England's Ben Duckett Fined £700 for Speeding

England cricketer Ben Duckett has been fined £700 and received four penalty points on his driving license after admitting to speeding at 93 miles per hour in a 70 miles per hour zone on the A50 near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. The 31-year-old opening batsman pleaded guilty to the offense through the Single Justice Procedure at Cannock Magistrates Court last Friday, avoiding a formal hearing.

The incident occurred just after 1:30 p.m. on August 24, 2025, when Staffordshire Police's radar gun captured Duckett driving his Land Rover Defender on a stretch of the road near Checkley. Police pursued a criminal prosecution rather than an out-of-court fine due to the excessive speed. In addition to the fine, Duckett was ordered to pay £120 in court costs and a £280 victim surcharge, bringing the total to £1,100. He will receive written instructions for payment.

Hours after the violation, Duckett took the field for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred competition at Old Trafford, where he played a key role in a seven-wicket victory over Manchester Originals, scoring an unbeaten 49 off 38 deliveries.

This is not Duckett's first encounter with road-related legal issues. In 2015, as an...