Re: Dismissed without facing a ball in Test cricket


David White wrote:
> Aslam Siddiqui wrote:
> > I don't have data from the earlier matches. Here is a list of players
> > who were dismissed without facing a ball in a Test innings since 1980.
> >
> > RM Hogg Aus v Eng Birmingham 1981
> > AD Gaekwad Ind v WI Port of Spain 1982-83
> > WB Phillips Aus v WI Port of Spain 1983-84
> > KR Rutherford NZ v WI Port of Spain 1984-85
> > CA Walsh WI v Eng Birmingham 1995
> > HDPK Dharmasena SL v Pak Faisalabad 1995-96
> > RK Chauhan Ind v SL Bombay 1997-98
> > TN Madondo Zim v Pak Harare 1997-98
> > M Dillon WI v Aus Port of Spain 1998-99
> > Umar Gul Pak v BD Karachi 2003
> > RS Dravid Ind v Pak Lahore 2003-04
> > CB Wishart Zim v NZ Bulawayo 2005-06
>
> This happened to me once, though it wasn't quite a Test match. I don't know
> if it has a name, but I called it a "diamond duck" at the time. I presume
> that all the dismissals above were run-outs?
>
> David

I haven't heard that name, but it's a good one.

However, in the case of Rutherford above I think it's called
euthanasia.

Karl

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