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Q381
Ok, I'll ask an easy one to get the ball rolling.

Which England international played alongside Andrew Flintoff as a youngster? KingStrato 06:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)1
 * Phil Neville, an outstanding young cricketer according to my friend who played against him at county youth levels. --Bedders 08:20, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Michael Vaughan? --LiamE 10:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * James Beattie. The-Pope 11:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * David BeckhamJonesy 12:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Eric Bristow --Dweller 12:55, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Bedders gets it. KingStrato 19:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * He beat me to the punch, but it's not the only right answer though... Without blowing my own trumpet, I was a pretty good cricketer at school...But I was good enough as a lad to play for Lancashire colts, where I played with Andrew Flintoff, who wasn't a bad player, even back then! Is playing alongside = playing against? The-Pope 20:17, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Bedders got the first right answer (and the one I was thinking of). I wouldn't say that playing against is the same as playing alongside.  It was only a quick question to get us going again anyway.  I find it most amusing that Phil Neville's dad is called Neville.  But that's really relevant.  KingStrato 20:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Q382
This test record has just been set at 1001 and looks to stand for a while. What is it? --Bedders 21:55, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Number of wickets taken by a pair of bowlers in tests they played in together (GD McGrath and SK Warne) The-Pope 22:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct, can't see that being challenged for a while :) --Bedders 00:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Q383
Of the players who have batted twice in every test that they've played, who's scored the most runs? The-Pope 01:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Javed Omar from Bangladesh 35 tests, 1525 runs and batted in both innings of each test -- UdayS 02:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Very good. Javed Omar it is. At the other end of the scale, Damien Fleming had played the most tests (20 tests, 19 innings) and scored the most runs of the players who've had equal or less innings than tests.  Simon Jones could catch him (18 tests, 18 innings) - if he gets fit and plays again, provided that England can avoid getting bowled out twice! The-Pope 02:26, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Q384
This test cricketer's father also played tests. The father told his son that he would not be great because he suspected a physical impairment in the son that caused a major weakness in his batting. Years later, this cricketer learnt that he was indeed impaired as his dad had suspected, developing further admiration for his dad's abilities. Who were this pair? -- UdayS 04:41, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Walter Hadlee and Richard Hadlee? Jonesy 04:48, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Not to my knowledge. -- UdayS
 * Ron Headley and George Headley? KingStrato 09:27, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Micky and Alec Stewart?? Mdcollins1984 11:23, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

It is Ron Headley and George Headley. George Headley felt that Ron was one flaw away from greatness because he was vulnerable outside the off stump and felt it was because he had a problem with his eye sight. Years later, Ron learnt that he indeed had a deficiency in his left eye. I learnt about this from an interview Ron gave last year (search for 'Ron Headley left eye deficiency'). Well done KingStrato. -- UdayS 13:57, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Q385
I'm looking for a batting record that currently stands at 188. There is another clue I can give, but it makes googling easy. I'll give it later on if no one has got it (bet I wont need to though). KingStrato 08:49, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Erm highest invidual score VS UAE in a ODI. But I bet that's not the 188 you wanted! --LiamE 09:25, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, it's accurate but not what I'm looking for. KingStrato 09:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * More likely you were looking for the highest international twenty20 score, by G Smith. --LiamE 09:39, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Very close, but not quite right.  KingStrato 09:46, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't tell me someone has scored more in Twenty20 Int! And I thought 188 was going fot it! --LiamE 09:53, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Or pehaps I'm looking at how many runs hes scored total blah! --LiamE 09:55, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually its just his total twenty20 int tally thats the record you are after then? --LiamE 09:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, got it in er...  5.   KingStrato 09:58, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Well the first one was right but just not right! --LiamE 10:02, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Highest World Cup Score by Gary Kirsten in the 1996 World Cup

Q386
Okay what was "Big Jim" the first man to do that has only ever been done 2 or 3 times since? As a bit of a clue to working out who that Jim is, its the same Jim that injured enough fielders to give John Arlott his only appearance in a first class match as I think the 3rd 12th man. --LiamE 10:07, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Take all 10 wickets in an innings? KingStrato 10:23, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Wrong Jim. In any case thats only been repeated once in tests (dozens of times in first class) and no John Arlott connection there. --LiamE 10:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Would it be clearing the lime tree at Canterbury then? KingStrato 10:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It ceratinly would. --LiamE 10:40, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm stuck for a question right now. If anyone else wants to go, please do so. Otherwise I'll think of one while I'm at work and ask it in 12 hours. KingStrato 07:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Q387
Ok, I'll have a go. What happened for the first time in 1935, and remained a unique occurance for almost the next twenty years? It has happened pretty regularly since then. --Blowtorch 08:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Complete guess: no play in a County Championship match because of snow. --Dweller 09:00, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I doubt that. Note that the "pretty regularly" is now a mundane occurance; something you won't think twice about. --Blowtorch 09:26, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Are we talking about the County Championship? If so, how about no bowler taking 100 wickets? --Dweller 09:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1000 test runs in a calendar year? Jonesy 09:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Its a Test thing. And it has to do with batting. --Blowtorch 09:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Scoring rates have risen drasticlly, so 300 runs in a Test day? (Then again, over rates are dramatically down) --Dweller 09:58, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Didn't Bradman score his 300-in-a-day in the 1930-31 series in England? --Blowtorch 10:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought that was in a tour match, not a Test. Anyway, from your reply it seems my answer was unsurprisingly wrong! --Dweller 10:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * A wicket keeper scoring a century in a test match? Jonesy 10:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Should I give another clue? It is regarding a partnership. --Blowtorch 10:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Two lefties opening the batting. It's happened a total of 567 times now... Hayden and Langer lead the way with 113 of them. Next few are Wright and Edgar 56, Strauss and Trescothick with 52.  Probably more amazingly, it wasn't until October 2002 for both openers on both teams to be lefties... Langer and Hayden vs Taufeeq Umar and Imran Farhat.  Since then it's happened another 29 times, including virtually whole series of WI vs Aus, Eng vs WI, Eng vs SL and of course the last two Ashes series.  The-Pope 17:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Cracking! The-Pope gets it. Over to you. Cheers --Blowtorch 23:21, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Q388
Australia holds this test record with 190. No other country has achieved more than 100. What is the record? The-Pope 01:21, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Left handed batsmen? Jonesy 08:01, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't think so... I would doubt that Aust would have 190 out of 397 as lefties, and I would also doubt that England would have less than 100 out of the 634 players? Think consecutive.  The-Pope 00:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * consecutive matches won?? Rakuten06 00:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * We're good (great/awesome etc etc, does NPOV apply here?), but not quite 190 consecutive matches won! The-Pope 02:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Complete guess. Winning by an innings?  KingStrato 07:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 190 Tests with brothers playing? --LiamE 10:35, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No one has it yet. Another clue - the consecutive streak ended during the 2005 Ashes series. The-Pope 10:40, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Matches without following on? --Dweller 10:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Century makers? &mdash;Moondyne 10:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Neither McGrath or Warne took a wicket during the opposition's innings Jonesy 10:49, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 190 tests without losing 2 in a row? --LiamE 10:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm I know that can't be right - they didnt lose 2 in a row in the 05 ashes. --LiamE 11:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 190 tests without losing a series after winning the first test of that series Jonesy 11:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Is it 190 test without having to follow on? --LiamE 11:03, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 190 wickets lost without a runout? &mdash;Moondyne 11:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 190 without their captain run out by a sub fielder haha. --LiamE 11:06, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 190 tests without losing a fast bowler due to stepping on a ball before the start of play? 190 tests without giving England cause to celebrate (it felt like 190 anyway) --Dweller 11:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 190 tests without a hissy fit at the balcony? --LiamE 11:31, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Semi serious guess - 190 tests without conceding 400 on the first day? --LiamE 11:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Busy little hour there! Dweller (and LiamE 20 minutes later) has it correct. After following on in 1988/89 vs Pakistan in Karachi, they played 190 tests before having to bat twice in a row against England at Nottingham. Next best is India with 75 (ended in the famous, followed-on but won the game at Kolkata in 2000/01). Best current streak is England with 37 (thanks to Ponting not enforcing the follow on in Brisbane), closely followed by India with 36. The-Pope 13:29, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice question! Sorry Liam. --Dweller 13:33, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * We should have made them follow-on at Sydney 2003-04 :-) Tintin (talk) 14:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Presumably the Indians were worried about the fact their team had only 4 bowlers, one of whom had just delivered 46 overs and must have had pretty tired fingers! --Dweller 14:15, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Q389
Jonathan Agnew was a renowned rabbit with the bat and was dismissed bowled on many occasions. So how did it help him when he was "castled" on one occasion? --Dweller 13:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * His only test "out" was bowled, so by scoring 5 runs before becoming Malcolm Marshall's 5th wicket in the first innings of the 5th Test in 1984, he got to have a Test Average despite his remaining three test innings being 2*, 1* and 2*? Or is not having an average better than having one of 10? (10 more than my test batting average, it has to be said!) The-Pope 14:45, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You make a decent argument, but I'm unconvinced! At any rate, nice try, but it's not what I had in mind. --Dweller 15:05, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this a reference to Iron Bottom not succeeding in placing one of his lower appendages above a target? Probably not. ;o) WillE 15:43, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Assuming you're referring to the infamous "Aggers do stop it" incident with Brian Johnston, the answer is nope. Sorry. --Dweller 15:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Are you referring to the time when he was locked out of Galle cricket ground during a Test match and had to commentate from the fort overlooking the ground? Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:20, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes! Well done Stephen. --Dweller 17:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Why was it ? Tintin (talk) 18:02, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * If it hadn't been for the fort (castle) overlooking the ground, he'd have had no vantage point from which to report on the game. It was a light hearted question. --Dweller 18:07, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Q390
England hold this Test record with 250. No other country has more than 180. What is the record? Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:36, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * umm, most extras allowed in a series?? Rakuten06 18:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Not as far as I know, unless you can prove it. Stephen Turner (Talk) 23:15, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Test century makers?Mdcollins1984 11:54, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Test matches lost!  --RobertG &#9836; talk 12:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * RobertG is correct. The final Test of the Ashes was England's 250th Test loss. Australia are next with 178. Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:02, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Q391
Mark Ramprakash managed five in 2006 (which was itself a unique achievement) but the record is a remarkable ten. What record, and who holds it? --RobertG &#9836; talk 13:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Does anyone want a clue or shall I leave it a bit? I will be going offline in about an hour.  --RobertG &#9836; talk 16:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

First class double hundreds? --Bedders 16:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It took some time, but I've just got it. Bill Ponsford scored centuries in ten consecutive first-class matches in 1926-27 & 1927-28 (a fact which isn't mentioned in our article about him). Ramprakash managed 150 in five consecutive matches last season, which is also a record. Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:37, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Spot on, Stephen. Consecutive first-class matches in which he scored a century. In 1926-27 Bill Ponsford scored a century in every match he played (6): for Victoria he scored 214 and 54 v South Australia, 151 v Queensland, 352 v New South Wales, 108 and 84 v South Australia, 12 and 116 v Queensland, and then for an Australian XI 131 and 7 v Rest of Australia. For Victoria, he extended the run in 1927-28 with 133 v South Australia, 437 v Queensland, 202 and 38 v New South Wales and 336 v South Australia. I wonder if anyone else ever scored 1000 runs in four innings?! - Bradman didn't, I checked. Ramprakash's five in 2006 is unique because no-one else ever managed five consecutive matches in which he scored 150. RobertG &#9836; talk 16:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * So Ponsford scored 200+ in three consecutive first-class matches? Presumably no-one has done that, so it would be hard to get to 1000 in 4 innings. -- ALoan (Talk) 16:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Btw, Ramprakash's innings were: 20 and 156 versus Glamorgan, 51 and 155 versus Northants, 167 versus Somerset, 301* and 30 versus Northants (again!), and 196 versus Worcs. Wow. Still only 674 in 4 innings, though.  List of first-class cricket quadruple centuries would be a good place to start.  Hanif Mohammed gets to 764 by my reckoning. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:30, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah - W.G. Grace - 344 for MCC v Kent, 177 for Gloucestershire v Notts, 318* for Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, and then 78 for Gloucestershire v Sussex. 839 runs in three innings, and 917 in four. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Lara's best is 803: 136, 26, 140, 501*, so I think Ponsford's record is safe! A check of some others with big triple hundreds, Hayden 618, Hussey 780, Gooch 720, Bradman 769.  May be others higher, but I doubt 1000. The-Pope 17:10, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Malhotra Chamanlal once scored 1000 in three innings, but not first-class. Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Vijay Hazare is the probably the only other batsman to score 1000 in four matches - 264, 81 & 97, 248, 59 & 309 (1058 in 4) followed by 101 and 223 in the next two. Bobby Simpson had a 856, Vijay Merchant 812 and 787, Hanif 764. Btw, I got a 786 for Bradman. Tintin (talk) 17:41, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Among remaining sequences with a quadruple-century, Hanif 764, Hick 717, the others are "nowhere" - Baloch 619, Nimbalkar 529, MacLaren 485. --RobertG &#9836; talk 17:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

These lists may be useful:
 * Consecutive matches with first-class 150s


 * Consecutive matches with first-class centuries
 * Chronological first-class triple centuries

-- ALoan (Talk) 17:54, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It's quite interesting how the number of triple centuries has gone up in the past 10 years. KingStrato 21:12, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Erm... any chance of a question? --Dweller 13:45, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It's Stephen Turner's turn. --RobertG &#9836; talk 14:30, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I've still got two hours! Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:41, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Q392
On which days of the year has no Test match ever been scheduled to start? Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:38, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Easter Day and February 29th?

Mdcollins1984 16:56, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Three on Feb 29:, , . Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:21, 12 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I would also be quite surprised of one has been scheduled to start on 25 December. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:00, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/39/39840.html Tintin (talk) 17:18, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 20th March, 30th April, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23 and 24th May, 1, 2, 10, 16, 21, 27 & 29th Sept, 4, 12 & 31 Oct, 6th Nov and 21st Dec. No surprises Boxing Day had the most - 46 tests, followed by 2nd Jan (35) and then 1st Jan (28). The-Pope 19:29, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * One of them is wrong &mdash; March 20 has had one Test &mdash; but this question isn't worth spending a lot of time on so I'm going to give it to you! I was surprised how many dates were still free. Over to you, Your Holiness. Stephen Turner (Talk) 20:36, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I wonder who is correct?! The-Pope 23:39, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Cricinfo. Consider that BBC claim to have published their fifth-day report on 25 May at one a.m. - they couldn't have done that with no rest days if the match had started on the 20th! Sam Vimes | Address me 23:49, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, Wisden says the fourth day was Athers' 30th birthday, i.e. 23 March (he resigned the day afterwards...). The circumstantial evidence fits. ;) Sam Vimes | Address me 23:50, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought so, given their alignment with Wisden (although I wonder if cricinfo will ever retrieve any of the old IRC logs to update the historical ball by ball coverage... I remember I commentated the Aus vs WI games in 1995 on IRC for cricinfo (from the TV/Channel 10 coverage), before the web coverage was implemented. That might test their accuracy!)  The-Pope 01:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Q393
Who is the Englishman that shared a test batting record before the Sydney test, held it for just under 2 days during the Sydney test, but then dropped back to be second on this list (minimum 20 innings qualification)? And what is the record? The-Pope 01:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Ian Bell, the record is Highest Test Career Batting Averages. Rakuten06 14:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I meant this Sydney test, just a few weeks ago. So, nope, not Bell The-Pope 16:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you mean shared it before the test, held it outright for two days, then was second on the list? Mdcollins1984 18:45, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * yes, that's it. So obviously it isn't a high profile record- just a statistical quirk. The-Pope 18:58, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

James Anderson, highest proportion of not-outs of any batsman with more than 20 innings (was 14 out of 21, became 15 out of 22, now 15 out of 23)? Johnlp 19:12, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Very well done Johnlp! He shared it with Frank Cameron, then went ahead of him when he came out to bat, kept ahead when he got the red ink for the first innings, extended his lead when he got to bat in the 2nd innings, but then fell behind Cameron when he became McGrath's final dismissal.  I don't think that will be the reason for that dismissal being widely replayed/remembered!  The-Pope 23:20, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Q394
Who was reported to have said that all batsmen make two mistakes: they take too much notice of the wicket, "patting it and looking at it"; and "they take too much notice of the bowling"? Johnlp 11:28, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Don Bradman? KingStrato 17:15, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

No, not him. Johnlp 17:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

is it George Gunn? - bujiarun 17:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes it is, in an interview with Neville Cardus. Your turn to ask the next one - oh, I see you already have! ;-) Johnlp 23:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Q395
In West Indies Vs Australia ODI Match at st.george's in 2002/03,I scored 60 runs and took 5 wickets for 46 runs.who am i? bujiarun 23:23, 14 January 2007 (UTC) sorry,john..i am a newbie.i couldnt see u talk. bujiarun 00:19, 15 January 2007 (UTC) yes indeed.it was the second time a west indian taking 5 wickets and scoring a 50 in the same match after vivian richards.your turn. bujiarun 00:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Chris Gayle - .Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:42, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Q396
Lindsay Hassett, Mark Taylor and Monty Noble are the only three Australians to have achieved this feat. What is it? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:17, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Century on first innings as captain? --LiamE 02:06, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Never mind, Taylor got a pair to start his captaincy! --LiamE 02:10, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Winning all the tosses in an Ashes series? -- bujiarun 02:35, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:40, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Q397
Ok, here is an easy one. do you know who was the first person to be dismissed in the first ball of an ODI match?? -- bujiarun 02:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Would that be Barry Wood, bowled by Andy Roberts, at Scarborough, on 26 August 1976? --Roisterer 03:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes,that is spot on.Now your turn,Roisterer. -- bujiarun 03:18, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Q398
Which former Test cricketer told a young Ashley Mallett that Mallett's bowling was so predictable, he (the cricketer) could play Mallett blindfolded, which he proceeded to do successfully? --Roisterer 05:00, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know but that sounds like Doug Walters. Tintin (talk) 05:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I think Les Favell because he was about 15-10 years older than Mallett and was South Australian, so he was likely to meet him at a training session for a junior team on something. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No to both. The player in question was a lot older than Favell.  --Roisterer 06:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Gil Langley? 10 yrs older than Favell, and you wrote his article and South Australian? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:27, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sid Barnes ? He wasn't exactly sane. Tintin (talk) 06:38, 15 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Clarrie Grimmett? Mdcollins1984 11:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Is it John Edrich, for a guess..??? -- bujiarun 18:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll guess The Don... I reckon he could play Warney blindfolded... after all Warne does tell the batsmen when the googly is on it's way! The-Pope 16:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Mdcollins1984 is correct. In his biography of Grimmett, Mallett relates the occasion when Grimmett derided Mallett's bowling as too predictable and proceeded to play him blindfolded.  Grimmett was about 70 at the time so one could imagine how a young bowler would feel about a 70 year old, never noted for his batting, playing him blindfolded.  --Roisterer 01:31, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Q399
Who is the only player to score a first-class quad-century but never playad a test? Mdcollins1984 11:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

B B Nimbalkar. Johnlp 11:48, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. List of first-class cricket quadruple centuries makes this relatively easy! -- ALoan (Talk) 12:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * So it did! I didn't think it would be that difficult but forgot about that page. I should have phrased the question What is the highest first-class score by a non-test player, albeit still an easy question! Mdcollins1984 23:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Q400
I'm looking for three wicketkeepers. One of them, a Test player, was a regular keeper whose name recalls the senior partner at Tannochbrae; a second, not a Test player, was a very irregular keeper who shared a name with a Caledonian new town; the third played Tests and sometimes kept wicket, sometimes not. The connection is a friend of Fred Basset. Johnlp 18:22, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The first is Jock Cameron. The third is Jock Edwards. Tintin 18:36, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * & Jock Livingston ? Tintin 18:38, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Beaten by three minutes! There is also a Jock Irvine, who would make another Scottish new town, but he didn't keep wicket! Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:41, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Gosh, that was quick. Well done. Jocks away and over to you, Tintin. Johnlp 18:41, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Also remember that Stephen's question number is a number where Brian Lara made history by hitting 400*, Highest score by a player in Test history. Rakuten06 18:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC)