England is currently playing the fourth Test match of the ongoing Ashes 2023 series against Australia. Ahead of the start of this Test match, a funny moment was captured on camera during the national anthem. Yes, as the players were lined up for the national anthems ahead of the start of the play, the cameraman panned from right to left to show the England cricketers. However, England batter Ben Duckett was cut out because of his height while all the others were visible.
But this isn’t the first time that this incident has taken place. In fact, Ben Duckett has been trending on social media ever since the Ashes 2023 started because of the same.
However, this act isn’t an intentional action by the cameraman but as Duckett stood alongside Zak Crawley and Stuart Broad, he was cut because of his short height. The incident took place ahead of the fourth Test match as well and the video of the same has been making rounds on the internet.
The Barmy Army Trolled Ben Duckett For His Height
England’s official fan club ‘Barmy Army’ also shared the video with a hilarious caption that read:
“Ben Duckett singing the anthems between Broad and Crawley again, poor man 😭 #Ashes”
Check out the Tweet:
Ben Duckett singing the anthems between Broad and Crawley again, poor man 😭#Ashes pic.twitter.com/XEBBXhYpUN
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) July 19, 2023
The same incident happened during England vs Ireland game as well. Ben Duckett found a funny side to his unfortunate placement in the anthems. Reacting to the video, Ben took to his social media and wrote:
“Might stand somewhere else next time…”
Check out his reaction:
Ben Duckett seeing the funny side of his unfortunate placement in the anthems 😂#ENGvIRE pic.twitter.com/MSDASnzN2r
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy) June 2, 2023
Talking about the ongoing Ashes 2023 series, with the scoreline at 2-1 in Australia’s favor, things have started to look good for England but the hosts need to win both the remaining games.
Playing XIs for the fourth Test match:
England: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Josh Hazlewood
