KARACHI
\nPakistan opener Abdullah Shafique etched an unwanted record in cricket history, becoming the first opening batsman to be dismissed for a duck in all matches of a one-day international (ODI) series.
\nShafique\u2019s lean patch continued in the three-match ODI series against South Africa, where he failed to score a single run in all three games.
\nWith a duck in Johannesburg, the 24-year-old also achieved another milestone, recording the most international ducks by a Pakistani opener in a calendar year.
\nThis tally surpasses the previous records held by Imran Nazir, who had six ducks in 32 innings in 2000, and Mohammad Hafeez, who suffered the same fate six times in 43 innings in 2012.
\nThe world record for most international ducks in a calendar year by an opener is eight, held jointly by South Africa\u2019s Herschelle Gibbs (from 51 innings in 2002) and Sri Lankan maestro Tillakaratne Dilshan (from 56 innings in 2012).
\nShafique\u2019s struggles with the bat have raised questions about his selection in Pakistan team ahead of the Green Shirt\u2019s upcoming international assignments, which includes the ICC Champions Trophy at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique etched an unwanted record in cricket history, becoming the first opening batsman to be dismissed for a duck in all matches of a one-day international (ODI) series. Shafique\u2019s lean patch continued in the three-match ODI series against South Africa, where he failed to score a single run in all three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-451083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n