Joe Root goes for a duck in his 150th Test; gets himself an unwanted record
On the second day of the opening Test against New Zealand in Christchurch, Root fell for a duck, dismissed by debutant Nathan Smith, who also claimed the wicket of Jacob Bethell in the same over. England's solid start of 43/1 quickly deteriorated to 45/3.
This was Root's 13th career duck in Test cricket and his eighth in the World Test Championship (WTC), the most by any batter in the competition's history alongside Rory Burns, Kusal Mendis, Jason Holder, and Zak Crawley. Root now surpasses Steve Smith and Virat Kohli, who each have seven ducks in the WTC.
Root's dismissal also placed him in an unwanted record book as only the third batter to score a duck in their 150th Test match, joining Australian legends Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting.
Players dismissed for a duck in their 150th Test:
Steve Waugh (AUS vs PAK) — Sharjah, 2002 (1st ball)
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