In that list of zeroes, most are by top-order batsmen looking to cash in on the power play or those who are batting in the death overs.
Chaminda Vaas explains it from a bowler’s point of view. “Till a certain time in my career, I used to warm up gradually in my first over but Dennis Lillee told me the importance of hitting the right area with the first ball and the impact I can create with it in the batsman’s mind,” he says.