5 Players with most ducks in Cricket World Cups

The World Cup is the most important tournament for any cricketer. The whole world awaits eagerly to relish some good innings from their favorite players on the grandest stage of all.

While some players have played unbelievable knocks in the World Cups and became overnight sensations, some players could not live up to the expectations and went on to disappoint their fans.

Getting out for nought is not something a player would want but that is how cricket is. Let us have a look at five players with the most ducks in World Cup:

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#5 Eoin Morgan - 4

Eoin Morgan's performance in World Cups is not something we would expect

Eoin Morgan is one of the finest hitters in cricket. On his day, he can smash even the best of the bowlers out of the park. So far, he has played 208 ODI matches in his career. The southpaw has accumulated 6362 runs at an average of 37.64, accompanied by 11 hundreds and 39 fifties.

However, Morgan has a very forgettable World Cup record. He has scored just 301 runs in 17 innings at a paltry average of 17.71. The stats include only 2 half-centuries.

He has been dismissed for nought on 4 occasions in World Cups. While two of those ducks came against a very good Australian bowling attack, the other two came against an average Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

#4 Keith Arthurton - 4

Keith Arthurton in action

Keith Arthurton is a former West Indian batsman who played in 105 ODIs and scored 1904 runs at an average of 26.08. He was very inconsistent and did not enjoy a lot of success in his career.

His batting woes continued in the World Cups as well. In the marquee event, he scored just 241 runs in 13 innings with a high score of 58 runs. His average of 20.08 also talks of his lackluster performances in the tournament. He was dismissed for a duck on four occasions.

#3 Kyle McCallan - 4

Kyle McCallan

Kyle McCallan is one of the most popular cricketers to have ever played for Ireland cricket team. He appeared in 39 ODIs and scored 361 runs at an average of 20.06. With the ball, he picked up 39 wickets at an economy rate of 4.02.

Although he played only 2007 edition of the World Cup, he didn't perform well with the bat in the tournament. He scored a paltry 33 runs in 8 innings. In the bowling department, he ended up with 10 wickets.

McCallan was out for a duck on four occasions in the tournament.

#2 Ijaz Ahmed - 5

Ijaz Ahmed did not enjoy the same amount of success in World Cups

Ijaz Ahmed was a right-handed top-order batsman. He wore the green jersey in 250 ODIs and scored 6564 runs at an average of 32.33 with the help of 10 hundreds and 37 fifties.

Ahmed has a poor World Cup record. In 29 innings, he managed to score only 516 runs at a forgettable average of 23.45. He hit only 4 half-centuries in the tournament.

Particularly in the 1992 World Cup, he scored only 14 runs from 4 innings. Ijaz scored 5 ducks in World Cups.

#1 Nathan Astle - 5

Nathan Astle holds the infamous record for highest ducks in Cricket World Cups

Nathan Astle is one of the most prolific scorers of all-time for New Zealand. He represented the country in 223 ODIs and amassed 7090 runs at an average of 34.93. He hit 16 centuries and 41 half-centuries in his career.

However, Astle did not enjoy the same success in World Cups. He scored just 403 runs in 22 matches with two centuries and a half-century at a mediocre average of 20.15.

He holds the infamous record for the highest number ducks in cricket World Cups with five, and two of these five came in the form of run-outs.