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Q421
What specifically links the following: Eric Hollies, Jim Laker, Don Bradman, Denis Lillee, Garfield Sobers, George Headley, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and a few others? KingStrato 19:01, 19 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if I satisfy "a few others", but: they were all Wisden Cricketers of the Year? They all have stands named after them? -- ALoan (Talk)


 * I was after the fact that they all have stands named after them. Was struggling to come up with a top notch question.  Over to ALoan.  KingStrato 07:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Q422
Who played the most Tests before becoming captain? -- ALoan (Talk) 11:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * S Waugh. Tintin 12:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 111 matches. Wow. Only a handful of people have played more in their entire career! Stephen Turner (Talk) 12:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I guess I have to give that to you, although it is not who I was thinking of. For a bonus mark, who played the second most Tests before becoming captain? :)

21 others have played more than 111 Tests, according to Cricinfo. Unfortunately, with Colin Cowdrey dead, it will be difficult for them to play a match together. Let me see - we could have Aus/Eng v ROW - Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton, Colin Cowdrey, David Gower, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Allan Border, Ian Healy, Alec Stewart, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath versus Desmond Haynes, Dilip Vengsarkar, Javed Miandad, Sunil Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Kapil Dev, Courtney Walsh, Anil Kumble - not ideal - both are a bit top-heavy, and the two wicket-keepers are in the same side. The occasional bowlers (Gooch, Atherton, Tendulkar, etc) will have to take a turn bowling.-- ALoan (Talk) 13:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Vengsarkar ? Tintin 13:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I think Vengsarkar first took charge in his 96th match, so no. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:12, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * More fun to guess than look up. Haynes? --Dweller 14:17, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Q423
Who became the captain for the first time 21 years after playing his first Test match ? Tintin 13:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I really should look it up before I guess but how about George Headley? --LiamE 14:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Headley played for about 18 years before becoming the captain - 1929/30 to 1947/48. Tintin 14:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * My guess of Brian Close also falls a bit short - 1949 to 1966. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:22, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Nor Kepler Wessels nor John Traicos. Grr. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Nor Freddie Brown. Oh, you are awful.


 * Ah - Syd Gregory. Phew :-/ -- ALoan (Talk) 14:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It is ! Tintin 14:33, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It took me a while to find a list of the longest Test careers. Only 13 players have had a Test career spanning 21 years or more... -- ALoan (Talk) 14:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Anyone not familiar with John Traicos would find that list misleading! --Dweller 15:40, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * You just beat me. I was going through the list of oldest Test cricketers. Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:38, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Q424
Who was captain in the most Tests without ever drawing a match? -- ALoan (Talk) 14:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it's Waqar Younis with 17 (10 wins, 7 losses). Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:35, 20 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, it is. Perhaps the neatest all-emcompassing captaincy results table at HowStat. -- ALoan (Talk) 16:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Q425
Australia have just lost their last five ODIs before the World Cup starts (assuming they don't schedule any more), but they still seem to be favourites. Which team lost the most ODIs immediately before a World Cup and went on to win the competition? How many losses, and when? Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Sri Lanka lost two before their 1996 win? Sam Vimes | Address me 14:55, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * They did, but that's not the answer. Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Australia five in a row before 1987. Two in the 1986-87 World Series Cup, three in the 1987 Sharjah Cup. Sam Vimes | Address me 15:28, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yup, that's the one. So there's hope for Australia this time yet! Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:10, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Q426
Currently, Brian Lara's lead over number two in the all-time Test runs table (Allan Border) stands at 779. When was this difference between number one and two on this table at its largest? Sam Vimes | Address me 16:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure, but I suspect in 1987 when Sunil Gavaskar was 2008 ahead of Geoff Boycott. Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:27, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * ... and then until 1989 when Allan Border caught up with Boycott. I think this is right, because the gap between the record holder and his predecessor was not as large as that at any other time, and I think no-one else had overtaken Boycott by 1987. Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:33, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * ... more precisely, 17 March 1987 to 11 August 1989. Unless I'm completely wrong about all this! Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That's what I had in mind, yes. (Used the same table as you, too.) Sam Vimes | Address me 21:01, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Q427
OK, I'm going to ask the same question for the top two Test bowlers by number of wickets taken. Currently the gap stands at 34 (708-674), but what is the highest it has ever reached? Stephen Turner (Talk) 20:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm going to guess at 85 between 23 April 2001 and 24 February 2002. KingStrato 21:49, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, I think you're right. I have to admit, I miscalculated this one, and hence thought it was a more difficult question that it turned out to be. I thought that Warne and Murali had the highest gap, and you had to work out exactly how big the gap had got. But that wasn't the case; their greatest gap was only 77. Stephen Turner (Talk) 22:22, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Q428
Right, I'm away for the weekend, starting first thing tomorrow morning, so you need to try to get this before I go to bed tonight. I've tried to make it quite simple.

What links Chris Tavaré to Euro 96? KingStrato 22:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Er, the Statto anecdote -> Fantasy Football League -> David Baddiel (and Frank Skinner) and "Three Lions" - It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming... (not). -- ALoan (Talk) 00:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Or, using the tools: http://tools.wikimedia.de/sixdeg/index.jsp?from=Chris+Tavar%C3%A9&to=Euro+96&ign_dates=1 &mdash;Moondyne 01:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, that would be cheating :) The return path is somewhat longer. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Mr ALoan gets it. Told you I was trying to make it easy. Statto's also the reason I have nick name I do. KingStrato 07:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * User:KingStatto? ;) -- ALoan (Talk) 10:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Nice to see a bit of triv I added appear as a question! --Dweller 12:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Q429 anyone??! Mdcollins1984 12:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Q429
Sorry. Possibly the first super sub? (Although not so super, as it turned out?.)

A future Viceroy of India injured a hand in a University Match, and his substitute was permitted to bat. Who was injured, and who replaced him? -- ALoan (Talk) 15:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford replaced by Thomas Bennett Case. For Oxford against Cambridge in 1891. Johnlp 20:56, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Indeed. Well done.  Also  and . -- ALoan (Talk) 00:50, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Q430
Which current Test player took part in the last (so far) first-class matches played in three different counties (none of the matches were in the past five years)? And which counties? Johnlp 07:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I think it was Sanath Jayasuriya with Lincolnshire (Cleethorpes), Gwent (Ebbw Vale) and Launceston (City of Launceston, Tasmania).  Though The last one is probably wrong, which opens the way for Marvan Atapattu as he played in both the first two games, but I need to get back to work :( --Bedders 12:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, no. All three counties are English. Johnlp 14:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Jon Lewis played in the most recent games in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. He also played in the last first class in Bristol before Avon was abolished. JPD (talk) 18:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

That's the one. Well done and over to you. Johnlp 18:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Nice question. Unfortunately, my connection died, so my question had to wait till this morning. Anyway, in the same vein, here goes... JPD (talk) 10:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Q431
Which current Test player has played in the first first-class match at two different grounds in non-tropical Australia, and which former player played with him? (As a bonus, which two current players have played together in the first match at two grounds in the north?) JPD (talk) 10:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Are the two grounds Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns and Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin? These look like the only grounds in Australia where the first first class matches have been recent enough for current players to play in. If so, then the two players are Matthew Hayden and Martin Love. Love being the former test player. --Blowtorch 02:48, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Andrew Symonds and Matthew Hayden played in the first first-class matches at Cazaly's Stadium and Marrara, along with Martin Love. They are the answer to the bonus question, as these are both in the tropics. (Apart from the geographical definition, the cricket season is at a different time of year from the rest of the country.) There are quite a few Australian grounds whose first first-class game was more recent than Cazaly's. JPD (talk) 10:04, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * So, is my answer correct? --Blowtorch 10:11, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Your answer can't be correct, because the question said "in non-tropical Australia". Stephen Turner (Talk) 10:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * As Stephen said, I deliberately excluded those grounds. They are bit easy, and there are good reasons to consider them separately from teh rest of the country. The two grounds I am thinking of are in two different cities starting with the same letter. JPD (talk) 11:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like it's harder than I thought. The cities both start with B... JPD (talk) 12:57, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Inzamam-ul-Haq & Wasim Akram (and probably several others) - Allan Border Field, Brisbane & Queen Elizabeth II Oval, Bendigo --Bedders 13:14, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Inzamam is the one. Moin Khan and Mushtaq Ahmed also qualify as the former players. Over to you... JPD (talk) 15:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Q432
Who was the first batsman to dispute an umpiring decision in a Test match? --Bedders 12:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * George Ulyett... the first batsman to be given out LBW in test cricket... and I'm sure every batsman in cricket history disputes all LBWs! I was outside the line, it was too high, it pitched outside leg, it was sliding down leg... I was not plumb!  The-Pope 02:25, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * If it wasn't George it'd likely be Fred Spofforth whose demeanour was probably more likely to dispute an umpires decision. &mdash;Moondyne 03:54, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * A team mate of mine delicately leg glanced a ball for four off his hip only to be given out LBW following an appeal that made Merv Hughes look like Paddington Bear. The bowler took 8-22, and we lost "comfortably"... 86.129.107.241 21:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The Pope gets it, "He shook his head and left little doubt that he had no wish to leave the wicket" Spofforth lost the chance to get this "honour" by refusing to play in the first test :) --Bedders 11:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That was a complete guess, and a tongue-in-cheek on at that! I did check first to see if any one was caught behind... I guess bat-pad catches or run-outs can be the other contentious decisions, but they are impossible to pick from a 120 year old scorecard! The-Pope 02:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Q433
Almost World Cup time, so how about a WC question. Excluding Bangladesh, which country was the first to have suffered a WC loss to all of the other 8 Test playing nations (and I mean an actual loss, not a forfeit/walkover/abandoned etc)? The-Pope 02:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Was it the Aussies? They lost to Zimbabwe at the 1983 Cup in England. Jonesy 07:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think you are right. Not much to do at work today, so spent some time compiling a table that lists the year a team lost to another team for the first time in a World Cup. Dunno how to upload it here though. --Blowtorch 12:16, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope,not the Aussies (do you think an Aussie would ask a question with that as the answer!?). The-Pope 16:49, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Other 8 Test playing nations? Do you mean 9, or the 8 that had Test status at the time of the 8th loss? Does it matter if each team was a Test nation when they beat the team in questions? JPD (talk) 17:54, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I think he means "excluding Bangladesh" to apply to that part too. Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, I see! In that case, the answer is England! They were beaten by Sri Lanka in the quarter final at Faislabad on 9 March 1996. Australia have never lost an actual WC match against SL, only forfeited. JPD (talk) 19:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Didn't Sri Lanka beat Australia in the 1996 final? KingStrato 19:49, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, sorry - I meant to say that they hadn't ever lost to Sri Lanka at that point. JPD (talk) 11:04, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh man! Australia lost to Sri Lanka in the 1996 finals, but England had completed the 'losing to everyone else' bit by the quarter finals when they lost to Sri Lanka. They hadn't lost to South Africa when the World Cup started either, but managed that in the preliminary rounds. --Blowtorch 06:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * JPD has it... England just managed to lose to SL before we lost a game to them (excluding the forfeit). Losing to Zim or RSA were the other steps that some teams hadn't done. The-Pope 01:38, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Q434
I coudl very fairly be accused of usually asking questions similar to those I've just answered. Maybe I should avoid that, but I found this too interesting to resist: Which team was the first to record WC wins against all the other Test teams? JPD (talk) 09:49, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Australia? Jonesy 10:11, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * No, Australia didn't beat South Africa in a World Cup until the Super Six game in 1999. JPD (talk) 10:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * New Zealand. They were done by 1992. --Blowtorch 12:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * New Zealand were indeed done by 1992 if we follow the previous question and exclude Bangladesh. They were also the first team to play (and defeat) Bangladesh in 1999, so are the correct answer whichever way you take the question. JPD (talk) 12:44, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Q435
Thanks, I will ask the next question in just a bit. --Blowtorch 14:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC) Here's my question.

I was thirty fifth of thirty eight I was the second of three And I had not but naught and five to my name When I stopped playing the game.

Who am I? --Blowtorch 14:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Francis MacKinnon, the MacKinnon of MacKinnon (No 35). Johnlp 14:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Take it away Johnlp!! Thought it would last longer than half-an-hour though. --Blowtorch 15:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Q436
Who wrote this of whom? "The presentation of his portrait to me last year was the crowning tribute to his wonderful career." Johnlp 21:11, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Does anyone else think, "Where do they get these questions from???" WillE 22:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Backs of cereal packets, mostly. The "who" in this question also wrote: "I think I can safely say I have drawn a prize in the matrimonial lottery. Even in golf my wife and I are well-matched." Now, surely... ;-) Johnlp 22:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Lord Hawke and Wilfred Rhodes presented his Lordship with his (Rhodes') portrait. The lines are the subject of some very sarcastic comments by Derek Birley. Tintin 23:04, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

You must eat the same cereal as I do! Quoted also in Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag. Hawke's reputation for pomposity may not have been entirely his own fault: he got Sir Home Gordon to write his autobiography, from which these quotes are taken. Over to you and well done. Johnlp 23:07, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Q437
Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag features a story named Herecombe v Therecombe who were two very friendly village sides. The previous match between the two sides had seen a non-striker being Mankaded and a batsman who helpfully picked up the ball was given out handled the ball - a case of art preceding life by many years. The first ball of the match which is the subject of the story hit a twig and ended up at square leg prompting the opening batsman, who was the also the captain, to shout "I declare !". The fielding captain insisted on interpreting it literally and the umpire agreed with him. So now Therecombe needed just one run to win.

The rest of the story is about how Herecombe bent the laws and managed to draw the match. Herecombe broke no rules, there were no breaks in play, the match lasted the full six hours (or whatever) and a bit longer. How did they draw the match ? Tintin 23:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I've never read this book, but I have a vague memory of being told a story like this a long time ago where the fielding side found a marathon runner to bowl. He took a very, very long run-up so that the first ball never got bowled before the time was up. Is that it? Stephen Turner (Talk) 09:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That is the answer. Well done. The bowler, who had never bowled before but had won a local marathon race, kept running around in circles. The umpires could find nothing in the laws restricting the length of the bowler's run up ("apparently the bowler could run all day and apparently he meant to"). When the time for the close of play arrived, there was a discussion on whether the match should be stopped but the umpires decided they cannot halt it in the middle of a ball. The bowler finally delivered the ball just when the moon disappeared behind a cloud with all the fielders behind the stumps to prevent byes. The batsman had a go and missed. There were further discussions on whether the game could be stopped in the middle of an over but the fielding captain appealed against the light and that was it. Tintin 10:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Quality! 164.36.142.217 12:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Q438
An easy one to keep it moving: which of the six Associate Members about to play in the World Cup has ever beaten a Full Member nation in an ODI? Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Kenya beat West Indies in the '95 World Cup . MDCollins (talk) 13:34, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

That's true, but not complete. Maybe one word in my question was slightly misleading, so I'm going to rephrase it and make it harder: how many times has each of the six Associate Members about to play in the World Cup beaten a Full Member nation in an ODI? Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:06, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Kenya have won eight matches when playing against full member nations, as well as five against Bangladesh when they were not full members, however only the West Indies match was won while Kenya themselves had associate member status as opposed to ODI status. Canada beat Bangladesh in the last World Cup. The other four teams have not won an ODI against a full member nation. JPD (talk) 14:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well done. I was expecting the wrong answer 13 for Kenya, but 8 is correct for the reason you state. Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Q439
This question is about the first team to defeat the West Indies in a World Cup match. Which teams had they beaten in World Cup matches before that game? JPD (talk) 15:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * West Indies won all their matches in '75 and '79 but lost to India in '83. Before that, India had only beaten East Africa. Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:23, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Surprising, isn't it? Over to you, Stephen. JPD (talk) 15:55, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Q440
I'm feeling uninspired today, so another easyish one. Who is the only player to carry his bat through an (all-out) World Cup innings? Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Ridley Jacobs, 49* out of 110 all out against Australia at Old Trafford in 1999.


 * The only one in a World Cup match, and only the fourth in ODIs. Rarer than a hat-trick. There have been eight in ODIs now - an interesting list:  Grant Flower was the first in 1994, then Saeed Anwar, Nick Knight, Jacobs, Damien Martyn, Herschelle Gibbs, Alec Stewart, and most recently Javed Omar in 2001. Jacobs' is the second lowest; Javed Omar scored 33* out of 103 all out against Zimbabwe.. -- ALoan (Talk) 16:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Yup, well done. Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:02, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

ALoan, are you a flaming machine?!? And Jacobs article is heinously short, I'll get on to it sometime. к1иg---  f1$н---   £я5ω1fт  20:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

ALoan, a question please. --Blowtorch 14:14, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh dear - I keep forgetting to look back here. Sorry. Still, the next question but one was a tester :) -- ALoan (Talk) 10:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)