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if a player gets no runs it's called a duck
A "duck" is a score of zero (0), from the comparison with an oval duck's egg.In other uses, the slang term for zero is "a goose egg."
Duck hunting and dodgeball "Duck" is a cricket term. It refers to when a batsman is dismissed for a score of zero. He is "out for a duck".
Because the number zero looks like a Duck egg.
is doesnt matter which number ball there on if they get zero runs it is called a duck but if you get out first ball for zero runs it is called a golden duck. if you dont face a ball and get run out it is called a diamond duck.
A duck is what it is called when you are made OUT without any score. If you are out on your first received ball that is called a golden duck
tennis
tennis
VVS Laxman did not score even a single run in his debut ODI against Zimbabway in 1998. He get out on a duck.
Tennis.
tennis
The sport is tennis.