Three days after Sunil Ambris became the first batsman to be out hit-wicket on a golden duck on his debut, the West Indies cricketer continued his unique introduction to world cricket by becoming only the sixth batsman in the history to hit a six as their first scoring shot in the longest format of the game. It came in the second innings of West Indies’ 1st Test against New Zealand on Monday, which they went on to lose by an innings and 67 runs. Ambris, who earned his debut on the back of a century in the warm-up game, was only the sixth batsman ever to get out in the fashion in one’s debut Test. However, no one had the dubious record of getting out on a golden duck in the manner in which Ambris became part of history. The previous batsman to have opened his account in a similar manner was Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva who had got the runs against Australia back in 2016.

Source: Hindustan Times December 04, 2017 09:00 UTC