Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Quiz/archive2

Q21
Which Test cricketer was hanged? Johnlp 14:24, 8 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Leslie Hylton. Tintin 14:27, 8 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Well done. Yours again. Johnlp 14:33, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Q22
Who is the only batsman to score hundreds in all three sessions of the same day in first class cricket ? (ie, he scored 100 before lunch, 100 more between lunch and tea and another 100 runs before close) Tintin 15:27, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


 * In 1930 at Leeds against England, Don Bradman made 309 runs in a day with 105 before lunch, 115 between lunch and tea and 89 after tea. Not the answer I know, but I thought I'd share that :-) -- Ian &equiv; talk 16:28, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Guess: W G Grace? -- Ian &equiv; talk 16:43, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Not Grace (or Lara). Much more recent than Grace. Tintin 16:45, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I thought at first it might be Graeme Hick, but in fact it's Neil Fairbrother, Surrey v Lancashire 1990, day 3. I had to look through lists of scores of 300+ to find this one, although it's in the Wikipedia article on him. Stephen Turner 19:29, 9 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Your turn Tintin 19:51, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

K.S.Ranjitsinhji is the Only Cricketer to Make Centuries in All 3 Innings On the Same day ...... Rizvi Rizwan, India

Q23
Which English first-class county had a player in the England Test team least recently? (Or if you like, has not had a player in the England Test team for the longest time before today?) Stephen Turner 15:55, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Northamptonshire Foreign Legion? They don't seem to have had a Test player since the '80s... Sam Vimes 16:11, 10 November 2005 (UTC) Edit: Allan Lamb was their last, with the second Test against Pakistan in June 1992.


 * I'm pretty sure you're correct. Certainly every other county has had a player since 1992. How did you do that so quickly? Stephen Turner 17:52, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * List of English Test cricketers and a bit of brainwork to remember who plays for what county. Writing 500-odd match articles means that those tends to stick in the brain. I'm not quite sure on Lamb, but he's the last who's mentioned on the main Northamptonshire page. Sam Vimes 18:20, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Q24
Easy one here - how many countries have India won a Test series in? Sam Vimes 18:20, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * 7.  [[Sam Korn ]] 18:44, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Ah. No. *evil grin* Sam Vimes 18:48, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * If I understand the question correctly, you want to know in how many countries India has scored series victories away from home - Answer is 7 - West Indies, Bangladesh, Pakistan, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, i.e. all except Australia & South Africa. Considering that they haven't played tests at any neutral venue (AFIK), India has won a test series in 8 countries, incl. India. --Gurubrahma 18:49, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Eight is correct. I never mentioned away from home in the question. Sorry, Sam! Sam Vimes 18:51, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Grrr. RTQ, as my classics teachers would (all) say.   [[Sam Korn ]] 19:18, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

ETA: would this be 9 now, given that the 2006 WI series was won in Jamaica, rather than Trinidad where the 1970/71 series was won... --Dave. 16:16, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Now, India has won test series in Australia as well. Vikram Maingi (talk) 09:56, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Q25
My turn now, easy question (especially as it is midnight here and I am feeling sleepy): Which Indian cricketer played over 50 ODIs and has a test batting average of above 75 runs? --Gurubrahma 18:56, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

No Indian does. [[Sam Korn ]] 19:25, 10 November 2005 (UTC) He played 50 first-class matches... [[Sam Korn ]] 19:26, 10 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Mithali Raj. Nice question! Stephen Turner 19:55, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Q26
I'm sure that was the right answer, so I'm going to go ahead with the next question.

Who was the first Test cricketer to get a Wikipedia article? Stephen Turner 08:57, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I can't think how you'd know for sure, so I'll guess it was someone like W G Grace in January 1 2002. Bradman was September 2002. -- Ian &equiv; talk 09:18, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * WG is a good guess, but not quite earliest. Stephen Turner 09:28, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Warney on Sept 25, 2001 by User:Gareth Owen -- Ian &equiv; talk 13:48, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Is the correct answer. Well done. Your turn. (And to answer your earlier question &mdash; I did actually write a program to check them all). Stephen Turner 14:36, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I looked at the first edit in the cricket article which had at that time a short list of a dozen or famous cricketers and links and checked the earliest edit on each of those. -- Ian &equiv; talk 13:12, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Q27
Who was the last cricketer to have have scored 1000 runs, taken 100 wickets and held 100 catches in Tests? -- Ian &equiv; talk 13:12, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Carl Hooper? Sam Vimes 13:23, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Sorry, no. Hooper joined that club on 2001-02. There's another that joined more recently. -- Ian &equiv; talk 14:07, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Jayasuriya ? Tintin 14:26, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * No, Jayasuriya has only 92 wickets and 73 catches. -- Ian &equiv; talk 14:36, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Hint (because I want to go to bed): An Aussie -- Ian &equiv; talk 14:38, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Warne again ? Tintin 14:39, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Correct. He took his 100th catch in 2004-05 against New Zealand. The other 3 in that club are Sobers, Botham and Hooper.  Good night. -- Ian &equiv; talk 14:43, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

Q28
This may be tough. Which Indian Test cricketer got his nickname because he used to wear langotis (loincloths) instead of modern underwear ? Tintin 14:47, 12 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I'll kill this one and ask another. The answer is 'Bapu' Nadkarni, the man who once had bowling figures of 32-27-5-0 in a Test innings. Bapu (literally 'father') was a name by which Mahatma Gandhi was addressed, and Nadkarni's dress sense meant that they named him after Gandhi. Tintin 05:01, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Q29
Touring England in 1983, he became Bob Willis' 300th wicket. Three years later in his next tour to England, he was Phil Edmonds' 100th and IT Botham's 356th wickets. Who ? Tintin 05:01, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you talking about Tests only? If so, Jeff Crowe. -- Ian &equiv; talk 05:09, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Tests, Jeff Crowe and it's your turn now. Tintin 05:10, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Q30
Born in 1973, he was just 16 when he first played in a Test. -- Ian &equiv; talk 05:22, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Sachin Tendulkar --Gurubrahma 06:29, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Correct. Your turn, Gurubrahma. -- Ian &equiv; talk 07:52, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Q31
This question may be unencyclopedic, but shd be easy for commentary buffs. Which cricketer-commentator said about a current cricketer, "If he is 18, I am 21." --Gurubrahma 09:16, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Complete guesswork here...Sidhu about Shahid Afridi? Sam Vimes 14:18, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I seem to remember Ian Botham saying something like that when he couldn't believe a player's age - I'm guessing too. --Jack 15:35, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Sam Vimes is correct about the player but not the commentator - It is Afridi indeed. The commentator is from the country that is currently touring Pakistan and he was born in 1940 - Hence the sarcasm abt Afridi was all the more stinging!! (Guess this can be answered now easily with the clue; after it is answered, Sam Vimes should ask the next question as he has answered the more difficult part first) --Gurubrahma 15:54, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Geoff Boycott? Only 1940 birth I could find... Sam Vimes 16:05, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, who else can carry off such a statement? Your turn now. --Gurubrahma 16:27, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
 * His mum? ;) Sam Vimes 16:45, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

Q32
Three players have made four centuries in World Cup matches. Which three? Sam Vimes 16:45, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Sourav Ganguly, Mark Waugh, Sachin Tendulkar. Odd, I expected Javed Miandad to be on the list...   [[Sam Korn ]] 18:37, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * He didn't have that many minnows to bash. You'll notice (if you used the same page as me) that Ganguly and Tendulkar have three tons against "other". You're entirely correct, btw. Sam Vimes 19:25, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Good point.  [[Sam Korn ]] 19:32, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Kumar Sangakkara scored 4 centuries in 2015 World Cup, Vikram Maingi (talk) 10:03, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Q33
Who was the first cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in a List A one day match? What were the scores? [[Sam Korn ]] 19:32, 14 November 2005 (UTC)


 * With two and a half hours left, I'll drop a hint. His Test bowling average is 15.02.   [[Sam Korn ]] 16:54, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Well it has to be Mike Procter and I suspect for Gloucestershire versus someone in about 1971 or 1972. Johnlp 17:02, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * It is indeed Mr Proctor. 154* and 5-26 Gloucs v Som in 1972.  Over to you.   [[Sam Korn ]] 17:09, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Q34
Which player, with more than 10 Test innings to his credit and always selected as a batsman, was never out in a Test match for a score in double figures? Johnlp 20:09, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Peter May was never runout in his career. Will he do ? Tintin 20:11, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * No, though that's a nice fact to know. I'm looking for someone never dismissed by any method for a score in double figures in Tests. Johnlp 20:14, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Oops. I read it as 'never runout in a Test match'. Tintin 20:20, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * The answer appeared here fleetingly and then got taken away. Jguk, you should have the courage of your convictions! Johnlp 22:09, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, I just checked. The player scored one century but otherwise never got into double figures.  Jguk has it right.  --Jack 22:22, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * If others are happy, then I think Jguk gets the baton. The answer, for those who missed its ephemeral appearance, is Jack Badcock of Australia, who scored 118 in the fifth test of the 1936-37 Ashes series but whose next highest score, in 12 Test innings (one of them not out) was 9 (which he got twice). So never out in double figures. Johnlp 22:29, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Apologies for being fleeting, it's just I thought I had the answer, then didn't know how to check it! Anyway, I'll try a more ephemeral question about someone whose son I work for, jguk 22:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Q35
Which tall Kent cricketer, who is also associated with helping Durham gain first-class status, helped transform the idea of a benefit, making it into the commercial venture it is now? jguk 22:37, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Norman Graham? Johnlp 22:46, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Strewth. How did you get it so quick? I was expecting it to last longer than 9 minutes! :) jguk 22:51, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Q36
Who started with a bang at Frome? Johnlp 23:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Harold Gimblett Tintin 23:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Instant success. Well done. Your go. Johnlp 23:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Q37
In a domestic fc match in 2004, which Test cricketer hit 175* and took 8/43, both in the second innings ? Tintin 12:58, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Tatenda Taibu? His best in fc were 175* and 8/43, but dunno if they were in the same match. --Gurubrahma 13:59, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * It is Taibu, in this match. Over to you. Tintin 14:00, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Q38
Sunil Gavaskar had 130, Sachin Tendulkar has 184 and Kapil Dev had 135 of these. What exactly am I talking about? --Gurubrahma 14:23, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Pure guess but I'd say LOI appearances --Jack 14:25, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * No, change that. I think it's catches in international cricket (both Test and LOI) --Jack 14:31, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Bingo, that was fast!! your turn now, --Gurubrahma 15:06, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Q39
Thanks, mate. It just so happens I was reading about Sunil Gavaskar earlier today and the figure rang some bells. Here's a tough one from history but inspired guesswork might succeed!

Wisden is noted for its obituaries of cricketers but one player it doesn't include is William Pullen of Kent who was the first player to be described anywhere as a "cricketer". The accolade was posthumous because the writer was describing Pullen's death in 1742. How did Pullen die? --Jack 15:46, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Was he hit by a cricket ball? jguk 17:53, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * It'd be unlikely if it was bowled underarm! :) -- Ian &equiv; talk 03:01, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

He wasn't hit by the ball. Underarm deliveries could still be hit very hard by the batsman, remember, and fielders had no protection. --Jack 06:09, 17 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Maybe he was attacked with a bat? jguk 07:18, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

No, but I did wonder if someone might recall that hitting the ball twice was allowed once upon a time until two players were killed by blows to the head (both in the 17th Century). I'll give you a clue: see previous questions. --Jack 07:48, 17 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Perhaps you should add that, with references, to the hit the ball twice article. I know I've never heard of that titbit before, jguk 08:38, 17 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Was he hanged? Sam Vimes 07:57, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

I didn't know there was a hit the ball twice article so I'll add the information. It's already in History of cricket to 1696.

Sam has the right answer. William Pullen, an early Kent cricketer, was hanged on Penenden Heath near Maidstone in 1742 for the theft of one sheep and five bushels of wheat. A Kent schoolmaster, who probably witnessed the execution, wrote: "William Pullen the cricketer hang'd at Maidstone". And that is the first time we know of that the word "cricketer" was used in a written record.

Over to you, Sam. --Jack 10:04, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Q40
Completely forgot about this - thanks Ian! Anyway...what record is Sachin Tendulkar and Wasim Akram currently sharing? Sam Vimes 15:17, 19 November 2005 (UTC)


 * That's an easy one, number of ODI caps (356). Stephen Turner 16:39, 19 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Yep. Saw it on the front page of cricinfo and decided I didn't want to waste any time researching. Your turn. Sam Vimes 16:43, 19 November 2005 (UTC)