Dravid sets a World Record

Dravid sets a World Record by Rajneesh Gupta

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Rahul Dravid set a world record in the first final of VB Series on Friday. Dravid has now played 120 consecutive innings without getting dismissed for a duck –most by any batsman in One-Day Internationals. The previous record was on the name of New Zealand’s Martin Crowe, who had a sequence of 119 consecutive ‘duckless’ innings.

Dravid has aggregated four ducks in his LOI career so far - 2 against Pakistan and one each against Australia and South Africa. He last failed to open his account in an Aiwa Cup game against Australia at Colombo (SSC) in August 1999.

New Zealand’s Martin Crowe had a duckless sequence from the 1983-84 to 1992-93. Kepler Wessels holds the unique record of not recording a duck despite playing over 100 innings, albeit for two countries. Wessels played 51 innings for Australia and further 54 innings for South Africa without ever getting dismissed for a duck. The following table lists batsmen playing 75 or more consecutive innings without recording a duck :

Inns  Batsman         For      From                             To                           Ducks
120   R Dravid        Ind      v SL, Colombo, 29-08-1999        v Aus, Melbourne, 06-02-2004   4
119   MD Crowe        NZ       v Eng, Wellington, 22-02-1984    v Aus, Auckland, 28-03-1993    3
105   KC Wessels      Aus/SA   v NZ, Melbourne, 09-01-1983      v Pak, Faisalabad, 28-10-1994  0
 96   Javed Miandad   Pak      v WI, Perth, 30-12-1986          v NZ, Auckland, 30-12-1992     8
 92   RB Richardson   WI       v Pak, Multan, 13-11-1990        v Aus, Mohali, 14-03-1996      8
 88   DM Jones        Aus      v SL, Sydney, 23-01-1985         v SL, Sharjah, 02-05-1990      6
 86   GA Gooch        Eng      v Aus, Melbourne, 24-01-1979     v NZ, Auckland, 16-02-1991     4
 83   DL Haynes       WI       v Eng, Brisbane, 23-12-1979      v NZ, Bridgetown, 23-04-1985  13
 82   SR Waugh        Aus      v Pak, Brisbane, 11-02-1990      v Pak, Lahore, 30-10-1994     15
 80   Imran Khan      Pak      v WI, Perth, 30-12-1986          v SL, Karachi, 13-01-1992      6
 78   SP Fleming      NZ       v SL, Christchurch, 26-03-1995   v Aus, Cardiff, 20-05-1999     8
 75   DR Martyn       Aus      v SL, Sydney, 13-01-1999         v Eng, Melbourne, 25-01-2003   8