Geoff Allott made duck off 77 balls in Test: New Zealand’s Geoff Allott made the shameful record of getting out for a duck after playing 77 balls in Test cricket.

New Delhi: There are many ways to get out in the game of cricket, but a batsman feels the worst when he gets a duck. That is, the batsman is out without opening the account. Many times it happens that the batsman gets out on the first ball of the innings. This is the reason why a batsman always wants to be the first to open his account, but what happens when a batsman stands on the field for one and a half hours and faces 77 balls, but despite this he does not score a single run.

One such incident happened in the year 1999 in the test match played between New Zealand and South Africa. In that Test match played in Auckland, New Zealand’s Geoff Allott had made a shameful record of getting out for a duck after playing 77 balls, which is unbroken even today. In this match, Geoff Allott came on the field to bat at number 11 for New Zealand. Geoff Allott had completely exhausted the South African bowlers by batting for hours without scoring any runs. Although Geoff Allott was out without scoring any runs, the benefit to the team was that it was successful in drawing the match.

What happened in the match?

The match played between South Africa and New Zealand was a draw. In the match, the South African team, batting first, declared the innings by scoring 621 runs for 5 wickets. Daryl Cullinan played a strong inning of 275 runs in the match for South Africa. Apart from this, Gary Kirsten also contributed 128 runs.

In response, the South African team was limited to 352 runs in the first innings, after which South Africa gave it follow-on. After the follow-on, New Zealand batted cautiously in the second innings and on the last day of the game scored 244 runs at the loss of 3 wickets, due to which the match was drawn.

How has Geoff Allott’s career been?

Geoff Allott of New Zealand was a left arm medium pacer. Geoff Allott made his debut for New Zealand in 1999. Geoff’s career was nothing special for New Zealand. He appeared in 10 Test and 31 ODI matches for the Kiwi team. He took 19 wickets in his name in Test cricket. Apart from this, he has 52 wickets in his account in ODI.