Tamim Iqbal on 20th March 2014 became the first batsman to be dismissed for a duck on his birthday in T20 Internationals.
But there are several players who bagged a duck on their birthday in Tests and ODIs.
Players bagging a Duck on Birthday in Test Cricket
Birthday # | Date | Player | For | Opp | Venue |
27 | 26 Mar 1889 | Dicky Richards | SA | Eng | Cape Town |
29 | 16 Feb 1931 | Cyril Vincent | SA | Eng | Johannesburg |
30 | 25 Jul 1938 | Bill Bowes | Eng | Aus | Leeds |
34 | 30 Mar 1946 | John Cowie | NZ | Aus | Wellington |
25 | 31 Dec 1954 | Peter May | Eng | Aus | Melbourne |
25 | 01 Jan 1960 | Ian Meckiff | Aus | Ind | Mumbai (BS) |
26 | 21 Jun 1963 | John Edrich | Eng | WI | Lord’s |
27 | 24 Feb 1978 | Derek Randall | Eng | NZ | Christchurch |
26 | 03 Jul 1978 | Wasim Raja | Pak | Eng | Leeds |
29 | 29 Dec 1978 | Syed Kirmani | Ind | WI | Kolkata |
28 | 31 Jan 1982 | Faoud Bachhus | WI | Aus | Adelaide |
32 | 06 Apr 1988 | Mudassar Nazar | Pak | WI | Georgetown |
20 | 16 Nov 1989 | Waqar Younis | Pak | Ind | Karachi |
25 | 26 Oct 1990 | Ken Rutherford | NZ | Pak | Faisalabad |
38 | 25 Nov 1990 | Imran Khan | Pak | WI | Faisalabad |
27 | 09 Jul 1996 | Venkatapathy Raju | Ind | Eng | Nottingham |
31 | 07 Jan 2002 | Travis Friend | Zim | SL | Kandy |
17 | 10 Dec 2002 | Talha Jubair | Ban | WI | Dhaka |
25 | 23 Oct 2003 | Steve Harmison | Eng | Ban | Dhaka |
26 | 06 Dec 2003 | Andrew Flintoff | Eng | SL | Galle |
31 | 17 Dec 2005 | Charl Langeveldt | SA | Aus | Perth |
28 | 30 Jul 2010 | James Anderson | Eng | Pak | Nottingham |
29 | 23 Jun 2011 | Carlton Baugh | WI | Ind | Kingston |
38 | 16 Oct 2013 | Jacques Kallis | SA | Pak | Abu Dhabi |
Players bagging a Duck on Birthday in ODI Cricket
Birthday # | Date | Player | For | Opp | Venue |
34 | 14 Jul 1978 | Mark Burgess | NZ | Eng | Manchester |
29 | 26 Jan 1983 | Kim Hughes | Aus | Eng | Sydney |
28 | 15 Apr 1986 | John Bracewell | NZ | Pak | Sharjah |
19 | 04 Nov 1986 | Asif Mujtaba | Pak | WI | Gujranwala |
30 | 03 Nov 1994 | Bryan Young | NZ | Ind | Delhi |
24 | 13 Dec 1994 | Basit Ali | Pak | NZ | Port of Elizabeth |
36 | 14 Apr 1996 | Pat Symcox | SA | Ind | Sharjah |
29 | 20 Jan 1997 | Junior Murray | WI | Pak | Melbourne |
23 | 06 Jul 2000 | Makhaya Ntini | SA | SL | Galle |
26 | 28 Feb 2001 | Azhar Mahmood | Pak | NZ | Dunedin |
23 | 27 Jan 2002 | Daniel Vettori | NZ | SA | Adelaide |
31 | 15 Sep 2002 | Nathan Astle | NZ | Aus | Colombo (SSC) |
28 | 17 Apr 2005 | Dinesh Mongia | Ind | Pak | Delhi |
32 | 25 Oct 2005 | Russel Arnold | SL | Ind | Nagpur |
37 | 09 Feb 2007 | Glenn McGrath | Aus | Eng | Melbourne |
25 | 11 Apr 2007 | Ian Bell | Eng | Ban | Bridgetown |
26 | 09 Aug 2009 | Hamilton Masakadza | Zim | Ban | Bridgetown |
23 | 05 Dec 2013 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Ind | SA | Johannesburg |
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