Mithali Raj of India collected the first ball duck against South Africa at Leicester  on 08 Jul 17 in the ongoing Women’s World Cup to provide the 25^th occasion  of a captain dismissed for a first ball duck in the history of Women one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	K Smithies	0	1	2	Eng	NZl	Chennai	26 Dec 1997
2	L Olivier	0	1	2	RSA	Aus	Buderim	05 Feb 1999
3	CJ Connor	0	1	1	Eng	RSA	Chelmsford	20 Jun 2000
4	K Price	0	1	1	RSA	Eng	Nottingham	22 Jun 2000
5	ME Grealey	0	1	1	Ire	Eng	Lincoln	07 Dec 2000
6	CJ Connor	0	1	1	Eng	RSA	East London	18 Feb 2004
7	BJ Clark	0	1	2	Aus	NZl	Sydney	21 Feb 2004
8	CMA Shillington	0	1	1	Ire	Ind	Pretoria	24 Mar 2005
9	SJ Power	0	1	2	Win	Aus	Rustenburg	26 Mar 2005
10	SK Dolawatte	0	1	1	Srl	RSA	Pretoria	01 Apr 2005
11	CM Edwards	0	1	2	Eng	Ind	Southampton	24 Aug 2006
12	J Goswami	0	1	2	Ind	Aus	Canberra	08 Nov 2008
13	J Goswami	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	01 Mar 2010
14	HE Whelan	0	1	2	Ire	Eng	Kibworth	07 Jul 2010
15	HASD Siriwardene	0	1	2	Srl	RSA	Potchefstroom (Uni 2)	06 Oct 2010
16	J Goswami	0	1	1	Ind	Win	Vadodara	13 Jan 2011
17	Sana Mir	0	1	2	Pak	Win	Kingstown	30 Aug 2011
18	M du Preez	0	1	1	RSA	Aus	Cuttack	03 Feb 2013
19	CM Edwards	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	23 Jan 2014
20	MR Aguilleira	0	1	2	Win	NZl	Basseterre	12 Sep 2014
21	D Devnarain	0	1	1	RSA	Ire	Dublin	07 Aug 2016
22	HC Knight	0	1	1	Eng	Win	Florence Hall	08 Oct 2016
23	I Ranaweera	0	1	2	Srl	Eng	Colombo (RPS)	17 Nov 2016
24	Rumana Ahmed	0	1	2	Ban	RSA	Cox’s Bazar	18 Jan 2017
25	M Raj	0	1	2	Ind	RSA	Leicester	08 Jul 2017

 

Mithali Raj’s first ball duck in this game provides the fourth occasion of an Indian captain to suffer such an ignominy. She became the second Indian captain to collect the first  ball duck in Women ODIs. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	J Goswami	0	1	2	Ind	Aus	Canberra	08 Nov 2008
2	J Goswami	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	01 Mar 2010
3	J Goswami	0	1	1	Ind	Win	Vadodara	13 Jan 2011
4	M Raj	0	1	2	Ind	RSA	Leicester	08 Jul 2017

 

It also provides the sixth occasion of a captain collecting the first ball duck against South Africa in Women one day games. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CJ Connor	0	1	1	Eng	RSA	Chelmsford	20 Jun 2000
2	CJ Connor	0	1	1	Eng	RSA	East London	18 Feb 2004
3	SK Dolawatte	0	1	1	Srl	RSA	Pretoria	01 Apr 2005
4	HASD Siriwardene	0	1	2	Srl	RSA	Potchefstroom (Uni 2)	06 Oct 2010
5	Rumana Ahmed	0	1	2	Ban	RSA	Cox’s Bazar	18 Jan 2017
6	M Raj	0	1	2	Ind	RSA	Leicester	08 Jul 2017

 

CJ Connor and CM Edwards of England and J Goswami of India are the three captains who have collected the first ball duck on two or more occasions.  J Goswami owns the record for most first ball ducks by a captain with three occasions

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CJ Connor	0	1	1	Eng	RSA	Chelmsford	20 Jun 2000
2	CJ Connor	0	1	1	Eng	RSA	East London	18 Feb 2004
1	CM Edwards	0	1	2	Eng	Ind	Southampton	24 Aug 2006
2	CM Edwards	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	23 Jan 2014
1	J Goswami	0	1	2	Ind	Aus	Canberra	08 Nov 2008
2	J Goswami	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Mumbai	01 Mar 2010
3	J Goswami	0	1	1	Ind	Win	Vadodara	13 Jan 2011

 

Mithali Raj became the  seventh captain to be dismissed  first ball for a duck in the Women’s World Cup  games. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	K Smithies	0	1	2	Eng	NZl	Chennai	26 Dec 1997
2	ME Grealey	0	1	1	Ire	Eng	Lincoln	07 Dec 2000
3	CMA Shillington	0	1	1	Ire	Ind	Pretoria	24 Mar 2005
4	SJ Power	0	1	2	Win	Aus	Rustenburg	26 Mar 2005
5	SK Dolawatte	0	1	1	Srl	RSA	Pretoria	01 Apr 2005
6	M du Preez	0	1	1	RSA	Aus	Cuttack	03 Feb 2013
7	M Raj	0	1	2	Ind	RSA	Leicester	08 Jul 2017