Pakistani opener Abdullah Shafique’s struggles with the bat continued within the third ODI in opposition to South Africa on Sunday as he was dismissed for his third consecutive duck within the collection. His poor run locations him alongside cricketing greats, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting, in an unenviable record of gamers with a number of scoreless innings in a row.
The 25-year-old failed to attain on the Wanderers Stadium, falling to South African pacer Kagiso Rabada for a golden duck. Earlier within the collection, Shafique was bowled by Marco Jansen for a four-ball duck within the first match at Paarl’s Boland Park. He was then caught behind off Jansen’s bowling within the second ODI in Cape City for a two-ball duck.
With three consecutive geese, Shafique has joined a listing of cricketing luminaries who share this undesirable document, together with Mahela Jayawardene, Shane Watson, and Tendulkar.
The all-time document for consecutive geese in ODIs stands at 4, held by Lasith Malinga, Craig White, and Henry Olonga. One other duck in Shafique’s subsequent outing would see him equal that doubtful milestone.
Amongst Pakistani openers, Shafique is simply the second, after Salman Butt, to document three consecutive geese in ODIs. He additionally turns into the ninth opener within the historical past of ODI cricket to attain this unwelcome feat. The record consists of a number of different Pakistan gamers, comparable to Shoaib Mohammad, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Wasim, and Shadab Kabir.