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Titanium Duck...?

Neil Pickup

Cricket Web Moderator
We had a new occurrence today in an U10 game: a run out without facing a ball (ruby duck) from the first ball of the innings (diamond duck).

I know the ruby/diamond terms are different across the world, but I've never come up (or needed to come up) with one for this particular calamity - it wasn't a close-run thing either: I was at square leg and the batsman wasn't even in my field of vision when the keeper took the bails.

I'm going for titanium duck, as there's surely no more ignominious a way you can be dismissed.
 

Daemon

Well-known member
We call a duck without facing a ball Diamond and a wicket first ball Platinum, no names for this though
 

andyc

Well-known member
Never heard of a ruby duck tbh. Being run out without facing a ball is a diamond for mine.
 

Top_Cat

Well-known member
We had a new occurrence today in an U10 game: a run out without facing a ball (ruby duck) from the first ball of the innings (diamond duck).

I know the ruby/diamond terms are different across the world, but I've never come up (or needed to come up) with one for this particular calamity - it wasn't a close-run thing either: I was at square leg and the batsman wasn't even in my field of vision when the keeper took the bails.

I'm going for titanium duck, as there's surely no more ignominious a way you can be dismissed.
Titanium's too awesome a metal for such an application, needs a name which reflects the lameness of the duck (heh).

How about Chromium? After Erin Brockovich, no-one likes Chromium.
 
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hang on

Well-known member
it goes without saying that the duck when on the verge of a landmark innings - last stab at, rather - would be the donald.
 

Daemon

Well-known member
There should be a term for a duck of 37 balls. Happened recently in a 2-day game we played where the opposition was trying to salvage a draw
 
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