Top 10 Teams with Most Ducks in Test Cricket

Top 10 Teams with Most Ducks in Test Cricket: Cricket is an outdoor sport played at the grass root level with bat, ball and two wickets, between teams with eleven players each. With test cricket being the supreme form and one of the most cherished royal format. It requires players to develop patience, skills, technical aspects, tight defense and so on. Test cricket is immensely popular among the cricket playing nations around the world, and that is specially been referred to the batting aspect. Batting is more popular in cricket than bowling and so are batsmen over bowlers. There have been certain teams whose players have succeeded in scoring big hundreds and making name for themselves among cricket crazies around the globe. There are also players who have managed to score century in one game and went back for duck in the other. With such unpredictability in cricket it is hard to sense what will happen the next time batsman walks out to bat. There have been teams that have struggled to get going in the process, resulting number of ducks in the score-sheet. Let’s talk about Top 10 Teams with Most Ducks in Test Cricket. 10. Bangladesh – 240 ducks: Bangladesh. (Photo Source: AFP) The new Asian challengers Bangladesh held last position in the list of securing most ducks in test cricket. The tigers have recorded 240 ducks in their 15 years of test playing career. They have taken the field 93 times in their short period in the longer format. Also Read – 26 Guinness World records held by Cricket 9. Zimbabwe -260 ducks: Zimbabwe. (© Getty Images) A decade ago Zimbabwe was a team of genuine match winning stars who can win games single handedly. Zimbabwe has seen it all since their arrival at the world cricket. Currently going through reconstruction phase, the Zimbabweans have played 97 matches in the five-day format. They have scored 260 ducks since their debut against India in 1992. 8. Sri Lanka – 467 ducks: Sri Lanka. (© Getty Images) One of the best test cricket playing teams in Asia, Sri Lanka has managed vast success in the last two decades. Lankans started playing test cricket in 1982 gave some of world heavy-weights of the game like Jayawardene, Sangakkara, Attapatu, Jayasuriya, etc. They have been cleaned for zero 467 times in 241 games. 7. South Africa – 706 ducks: South Africa. (© Getty Images) The current world number one in Test cricket, Proteas has always been a powerhouse in the five day format. They have managed to produce players who had gone on to record and scored tons of runs for them. Still the South-Africans have had 706 ducks at test level in 392 matches. 6. Pakistan – 708 ducks: Pakistan. (© Getty Images) Pakistan has always been known for their bowling than batting. Despite producing some talented batsmen over the years, the greens batters have failed 708 times get off the mark in their 63 years history in test cricket. Pakistanis have played 392 test matches at the international circuit. 5. New Zealand – 879 ducks: New Zealand Test team. (© Getty Images) The Kiwis stands at number five for most ducks in the longest format of the game. The New Zealanders have appeared in over 400 games with 879 ducks in their journey. With most of those ducks coming in New Zealand as the Black Caps play more of their matches at home in fast hard and bouncy pitches. 4. India – 895 ducks: India. (© Getty Images) One of the leading test playing nations in the world, India did have some rough time with bat and has struggled in the longer format. They have got out 895 times for duck in 491 test matches that they have played. India who started their love affair with cricket since 1932 is been seen among the most prolific teams in the world. 3. West Indies – 1029 ducks: West Indies. (© Getty Images) West Indies was once termed unbeatable in the test arena. With the dream bowling line-ups they carried over the years. The Caribbean team has appeared in 508 games with 1029 times their batters failing to get off the mark. Windies had earlier started their test career in 1928. 2. Australia – 1385 ducks: Australia. (© Getty Images) With 1385 ducks in 780 games, Australia is placed second in this list. The Aussies who were the other team in cricket’s first ever test in 1887 alongside England. Since then the Aussies had been the most consistent team in Test Cricket’s history. They have reined over not only as ODI champs but have also dominated the test arena. 1. England -1689 ducks: England. (© Getty Images) The English side has scored highest ducks in test cricket with 1689 in 962 matches. Despite being the founders of the game, the Poms have struggled to be on the top since their debut in 1877 against the Aussies. England have had more bowlers than batsmen to be proud off in their cricketing history. Also Read – 11 moments in cricket which made the fans cry in pics (All Stats Updated Till 2nd September, 2015)

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