Question

Why a ‘Zero’ in Cricket is called a ‘Duck’?

Answer 1

The actual term is “duck's egg out” which has been shortened to duckover a period of time.The term has been in use since way before testcricket began. We call a zero score aduck out is because of the egg's shape. The term “duck” comes from the shape of the number '0' which is similar to that of duck's egg.

Answer 2

that the correct answer