Ben Duckett sets his sights on ODI opener spot after an impressive 95 on his debut at the top of the order in hefty seven-wicket defeat by Australia

Ben Duckett is intent on becoming a permanent feature at the top of England’s one-day team after marking his first appearance as opener with 95 in Thursday’s defeat to Australia in Nottingham. ‘Obviously there's a lot of cricket coming up over the next few months, starting with this 50-over stuff and hopefully by the end of the series I'll be in a strong position.’ Ben Duckett has set his sights on an ODI opening spot to match his position in the Test side He impressed for his 95 in the first ODI clash with Australia on Thursday before a soft dismissal The promotion of the left-hander is a sign of the increased homogeny expected between Test and 50-over teams now Brendon McCullum is assuming supreme coaching control this winter. I'm hoping that the next six months could look pretty exciting for English cricket.’ England head into the second match at Headingley on Saturday morning, under the stand-in captaincy of local boy Harry Brook, having failed to capitalise on a dominant position of 170 for two at the halfway stage of their innings in game one. Frustratingly, with Australia missing their key bowling weapons Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood through illness, and one of their understudies Ben Dwarshuis off the field injured, a batting implosion that saw them lose eight wickets for 102 came against spin, and part-time spin in the cases of wrecker-in-chief Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head, who later hit an unbeaten 154 - the biggest ODI score by an Australian in this country. England capitulated from 170 for two to 315 all out, before Travis Head's 154 not out took the visitors to victory ‘And then if we take one more wicket in the powerplay, which is Travis Head, we’d have been right in to win that game.’ England will make a call on whether fast bowler Jofra Archer plays back to back matches - the fact he only bowled six overs in Nottingham suggests he has not been over-exerted - while the Australians will hope Starc, Hazlewood and Glenn Maxwell have recovered from a sickness bug.