DA Warner equals another hundred year old record for an Australian opening batsman against England

DA Warner equals another hundred year old record for an Australian opening batsman against England

DA Warner’s duck in this test represents his fifth duck of his test career as an opening batsman against England. He became the second Australian opening batsman to score five ducks against England after VT Trumper.

NoPlayerRIOppGroundStart Date
1VT Trumper01EngMelbourne01 Jan 1902
2VT Trumper04EngLeeds03 Jul 1905
3VT Trumper03EngAdelaide10 Jan 1908
4VT Trumper01EngMelbourne07 Feb 1908
5VT Trumper03EngMelbourne07 Feb 1908
       
NoPlayerRIOppGroundStart Date
1DA Warner01EngNottingham06 Aug 2015
2DA Warner03EngLeeds22 Aug 2019
3DA Warner01EngManchester04 Sep 2019
4DA Warner03EngManchester04 Sep 2019
5DA Warner01EngHobart14 Jan 2022

It is interesting to note that both the batsmen have collected a pair while scoring five ducks. VT Trumper collected a paid at Melbourne in Feb 1908 while DA Warner’s pair came at Manchester in Sep 2019.

It took 113 years and nine months for DA Warner to equal the record of five ducks by an Australian opening batsman against England. DA Warner’s fifth duck came in Jan 2022 while VT Trumper had scored his fifth duck in Feb 1908.

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