Australian opening batsmen collecting the first ball ducks in a test innings.
Australian opening batsman JA Burns was dismissed for a first ball duck against New Zealand in the ongoing test at Melbourne to provide the 222nd occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in a test innings. It also provides the 30th occasion of an Australian opening batsman suffering from such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | AC Bannerman | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 |
| 2 | VT Trumper | 0 | 1 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1908 |
| 3 | W Bardsley | 0 | 1 | 1 | v England | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1911 |
| 4 | W Bardsley | 0 | 1 | 1 | v England | Leeds | 10 Jul 1926 |
| 5 | A Jackson | 0 | 1 | 1 | v West Indies | Brisbane | 16 Jan 1931 |
| 6 | WM Woodfull | 0 | 1 | 2 | v South Africa | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 |
| 7 | JHW Fingleton | 0 | 1 | 4 | v England | Brisbane | 04 Dec 1936 |
| 8 | WJ O’Reilly | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1937 |
| 9 | RB Simpson | 0 | 1 | 1 | v England | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1963 |
| 10 | WM Lawry | 0 | 1 | 3 | v India | Adelaide | 23 Dec 1967 |
| 11 | IM Chappell | 0 | 1 | 4 | v England | Sydney | 09 Jan 1971 |
| 12 | BC Francis | 0 | 1 | 2 | v England | Lord’s | 22 Jun 1972 |
| 13 | R Edwards | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 |
| 14 | KR Stackpole | 0 | 1 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 22 Mar 1974 |
| 15 | A Turner | 0 | 1 | 3 | v West Indies | Perth | 12 Dec 1975 |
| 16 | GJ Cosier | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Brisbane | 01 Dec 1978 |
| 17 | RB Kerr | 0 | 1 | 3 | v New Zealand | Perth | 30 Nov 1985 |
| 18 | GR Marsh | 0 | 1 | 3 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1986 |
| 19 | DC Boon | 0 | 1 | 4 | v England | Perth | 28 Nov 1986 |
| 20 | DC Boon | 0 | 1 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Hobart | 16 Dec 1989 |
| 21 | GR Marsh | 0 | 1 | 4 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 19 Apr 1991 |
| 22 | MJ Slater | 0 | 1 | 1 | v Sri Lanka | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1996 |
| 23 | JL Langer | 0 | 1 | 4 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | 01 May 2003 |
| 24 | ML Hayden | 0 | 1 | 2 | v England | Birmingham | 04 Aug 2005 |
| 25 | JL Langer | 0 | 1 | 3 | v England | Perth | 14 Dec 2006 |
| 26 | ML Hayden | 0 | 1 | 3 | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 20 Nov 2008 |
| 27 | SR Watson | 0 | 1 | 3 | v Sri Lanka | Galle | 31 Aug 2011 |
| 28 | EJM Cowan | 0 | 1 | 2 | v South Africa | Perth | 30 Nov 2012 |
| 29 | DA Warner | 0 | 1 | 4 | v Sri Lanka | Sydney | 03 Jan 2013 |
| 20 | JA Burns | 0 | 1 | 1 | v New Zealand | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2019 |
JA Burns became the fifth Australian opening batsman to collect the first ball duck against New Zealand in a test innings. All the five occasions are tabulated beloe
| No | Player | Runs | BF | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | KR Stackpole | 0 | 1 | 1 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 22 Mar 1974 |
| 2 | RB Kerr | 0 | 1 | 3 | v New Zealand | Perth | 30 Nov 1985 |
| 3 | GR Marsh | 0 | 1 | 3 | v New Zealand | Auckland | 13 Mar 1986 |
| 4 | ML Hayden | 0 | 1 | 3 | v New Zealand | Brisbane | 20 Nov 2008 |
| 5 | JA Burns | 0 | 1 | 1 | v New Zealand | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2019 |