However, the early hope soon evaporated into thin air, courtesy of some brilliant boundary-hitting by the other opener Ben Duckett.

The diminutive southpaw first took strike to begin the second over and was greeted by an ominous wide from Jayden Seales, setting the tone for what's to follow. The Windies quick delivered a juicy half-volley as his maiden legitimate ball and was promptly drilled through the covers with an exquisite drive from Duckett. Seales responded by pulling his length back but continued to offer width, and Duckett latched onto the half-tracker with a crackling cut-through point. Under pressure, Seales completely switched around his game plan by going straight, only to veer onto Duckett's pads and be subject to another wristy flick for four. A repeat of ball one brought the loop of boundaries to a cyclical end as Duckett's score read an unfathomable 16 off four with Seales completely distraught.

At the time of writing, Duckett had already raced to 40 off 24 deliveries while England brought up the fastest team 50 in Test history in just 4.2 overs, sending Twitterati into a frenzy.

He thought it's powerplay time

What a start!

True

Smash

Fight back

Duckett opted to go bang bang

Absolutely

Fast fast

Only 400

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Just the 2nd over