CricTrivia

What is the highest number of successive dot balls faced by a batsman during a Test innings?

The same man occupies the first two places on his particular table, and his name probably isn't the first one you'd think of (Trevor Bailey, who might have been, lies third with a barren spell of around 80 balls against South Africa at Headingley in 1955). But Bruce Mitchell, a phlegmatic South African batsman, once went an estimated 95 balls without adding to his score of 45 against Australia in Brisbane in 1931-32. And against England in Johannesburg in 1938-39, Mitchell remained on 56 for 85 deliveries. The most balls faced while on 0 is 79 by the England wicketkeeper John Murray against Australia in Sydney in 1962-63 (he did have an excuse - an injured shoulder), while the longest Test duck belongs to Geoff Allott of New Zealand, who was dismissed for 0 by the 77th ball he faced against South Africa in Auckland in 1998-99.