Somerset spinner Max Waller has trolled his former teammate Nathan Gilchrist after the seamer suffered the ignominy of being dismissed for six consecutive ducks in the County Championship.
After starting the season by making nine against Essex, Gilchrist was out for a pair in his next three matches against Lancashire, Hampshire and Yorkshire. As a result, the Kent seamer has now equalled the record for the most consecutive ducks in men's first-class cricket.
Of those six consecutive ducks, he has been out first ball three times, once in each match. According to the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians, Gilchrist is the 11th man to suffer this fate in first-class cricket.
Before joining Kent permanently last year, Gilchrist came through the ranks at Somerset, having joined the county in 2018 after moving to England from South Africa. And ex-teammate Waller could not resist the opportunity to aim a dig at Gilchrist over his recent batting struggles when he had some mail mistakenly delivered to Somerset's ground.
Taking to Twitter, Waller shared a picture of a letter from Specsavers addressed to Gilchrist that was encouraging him to book an eye test. Waller captioned the tweet: "Saw some mail for you today bro @nathgilchrist were you expecting this? Could be useful Let me know, can forward on to Canterbury"
Despite his struggles with the bat so far this season, Gilchrist has impressed with the ball for Kent. The 21-year-old is currently his side's leading wicket taker with 12 scalps, double that of any other Kent bowler.
Only nine other bowlers have picked up more wickets than him in division one of the County Championship, including overseas stars like Hasan Ali, Peter Siddle, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Abbas. Despite Gilchrist's efforts, Kent have yet to win a match this season.
Having played four games so far, they have drawn against Essex and Yorkshire and suffered comprehensive defeats to Lancashire and Hampshire. Kent have failed to stop their opposition from passing 500 in their first innings in all four matches so far, with head coach Matt Walker saying: "I think it's two-fold.
"Yes, we have conceded 500 every game and that doesn't look great, and certainly is frustrating and slightly concerning for our bowling attack. But we have played on good wickets. We certainly haven't batted well enough collectively."
