When a batsman is dismissed for nought in both innings of a match, it is called a ‘pair’, because the two noughts together are thought to resemble a pair of spectacles. The batsman who departs for a duck, thereby ending the team’s innings is said to have earned a ‘laughing duck’. In this case, the batsman falls on the first delivery, which is also the first ball of the innings.Īlso, the rare dismissal of ‘timed out’, in which the batsman takes too long to turn up at the crease, is also called a ‘diamond duck. The ‘royal duck’ is reserved for the openers. Usually, it is a run-out of a new batsman at the non-striker’s end, or stumped off a wide ball is also said to be out for a ‘diamond duck’. When a batsman gets out without facing a single ball, it is called a ‘diamond duck’. When a batsman gets out for a duck on the second ball that he faces, it is called a ‘silver duck’ and if the batsman is dismissed for zero on the third ball of his innings, it is called a ‘bronze duck’. If a player is dismissed off the first ball he faces, it is said that he has been dismissed for a ‘golden duck’. There is a variety being used to describe specific types of duck, such as ‘golden duck’, ‘diamond duck’, ‘silver duck’, ‘bronze duck’, ‘royal duck’, ‘titanium duck’, and also ‘laughing duck’. However, ‘duck’ is now very commonly used as a term for being dismissed without scoring a run.
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