What Is a Golden Duck in Cricket and How Did it Come into Existence?
For any batsman, it isn’t very respectful of getting dismissed for nothing. Getting rejected for nothing is called “duck” in cricket. There are two types of ducks in cricket – golden and diamond.
Golden duck cricket means getting dismissed on the first delivery of the batsman’s innings, while diamond duck refers to a batsman getting dismissed without facing a delivery.
History of Golden Duck:
The terminology “duck” got derived by observing the shape of a duck’s egg which resembles the shape of the number 0. On 17th July, the Prince of Wales got dismissed for scoring zero runs.
Thus the word Duck made a royal entrance in the world of cricket. A batsman getting dismissed on his very first ball receives a Golden Duck. On this note, let us check out the crickets’ players who have the highest number of golden ducks in ODI Cricket.
“Boom Boom Shahid Afridi” is known for hitting monstrous sixes. He is the epitome of what critics would call an “all or nothing” batsman. His primary focus was on how he could deposit the ball in the stands.
Perhaps, this is why he holds the record for the fastest ODI hundred for nearly 18 years. Afridi also has the history of the second-most Golden Ducks cricket in 50-over cricket.
He has a total of 30 Ducks in his 369-inning ODI career. An estimated 3.25% of those Golden Ducks cricket came on the very first deliveries.
One of the greatest ever fast bowlers, Lasith Malinga, has several records in white-ball cricket. Known as the “toe-crusher” specialist, Malinga is the only bowler who registered three ODI hat tricks, two of which occurred in World Cups.
He is the only bowler with four wickets in many deliveries twice, one vs South Africa and the other vs New Zealand.
Formerly the Sri Lankan captain, he holds an unwanted record of having the most number of golden ducks in cricket, 14 in ODI Cricket.
3. Javagal Srinath:
What does one know about the former Indian fast bowler? He has multiple titles and names for him. Known as the person who brought a whirlwind revolution in Indian Fast Bowling, Srinath was a handy batsman, especially in the first half of his career.
Although India’s “pinch-hitter” has a plethora of handy knocks, with constant injuries in his succeeding years, Javagal Srinath finds himself in the dreaded list of having some of the biggest Golden Ducks in cricket. He was dismissed for a duck on 19 occasions, out of which 11 are Golden Ducks cricket.
4. Muttiah Muralitharan:
Last on our list is Muttiah Muralitharan. Muttiah was the typical Number-11 who hated beating around the bush. He had a “my way or highway” philosophy.
He was an all-rounder and one of the best players the Srilankan cricket team has ever seen. Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in both Test and ODI cricket and has the third most Golden Ducks cricket, 11 in 162 innings in the history of 50-over cricket.
He also holds the most number of ducks in all formats of cricket games.
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