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Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Miscellaneous
Dismissing Most Batsmen First Ball Faced (Golden Duck)
Click 1st Ball for batsmen dismissed
Player
Country
Mat
O
W
Avg
Avg
Best
1st Ball
1
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
104
3771.1
414
23.62
54.65
7/119
33
2
J M Anderson*
England
188
6672.5
704
26.46
56.87
7/42
23
3
M A Starc*
Australia
100
3182.2
402
27.02
47.50
6/9
23
4
G D McGrath
Australia
124
4874.4
563
21.64
51.95
8/24
21
5
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka
133
7339.5
800
22.73
55.05
9/51
20
6
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
87
2704
373
23.56
43.50
7/76
20
7
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
98
3683.5
405
20.99
54.58
8/45
20
8
A Kumble
India
132
6808.2
619
29.65
65.99
10/74
20
9
S C J Broad*
England
167
5616.2
604
27.68
55.79
8/15
19
10
S K Warne
Australia
145
6784.1
708
25.42
57.49
8/71
18
11
D W Steyn
South Africa
93
3101.2
439
22.95
42.39
7/51
17
12
W P U J C Vaas
Sri Lanka
111
3906.2
355
29.58
66.02
7/71
16
13
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
86
3460.4
431
22.30
50.85
9/52
16
14
Kapil Dev
India
131
4623.2
434
29.65
63.92
9/83
15
15
C A Walsh
West Indies
132
5003.1
519
24.44
57.84
7/37
14
16
M Morkel
South Africa
86
2749.4
309
27.67
53.39
6/23
14
17
N M Lyon*
Australia
139
5750.4
562
30.15
61.40
8/50
14
18
V D Philander
South Africa
64
1898.3
224
22.32
50.85
6/21
13
19
B Lee
Australia
76
2755.1
310
30.82
53.33
5/30
13
20
H M R K B Herath
Sri Lanka
93
4332.1
433
28.08
60.03
9/127
13
21
Imran Khan
Pakistan
88
3106
362
22.81
53.75
8/58
13
22
Harbhajan Singh
India
103
4763.2
417
32.46
68.54
8/84
12
23
M J Hoggard
England
67
2318.1
248
30.50
56.08
7/61
11
24
J N Gillespie
Australia
71
2372.2
259
26.14
54.96
7/37
11
25
S M Pollock
South Africa
108
4058.5
421
23.12
57.85
7/87
10
26
D Gough
England
58
1970.1
229
28.40
51.62
6/42
10
27
R G D Willis
England
90
2699.1
325
25.20
53.41
8/43
10
28
J Srinath
India
67
2517.2
236
30.49
64.00
8/86
10
29
Z Khan
India
92
3130.5
311
32.95
60.40
7/87
10
30
C S Martin
New Zealand
71
2337.4
233
33.64
60.20
6/26
10
31
Shoaib Akhtar
Pakistan
46
1357.1
178
25.70
45.75
6/11
10
32
S C G MacGill
Australia
44
1872.5
208
29.02
54.02
8/108
10
33
Umar Gul
Pakistan
47
1599.5
163
34.07
58.89
6/135
10
34
R Ashwin*
India
106
4536
537
23.91
50.68
7/59
10
35
P J Cummins*
Australia
71
2364.3
309
22.10
45.91
6/23
10
36
K Rabada*
South Africa
71
2183.2
336
21.74
38.99
7/112
10
37
T A Boult*
New Zealand
78
2902.5
317
27.50
54.94
6/30
9
38
R A Jadeja*
India
85
3213
330
25.12
58.42
7/42
9
39
I Sharma
India
105
3193.2
311
32.41
61.61
7/74
9
40
K A J Roach*
West Indies
85
2489.4
284
27.18
52.60
6/48
9
41
M G Johnson
Australia
73
2666.5
313
28.41
51.12
8/61
9
42
M Ntini
South Africa
101
3472.2
390
28.83
53.42
7/37
9
43
D Kaneria
Pakistan
61
2949.3
261
34.80
67.80
7/77
9
44
Abdul Razzaq
Pakistan
46
1168
100
36.94
70.08
5/35
9
45
M D Marshall
West Indies
81
2930.4
376
20.95
46.77
7/22
9
46
C J McDermott
Australia
71
2764.2
291
28.63
57.00
8/97
9
47
A M E Roberts
West Indies
47
1778.3
202
25.61
55.12
7/54
9
48
J Garner
West Indies
58
2194.5
259
20.98
50.85
6/56
9
49
A A Donald
South Africa
72
2586.3
330
22.25
47.03
8/71
9
50
A R Caddick
England
62
2259.4
234
29.91
57.94
7/46
9
* List may be incomplete as balls faced data not available for some test matches
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