Top 10 Players with fewest ducks in cricket career
There are some players with most ducks in career and there are a few with no ducks in their entire cricket span. However there is a third category as well – players with fewest ducks in cricket. Now, one might certainly question that what is the variance in players with zero ducks and fewest ducks in cricket? To answer them, a criterion of minimum fifty innings has been set in the list to be followed hereunder. Players who have appeared for their national sides in at least 50 innings and still have very low percentage of getting out on a zero fall in this list.
Usually bowlers do not bat in most matches thus the chances of them being exposed to bowling become very rare and that helps him keep in the list of various cricket records. To avoid this situation, considering a players’ innings he has actually batted play an important role. And the players fulfilling that criterion actually deserve the real praise. So folks raise your hands and clap for a player none would have thought of – Samiullah Shenwari. The Afghanistan bowling all-rounder so far has played 89 innings in his career without being dismissed at duck. The unthinkable has never been done before Samiullah in history.
Apart from Samiullah , no other cricketer has crossed the 50 innings barrier of his career without getting out on zero at least once. Australia’s at the beginning tried carrying the feat however as of today he also has one duck on his name. The reason he is the batsman with one of the highest averages also lies in the fact that he has fewest ducks in cricket. Top 10 players with fewest ducks in cricket having played minimum of 50 innings are as under.
Top 10 Players with fewest ducks in cricket career
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | 0 | 0/Inns |
| Samiullah Shenwari (Afg) | 2009-2016 | 104 | 89 | 15 | 2022 | 0 | – |
| CL Walcott (WI) | 1948-1960 | 44 | 74 | 7 | 3798 | 1 | 74.00 |
| AL Hassett (Aus) | 1938-1953 | 43 | 69 | 3 | 3073 | 1 | 69.00 |
| JR Hopes (Aus) | 2005-2010 | 96 | 68 | 10 | 1431 | 1 | 68.00 |
| AK Davidson (Aus) | 1953-1963 | 44 | 61 | 7 | 1328 | 1 | 61.00 |
| AC Voges (Aus) | 2007-2016 | 56* | 59 | 18 | 2463 | ]1 | 59.00 |
| NM Hauritz (Aus) | 2002-2011 | 78 | 58 | 24 | 768 | 1 | 58.00 |
| GM Turner (NZ) | 1969-1983 | 82 | 113 | 12 | 4589 | 2 | 56.50 |
| PE Richardson (Eng) | 1956-1963 | 34 | 56 | 1 | 2061 | 1 | 56.00 |
| CG Macartney (Aus) | 1907-1926 | 35 | 55 | 4 | 2131 | 1 | 55.00 |
Top 10 Players with fewest ducks in cricket career
- Samiullah Shenwari
- CL Walcott
- AL Hassett
- JR Hopes
- AK Davidson
- AC Voges
- NM Hauritz
- GM Turner
- PE Richardson
- CG Macartney
