Opening batsmen dismissed for a duck on their test debut
Saim Ayub of Pakistan was dismissed for a duck in the just concluded test against Australia at Perth to provide the 82nd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a duck on his test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | A Hill | 0 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 |
| 2 | GF Grace | 0 | 4 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 06 Sep 1880 |
| 3 | RG Barlow | 0 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Melb0ourne | 31 Dec 1881 |
| 4 | Hon.IFW Bligh | 0 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1882 |
| 5 | A Rose-Innes | 0 | 1 | SAF | Eng | Gqeberha | 12 Mar 1889 |
| 6 | HR Butt | 0 | 3 | Eng | SAF | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 1896 |
| 7 | AR Richards | 0 | 3 | SAF | Eng | Cape Town | 21 Mar 1896 |
| 8 | HW Taylor | 0 | 2 | SAF | Aus | Manchester | 27 May 1912 |
| 9 | CAG Russell | 0 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 |
| 10 | JP Duminy | 0 | 1 | SAF | Eng | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1927 |
| 11 | G Challenor | 0 | 3 | Eng | Eng | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1928 |
| 12 | J Arnold | 0 | 2 | Eng | NZl | Lord’s | 27 Jun 1931 |
| 13 | GM Carew | 0 | 1 | Win | Eng | Bridgetown | 08 Jan 1935 |
| 14 | RS Grant | 0 | 3 | Win | Eng | Bridgetown | 08 Jan 1935 |
| 15 | CIJ Smith | 0 | 4 | Eng | Win | Bridgetown | 08 Jan 1935 |
| 16 | KL Wishart | 0 | 4 | Win | Eng | Georgetown | 14 Feb 1935 |
| 17 | CL Badcock | 0 | 4 | Aus | Eng | Brisbane | 04 Dec 1936 |
| 18 | L Hutton | 0 | 1 | Eng | NZl | Lord’s | 26 Jun 1937 |
| 19 | JB Stollmeyer | 0 | 3 | Win | Eng | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1939 |
| 20 | KD Meuleman | 0 | 2 | Aus | NZl | Wellington | 29 Mar 1946 |
| 21 | GM Emmett | 0 | 3 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 08 Jul 1948 |
| 22 | MR Rege | 0 | 3 | Ind | Win | Chennai | 27 Jan 1949 |
| 23 | J Moroney | 0 | 1 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 |
| 24 | JG Leggat | 0 | 2 | NZl | Win | Auckland | 15 Feb 1952 |
| 25 | DK Gaekwad | 0 | 3 | Ind | Eng | Leeds | 05 Jun 1952 |
| 26 | MC Frederick | 0 | 1 | Win | Eng | Kingston | 15 Jan 1954 |
| 27 | Alimuddin | 0 | 3 | Pak | Eng | Lord’s | 10 Jun 1954 |
| 28 | GL Gibbs | 0 | 3 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 26 Mar 1955 |
| 29 | AJ Pithey | 0 | 4 | SAF | Eng | Durban | 25 Jan 1957 |
| 30 | NS Asgarali | 0 | 1 | Win | Eng | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1957 |
| 31 | MJK Smith | 0 | 1 | Eng | NZl | Birmingham | 05 Jun 1958 |
| 32 | KS Indrajitsinhji | 0 | 4 | Ind | Aus | Chennai | 02 Oct 1964 |
| 33 | C Milburn | 0 | 2 | Eng | Win | Manchester | 02 Jun 1966 |
| 34 | GM Turner | 0 | 1 | NZl | Win | Auckland | 27 Feb 1969 |
| 35 | KH Eastwood | 0 | 4 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 12 Feb 1971 |
| 36 | JM Brearley | 0 | 2 | Eng | Win | Nottingham | 03 Jun 1976 |
| 37 | Rizwan-uz-Zaman | 0 | 2 | Pak | Aus | Perth | 13 Nov 1981 |
| 38 | K Srikkanth | 0 | 1 | Ind | Eng | Wankhede | 27 Nov 1981 |
| 39 | G Cook | 0 | 4 | Eng | Srl | Colo-PSS | 17 Feb 1982 |
| 40 | CL Smith | 0 | 1 | Eng | NZl | Lord’s | 11 Aug 1983 |
| 41 | BC Broad | 0 | 3 | Eng | Win | Lord’s | 28 Jun 1984 |
| 42 | KR Rutherford | 0 | 2 | NZl | Win | Port of Spain | 29 Mar 1985 |
| 43 | KR Rutherford | 0 | 4 | NZl | Win | Port of Spain | 29 Mar 1985 |
| 44 | WN Slack | 0 | 3 | Eng | Win | Port of Spain | 07 Mar 1986 |
| 45 | PA Horne | 0 | 4 | NZl | Win | Christchurch | 12 Mar 1987 |
| 46 | Saeed Anwar | 0 | 1 | Pak | Win | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 47 | Saeed Anwar | 0 | 3 | Pak | Win | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 48 | CP Senanayake | 0 | 2 | Srl | NZl | Wellington | 31 Jan 1991 |
| 49 | AC Hudson | 0 | 4 | SAF | Win | Bridgetown | 18 Apr 1992 |
| 50 | SJ Cook | 0 | 1 | SAF | Ind | Durban | 13 Nov 1992 |
| 51 | Shakeel Ahmed jnr | 0 | 2 | Pak | Win | St John’s | 01 May 1993 |
| 52 | MH Dekker | 0 | 4 | Zim | Pak | Karachi | 01 Dec 1993 |
| 53 | DJ Murray | 0 | 3 | NZl | SAF | Johannesburg | 25 Nov 1994 |
| 54 | MTG Elliott | 0 | 1 | Aus | Win | Brisbane | 22 Nov 1996 |
| 55 | DP Viljoen | 0 | 1 | Zim | Pak | Bulawayo | 14 Mar 1998 |
| 56 | DP Viljoen | 0 | 3 | Zim | Pak | Bulawayo | 14 Mar 1998 |
| 57 | GFJ Liebenberg | 0 | 2 | SAF | Srl | Centurion | 27 Mar 1998 |
| 58 | SP James | 0 | 3 | Eng | SAF | Lord’s | 18 Jun 1998 |
| 59 | MD Bell | 0 | 4 | NZl | Ind | Wellington | 26 Dec 1998 |
| 60 | DJ Gandhi | 0 | 1 | Ind | NZl | Mohali | 10 Oct 1999 |
| 61 | LV Garrick | 0 | 1 | Win | SAF | Kingston | 19 Apr 2001 |
| 62 | Naved Latif | 0 | 1 | Pak | Win | Sharjah | 31 Jan 2002 |
| 63 | BG Rogers | 0 | 4 | Zim | Ban | Chattogram | 06 Jan 2005 |
| 64 | SM Warnapura | 0 | 2 | Srl | Ban | Col-SSC | 25 Jun 2007 |
| 65 | AJ Redmond | 0 | 1 | NZl | Eng | Lord’s | 15 May 2008 |
| 66 | NT Paranavitana | 0 | 1 | Srl | Pak | Karachi | 21 Feb 2009 |
| 67 | PJ Hughes | 0 | 1 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 |
| 68 | KC Brathwaite | 0 | 4 | Win | Pak | Basseterre | 20 May 2011 |
| 69 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 2 | Srl | NZl | Galle | 17 Nov 2012 |
| 70 | Shan Masood | 0 | 4 | Pak | SAF | Abu Dhabi | 14 Oct 2013 |
| 71 | R Chandrika | 0 | 2 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 72 | R Chandrika | 0 | 4 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 73 | KK Jennings | 0 | 3 | Eng | Ind | Wankhede | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 74 | TB de Bruyn | 0 | 1 | SAF | NZl | Hamilton | 25 Mar 2017 |
| 75 | ML Udawatte | 0 | 1 | Srl | Win | Gros Islet | 14 Jun 2018 |
| 76 | Saif Hassan | 0 | 1 | Ban | Pak | Rawalpindi | 07 Feb 2020 |
| 77 | Abdul Malik (1) | 0 | 1 | Afg | Zim | Abu Dhabi | 02 Mar 2021 |
| 78 | Abdul Malik (1) | 0 | 3 | Afg | Zim | Abu Dhabi | 02 Mar 2021 |
| 79 | Mahmudul Hasan Joy | 0 | 2 | Ban | Pak | Mirpur | 04 Dec 2021 |
| 70 | Mohammad Naim | 0 | 2 | Ban | NZl | Christchurch | 09 Jan 2022 |
| 71 | SJ Erwee | 0 | 3 | SAF | NZl | Christchurch | 17 Feb 2022 |
| 82 | Saim Ayub | 0 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Sydney | 03 Jan 2024 |
Saim Ayub of Pakistan was dismissed for a duck in the just concluded test against Australia at Perth to provide the eighth occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a duck on his test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Alimuddin | 0 | 3 | Pak | Eng | Lord’s | 10 Jun 1954 |
| 2 | Rizwan-uz-Zaman | 0 | 2 | Pak | Aus | Perth | 13 Nov 1981 |
| 3 | Saeed Anwar | 0 | 1 | Pak | Win | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 4 | Saeed Anwar | 0 | 3 | Pak | Win | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 5 | Shakeel Ahmed jnr | 0 | 2 | Pak | Win | St John’s | 01 May 1993 |
| 6 | Naved Latif | 0 | 1 | Pak | Win | Sharjah | 31 Jan 2002 |
| 7 | Shan Masood | 0 | 4 | Pak | SAF | Abu Dhabi | 14 Oct 2013 |
| 8 | Saim Ayub | 0 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Sydney | 03 Jan 2024 |
Saim Ayub of Pakistan was dismissed for a duck in the just concluded test against Australia at Perth to provide the 13th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a duck on his test debut against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | A Hill | 0 | 4 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 15 Mar 1877 |
| 2 | GF Grace | 0 | 4 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | 06 Sep 1880 |
| 3 | RG Barlow | 0 | 1 | Eng | Aus | Melb0ourne | 31 Dec 1881 |
| 4 | Hon.IFW Bligh | 0 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Melbourne | 30 Dec 1882 |
| 5 | HW Taylor | 0 | 2 | SAF | Aus | Manchester | 27 May 1912 |
| 6 | CAG Russell | 0 | 2 | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 17 Dec 1920 |
| 7 | GM Emmett | 0 | 3 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | 08 Jul 1948 |
| 8 | GL Gibbs | 0 | 3 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 26 Mar 1955 |
| 9 | KS Indrajitsinhji | 0 | 4 | Ind | Aus | Chennai | 02 Oct 1964 |
| 10 | Rizwan-uz-Zaman | 0 | 2 | Pak | Aus | Perth | 13 Nov 1981 |
| 11 | R Chandrika | 0 | 2 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 12 | R Chandrika | 0 | 4 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 13 | Saim Ayub | 0 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Sydney | 03 Jan 2024 |
Saim Ayub of Pakistan was dismissed for a duck in the just concluded test against Australia at Perth to provide the second occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman scoring a duck on his test debut against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Rizwan-uz-Zaman | 0 | 2 | Pak | Aus | Perth | 13 Nov 1981 |
| 2 | Saim Ayub | 0 | 1 | Pak | Aus | Sydney | 03 Jan 2024 |
The following five opening batsmen collected a pair on test debut – dismissed for ducks in both innings of a test match.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | KR Rutherford | 0 | 2 | NZl | Win | Port of Spain | 29 Mar 1985 |
| 2 | KR Rutherford | 0 | 4 | NZl | Win | Port of Spain | 29 Mar 1985 |
| 1 | Saeed Anwar | 0 | 1 | Pak | Win | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 2 | Saeed Anwar | 0 | 3 | Pak | Win | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 |
| 1 | DP Viljoen | 0 | 1 | Zim | Pak | Bulawayo | 14 Mar 1998 |
| 2 | DP Viljoen | 0 | 3 | Zim | Pak | Bulawayo | 14 Mar 1998 |
| 1 | R Chandrika | 0 | 2 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 2 | R Chandrika | 0 | 4 | Win | Aus | Kingston | 11 Jun 2015 |
| 1 | Abdul Malik (1) | 0 | 1 | Afg | Zim | Abu Dhabi | 02 Mar 2021 |
| 2 | Abdul Malik (1) | 0 | 3 | Afg | Zim | Abu Dhabi | 02 Mar 2021 |