Agarkar achieves a dubious distinction

When he was dismissed without scoring in India's first innings in Sydney Test, Ajit Agarkar achieved a dubious distinction. It was fourth successive time Agarkar was getting out to the first ball he faced. Agarkar is now the first ever batsman in Test history to record four successive first ball ducks. Agarkar bettered South African Bob Crisp's record, who was dismissed for four consecutive ducks in five balls.

The embarrassing feat of recording four consecutive ducks had previously fallen on 16 batsmen which includes four Australians, four Englishmen, three New Zealanders, two Indians, one South African, one Sri Lankan and one Zimbabwean.

Agarkar is now heading to equalling Australia's Bob Holland's all-time record. Holland had a sequence of five consecutive ducks - including 'pairs' in consecutive Tests against England and New Zealand during 1985 and early 1986.

Five Bob Holland (including two pairs Australia v England 1985 in consecutive Tests) Australia v New Zealand 1985-86 Four Bobby Peel (two pairs) England v Australia 1894-95 Bob Crisp (two pairs) S. Africa v Australia 1935-36 Pankaj Roy (including one pair) India v England 1952 Lawrie Miller (including one pair) New Zealand v S.Africa 1953-54 Ramakant Desai India v England 1959 (including one pair) India v Australia 1959-60 William Clark (two pairs) Australia v West Indies 1977-78 Pat Pocock (two pairs) England v West Indies 1984 Neil Foster (including one pair) England v Australia 1985 England v West Indies 1985-86 Guy de Alwis(including one pair) SriLanka v India 1986-87 SriLanka v Australia 1987-88 Mark Waugh (two pairs) Australia v SriLanka 1992-93 Murphy Su'a (including one pair) New Zealand v Sri Lanka 1992-93 New Zealand v Pakistan 1992-93 New Zealand v Australia 1992-93 Danny Morrison (including one pair) New Zealand v Australia 1993-94 Pommy Mbangwa (including one pair) Zimbabwe v New Zealand 1997-98 Zimbabwe v Pakistan 1997-98 Alan Mullally (including one pair) England v Australia 1998-99 Glenn McGrath (two pairs) Australia v England 1998-99 Ajit Agarkar (including one pair) India v Australia 1999-00