Opening batsmen collecting first ball ducks on four or more occasions in the annals of one day games

Opening batsmen collecting first ball ducks on four or more occasions in the annals of one day games

AJ Finch of Australia was dismissed first ball for a duck against New Zealand at Sydney on 04.12.16. It represents his fourth first ball duck in one day internations and provides the tenth occasion of an opening batsman collecting first ball ducks on four or more occasions in the history of one day internationals. The following table lists all such occasions

No No Player Team Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Colombo (RPS) 24 Aug 1994
  2 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Gwalior 12 May 1997
  3 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 18 Jul 1997
  4 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v New Zealand Dhaka 26 Oct 1998
  5 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 1 v India Colombo (RPS) 30 Sep 2002
  6 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Dambulla 10 May 2003
  7 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 22 Feb 2008
  8 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 03 Feb 2009
                   
2 1 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v Australia Kuala Lumpur 24 Sep 2006
  2 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v India Chennai 27 Jan 2007
  3 CH Gayle Win 0 1 1 v Australia Adelaide 09 Feb 2010
  4 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 06 Feb 2011
  5 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v South Africa Centurion 28 Jan 2015
                   
3 1 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 05 Jan 1989
  2 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v India Perth 06 Dec 1991
  3 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v South Africa Port of Spain 12 Apr 1992
  4 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Pakistan Cape Town 25 Feb 1993
  5 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 25 Nov 1993
                   
4 1 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 1 v Australia Brisbane 08 Jan 1989
  2 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v Australia Sydney 25 Feb 1990
  3 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v England Nottingham 20 Aug 1992
  4 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v West Indies Sydney 17 Dec 1992
  5 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 1 v West Indies Cape Town 25 Feb 1993
                   
5 1 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 01 Aug 2001
  2 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 1 v West Indies Port of Spain 01 Jun 2002
  3 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Birmingham 06 Jul 2002
  4 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v Australia Mumbai 01 Nov 2003
  5 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v West Indies Ahmedabad 05 Dec 2011
                   
6 1 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v England Cardiff 14 Sep 2013
  2 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v Pakistan Sharjah 07 Oct 2014
  3 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v West Indies Basseterre 13 Jun 2016
  4 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016
                   
7 1 GW Flower Zim 0 1 2 v Bangladesh Dhaka 25 Mar 1999
  2 GW Flower Zim 0 1 2 v Australia Bulawayo 21 Oct 1999
  3 GW Flower Zim 0 1 2 v South Africa Durban 02 Feb 2000
  4 GW Flower Zim 0 1 2 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 06 Feb 2000
                   
8 1 HH Gibbs RSA 0 1 2 v Pakistan Sharjah 24 Mar 2000
  2 HH Gibbs RSA 0 1 1 v New Zealand Brisbane 19 Jan 2002
  3 HH Gibbs RSA 0 1 1 v Pakistan Tangier 18 Aug 2002
  4 HH Gibbs RSA 0 1 2 v Pakistan Lahore 20 Oct 2007
                   
9 1 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v South Africa Melbourne 13 Jan 2002
  2 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v Pakistan Melbourne-CS 15 Jun 2002
  3 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v South Africa Brisbane 15 Jan 2006
  4 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 2 v England Sydney 02 Feb 2007
                   
10 1 MJ Guptill NZl 0 1 1 v Sri Lanka Dambulla 13 Aug 2010
  2 MJ Guptill NZl 0 1 2 v India Dambulla 25 Aug 2010
  3 MJ Guptill NZl 0 1 1 v Sri Lanka Dunedin 23 Jan 2015
  4 MJ Guptill NZl 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Wellington 29 Jan 2015

ST Jayasuriya of  Sri Lanka, CH Gayle of West Indies, DL Haynes of West Indies, Rameez Raja of Pakistan and V Sehwag of India are the five opening batsmen who have collected the first ball ducks on five or more occasions. Their performance is furnished below

No No Player Team Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Colombo (RPS) 24 Aug 1994
  2 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Gwalior 12 May 1997
  3 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 18 Jul 1997
  4 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v New Zealand Dhaka 26 Oct 1998
  5 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 1 v India Colombo (RPS) 30 Sep 2002
  6 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Dambulla 10 May 2003
  7 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 22 Feb 2008
  8 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 03 Feb 2009
                   
2 1 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v Australia Kuala Lumpur 24 Sep 2006
  2 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v India Chennai 27 Jan 2007
  3 CH Gayle Win 0 1 1 v Australia Adelaide 09 Feb 2010
  4 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 06 Feb 2011
  5 CH Gayle Win 0 1 2 v South Africa Centurion 28 Jan 2015
                   
3 1 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 05 Jan 1989
  2 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v India Perth 06 Dec 1991
  3 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v South Africa Port of Spain 12 Apr 1992
  4 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Pakistan Cape Town 25 Feb 1993
  5 DL Haynes Win 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Kolkata 25 Nov 1993
                   
4 1 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 1 v Australia Brisbane 08 Jan 1989
  2 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v Australia Sydney 25 Feb 1990
  3 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v England Nottingham 20 Aug 1992
  4 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 2 v West Indies Sydney 17 Dec 1992
  5 Rameez Raja Pak 0 1 1 v West Indies Cape Town 25 Feb 1993
                   
5 1 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 1 v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 01 Aug 2001
  2 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 1 v West Indies Port of Spain 01 Jun 2002
  3 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v Sri Lanka Birmingham 06 Jul 2002
  4 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v Australia Mumbai 01 Nov 2003
  5 V Sehwag Ind 0 1 2 v West Indies Ahmedabad 05 Dec 2011

ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka with eight first ball ducks hold the record for most first ball ducks by an  opening batsman in the annals of one day internationals. His performance is furnished below

No No Player Team Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Colombo (RPS) 24 Aug 1994
  2 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Gwalior 12 May 1997
  3 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 18 Jul 1997
  4 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v New Zealand Dhaka 26 Oct 1998
  5 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 1 v India Colombo (RPS) 30 Sep 2002
  6 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Pakistan Dambulla 10 May 2003
  7 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v Australia Melbourne 22 Feb 2008
  8 ST Jayasuriya Srl 0 1 2 v India Colombo (RPS) 03 Feb 2009

AJ Finch became the second Australian opening batsman to collect the first ball ducks in one day internationals after AC Gilchrist. The performance of  both the openers is furnished below

No No Player Team Runs BF Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 1 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v England Cardiff 14 Sep 2013
  2 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v Pakistan Sharjah 07 Oct 2014
  3 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v West Indies Basseterre 13 Jun 2016
  4 AJ Finch Aus 0 1 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016
                   
2 1 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v South Africa Melbourne 13 Jan 2002
  2 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v Pakistan Melbourne-CS 15 Jun 2002
  3 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 1 v South Africa Brisbane 15 Jan 2006
  4 AC Gilchrist Aus 0 1 2 v England Sydney 02 Feb 2007
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