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What links the following players Aamer Sohail, Chris Adams, Ata-ur-Rehman, Sourav Ganguly, Andrew Hall, Gavin Hamilton, Nilesh Kulkarni, Stuart Law, Dewald Pretorius, Michael Vandort?--Roberry 18:41, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are they all orphans? 86.153.27.43 12:53, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If they are then that is quite some coincidence--Roberry 13:01, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They all have the letter "a" in their name. 86.153.29.115 20:30, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since no-one has guessed do I need to add a clue?--Roberry 15:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes please! KingStrato 17:19, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK - Two of the players only played one Test - try starting with those games/players --Roberry 19:51, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They made their debuts with (current, barring Inzi) Test captains

• Aamer Sohail and Ata-ur-Rehman with Inzamam-ul-Haq
• Chris Adams and Gavin Hamilton with Michael Vaughan
• Sourav Ganguly with Rahul Dravid
• Andrew Hall and Dewald Pretorius with Graeme Smith
• Nilesh Kulkarni with Mahela Jayawardene
• Stuart Law with Ricky Ponting
• Michael Vandort with Mohammad Ashraful

--Jpeeling 21:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Grrr. Edit conflicted with the answer..... KingStrato 21:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct - they all made their Test debuts with the most recent Test captains. Next question is yours Jpeeling --Roberry 14:09, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Which cricketer played the most first-class matches before his Test debut? --Jpeeling 16:52, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ewart Astill took 21 years to make his Test debut, which I'm pretty sure is a record for a county player since the championship started, but that does include a 4 year break because of WWI, so not sure if that corresponds to the most matches. --Travisbasevi 17:54, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[1] says you're right! 86.129.113.77 18:41, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On CricketArchive and similar to Q6, must try harder in future. Over to Travisbasevi. --Jpeeling 19:24, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For the ten Test nations only, who is the only person to have played in every one of his country's Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals since the beginning of 2005? --Travisbasevi 22:38, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Collingwood? WillE 23:05, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, he missed most of the 2005 Ashes for starters. Also missed the occasional one-dayer since then as well. --Travisbasevi 01:35, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Brendon McCullum? --Roberry 03:41, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kumar Sangakkara? Also Mohammad Ashraful hasn't missed a test or ODI, but Bangladesh haven't played a 20:20 yet have they? --Bedders 05:03, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

McCullum is correct, he has played all 77 of NZ's matches in that time. Sangakkara missed the recent ODI series v Pakistan in the UAE, whilst I'm reasonably sure Ashraful has been dropped in that time. The next best after McCullum is Jayawardene who's played 101 of Sri Lanka's 102 matches, and Kamran Akmal with 81 of Pakistan's 82. Over to Roberry. --Travisbasevi 12:31, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What has Andy Flower managed to do 3 times in Tests that only 4 other players have achieved once each? --Roberry 19:21, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hit a century whilst being the captain and the designated wicketkeeper. --Travisbasevi 00:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well that didn't last long - next question is yours Travisbasevi --Roberry 01:10, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure this one will last long either: To combine the previous two questions, Andy Flower played 224 consecutive Tests and ODIs for Zimbabwe between the 1992 World Cup and mid-2001, which places him second in the list of consecutive internationals. Who holds the overall record with 239? --Travisbasevi 01:36, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tendulkar: 185 ODIs consec from April 90 to April 98. + the TEsts in between.Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:55, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

54 in that time period. [2].Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:56, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I thought I might have trapped someone into saying Allan Border, but perfectly accurate Mr Banana, your turn for a question. --Travisbasevi 02:39, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keith Miller once told took 12 men onto the field for a match. When told this was the case, he said "I say, will one of you chaps piss off?" Who volunteered? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:59, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A great story, but I know nothing about it beyond that somewhat apocryphal quote. (The version I'd believe has "bastards" instead of "chaps", and could Miller really ever begin a sentence with "I say"?). Anyway, I'll a have a very rough guess it's on the 1956 tour of England when he was vice captain, so looking at the tour party, I'll take a potshot at Len Maddocks. Anywhere vaguely close? --Travisbasevi 04:00, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:53, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly sure that it was a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG if that's a help to anyone. —Moondyne 06:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Norm O'Neill? --Jpeeling 17:10, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No it wasn't. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:45, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jim de Courcy? WillE 20:38, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Richie Benaud? --Roberry 21:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

According to this, it was Alan Davidson and the match was at Maitland. Johnlp 21:31, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, according to Davidson himself in the book that I used: Miller's Luck by Roland Perry - the whole team went back to the pavilion and Miller went "all right you funny fellows" - so technically the whole team. But since you have a source, I'll give it to you. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:47, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It might have begun with "f" but I doubt it was "funny fellows". --LiamE 08:15, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In another book I have it says that it was the wicketkeeper who went back, with the result that Miller had to keep wicket himself. Elements of urban myth creeping in here, I suspect. Johnlp 08:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who, according to his own estimation, bowled tripe, wrote tripe and then sold tripe? Johnlp 08:38, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur Mailey —Moondyne 09:48, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. Tripey old question, too. Ah well. Over to you. Johnlp 10:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Crikey, its been a long time since I posted a question here, so hopefully this doesn't go too quickly.

Who am I? Australian Test captain who after my retirement spent 25 years as a state parliamentarian. When I died I left behind 15 children. —Moondyne 12:25, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Darling. Johnlp 13:02, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All yours. —Moondyne 13:43, 31 July 2007 (UTC) 10 boys and 5 girls BTW. —Moondyne 07:50, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How many Test matches have been played in which the opposing captains were "twins" – i.e. born on the same day of the same year? Johnlp 21:42, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can't deny I needed a computer for this one: Joe Darling and Stanley Jackson in the 5 Tests of the 1905 Ashes is all I can see. Superb trivia to know either way. --Travisbasevi 03:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. Well done. Over to you (or your computer). Johnlp 06:15, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What's unique in Test history about one of the innings in the Australia v India 4th Test in 1947/48? --Travisbasevi 12:28, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bradmans 201 (1st inns) made him the only batsman to make Test double centuries against 4 different countries (Eng, SA, WI Ind) ?? —Moondyne 14:14, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lindwall dismissed five batsmen for ducks? —Raven42 14:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC) 14:33, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good guesses - both were firsts but Bradman has since been exceeded by Dravid, Miandad and Lara, whilst Lindwall has been equalled by Sarfraz and Jermaine Lawson. --Travisbasevi 15:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Only time that all ten wickets were lbw or bowled, ie. all wickets were bowled or "would have been bowled" --Roberry 15:19, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that will do. It's the only time all ten wickets have fallen without a contribution from a fielder (ie, no catches, stumpings or run outs). Over to you. --Travisbasevi 15:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK - Best I can do for now. Hope the question makes sense.

Who has the highest Test score in the last innings of a match, where his team has lost the match. - --Roberry 20:48, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Must be Nathan Astle? WillE 21:09, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Knew it wouldn;t last long - you are correct. the next one's all yours --Roberry 21:33, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay.

What caused a particular traffic violation in November 1984? WillE 22:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, no intention of dragging this out - it was a "first" one way street violation. WillE 21:01, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, was this the one where David Gower was arrested for driving through a red light in New Zealand, and when the policeman asked him what was the matter, he said "Left a straight one from Hadlee"? Rprpsych 13:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice story, but no. A second generation debutant was involved. WillE 17:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'm not around tomorrow, so to keep things moving... It is a tale of father and son England captains and the latter's debut (though not as captain!) If you're sure you're right, please press on. WillE 21:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I presume it's Chris Cowdrey, but can't find the story. Can someone help me out here? Rprpsych 03:08, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is related to CC's first test, but the traffic offence was of his father's failings. If no-one has it by tomorrow I'll pass on the baton. WillE 19:22, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Got it..When Chris took a wicket in his first over (Kapil Dev, bowled), Colin Cowdrey, who was listening to the commentary on the radio, drove the wrong way down a one-way street. (Source: a Cricinfo article about Colin Cowdrey's ties to India.) Rprpsych 13:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Correct.

The police officer was about to give MCC a ticket, then realised who he had pulled over. "I'm sorry officer, but my son has just taken his first test wicket!" "Off you go..."

Over to Rprpsych WillE 17:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good one! If I recall correctly, the policeman who stopped Gower was equally sympathetic (he had made a duck, and England lost that match by a huge margin) and let him off. Rprpsych 17:49, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. I heard a similar story about Chris Smith (batting, not bowling). I wonder if the teller got his Chrises mangled, or whether parents of boys called Chris who play Test cricket for England have an astrological predestination to drive the wrong way down one-way streets while listening to the lad's debut... and get caught by ultimately sympathetic policemen. --Dweller 14:38, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure the Cowdrey occurrence was legit, as I remember it being on the news at the time, accompanying a report about the days play. For any youngsters in the house, that was when we got half an hours BBC coverage of overseas tours very late in the evening, and were grateful for it....WillE 19:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heck, I'm sure it's right, too. I think the person that told *me* the story had his Chrises mangled. --Dweller 10:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Let me try not to be too obscure this time..

In an interview early in his career, around 1993 or 1994, Brian Lara was once asked who the funniest person he ever played cricket with was. His answer was rather unexpected, and he went on to say that this person "plays with a cigarette in his mouth, and hasn't got a clue!"

Who was he referring to? (Hint: think England, but slightly outside the box.) Rprpsych 17:52, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tuffers? WillE 20:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A little further outside the box than that, but a good guess nonetheless. If no one has it by tomorrow, I'll add a further clue. Rprpsych 21:34, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Slash? KingStrato 21:36, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keith Richards? --Roisterer 23:28, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Roisterer is very, very, very close. If no one gets it, I'll give it to him. Rprpsych 16:22, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mick Jagger? I know he's a big cricket fan. KingStrato 17:11, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mick Jagger is the obvious guess given his love of cricket, but it's not him. You're burning though. Rprpsych 17:49, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bill Wyman? WillE 19:18, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Clapton? --Bedders 05:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

David Bowie? Jonesy 10:19, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Charlie Watts then? --LiamE 10:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's gotta be Fats Domino. No? Oh. --Dweller 10:40, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WillE has it, it was Bill Wyman, formerly of the Rolling Stones. Jagger and Richards were very good guesses. I would've liked to see all of them bat, though! Over to WillE. Rprpsych 12:32, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Wouldn't have got it without Roisterer's and King Strato's contributions...)

A geriatrically centred backward negative. If you're close, you won't quite be freezing.

Solve the clue and tell me who. WillE 19:30, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Old? He was nicknamed "Chilly" because of his name on the scorecard, "C.Old". And "old" certainly suggests geriatrics, and if you spell his middle name backwards (Middleton), you do get "a backward negative", namely "not". Rprpsych 11:53, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Over to you! WillE 13:28, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk about an educated, er..I mean lucky guess.

This England player is certainly one of the finest his country has known (and one of my idols), but like all of us, he had his off days as well. On one occasion, a terrible performance in the second test of a series (after a near match-winning performance in the first) by him led reporters to state that he should be renamed "The Kangaroo Kid". England never recovered from this, and lost the series 1-0. Who was the player, and which was the match / series in question? Rprpsych 12:47, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The 1971 India in England series has been in the news all week and certainly fits the bill. Looking at the cards, I'll have a stab at John Edrich, who battled England to setting a target in the 1st Test (then came within 2 wickets of winning it) but was then out for a duck in the 2nd Test. --Travisbasevi 13:58, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent guess, but the media wasn't all that nasty in those days, and Edrich never got called the Kangaroo Kid. The name itself contains a subtle clue, but if I explained it, it'd be too obvious. Try again, and think of a later Test or series, not necessarily against the same team. Rprpsych 15:16, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Was it Skippy the Bush Kangaroo? You said there's a clue in the name.... I can't seem to find him in Wisden though. --LiamE 17:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hilarious! I'll give you a clue, since I said it was subtle - what are kangaroos well known for doing? Think of the answer to that, and then try to connect it to a common cricketing term - the answer should become obvious. Rprpsych 17:35, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Boff in New Zealand in 1984? KingStrato 18:36, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

KingStrato, congrats! After a great performance in a drawn first Test (Botham took 5-59 and scored 137, but New Zealand batted superbly in the second innings), the next test was played on a bowler-friendly pitch. Unfortunately Botham had an off-day and produced a quite dreadful spell, with figures of 17-0-88-1. Hadlee scored 99 in a total of 307, and Botham (and England) proceeded to, in the words of David Gower, "bat like complete drains", and were bowled out twice for less than 100, losing by an innings, with Hadlee taking 8 wickets. Source: Norman Giller, The World's Greatest Cricket Matches. The New Zealand press gave Guy the Gorilla the uncomplimentary name in commemoration of his lethal long-hops. Rprpsych 19:45, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Which record was set at 230 feet, when was it set and by which former test player? KingStrato 06:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Tom Moody broke the world record for throwing haggis with a 230-ft effort in Scotland in 1989."[3] --Bedders 07:30, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's the one. Over to you. KingStrato 19:22, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Question please! It's been over 3 days... Rprpsych 12:42, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay.. what has gone wrong with English wicket keeping? --LiamE 13:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing is wrong with English wicket keeping. We're picking a keeper based on his batting ability though. It's getting the balance right that is proving the hard part. At least we're no longer picking Jones who has never been the best keeper, who then forgot how to bat. KingStrato 17:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, time for rule 3.

Which former international cricketer has a ODI batting average of 34.35 and a first class bowling average of 44.15. I have a particular player in mind, but the first correct answer (in case there's more than one) will do. KingStrato 21:09, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kepler Wessels --Travisbasevi 00:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Thought I'd drop in an easy to google one to get us moving again. KingStrato 06:03, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To follow on from the theme of favourite players (although I never saw him play) a few questions above, which one of Test cricket's great allrounders appears to have had trouble dismissing left handers, with only 3.3% of his wickets being such, the lowest for anyone with 100+ wickets? --Travisbasevi 11:34, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ian Botham? Just a wild guess, but given his angle of attack, I would guess so... Rprpsych 11:52, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Monty Noble Tintin 11:55, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The original Monty it is. The only reason I can think of for this anomaly is his unusual bowling action where he gripped the ball like a baseball (he was also a baseball player) and relied on "spin-swerve". --Travisbasevi 12:09, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hugh Trumble had less than five too. Perhaps because there weren't too many left-handers in the English sides of the time ? Tintin 12:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think you might be right! Less than 2% of English Test players batted left-handed in the 1900s, something I never suspected because there was so many left-handed bowlers for England pre-WWI (33% in the 1900s for instance), but it seems most of them batted right-handed... --Travisbasevi 12:46, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Well, it was not difficult, more of a long stroll upwards. I had just completed my first when I met a friend who I had promised to take up it. So I just turned around and went back up with him." Someone talking about himself. Who and what ? Tintin 12:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Don Bradman walking back after his final innings of 0? Rprpsych 12:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. Hint - the person is talking about something that is unrelated to cricket. Tintin 12:43, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bob Crisp after climbing Kilimanjaro? WillE 19:12, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, sir ! Crisp climbed Kilimanjaro twice, and in the space of two weeks. This is him talking to Bill Frindall in 1988. I have taken some liberties with the quote which really was "it was not a difficult climb" and "I had just completed my first climb ...". Tintin 00:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A shameful stub there. I worked out the 'why', not the who! –MDCollins (talk) 01:21, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Just noticed I'm in the right left hand column in the correct answers chart! I feel suitably chuffed. Onwards.

Who beat Malaysia on a Tuesday? WillE 19:56, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Never could tell the difference between left and right, east and west, plate and dish.....WillE 20:30, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian cricket team, May22-23 in an ODI in the 1979 ICC Trophy. [4]. Can't find any other instances. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:36, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

True, but not what I'm looking for. This was part of a tour that was documented in a book by the creator of Have I Got News for you. WillE 15:54, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Must be the Captain Scott XI - haven't got to it yet, but reading it at the moment! –MDCollins (talk) 22:10, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Over to you... WillE 12:44, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]