Usman Khawaja's World Test Championship final on Wednesday didn’t just start badly—it made history for the wrong reasons.
Facing South Africa under overcast skies, Khawaja was dismissed for a 20-ball duck, becoming the Australian with the joint-third longest scoreless innings in Test cricket.
Khawaja was undone by a sharp delivery from Kagiso Rabada in the seventh over, edging it to the slips. His 20-ball duck puts him alongside Sammy Jones on the list of longest ducks by Australian openers, behind David Warner (22 balls) and Shaun Marsh (21 balls).