IND vs Eng: England Batter Edgbaston joins cricket’s most embarrassing club during the Test
It took nearly one and a half century, but Test cricket has now officially seen its 10,000th duck. The unique landmark came on 5 July 2025, when England’s Bridon Cars fell for a duck during the second Test in Edgbaston between India and England as he was stuck by Mohammad Siraj and with it, his name entered the more entertaining record book of cricket.Live Score: India vs England 2 Test Day 41000th Duck – Bill O’arelie (BG Alan, 1936) 2000th Duck – G Bartlet (BG Lawrence, 1962) 3000th Duck – Liaquat Ali (B John Lever, 1978) 4000th Duck – Phil Dephreetas (B Marshal, 1988) 5000th Duck – Gary Kirsten (B. Glippy, 1997) 6000th Duck – Mohammad Sami (BC Vas, 2002) 7000th Duck – Danish Kaneria (B Natini, 2007) 8000th Duck – Stuart Broad (B Leone, 2013) 9000th Duck – Kusal Perera (B Bowlt, 2019) 10000th Duck – Bridan Cars (B Siraj, 2025)Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel.Subscribe now! The first duck of Test cricket returned in 1877, and the list has increased since then. There is a story of every thousandth duck: from 1000th of Bill O’Selli in 1936 to 8000th of Stuart Broad in 2013. This time, the 10,000th duck fell between an attractive day drama, which tested the unpredictable attraction of cricket.
Siraj’s fierce magic brought India back to the game when Jamie Smith (184*) and Harry Brook (158) threatened to take it away with a 3033 -run partnership for the sixth wicket. England, who were buried at 84/5 a day after Siraj’s double blow, also thanked Ben Stokes’s Golden Duck, thanking Smith for Smith’s retaliation.
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But the second new ball changed it again. Siraj and Akash Deep took the last five wickets for only 20 runs, with the historic duck of cars, bowling England to 407 in response to a huge 587 of India. Cars’s duck is a reminder that catch headlines of centuries and miles, sometimes it is zero that sews cricket querks together.
