F du Plessis of South Africa collected the first ball against Australia in the ongoing test at Johannesburg to provide the 31^st occasion of a captain dismissed  first ball  for a duck in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
2	AC MacLaren	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	26 Feb 1898
3	Hon.FS Jackson	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	15 Jun 1905
4	JWHT Douglas	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
5	AER Gilligan	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
6	AER Gilligan	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925
7	RES Wyatt	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
8	WR Hammond	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Leeds	22 Jul 1938
9	L Amarnath	0	1	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
10	L Amarnath	0	1	3	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
11	JDC Goddard	0	1	3	Win	Aus	Brisbane	09 Nov 1951
12	R Illingworth	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	10 Aug 1972
13	JM Brearley	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Perth	15 Dec 1978
14	IT Botham	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	02 Jul 1981
15	MW Gatting	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	12 Dec 1986
16	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Hobart	27 Nov 1997
17	ST Jayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	22 Sep 1999
18	ST Jayasuriya	0	1	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	30 Sep 1999
19	JC Adams	0	1	1	Win	Aus	Perth	01 Dec 2000
20	JC Adams	0	1	4	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000
21	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
22	SM Pollock	0	1	2	SAF	Aus	Adelaide	14 Dec 2001
23	Khaled Mahmud	0	1	1	Ban	Aus	Cairns	25 Jul 2003
24	Inzamam-ul-Haq	0	1	4	Pak	Aus	Perth	16 Dec 2004
25	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	18 Mar 2005
26	GC Smith	0	1	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	24 Mar 2006
27	M Jayawardene	0	1	4	Srl	Aus	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
28	LRPL Taylor	0	1	3	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	01 Dec 2011
29	AN Cook	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Perth	13 Dec 2013
30	JO Holder	0	1	2	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2015
31	F du Plessis	0	1	1	SAF	Aus	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

SP Fleming {03}, AER Gilligan {02}, JC Adams {02}, L Amarnath {02}  and ST Jayasuriya {02} are five captains who have collected the first ball duck in a test  innings against Australia on two or more occasions

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Hobart	27 Nov 1997
2	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Brisbane	08 Nov 2001
3	SP Fleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	18 Mar 2005
1	AER Gilligan	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
2	AER Gilligan	0	1	1	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925
1	JC Adams	0	1	1	Win	Aus	Perth	01 Dec 2000
2	JC Adams	0	1	4	Win	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2000
1	L Amarnath	0	1	2	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	01 Jan 1948
2	L Amarnath	0	1	3	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Jan 1948
1	ST Jayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	22 Sep 1999
2	ST Jayasuriya	0	1	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	30 Sep 1999