5 longest duck streaks in the history of cricket

Getting out for a duck is one of the biggest nightmares for a batsman, be it an opener or a number 11. It may be difficult for a player to cast sight on a scoreboard which shows a big ‘0’ against his name as it shows that he had no contribution to the team total.However, scoring a duck in a solitary innings is far better than getting consecutive ducks in two or more innings. While lower order batsmen are more prone to registering ducks in back-to-back innings, some of the batsmen, too, have achieved this dubious distinction from time to time.Here are 5 of the longest duck streaks in the history of Test cricket:

#5 Nuwan Pradeep (Sri Lanka)

No. of consecutive ducks – 4

Sri Lankan bowler Nuwan Pradeep cannot be termed as a useful batsman by any stretch of imagination. He proved this fact by becoming the latest entrant in the list of cricketers with more than 3 consecutive ducks.

Pradeep achieved this dubious feat last year when he was dismissed in the 2nd innings of the 3rd Test against India and went on to get 3 more of them in a series against West Indies. The standout bit for Nuwan Pradeep was that his streak included a couple of golden ducks.

The Sri Lankan bowler averages even less than 4 with the bat in the 17 Tests he has played so far.