India, June 25 -- In the 53rd over of England's second innings, former England captain Michael Atherton urged Shardul Thakur to "do something" or else the Headingley Test might turn out to be "the last" of his career. In his next over, Shardul Thakur did a Shardul Thakur. Out of nowhere, he got rid of Ben Duckett and in the very next ball, dismissed Harry Brook for a golden duck.

The delivery that got Duckett was a 128 kmph floater outside off-stump. The left-hander, batting on 149, saw this as an opportunity to get to his 150 with a booming drive, but for once, it wasn't placed as well as Duckett would have liked it. The ball went in the air to the left of the cover fielder, where Nitish Kumar Reddy (substitute fielder) took a sharp cat...