Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Maddinson Sets Unwanted Duck Record on Test Return
Nic Maddinson returned to Australia's Test team after being away from Test cricket for about ten years.
He opened the batting against South Africa.
He faced 33 balls but did not score before Marco Jansen bowled him out.
No Australian opening batter had faced more balls while making a duck in a Test.
His stay was also the third-longest of its kind among all Test openers.
Earlier, Wiaan Mulder had dismissed Travis Head for nine.
Marnus Labuschagne then scored 37 before Mulder dismissed him.
Australia had made 84 runs and lost three wickets by the end of the first session, with Steve Smith still batting.
Australia selected Nic Maddinson for the first Test against South Africa, his first Test appearance in about a decade.
Maddinson was dismissed for a duck after facing 33 balls, the longest such stay by an Australian opener in Tests.
His 33-ball innings was the third-longest opening-batter stay for a duck in Test cricket overall.
Marco Jansen bowled Maddinson after Wiaan Mulder had dismissed Travis Head for nine.
Australia reached 84 for three by the end of the first session, with Steve Smith unbeaten on 25.
- Who
- Australia batter Nic Maddinson and the Australian team faced South Africa.
- What
- Maddinson was dismissed for a 33-ball duck, setting a record for the longest duck by an Australian Test opener.
- When
- Day 1, October 9; the year is not stated.
- Where
- Durban, South Africa.
- Why
- Maddinson was included in Australia's playing XI for the first Test after a decade-long Test hiatus.
- Match
- First Test between Australia and South Africa
- Maddinson's score
- 0 from 33 balls
- Australian opener record
- Longest stay for a duck by an Australian opener in Tests
- Overall ranking
- Third-longest opening-batter stay for a duck in Tests
- Australia at first-session close
- 84/3
- Other first-session scores
- Travis Head 9; Marnus Labuschagne 37; Steve Smith 25 not out
- Maddinson's last Test before return
- Against Pakistan in December 2016