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Dravid equals a world record

By Rajneesh Gupta
February 03, 2004 19:26 IST

Rahul Dravid equalled a world record in the last league match of VB tri-series on Tuesday when he turned Blignaut to fine-leg for a single.

The single meant that Dravid has now played 119 consecutive innings without getting dismissed for a duck. This puts him at level with New Zealand's Martin Crowe, who also had a sequence of 119 consecutive 'duckless' innings.

Dravid has aggregated four ducks in his LOI career so far - 2 against Pakistan and one each against Australia and South Africa. He last failed to open his account in an Aiwa Cup game against Australia at Colombo (SSC) in August 1999.

New Zealand's Martin Crowe had a duckless sequence from the 1983-84 to 1992-93. Kepler Wessels holds the unique record of not recording a duck despite playing over 100 innings, albeit for two countries. Wessels played 51 innings for Australia and further 54 innings for South Africa without ever getting dismissed for a duck. The following table lists batsmen playing 75 or more consecutive innings without recording a duck:

Inns Batsman For From To Ducks
119 MD Crowe NZ v England, Wellington,22-02-1984 v Australia, Auckland, 28-03-1993 3
119 R Dravid Ind v Sri Lanka, Colombo, 29-08-1999 v Zimbabwe, Perth, 03-02-2004 4
105 KC Wessels Aus/SA v New Zealand, Melbourne,09-01-1983 v Pakistan, Faisalabad,28-10-1994 0
96 Javed Miandad Pak v West Indies, Perth, 30-12-1986 v New Zealand, Auckland,30-12-1992 8
92 RB Richardson WI v Pakistan, Multan,13-11-1990 v Australia, Mohali, 14-03-1996 8
88 DM Jones Aus v Sri Lanka, Sydney,23-01-1985 v Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 02-05-1990 6
86 GA Gooch Eng v Australia, Melbourne,24-01-1979 v New Zealand, Auckland,16-02-1991 4
83 DL Haynes WI v England,Brisbane,23-12-1979 v New Zealand, Bridgetown,23-04-1985 13
82 SR Waugh Aus v Pakistan, Brisbane, 11-02-1990 v Pakistan, Lahore,   30-10-1994 15
80 Imran Khan Pak v West Indies, Perth, 30-12-1986 v Sri Lanka, Karachi, 13-01-1992 6
78 SP Fleming NZ v Sri Lanka, Christchurch,          26-03-1995 v Australia, Cardiff,  20-05-1999 8
75 DR Martyn Aus v Sri Lanka, Sydney, 13-01-1999 v England, Melbourne,       25-01-2003 8

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