Duckett fined over 93mph speeding offence

England cricketer Ben Duckett has been fined after he admitted speeding at 93mph hours before a match in The Hundred. The 31-year-old Nottinghamshire batter triggered a police speed gun as he broke a 70mph speed limit in his Land Rover Defender on the A50, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, at about 13:30 BST on 24 August. Later that day, he played in Birmingham Phoenix's victory over the Manchester Originals at Old Trafford.

Duckett pleaded guilty to the offence and magistrate Michelle Foster gave him four penalty points on his licence and ordered him to pay a £700 fine, £120 in costs and a £280 victim surcharge at Cannock Magistrates' Court on Friday. Duckett had admitted the speeding offence in September after being written to by Staffordshire Police. He then pleaded guilty through the Single Justice Procedure when the force decided to bring a criminal prosecution rather than impose an out-of-court fine, due to the high speed at which he had been driving.

It comes after Duckett recently withdrew from the Indian Premier League in an attempt to hold on to his place in the England side. He will instead play in the early rounds of the County Championship for Nottinghamshire. The left-handed batter struggled for form towards the end of last summer and hit just one half-century in 16 innings across all formats this winter.

In the Ashes, he made 202 runs in 10 Test innings, with a top score of 42. The cricketer entered his guilty plea online and will now be written to with instructions for settling the £1,100 court bill. Listen to BBC Radio Nottingham on Sounds and follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook , on X , or on Instagram .