Shahid Afridi and others who have scored a duck on their birthday in ODI cricket

Shahid Afridi was out for a duck on his 35th birthday yesterday

Shahid Afridi was out for a second-ball duck on his 35th birthday against Zimbabwe at Brisbane in a group match of the ICC Cricket World Cup yesterday. Afridi arrived at the crease when the score was 127 for four in the 34th over. A lot was expected from Afridi, who is playing his 5th World Cup but hasn’t hit any half-century. But he lasted only two balls at the crease. It was Afridi’s 30th duck in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). Only Sanath Jayasuriya (34) has got out for a duck on more occasions in ODIs.

Afridi became the 19th player in the history of ODIs to get out for a duck on his birthday. Here is the list of players who have got out for a duck on their birthday in ODI history:

Players to have been out fo a duck in ODIs on birthday:

Birthday #	Batsman	Balls	Team	Against	Venue	Date
37	Glenn McGrath	2	Australia	England	Melbourne	09-Feb-07
36	Pat Symcox	1	South Africa	India	Sharjah	14-Apr-96
35	Shahid Afridi	2	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Brisbane	01-Mar-15
34	Mark Burgess	2	New Zealand	England	Manchester	17-Jul-78
32	Russell Arnold	3	Sri Lanka	India	Nagpur	25-Oct-05
31	Nathan Astle	2	New Zealand	Australia	Colombo (SSC)	15-Sep-02
30	Bryan Young	3	New Zealand	India	Delhi	03-Nov-94
29	Kim Hughes	2	Australia	England	Sydney	26-Jan-83
29	Junior Murray	1	West Indies	Pakistan	Melbourne	20-Jan-97
28	John Bracewell	2	New Zealand	Pakistan	Sharjah	15-Apr-86
28	Dinesh Mongia	4	India	Pakistan	Delhi	17-Apr-05
26	Azhar Mahmood	1	Pakistan	New Zealand	Dunedin	28-Feb-01
26	Hamilton Masakadza	6	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Bulawayo	09-Aug-09
25	Ian Bell	10	England	Bangladesh	Bridgetown	11-Apr-07
24	Basit Ali	2	Pakistan	New Zealand	Port Elizabeth	13-Dec-94
23	Makhaya Ntini	0	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Galle	06-Jul-00
23	Daniel Vettori	2	New Zealand	South Africa	Adelaide	27-Jan-02
21	Axar Patel	1	India	England	Brisbane	20-Jan-15
19	Asif Mujtaba	10	Pakistan	West Indies	Gujranwala	04-Nov-86

• The first player to get out for a duck on his birthday in ODIs was Mark Burgess on his 34th birthday on July 17, 1978.
• The oldest to get out for a duck on birthday in ODIs is Glenn McGrath on his 37th birthday in 2007. Pat Symcox (36), Shahid Afridi (35), Russell Arnold (32), Nathan Astle (31) and Bryan Young (30) are the others to have got out for a duck on their birthday after the age of 30.
• Players to get out for a golden duck on their birthday in ODIs are Pat Symcox, Junior Murray, Azhar Mahmood and Axar Patel.
• Makhaya Ntini was out for a diamond duck on his 23rd birthday in 2000.
• Ian Bell and Shahid Afridi are the only players to have achieved this feat in World Cups.
• Asif Mujtaba and Ian Bell faced 10 balls for a duck on their birthday.

Bonus Trivia:

Vinod Kambli (100* vs England, Jaipur, 1993), Sachin Tendulkar (134 vs Australia, Sharjah, 1998), Sanath Jayasuriya (130 vs Bangladesh, Karachi, 2008) and Ross Taylor (131* vs Pakistan, Pallekelle, 2011) are the four players to score a century in ODIs on their birthday.