{"id":565016,"date":"2026-03-26T05:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/565016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:58:10","slug":"england-star-ben-duckett-apologises-for-noosa-incident-withdraws-from-ipl-to-focus-on-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/565016\/","title":{"rendered":"England star Ben Duckett apologises for Noosa incident, withdraws from IPL to focus on Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben Duckett<\/a> admits there is “no hiding away” from his infamous Noosa gaffe that shone a light on England’s off-field culture<\/a> during the torrid 2025\/26 Ashes<\/a> tour.<\/p>\n

The opener was part of a touring side that lost 4-1 to Australia during the summer, failing to register a half-century and averaging just over 20 from his 10 innings.<\/p>\n

The most memorable moment from Duckett’s trip was a viral clip of him under the influence of alcohol outside a pub after the second Test<\/a>, which only came to light after the Aussies won the third Test and wrapped up the series with a 3-0 lead. <\/p>\n

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Speaking to the UK Telegraph this week, Duckett apologised for the incident and spoke about the impact it had on him during the latter part of the series.<\/p>\n

“The build-up to the Boxing Day Test was one of the toughest moments of my career, but I’m so grateful for the support I received,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Ben Duckett has addressed his Noosa incident.\u00a0Nine\/Getty<\/p>\n

“I am sorry for that incident, it was not professional and shouldn’t have happened. There is no hiding away from it.<\/p>\n

“After all that, I was pleased to play a part in a win in Melbourne, and Zak [Crawley] and I got us off to a good start in a tricky chase. To win a game in Australia was amazing.<\/p>\n

“At Sydney, I actually believe that was as well as I’ve batted in a Test. That might sound stupid to people, but in the second innings I got 40 and Starc was bowling rockets.<\/p>\n

“A small part I’m proud of is that I embraced the whole occasion. I copped a bit of stick from the crowd, but never shied away from it and gave a bit back with a smile.<\/p>\n

“I had a poor series in Australia. I know that, and am gutted about it. I would love to be there for the next Ashes series to put that right.”<\/p>\n

Duckett has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Bazball era under coach Brendon McCullum<\/a>, who has encouraged the left-hander’s aggressive approach.<\/p>\n

While the pressure is mounting on the coach despite an internal review backing him to continue, Duckett has also shown loyalty back to England’s red-ball team.<\/p>\n

This week, Duckett confirmed he would be withdrawing from the IPL, despite going for $1.13 million at the auction to join the Delhi Capitals.<\/p>\n

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Ben Duckett. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“It was a very difficult decision, and I want to apologise to everyone at Delhi that I won’t be coming,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I felt it was going to be a great opportunity when I put myself in the auction, and for a franchise like Delhi to pick me up was amazing. I was buzzing.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if I’m potentially saying goodbye to the IPL, having never played in it.<\/p>\n

“With the age I am now, it might be tough for me, but I hope one day I’m able to represent Delhi … but I’ve thought a lot about this, and know it’s the right decision.”<\/p>\n

Duckett faces a three-year ban from the tournament under IPL rules.<\/p>\n

He is expected to feature for England during their home Test summer against New Zealand and Pakistan later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Duckett admits there is “no hiding away” from his infamous Noosa gaffe that shone a light on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-565016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}