5 players with most golden ducks in Test cricket

#1 Muttiah Muralitharan: 14

Muttiah Muralitharan

He is the highest wicket-taker in the history of Test cricket with a staggering haul of 800 wickets and that is also perhaps the reason why it did not quite matter what Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan did with the bat. Murali’s batting style was what could be called ‘pure village’ and he usually started swinging his bat right from the start in his inimitable style.

When he connected, he could get a few runs but more often than not his innings ended quickly. His average of 11.68 is a dead giveaway that his style hardly ever worked and naturally, Murali has 33 ducks to his name in Test cricket.

From among those, 14 were golden ducks and that makes him the cricketer with the highest number of first ball ducks in cricket history. His golden duck percentage stands at 8.54.