West Indies captains collecting the first ball duck in a test innings
JO Holder of West Indies collected the first ball duck against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Wellington to provide the 111th occasion of a captain dismissed for a first ball duck in the history of test cricket. It also provides the 17th occasion of a West Indies captain suffering such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | RS Grant | 0 | 1 | 4 | v England | Manchester | 22 Jul 1939 |
| 2 | JDC Goddard | 0 | 1 | 3 | v Australia | Brisbane | 09 Nov 1951 |
| 3 | GS Sobers | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1966 |
| 4 | GS Sobers | 0 | 1 | 2 | v England | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 5 | GS Sobers | 0 | 1 | 4 | v India | Port of Spain | 13 Apr 1971 |
| 6 | DL Haynes | 0 | 1 | 4 | v Pakistan | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 7 | RB Richardson | 0 | 1 | 3 | v Pakistan | St John’s | 01 May 1993 |
| 8 | CA Walsh | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | St John’s | 13 Jun 1997 |
| 9 | JC Adams | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Australia | Perth | 01 Dec 2000 |
| 10 | JC Adams | 0 | 1 | 4 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2000 |
| 11 | D Ganga | 0 | 1 | 1 | v England | Ch-le-St | 15 Jun 2007 |
| 12 | DJG Sammy | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 15 Nov 2010 |
| 13 | D Ramdin | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Bangladesh | Gros Islet | 13 Sep 2014 |
| 14 | D Ramdin | 0 | 1 | 3 | v South Africa | Cape Town | 02 Jan 2015 |
| 15 | JO Holder | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2015 |
| 16 | JO Holder | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Birmingham | 17 Aug 2017 |
| 17 | JO Holder | 0 | 1 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 01 Dec 2017 |
JO Holder’s first ball duck at Wellington represent his third first ball duck while leading West Indies. He emulated GS Sobers who has also collected first ball ducks on three occasions.
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GS Sobers | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | The Oval | 18 Aug 1966 |
| 2 | GS Sobers | 0 | 1 | 2 | v England | Kingston | 08 Feb 1968 |
| 3 | GS Sobers | 0 | 1 | 4 | v India | Port of Spain | 13 Apr 1971 |
| 1 | JO Holder | 0 | 1 | 2 | v Australia | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2015 |
| 2 | JO Holder | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Birmingham | 17 Aug 2017 |
| 3 | JO Holder | 0 | 1 | 1 | v New Zealand | Wellington | 01 Dec 2017 |
JO Holder of West Indies collected the first ball duck against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Wellington to provide the sixth occasion of a captain dismissed for a first ball duck against New Zealand in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | R Illingworth | 0 | 1 | 3 | Eng | NZl | Lord’s | 24 Jul 1969 |
| 2 | GA Gooch | 0 | 1 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Nottingham | 07 Jun 1990 |
| 3 | GC Smith | 0 | 1 | 3 | SAF | NZl | Auckland | 18 Mar 2004 |
| 4 | Mohd Ashraful | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ban | NZl | Dunedin | 04 Jan 2008 |
| 5 | AG Cremer | 0 | 1 | 1 | Zim | NZl | Bulawayo | 28 Jul 2016 |
| 6 | JO Holder | 0 | 1 | 1 | Win | NZl | Wellington | 01 Dec 2017 |