Batsman Golden Duck Cricket. As humiliating as it can be for the batsman it is highly demotivating for the entire team as a batsman returns to the pavilion without even making a single run. My top 5 best batsman of all time.
This probably was due to the number he was batting in. The terminology duck got derived by observing the shape of a duck s egg which resembles the shape of the number 0. Being a middle order batsman who usually used to come down in the 5 th or 6 th position he got out for a golden duck a record 11 times.
Cf duck diamond duck platinum duck golden pair also king pair a dismissal for nought zero runs off the first ball faced in each of a batsman s two innings of a two innings match see this list of pairs in test and first class cricket.
Herath h m r k b. Jacques kallis i still remember that day when kallis retired from international cricket. This probably was due to the number he was batting in. He retired just 12 months before the world cup 2014.
