celebrating Aquacker ... and his famous duck season

(from cricinfo stats)

Ajit Agarkar was out to five successive balls bowled at him, during India's Tests in Australia in 1999-2000. After being bowled by Damien Fleming for 19 in the first innings of the Adelaide Test, he was caught by Steve Waugh off Fleming first ball in the second innings. A king pair followed in Melbourne, and then Agarkar was out first ball in the first innings at the SCG - five dismissals in five balls, an unmatched (if unwanted) feat in Test cricket. In the second innings the Sydney crowd roared their approval when Agarkar survived his first ball from Glenn McGrath, but he was caught behind next ball, making it six dismissals in seven balls faced. The New Zealand fast bowler Gary Troup was once out five times in the space of seven deliveries bowled at him in Tests, in 1980 and 1981.

Even Chris Martin never made it to this league.

He does have a century at Lords though.

A record never to be broken

Good times.

one of my all time favourite bannie players...the juxtaposition of the ton at Lords and the quackery that followed is the stuff of legend...(btw how carp were the bowlers at Lords to give up a ton?)

unminted

embee wrote:unminted

....hehe...bit like the current English attack...maybe all the mints in Pomgolia have been taken for application during the Games

when the shot put starts reversing we'll know that is what happened

or the javelin diverts sharply into some lordy Lord in the stands....or Eric the Eeel uses it as a floaty...

It will wreak havoc at the shooting when the clay pigeons start swerving all over the place

embee wrote:It will wreak havoc at the shooting when the clay pigeons start swerving all over the place

and when liel the seal uses two instrategic places as floaties

Four first-ballers in a row must be a Golden Audi... shame he didn't manage one more for Olympic Gold!

Speaking of Chris Martin, I wonder if he considers last season, and his torture of Phil Hughes, as "Rabbit season".

I've just noticed the exalted duck acquisition territory Mitch Johnson is threatening to enter ...

In all test matches for Australia:


McGrath
Warne
S Waugh
M Waugh
M Johnson
I Healy

At the other end of the scale, English forumers in particular might be surprised to see that Doug Walters only acquired four ducks in his long and distinguished career.

Aquacker would have made a compelling Bannie test captain.

He would have put paid to the Bannie complaints about the food in Brisbane with his all duck or no dinner approach

Agarkar's were certainly very crisp ducks.

I was reminded of this thread by Dean Elgar's continuing renaissance (after his debut pair).

PAIR ON DEBUT BY A RECOGNISED BATSMAN

Dean Elgar
Graham Gooch
Marvan Attapattu
Saeed Anwar

... all of whom went on to have distinguished careers

any others?