Lo-handre Louwrens Sets Record for Longest Duck as Opener in ODI Cricket, Achieves ‘Unwanted’ Feat During Scotland vs Namibia 2024 ICC CWC League 2 Match
During an ICC CWC League 2 match against Scotland, Namibia’s opener Lo-handre Louwrens got out on a duck facing 23 balls. This sets a new record for the longest duck as an opener in the ODI Cricket.
The Namibia National Cricket Team faced the Scotland National Cricket Team in the ICC CWC League 2 Match. Chasing the 291-run target Namibia was never in the game. But their opener Lo-handre Louwrens made it into the record books. He faced 22 deliveries without scoring a run and finally got out on the 23rd delivery as Safyaan Sharif took a catch off Brandon McMullen’s bowling. This marked a new record for the longest duck as an opener in the ODI (One Day International) Cricket. He broke the 36-year-old record of Athar Ali Khan of the Bangladesh National Cricket Team, who got out on a duck against the India National Cricket Team facing 22 deliveries in 1988. The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 is an international competition contested in the 50-over format and the second level of the three-league Cricket World Cup qualification system which was introduced in 2019. Fastest Balls in Cricket History: From Shoaib Akhtar to Brett Lee, Take a Look at Top Five Quickest Deliveries Bowled in Cricket.
Lo-handre Louwrens Sets Record for Longest Duck as Opener in ODI Cricket
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