When GC Smith was dismissed without scoring in the first test against England at Centurion, he scored his ninth duck as captain of South Africa, thus owning the record of most ducks by a South African captain. The previous record was held by WJ Cronje who had failed to open on eight occasions while leading South Africa. The most ducks scored by a captain is credited to SP Fleming of New Zealand who has scored 13 ducks. The ducks scored by GC Smith are listed below

No	Runs	Dismissal	Inns	Opp	Ground	Mon	Yr
1	0	bowled	3	NZl	Auckland	Mar	04
2	0	caught	1	Ind	Kolkata	Nov	04
3	0	caught	1	Eng	P Elizabeth	Dec	04
4	0	bowled	4	Eng	Sydney	Oct	05
5	0	caught	2	Aus	Durban	Mar	06
6	0	caught	2	Pak	Centurion	Jan	07
7	0	lbw	3	Eng	The Oval	Aug	08
8	0	caught	2	Aus	Johannesburg	Feb	09
9	0	caught	1	Eng	Centurion	Dec	09