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Check out: Cricket team registers nine ducks chasing low total

Prague Cricket Club 2nd XI were bowled out for 54 chasing Bohemian Cricket Club’s 126

Mumbai: This scorecard will be remembered for a very long time and Prague Cricket Club have produced one such match summary that you have see to believe. As astonishing as it may sound, nine of their batsmen registered ducks in a 40-over match.r

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The news has been spreading far and wide across the globe. No 3 batsman Aditya Jaiswal top scored with an unbeaten 43 off 49 balls, while the next highest scorer added just one run - No 4 Abhi Samanth.

Prague Cricket Club 2nd XI were bowled out for 54 chasing Bohemian Cricket Club’s 126 in their 40-over clash late last month in the Czech Cricket Union Pro40 League. To save the losing side’s already embarrassing image, ten extras contributed to the Prague total, including six leg byes, two byes and two wides.

The Czech national cricket team has been an affiliate member of the ICC since 2000. The gentleman’s game is played in the country from April to September each year, with six teams taking part in the CCU Pro40 League – one of two domestic leagues in the country.

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If you think this was surprising, a match report was reported from the sub-continent when a cricket team in Mumbai was bowled for just 4 runs, most possibly the record in competitive cricket, with 9 of their batsmen getting dismissed without scoring.

Rajhans Vidyalaya (Andheri) were all out for 4 against Yashodham High School in the Plate Group final (Under-16) of the Harris Shield Inter-School Cricket Tournament.

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The most ducks recorded in a Test innings is six – a record shared by Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh and India. Six ducks have been recorded in a single ODI innings on five occasions, with Pakistan responsible for three (1987, 1993 and 2012) of those.

( Source : deccan chronicle )
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