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A Prague cricket club produced a scorecard that has to be seen to be believed when nine of their batsmen registered ducks in a 40-over match. In a scorecard that will most likely be preserved for a long time and one that has been spreading smiles all across the globe, No.3 batsman Aditya Jaiswal top scored with an unbeaten 43 off 49 balls. The next highest score – and the only other batsman to score a run - was No.4 Abhi Samanth (1).
Playing in the Czech Cricket Union Pro40 League, the Prague Cricket Club 2nd XI was bowled out for 54 chasing Bohemian Cricket Club’s 126 in their 40-over clash late last month. Ten extras contributed to the Prague total, including six leg byes, two byes and two wides.
The Czech national cricket team has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council since 2000, and cricket is played in the Czech Republic from April to September each year, with six teams taking part in the CCU Pro40 League – one of two domestic leagues in the country.
Most ducks in an innings
A match report in a similar vein was reported from within Indian shores last year, when a cricket team in Mumbai was bowled out for just 4 runs, most possibly the record in competitive cricket, with 9 of their batsmen getting dismissed without scoring.
According to the report, Rajhans Vidyalaya (Andheri) were all out for 4 against Yashodham High School in the Plate Group final (Under-16) of the Harris Shield Inter-School Cricket Tournament.
The most ducks recorded in a Test innings is six – a record shared by Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh and India. Last year, England rolled India for 152 in the first innings of their match in Manchester, with Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pankaj Singh all departing without scoring.
Six ducks have been recorded in a single ODI innings on five occasions, with Pakistan responsible for three (1987, 1993 and 2012) of those.
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