South African wicket keeper batsmen collecting the first ball duck in a test innings

South African wicket keeper batsmen collecting the first ball duck in a test innings

Q de Kock of South Africa collected the first ball duck against India at Johannesburg in the fourth innings of the test to provide the 129th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman suffering from such an ignominy. It also provides the 13th occasion of a South African batsman collecting the first  ball duck  in a test innings.   All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 FW Smith 0 1 2 v England Cape Town 25 Mar 1889
2 TA Ward 0 1 2 v Australia Manchester 27 May 1912
3 TA Ward 0 1 3 v Australia Manchester 27 May 1912
4 WW Wade 0 1 2 v England Johannesburg 24 Dec 1938
5 JHB Waite 0 1 1 v Australia Melbourne 24 Dec 1952
6 JHB Waite 0 1 1 v New Zealand Johannesburg 24 Dec 1953
7 DJ Richardson 0 1 1 v Pakistan Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
8 DJ Richardson 0 1 3 v Pakistan Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
9 DJ Richardson 0 1 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997
10 MV Boucher 0 1 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 2003
11 MV Boucher 0 1 1 v India Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
12 Q de Kock 0 1 1 v India Centurion 13 Jan 2018
13 Q de Kock 0 1 4 v India Johannesburg 24 Jan 2018

It also provides the third occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman collecting the first ball duck against India. All the three occasions are listed below

No Player Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MV Boucher 0 1 1 v India Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
2 Q de Kock 0 1 1 v India Centurion 13 Jan 2018
3 Q de Kock 0 1 4 v India Johannesburg 24 Jan 2018

TA Ward {02}, JHB Waite {02}, DJ Richardson {03}, MV Boucher {02}  and Q de Kock {02} are the five South African wicketkeepers to collect the first ball duck on two or more occasions. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 TA Ward 0 1 2 v Australia Manchester 27 May 1912
2 TA Ward 0 1 3 v Australia Manchester 27 May 1912
               
1 JHB Waite 0 1 1 v Australia Melbourne 24 Dec 1952
2 JHB Waite 0 1 1 v New Zealand Johannesburg 24 Dec 1953
               
1 DJ Richardson 0 1 1 v Pakistan Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
2 DJ Richardson 0 1 3 v Pakistan Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
3 DJ Richardson 0 1 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 1997
               
1 MV Boucher 0 1 3 v Pakistan Faisalabad 24 Oct 2003
2 MV Boucher 0 1 1 v India Cape Town 02 Jan 2011
               
1 Q de Kock 0 1 1 v India Centurion 13 Jan 2018
2 Q de Kock 0 1 4 v India Johannesburg 24 Jan 2018

TA Ward and DJ Richardson are the two South African wicket keepers to be dismissed first all in both innings of the test.

No Player Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 TA Ward 0 1 2 v Australia Manchester 27 May 1912
2 TA Ward 0 1 3 v Australia Manchester 27 May 1912
               
1 DJ Richardson 0 1 1 v Pakistan Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995
2 DJ Richardson 0 1 3 v Pakistan Johannesburg 19 Jan 1995

 

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