The left-handed batter returned to Test cricket after nearly 10 years, but his long stay ended when he chopped the ball onto his stumps while trying to play a cut shot against Marco Jansen in the 11th over of Australia’s first innings.
The Australian batter is only behind New Zealand's Darrin Murray, who faced 39 balls against Sri Lanka in Dunedin in 1995, and Zimbabwe's Trevor Gripper, who faced 36 balls against the West Indies in Kingston in 2000.
Longest ducks by opening batters in Test Cricket
39 balls: Darrin Murray (New Zealand) vs Sri Lanka, Dunedin, 199536 balls: Trevor Gripper (Zimbabwe) vs West Indies, Kingston, 200033 balls: Nic Maddinson (Australia) vs South Africa, Durban, 202630 balls: Mark Dekker (Zimbabwe) vs Sri Lanka, Bulawayo, 199429 balls: Brian Luckhurst (England) vs Australia, Sydney, 1971Nic Maddinson has made it to the list of players who faced a large number of balls without scoring in Test cricket. Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is also part of that unwanted record. Akhtar faced 42 balls before being dismissed for a duck against Sri Lanka in 2000.
England's James Anderson is second on the list after facing 55 balls against Sri Lanka in 2014. Richard Ellison faced 52 balls against India in 1984, while Peter Such faced 51 balls against New Zealand in 1999. Amid this, Australia create unwanted history with first all-30-plus Test XI.
Most balls faced for a duck in Test Cricket
77 balls: Geoff Allott vs South Africa, 199955 balls: James Anderson vs Sri Lanka, 201452 balls: Richard Ellison vs India, 198451 balls: Peter Such vs New Zealand, 199945 balls: Miguel Cummins vs India, 201942 balls: Mike Whitney vs England, 198142 balls: Shoaib Akhtar vs Sri Lanka, 200041 balls: Manjural Islam vs Sri Lanka, 200240 balls: Keith Arthurton vs England, 199539 balls: Darrin Murray vs Sri Lanka, 199538 balls: Ian O'Brien vs Australia, 200836 balls: Trevor Gripper vs West Indies, 200035 balls: Heath Streak vs Sri Lanka, 199434 balls: Geoff Arnold vs Australia, 197534 balls: Abdur Rauf vs Sri Lanka, 200933 balls: Nic Maddinson vs South Africa, 2026Now, his embarrassing comeback made things worst for him. Maddinson found himself in the record books for an unwanted achievement.
Indian batters who faced most balls for a duck
Pathan recorded the duck against Pakistan in 2005, Raina against England in 2011, and Pant against England in 2018.
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