The fastest pair in Test cricket was inflicted upon 'M.E.Z.' Ghazali of Pakistan by England at Old Trafford,

Manchester, on 24th July 1954. Exactly two hours elapsed between the start of his first innings at 4.14 p.m and his second dismissal at 6.14 p.m.

Despite being out for nought six times in his first 73 innings David Gower comfortably holds the record for the most consecutive Test innings without a duck. Between August 1982 and August 1990 he scored in each of his 116 innings.

Clyde Walcott was out for nought only once during his Test career. He played 74 innings for West Indies between January 1948 and March 1960, scoring 3,798 runs (@ 56.68) and making 15 centuries. His solitary duck occurred at Brisbane on 9 November 1951 when Ray Lindwall had him lbw in his first Test innings in Australia.

'King pairs'

Colin Wesely (in 1960 against England) and Thomas Ward, both from South Africa, achieved a 'king pair', being out first ball in both innings. Ward was the third victim of a hat-trick in both innings by the same bowler - Thomas Matthews of Australia, in Manchester in 1912 during Test cricket's triangular tournament. Ward, along with Australia's Bobby Peel (v England in Sydney 1894-950 and Pankaj Roy (India v England in Manchester 1952), makes the list of, those players who each had two ducks in one day.

In August-September 1992, Australian batsman Mark Waugh suffered a setback in his Test career when he was dismissed for two consecutive pairs in the second and third Tests of the 1992-93 series in Sri Lanka, at Colombo's Khetterama (now Premadesa) Stadium and Moratuwa, respectively. Only five other players have been dismissed for pairs in two consecutive Tests, all of them tail-enders and none anywhere near Mark Waugh's calibre as a batsman. His own countryman Bob Holland, who actually holds the world record for the most consecutive ducks (5) in Test cricket, was one. The others are England's Bobby Peel, South Africa's Robert Crisp, Australia's Wayne Clark and England's Pat Pocock. Others four ducks in consecutive Test innings are India's Pankaj Roy, New Zealand's Laurie Miller and Sri Lanka's Guy de Alwis. Each player's sequence included a single pair. Roy actually had five ducks in six innings. In the 1952 rubber in England, his seven innings fetched him scores of 19,0,35,0,0,0 and 0. Crisp playing for South Africa against Australia in 1935-36, was dismissed four times in the space of a mere five balls.

Four times

B.S. Chandrasekhar (Ind): v Eng 1976-77; v Aus 1977-78 (twice); v NZ 1975-76.

Three times

R Peel (Eng): v Aus 1894-95 (twice); 1896
RW Blair (NZ): v Eng 1962-63; v SA 1963-64; v WI 1955-56
DL Underwood (Eng): v Aus 1974-75; v WI 1966, 1976
BS Bedi (Ind): v Eng 1974, 1976-77; v WI 1974-75.
AG Hurst (Aus): v Eng 1978-79 (twice); v Pak 1978-79
DK Morrison (NZ): v Aus 1987-88, 1993-94; v SL 1990-91
CEL Ambrose (WI): v Eng 1988, 1991; v Pak 1990-91

Twice

ENGLAND: A V Bedser v Aus 1948; v WI 1950. DL Amiss v Aus 1968, 1974-75. PI Pocock v WI 1984 (twice). NA Foster v WI 1985-86; v Pak 1987-88. D E Malcolm v NZ i 990; v Pak 1992.

AUSTRALIA: KD Mackay v Eng 1956; v Ind 1959-60. G.D. McKenzie v Eng 1968; v SA 1963-64. JW Gleeson v Eng 1970-71; v SA 1969-70. W M Clark v WI 1977-78 (twice). RM Hogg v Ind 1979-80; v WI 1984-85. RG Holland v Eng 1985; v NZ 1985-86. M E Waugh v SL 1992-93 (twice).

SOUTH AFRICA: LJ Tancred v Eng 1907, 1912. Q McMillan v Aus 1931 -32 (twice). RJ Crisp v Aus 1935-36 (twice).

WEST INDIES: CA Roach v Eng 1929-30, 1933. AL Valentine v Eng 1950, 1953-54. A I Kallicharran v Eng 1973-74; v NZ 1979-80. D Williams v Aus 1992-93, v Eng 1997-98.

INDIA: MB Amarnath v WI 1983-84 (twice). HB Maninder Singh v Pak 1982-83; v WI 1987-88.

PAKISTAN: Aaqib Javed v Aus 1989-90; v Eng 1992

SRI LANKA: MS Atapattu v Ind 1990-91, 1993-94.

NEW ZEALAND: SB Doull v WI 1994-95, v Eng 1996-97

Once

ENGLAND: GF Grace v Aus 1880. W Attewell v Aus 1891-92. GA Lohmann v SA 1895-96. EG Arnold vAus 1903-04. AE Knight v Aus 1903-04. EG Hayes v SA 1905-06. MC Bird v SA 1909-10. H Strudwick v Aus 1912. P Holmes v SA 1927-28. CI Smith v WI 1934-35. JT Ikin v Aus 1946-47. JJ Warr v Aus 1950 51. F Ridgway v Ind 1951 -52. RT Spooner v SA 1955. JH Wardle v Aus 1956. FS Trueman v Aus 1958 59. TE Bailey v Aus 1958-59. G Pullar v Pak 1961 -62. MJK Smith v Ind 1961 -62. J T Murray v Pak 1967. BW Luckhurst v Pak 1971. APE Knott v NZ 1973. GG Arnold v Aus 1974-74. GA Gooch v Aus 1975. A Ward v WI 1976. JC Balderstone v WI 1976. M Hendrick v NZ 1977-78. RA Woolmer v Aus 1981. I T Botham v Aus 1981. EE Hemmings v Aus 1982-83. NG Cowans v Ind 1984-85. DJ Capel v Pak 1987-88. RJ Bailey v WI 1989-90. W Larkins v WI 1989-90. CC Lewis v Aus 1993. PCR Tufnell v Aus 1994-95. JP Crawley v Aus 1994-95. PA J DeFreitas v Aus 1994-95. MR Ramprakash v WI 1995. D Gough v Australia 1997. AR Caddick v WI 1997-98. MA Butcher v WI 1997-98. GP Thorpe v SA 1998. A. Flintoff v SA 1998.

AUSTRALIA: PS McDonnell v Eng 1882-83. TW Garrett v Eng 1882-83. E Evans v Eng 1886. PG McShane v Eng 1887-88. AC Bannerman v Eng 1888. MA Nobel v Eng 1899. SE Gregory v Eng 1899. CE McLeod v Eng 1901 -02. J Darling v Eng 1902. J J Kelly v Eng 1902. H Trumble v Eng 1903-04. VT Trumper v Eng 1907-08. JV Saunders v Eng 1907-08 CV Grimmett v Eng 1930. WAS Oldfield v SA 1931 - 32. JHW Fingleton v Eng 1932-33. VY Richardson v Eng 1932-33. CL Badcock v Eng 1938. IW Johnson v Eng 1946-47. J Moroney v Eng 1950-51. JB Iverson v Eng 1950-51. LV Maddocks v Eng 1956. RN Harvey v Eng 1956. ATW Grout v WI 1960-61. R Benaud v Eng 1961. AN Connolly v WI 1968-69. R Edwards v Eng 1972. KR Stackpole v NZ 1973-74. G Dymock v Eng 1974-75. RW Marsh v Eng 1977. JR Thomson v Eng 1977. CS Serjeant v Ind 1977-78. AL Mann v Ind 1977-78. DW Hookes v Pak 1979-80. GM Wood v NZ 1980-81. MR Whitney v Eng 1981. B Yardley v Pak 1982-83. RJ Bright v Pak 1982-83. CG Rackemann v WI 1984-85. KJ Hughes v WI 1984-85. MG Hughes v Eng 1986-87. DM Jones v Pak 1988-89. BA Reid v WI 1990-91. IA Healy v WI 1992-93. AR Border v WI 1992-93. JL Langer v NZ 1992-93. MA Taylor v Pak 1994-95. PE McIntyre v Eng 1994-95. BP Julian v WI 1994-95. CJ McDermott v Pak 1995-96. GD McGrath v Pak 1995-96. CR Miller v Pak 1998-99.

SOUTH AFRICA: CS Wimble v Eng 1891-92. JT Willoughby v Eng 1895-96. JJ Kotze v Aus 1902-03. P. S Twentyman-Jones v Aus 1902-03. AE E Vogler v Aus 1910- 11. TA Ward v Aus 1912. CB Llewellyn v Eng 1912. P T Lewis v Eng 1913-14. JL Cox v Eng 1913-14. CD Dixon v Eng 1913-14. G AL Hearne v Eng 1922-23. AE Hall v Eng 1922-23. F Nicholson v Aus 1935-36. XC Balaskas v Aus 1935-36. XC Balaskas v Aus 1935-36. CN McCarthy v Eng 1948-49. DJ McGlew v Eng 1955. WR Endean v Eng 1955. PS Heine v Eng 1956-57. C Wesley v Eng 1955. WR Endean v Eng 1955. PS Heine v Eng 1956-57. C Wesley v Eng 1960. MA Seymour v Aus 1969-70. AA Donald v WI 1991 -92. CR Matthews v Eng 1994. DJ Richardson v Pak 1994-95.

WEST INDIES: CR Browne v Eng 1929-30. HC Griffith v Eng 1933. EE Achong v Eng 1934-35. J Trim v Aus 1951- 52. A P Binns v Aus 1954-55. OG Smith v Aus 1954-55. S Rama in v Eng 1957. E de C Weekes v Eng 1957. FCM Alexander v Eng 1957. LR Gibbs v Pak 1958-59. FMM Worrell v Aus 1960-61. JS Solomon v Ind 1961-62. JL Hendriks v Eng 1966. WW Hall v Eng 1967-68. DL Murray v Ind 1974-75. CG Greenidge v Aus 1975- 76. J Garner v Pak 1976-77. DA Murray v Pak 1980-81. AL Logie v Ind 198384. MA Holding v Aus 1984-85. PJL Dujon v Pak 1986-87. A H Gray v Pak 1986-87. KLT Arthurton v Aus 1992-93. C O Browne v SL 1996-97. CA Walsh v Pak 1997-98.

NEW ZEALAND: KC James v Eng 1929-30. FT Badcock v Eng 1929-30. J Cowie v Eng 1937. CG Rowe v Aus 1945- 46. LA Butterfield v Aus 1945-46. LSM Miller v SA 1953-54. MB Poore v Eng 1954-55. IA Colquhoun v Eng 1954-55. JA Hayes v Eng 1954-55. AR MacGibbon v Ind 1955-56. HB Cave v WI 195556. NS Harford v Eng 1958. RC Motz v SA 1961-62.. MJF Shrimpton v SA 1963-64. AE Dick v Pak 196465. GA Bartlett v Eng 1965-66. TW Jarvis v Pak 1972-73. WK Lees v Eng 1977-78. BP Bracowell v Eng 1978. BL Cairns v Aus 1980-81. B A Edgar v Aus 1980-81. GB Troup v Ind 1980-81. JVConey v Aus 1981-82. IDS Smith v Aus 1981-82. JG Bracowell v Pak 1984-85. KR Rutherford v WI 1984-85. JG Wright v Eng 1986. CM Kuggeleijn v Ind 1988-89. MC Snedden v Ind 1988-89. BR Hartland v Eng 199192. ML Su'a v Pak 1992-93. DJ Nash v SL 1994-95. CZ Harris v WI 1995-96. DN Patel v Eng 1996-97. D L Vettori v SL 1997-98.

INDIA: VS Hazare v Eng 1951-52. G S Ramchand v Eng 1952. PK Roy v Eng 1952. PG Joshi v WI 195253. NS Tamhane v WI 1958-59. R Surendranath v Eng 1959. RB Desai v Aus 1959-60. DN Sardesai v WI 1961-62. ML Jaisimha v NZ 1969-70. EA S Prasanna v WI 1974-75. FM Engineer v WI 1974-75. DB Vengsarkar v WI 1978-79. Yashpal Sharma v Aus 1979-80. RM H Binny v Pak 1979-80. DR Doshi v Pak 1982-83. RG M Patel v NZ 1988-89. BKV Prasad v WI 1996-97. H Singh v Australia 1997-98.

PAKISTAN: MEZ Ghazali v Eng 1954. Nasim-ul-Ghani v WI 1957-58. Wazir Muhammad v WI 1957-58. Imtiaz Ahmed v Eng 1961 -62. Javed Burki v NZ 1964-65. Saleem Altaf v Aus 1976-77. Iqbal Qasim v Eng 1978. Majid Khan v Aus 1978.79. Wasim Bari v Aus 1978-79. Sikandar Bakht v Aus 1978-79. Mudassar Nazar v Eng 1982. Wasim Akram v SL 1985-86. Waqar Younis v NZ 1990-91. Saeed Anwar v WI 199091. Aamer Sohail v NZ 1992-93. Mushtaq Ahmed v Aus 1994-95. Manzoor Elahi v Zim 1994-95. Rashid Latif v SA 1997-98. Saleem Malik v Aus 1998-99.

SRI LANKA: BR Jurangpathy v Ind 1986-87. R G de Alwis v Ind 1986-87. R J Ratnayake v Ind 1990-91. GF Labrooy v Ind 1990-91. A Ranatunga v Pak 1991-92. CI Dunusinghe v Pak 1995-96.

ZIMBABWE: D H Brain v Ind 1992-93. SG Peall v Pak 1993-94. GW Flower v Pak 1993-94. H K Olonga v Eng 1996-97. G J Rennie v NZ 1997-98. M Mbangwa v NZ 1997-98. A G Huckle v SL 1997-98.