Kings of Ducks goes to Atapattu

Of sucessful batsmen in International Test Cricket (those who have scored 5000+ in their career), lets see how players faired with respect to getting off the mark. Three players have more than 20 Ducks:

Name	Matches	Innings	Runs	Ducks
SR Waugh	168	260	10927	22
MS Atapattu	90	156	5502	22
MA Atherton	115	212	7728	20

But if you convert the metrics to look at how may innings a batsman goes through before hitting a duck, the picture is quite different. I have considered players with Innings/Duck being less than 12. For those above 12, you can be rest assured that they can go through 2 series of about 7-8 matches without scoring a duck!! Atapattu is clearly the King of Ducks now. Gilchrist also has an alarmingly high share of ducks in his innings, with Michael Atherton and Mark Waugh following closely.

Name	Matches	Innings	Runs	Ducks	Innings/Duck
MS Atapattu	90	156	5502	22	7.09
AC Gilchrist	92	130	5420	14	9.29
MA Atherton	115	212	7728	20	10.6
ME Waugh	128	209	8029	19	11
SP Fleming	106	181	6774	16	11.31
DG Bradman	52	80	6996	7	11.43
IT Botham	102	161	5200	14	11.5
N Kapil Dev	131	184	5248	16	11.5
SR Waugh	168	260	10927	22	11.82
DC Boon	107	190	7422	16	11.88
ME Trescothick	76	143	5825	12	11.92

Those who go through the maximum innings without a duck are:

Name	Matches	Innings	Runs	Ducks	Innings/Duck
KD Walters	74	125	5357	4	31.25
Javed Miandad	124	189	8832	6	31.5
R Dravid	113	193	9564	6	32.17
WR Hammond	85	140	7249	4	35
MA Taylor	104	186	7525	5	37.2
CH Lloyd	110	175	7515	4	43.75

Indians faired in the following manner with kapil Dev going through least Innings before scoring a duck and Rahul Dravid going through the most. Hardly any surprises there!!

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	0	Innings/Duck
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	131	184	15	5248	31.05	16	11.5
VVS Laxman	1996-2007	84	137	18	5161	43.36	9	15.22
SC Ganguly	1996-2007	97	157	14	5868	41.03	9	17.44
SR Tendulkar	1989-2007	141	228	24	11207	54.93	13	17.54
SM Gavaskar	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	51.12	12	17.83
M Azharuddin	1984-2000	99	147	9	6215	45.03	5	29.4
R Dravid	1996-2007	113	193	23	9564	56.25	6	32.17

Any comments?