AB de Villers of South Africa was dismissed run out first ball for a duck in South Africa’s second innings against Australia in the ongoing test at Durban to provide the 37^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out first ball for a duck in the history of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	W Attewell	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	20 Feb 1885
2	J Trim	0	1	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
3	S Ramadhin	0	1	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
4	CM Old	0	1	2	Eng	Win	Birmingham	09 Aug 1973
5	S Venkataraghavan	0	1	1	Ind	Eng	Lord’s	02 Aug 1979
6	RM Hogg	0	1	3	Aus	Ind	Delhi	13 Oct 1979
7	RGD Willis	0	1	2	Eng	Srl	Col-PSS	17 Feb 1982
8	AR Border	0	1	1	Aus	NZl	Auckland	12 Mar 1982
9	LRD Mendis	0	1	3	Srk	Pak	Faisalabad	14 Mar 1982
10	J Garner	0	1	2	Win	Eng	Leeds	12 Jul 1984
11	Abdul Qadir	0	1	1	Pak	NZl	Auckland	25 Jan 1985
12	AL Logie	0	1	2	Win	Ind	Mumbai	11 Dec 1987
13	Wasim Akram	0	1	3	Pak	Win	Faisalabad	23 Nov 1990
14	BP Patterson	0	1	1	Win	SAF	Bridgetown	18 Apr 1992
15	Mushtaq Ahmed	0	1	2	Pak	Srl	Kandy	26 Aug 1994
16	JB Commins	0	1	3	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
17	D Williams	0	1	3	Win	Pak	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997
18	S Chanderpaul	0	1	3	Win	Eng	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998
19	MW Goodwin	0	1	1	Zim	Aus	Harare	14 Oct 1999
20	ADR Campbell	0	1	1	Zim	Srl	Bulawayo	18 Nov 1999
21	RD King	0	1	2	Win	NZl	Wellington	26 Dec 1999
22	Saqlain Mushtaq	0	1	1	Pak	NZl	Hamilton	27 Mar 2001
23	AB Agarkar	0	1	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
24	Inzamam-ul-Haq	0	1	3	Pak	Ind	Multan	28 Mar 2004
25	Nazmul Hossain	0	1	2	Ban	Ind	Chittagong	17 Dec 2004
26	SL Malinga	0	1	2	Srl	Ban	Chittagong	28 Feb 2006
27	Danish Kaneria	0	1	3	Pak	Ind	Delhi	22 Nov 2007
28	RS Bopara	0	1	3	Eng	Srl	Galle	18 Dec 2007
29	I Sharma	0	1	3	Ind	Srl	Galle	31 Jul 2008
30	Nazmul Hossain	0	1	1	Ban	Pak	Dhaka	17 Dec 2011
31	V Permaul	0	1	3	Win	Ind	Kolkata	06 Nov 2013
32	PP Ojha	0	1	2	Ind	Win	Mumbai	14 Nov 2013
33	DW Steyn	0	1	2	SAF	Win	Cape Town	92 Jan 2015
34	D Bishoo	0	1	4	Win	Srl	Col-PSS	22 Oct 2015
35	ML Cummins	0	1	2	Win	Eng	Birmingham	17 Aug 2017
36	CA Pujara	0	1	2	Ind	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
37	AB de Villiers	0	1	4	SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

It also provides the third occasion of a South African batsman dismissed run out first ball for a duck. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Commins	0	1	3	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
2	DW Steyn	0	1	2	SAF	Win	Cape Town	92 Jan 2015
3	AB de Villiers	0	1	4	SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

It also provides the sixth occasion of batsman dismissed run out first ball for a duck against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	vStart Date
1	W Attewell	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	20 Feb 1885
2	J Trim	0	1	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
3	S Ramadhin	0	1	3	Win	Aus	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
4	MW Goodwin	0	1	1	Zim	Aus	Harare	14 Oct 1999
5	AB Agarkar	0	1	1	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	26 Dec 2003
6	AB de Villiers	0	1	4	SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

It also provides the third occasion of batsman dismissed run out first ball for a duck on South African soil. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Commins	0	1	3	SAF	Pak	Johannesburg	19 Jan 1995
2	DW Steyn	0	1	2	SAF	Win	Cape Town	92 Jan 2015
3	CA Pujara	0	1	2	Ind	SAF	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
4	AB de Villiers	0	1	4	SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018

It also provides the third occasion of batsman dismissed run out first ball for a duck in the fourth innings of a test.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	W Attewell	0	1	4	Eng	Aus	Sydney	20 Feb 1885
2	D Bishoo	0	1	4	Win	Srl	Col-PSS	22 Oct 2015
3	AB de Villiers	0	1	4	SAF	Aus	Durban	01 Mar 2018