Most eggs are oval and a duck’s egg are particularly so! Since the number ‘0’ looks like the duck’s egg, when you get a zero it is called a duck!
Of course no one likes to get out by scoring duck but when that happens, not only is it frustrating, there is a whole list of types of duck! Not the natural kind but the kind which is mentioned in the annals of cricket journals and guide and many may not be aware of this!
Since I do not follow cricket much, It was a big revelation to me though people who are avid cricket watchers may know this very well!
The most infamous and scary duck of all, is the golden duck! Do not get mislead by the gold! It is sad! This happens when the batter is dismissed off the very first ball that he faces in his innings!
This may very well explain the silver and the bronze duck! The former is when the batter is sent back to the pavilion for zero runs and gets out on the second ball that he faces while the latter is when the batter is dismissed for no runs on the third ball that he faces in his innings!
For all the above please read his or her since these terms are the same for women’s cricket also!
Now of course you may feel that these are bad ducks! But there is an even worse duck! That is called the Diamond duck which is quite possibly the worst of them all!
The Diamond Duck is when a batter is run out, timed out, or has obstructed the field without having faced a ball. Getting out without facing a legal delivery is called a Diamond Duck! So this batsman has not even faced a delivery! Sad!
There is a duck associated with the proper Gentleman’s game and being royal! Yes! The Royal Duck! This is is associated with one of the biggest Test series in the history of the sport—the Ashes. The Royal Duck label is for the opening batters who have dismissed off the very first ball that they face in the marquee series between Australia and England!
If a batsman is dismissed for no runs and this causes the whole innings to end with his wicket then it may not be a laughing matter but it is called a Laughing Duck!
Another tricky situation of ducks, where the batsman is sent back to the pavilion on any kind of duck in both innings of the same match, is referred to as ‘A Pair’ in cricket! That is two ducks!
Imagine now getting the ducks in both the innings of the same match! Then it is called a King Pair!
Bowlers likes Hattrick while Batsmen are scared of them! This leads us to the final and one of the rarest duck! The Batting Hattrick which is a collection of three dismissals in three balls across any consecutive Test innings is referred to as the Batting Hattrick.
Now all you need to duck from the duck is simply make at least one run! That may not be a laughing matter in international cricket though! But whatever Jaspal Bhatti used to do used to make us Laugh! Especially with his clean and relevant comedy! One of the greatest comedians of India and I am sure he would have made a very funny commentator! You will be missed Jaspal ji! Thank you for the laughs!
Now duck on the bed and sleep!
Good Night!
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