Top 10 T20 International matches with highest number of ducks
Top 10 T20 International matches with highest number of ducks
T20 format of the game is well-known for the number of records getting broken and resettled on daily basis. The fastest version of cricket does not seem to have any stoppage time to give respect to a particular cricket record. Thus most of the T20 records have already reached to a point where amending them is fairly difficult. When speaking of T20 International matches, the first thing that comes in mind is pure hard hitting. The main reason T20I records are mostly concerned with batting or number of runs is pretty obvious. A tailor-made format that favors batsmen hugely as compared to the bowlers would certainly produce batting records.
However on a particular day even such records get created in T20s which are somehow hard to believe. Take for example the record of highest number of ducks in T20I. The highest number of batsmen getting out on a duck in T20I is 8. The game was played between West Indies and Zimbabwe 6 years ago. A low scoring contest that saw West Indian batting lineup busted on a mere 79, featured a total of 8 players getting back without a single run. Zimbabwe recorded the triumph with 26 runs despite setting a fairly chase-able total of 106 runs. The current T20 world champions however were not as good back then as they are now. A side full of best all-rounders can beat any world class team at the moment.
Highest number of ducks in a T20 I game seems strange mostly because T20 format is often personified with batting at good pace. Not to forget that sometimes the same urgency creates hurricanes even in the strongest batting lineups. The trend to go for the big hits to gather maximum number of runs in the least balls played could easily let you commit a mistake and lose your wicket. Also the type of soil on which the match is being played plays a huge role in deciding the total. Top 10 T20 international matches with highest number of ducks in history are as under.
Top 10 T20 International matches with highest number of ducks
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Ducks | Winner | Ground | Match Date |
| West Indies | Zimbabwe | 8 | Zimbabwe | Port of Spain | 28 Feb 2010 |
| Kenya | New Zealand | 6 | New Zealand | Durban | 12 Sep 2007 |
| Hong Kong | Nepal | 6 | Nepal | Chittagong | 16 Mar 2014 |
| Bangladesh | Hong Kong | 6 | Hong Kong | Chittagong | 20 Mar 2014 |
| Ireland | Kenya | 5 | Ireland | Belfast | 4 Aug 2008 |
| Canada | Sri Lanka | 5 | Sri Lanka | King City (NW) | 12 Oct 2008 |
| Sri Lanka | West Indies | 5 | Sri Lanka | The Oval | 19 Jun 2009 |
| Ireland | Scotland | 5 | Ireland | Dubai (DSC) | 11 Feb 2010 |
| Australia | Pakistan | 5 | Pakistan | Birmingham | 6 Jul 2010 |
| New Zealand | Pakistan | 5 | Pakistan | Christchurch | 30 Dec 2010 |
