Arjuna Ranatunga's 'duck' against Pakistan has now moved him to the second (joint) position in the dubious list of most zeroes in a LOI career. This was the 18th time that Ranatunga was dismissed without bothering the scorers, a new Sri Lankan record which he was jointly holding with Romesh Kaluwitharana.

This season (1998-99) is certainly not the Sri Lankan skipper's best. This was his fifth duck for the season in 19 innings. The following table lists batsmen with most ducks to their name in LOI matches.

Player                Team   Mts   Ins   0's

Wasim Akram           Pak    258   203   21
Salim Malik           Pak    276   250   18
A Ranatunga           SL     263   249   18
RS Kaluwitharana      SL     112   108   17
RS Mahamana           SL     208   193   15
Ramiz Raja            Pak    198   197   15
CJ McDermott          Aus    138    78   15

This was the fourth time Ranatunga was dismissed first ball. The following table shows the incidents of his golden ducks.

Vs      Ground                  Date

Pak     Leeds                   16 Jun 1983
Ind     Jullundur               20 Feb 1994
Ind     Colombo (1)             23 Aug 1997
Pak     Vishakapatnam           27 Mar 1999

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (AKahate@yahoo.com)