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Q441
I am invoking Rule 3 to get things going. --Blowtorch 10:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

What is the highest innings total in test cricket when the team scored the same number of runs in both the innings and in which match did this happen? --Blowtorch 11:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)


 * A clue, my dear old thing? WillE 22:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Can't really give a clue without giving the whole thing away can I? I'll say this, the match was played in the recent past and is part of one of cricket's great rivalries. --Blowtorch 06:39, 14 March 2007 (UTC)


 * The 2nd Test match between India and Pakistan at Kolkata 16-20 March 2005. India scored 407 in both the innings.
 * Seems alright from the clues but I am not sure if this one is the highest innings total. . --Riddick 07:23, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, that is correct. Riddick gets the next question. --Blowtorch 08:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Q442
Who was the first victim of a third umpire and not a run out?? -- Riddick 05:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Damien Martyn? WillE 08:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No. I don't think so. He was the first Australian though. -- Riddick 09:43, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Shoaib Mailk? WillE 22:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sachin Tendulkar Jonesy 22:37, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Nopes. None of them.
 * Please provide a reference to the match as well. -- Riddick 15:33, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Clue. This performance of the bowler who took the wicket was and still is his career best performance. -- Riddick 20:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Was it Colin Miller stumped by Adam Parore off Daniel Vettori in the test match at Eden Park in 2000? Jonesy 09:27, 18 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Or Khaled Mashud stumped by Adam Gilchrist off Stuart MacGill in the test match at Narayanganj Os Stadium in 2006? Jonesy 09:36, 18 March 2007 (UTC)


 * No. None of them. -- Riddick 14:01, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Can you give us anyhting else? Nation, year perhaps? Please? к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт 14:02, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Was it at a Sharjah event? WillE 21:00, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No it is not a Sharjah event.

Clue. It happened in the final of a tournament. And when it happened, third umpires were not consulted for anything other than runouts. not even for catches taken cleanly, boundaries or anything.


 * Roland Holder Tintin 07:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * If it didn't occur before 23 Dec 2000, then it would actually be Cathryn Fitzpatrick, but that doesn't match your best figures clue. The-Pope 11:30, 19 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Time to put us out of our misery I think. WillE 17:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Tintin gets it. Roland Holder was given out bowled. After he played the ball, the ball rolled on to the stumps and the bails were off. No one saw it happening. The keeper saw the bails off and appealed. It was referred to the third umpire and subsequently given out. Kumble took 6/12 in the match. Over to you. -- Riddick 05:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Nice question! I don't think I heard about that one. Stephen Turner (Talk) 09:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * WikiProject_Cricket/Quiz/archive3 Tintin 11:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh yeah. It's just my memory that's at fault then. Stephen Turner (Talk) 11:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Roland Holder is one of stubbiest cricketer biographies I have ever seen (although the ones that keep appearing on talk pages run it close, and it does have an infobox). Anyway, this anecdote should certainly be mentioned - nothing about it on his Cricinfo profile, for example. -- ALoan (Talk)

Tintin, Next question please. Riddick 07:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Common, tintin.. its so long... [bujiarun]

Q443
Sorry. Who has the highest individual score among those who have the same highest score in both Tests and ODIs ? Tintin 07:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Andrew Symonds - 156? --Bedders 07:50, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay. I was thinking of those who have completed their career but Symonds' 156 is better than Krish Srikkanth's 123. Over to you. Tintin 07:54, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Q444
Which test batsman was described as "an over-promoted bundle of fun, a welcome addition, but not a huge contributor" --Bedders 14:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
 * A guess - Ollie? WillE 17:46, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope, nice thinking though. Clue: he scored a memorable test match hundred in a losing cause shortly afterwards --Bedders 18:24, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Ajit Agarkar? Scored a wonderful hundred at Lord's after Both (I think) said he was a waste of space! But I'm still guessing! WillE 20:32, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Or it could be Andrew Flintoff! WillE 20:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a pretty apt description of Derek Randall. Johnlp 23:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Over to you Johnlp, Robin Marlar said it for the record, in the build up to the centenary test just before Randall made 174 :) --Bedders 05:14, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Q445
Sorry to be slow. On a tour when he made 3,782 runs, what bowling feat did Donald Bradman also achieve? Johnlp 20:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I can only imagine he managed to fluke topping the bowling averages on the tour too. In the 1930 Ashes He managed 12 wickets at 25 runs each in the tests. Though not on tour, rather back home in 1938/39 he did manage the perfect bowling figures of 1 ball bowled, 1 wicket, 0 runs, ave 0.0 for the season. --LiamE 21:35, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

No, not that tour. The number of runs might give you a clue that the tour wasn't all first-class cricket. Or indeed any. Johnlp 21:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
 * He took a six-for, including a hat-trick, on tour to the US and Canada in 1932. Raven42 02:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

That's the tour, and the bowling. But a six-for isn't all that special and there was one particular aspect of this one that was a bit different... So you're nearly there, but not quite. Johnlp 06:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah. The six wickets were in one (eight-ball) over. Raven42 08:32, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

That's the one. Well done and over to you. Johnlp 08:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Q446
Which international team used five designated wicketkeepers in a calendar month? Raven42 11:44, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * England used 4 in one match - French, Athey, Taylor & Parks. Richards was the wicketkeeper for the last ODI a week before, all in July 1986 --Bedders 14:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I'm looking for players that started the match as wicketkeeper. Raven42 10:57, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
 * India. (You didn't say I had to name the month! :o) ) 164.36.142.217 10:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Bump! WillE 14:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * BUMP! Come on, Raven42, let's be 'avin' you. 164.36.142.217 12:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Apologies for being so slow. It's not India (unless you can show otherwise). A clue: this happened less than ten years ago, and the first keeper retired after playing his last test. Raven42 23:47, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Superb question - I managed to find NZ using 5 in a remarkable sequence in April 2002. Parore in his last Test (match started in March), then Nevin, Sinclair, Hart and Vincent in 7 ODIs in Sharjah and Pakistan that followed. This was the Pakistan tour that was soon called off after the bomb outside the hotel. Is this the instance you had in mind? --Travisbasevi 03:56, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's exactly it. Well done. Raven42 16:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Q447
My first question, and I'll confess that I had to be tipped off about it. When Matthew Hayden reached 46 against Bangladesh last Saturday (31 March) what ODI run scoring record did he claim from Rahul Dravid? --Travisbasevi 16:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Clues then? Dravid set his record in 1999, and Hayden has improved it by a very significant ~40%. The unlikely name of Mohinder Amarnath holds the corresponding record in Tests, set in 1983. --Travisbasevi 11:37, 5 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Earliest 1000 in a calendar year ? Tintin 11:44, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Hooray, yes! Dravid reached 1000 in 1999 on the 29th of May. Only 5 people have chalked up 1000 ODI runs in the first half of the year, so for Hayden to do it with 3 months to spare is quite a feat (or quite a fixture list).

Q448
Well, it's nearly three days and my lack of datestamp probably didn't help the issue, so I'll somewhat dodgily invoke the third rule with one of my favourite pub questions, but which is a bit more easily answered on the net:

Which of the Chappells played in the 1979 World Cup? Exact combination only please. --Travisbasevi 00:47, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Christopher Chappell of Canada (although I'm not sure what you mean by "exact combination only"). --Roisterer 04:57, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Spot on. ("Exact combination" was just a red herring for people inclined to list the three more obvious Chappells.) All yours. --Travisbasevi 00:19, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Next question please --Blowtorch 06:21, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Q449
Which cricketer made his test debut (as a replacement for the injured skipper) in a test considered one of the most controversial of all time. By the end of his test career, he had one of his country's best career batting averages? --Roisterer 10:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Deepak Shodhan? or Cotar Ramaswami? 81.154.178.205 18:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
 * No to both. --Roisterer 10:53, 12 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Clue? Is this one of those players who only played a few Tests (say less than 10) but finished with a decent average? --Travisbasevi 14:11, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. --Roisterer 03:59, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Perth 1978/79 (Hilditch, Bakht etc) was Jeff Moss' only Test, where he replaced Yallop, and he averaged 60. Tintin 08:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, Moss was the man I was after. Had the bad luck to face the return of the WSC players.  --Roisterer 13:54, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Q450
Since Moss is almost certainly correct and as I am about to go on my usual weekend hibernation, I'll ask the next one without waiting for Roisterer's confirmation. What first class feat has been achieved so far (afaik - to be on the safe side) only by Frederick Stocks and Kim Hughes, and was nearly emulated (according to the wikipedia article) by Paul Collingwood. Tintin 13:06, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Century in first innings and wicket with first ball? --Travisbasevi 13:39, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Correct. Your turn. Colly scored 91. Tintin 13:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Q451
Who is the only batsman to have 20 consecutive Test innings of at least 20 runs? --Travisbasevi 19:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)


 * RB Kanhai Tintin 19:33, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

You're too good. And I had visions of that one lasting the whole weekend. Back to you it is. --Travisbasevi 20:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Q452
A certain Test record (a mainstream record, not an obscure one) was set in the fifth Test between Pakistan & WI at Port of Spain in 1976-77 but it did not make it into the record books because it was not done in the "proper" fashion. Somebody equalled this record around twenty years later and it is his name that we will find in the records. What record and what was "improper" about it ? Tintin 06:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Most catches by a wicket-keeper in a match? Pakistan had 11 dismissed that way but 4 of them were by Majid Khan who was subbing behind the stumps for Bari. The record was properly set by Jack Russell v SA in 1995/96. --Travisbasevi 11:30, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Well done again. Tintin 11:54, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Q453
On a similar note, and from the same era, what record did Chandrasekhar set in the 5th Test against Australia at Adelaide in 1977/78 and which still stands? In fact, it's highly unlikely to ever be broken. --Travisbasevi 13:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * A wild stab... only bowler to go for 100 without a boundary? --LiamE 13:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Chandra bowled 344 balls without bowling a maiden. Maybe that ? Tintin 14:18, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * More wickets taken than runs scored? Paddyohale 14:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Tintin's got it again - no maidens. In terms of balls bowled (348 including the incomplete over), the closest anyone has got to him in the age of the 6-ball over is 234 by Fernando (v SA at Centurion 2002/03) and Ntini (v India at Kanpur 2004/05). If you look at it in terms of completed overs though, they get somewhat closer with 39 overs compared to Chandra's 43. --Travisbasevi 14:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Now I wouldn't say that record is unlikely to be beaten. Looking at the current England bowling all they need is a long enough spell.... --LiamE 14:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Q454
A simple one. Who won the winners' medal in the 2003 World cup without playing a single match ? Tintin 05:00, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Nathan Hauritz? --Bedders 05:27, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It is, sir. Tintin 05:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Q455
What record did Boycott set in the 2nd Test against Australia at Perth in 1978/79 and still stands? --Bedders 08:39, 17 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Slowest test half century (in terms of balls faced)? Jonesy 08:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Its either that or the lowest score for batting all day at 63. Could even be both! --LiamE 08:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Both possible, I'll have to investigate, but not the one I'm looking for. --Bedders 09:33, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Highest score without a boundary. The only four in his innings was all-run. Tintin 10:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct, thought that one might last a little longer :), over to you TT --Bedders 10:31, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Q456
Connect one of the most interesting characters in Catch-22 with a pre-first world war English cricketer who, since he died young, fell short of becoming what the Catch-22 guy did. (I have something specific in mind; points if you can give a connection that is better than this) Tintin 12:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Major Major and Major Booth ? Johnlp 12:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Incidentally, Lionel Major (one first class game) could've been a Major Major if he'd had an army career. What a pity. --Dweller 12:23, 18 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Indeed. Major Booth sadly died as 2nd lt. Major Booth. He though, seems to have been a smashing personality unlike his counterpart about whom it is written that "even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was". Over to Johnlp Tintin 12:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Q457
Where nowadays might you find Busby, Jacques Cousteau and Stoat? Johnlp 20:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Are they all Kolpak players? Overseas players not many people have heard of?

Ahem.

One of Charlie Shreck's many nicknames is Stoat, so I'd guess Nottinghamshire. 164.36.142.217 12:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

'Fraid not. Johnlp 12:29, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Right now, playing at the Kennington Oval? --Dweller 15:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

No. Tomorrow (Saturday) they'll almost certainly all be at the Oval, but I'm not looking for a geographical location, more a generic location. Johnlp 01:02, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I assume you mean the Kensington Oval not the Kennington Oval, so I'm going to guess "in the commentary box". Stephen Turner (Talk) 09:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Well done, Stephen. An ageing copy of Who's Who of Cricketers lists these as the nicknames for then-players Mark Nicholas, Angus Fraser and David Gower. Only Fraser's is "explained": somewhat cryptically, it says he acquired the nickname on the golf course at La Manga. Presumably not for his golfing prowess, then. Over to you. Johnlp 10:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * As I recall now... Mark Nicholas was said to be on the chubby side by his team mates, and reminiscent of the cartoon character "Busby" that was used to promote British Telecom. Gower was called Stoat because his hair was likened to Ermine, but wasn't that posh. Fraser? No idea. 164.36.142.217 12:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Q458
A topical one. On which grounds does Brian Lara hold the ground record for highest Test innings? Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:59, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Antigua Recreation Ground --LiamE 16:32, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's obviously one, but not the only one. In case it wasn't clear, I want to know all the grounds where he has the highest Test innings at that ground. Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:47, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Arnos Vale, Kingstown, St.Vincent (115)
 * Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia (209)
 * Recreation Ground, St.John's, Antigua (400*)
 * --Roberry 01:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That'll teach me to try and answer stuff when I should be working. --LiamE 18:14, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * That's correct (though I see you've gone on to ask the next question already anyway!). Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:55, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Q459
Following on from the previous question. Who are the other 3 players that hold the ground record for a Test innings at 3 (or more) separate grounds? --Roberry 01:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Stephen Fleming, at Newlands, Cape Town (262), Seddon Park, Hamilton (192) and Savaranamuttu Stadium (274*)
 * Gary Kirsten, at Sedgars Park (160), Harare Sports Club (220) and Kingsmead (275)
 * Don Bradman, at Adelaide Oval (299*), Exhibition Ground, Brisbane (223), the Gabba (226), and Headingley (334) &mdash;Raven42 22:14, 20 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Oops - sorry, I'm new to this - that is the correct answer. Over to you for the next question--Roberry 01:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Q460
What unusual bowling statistic do Ashwell Prince, Dwayne Bravo, Mark Richardson and Shane Warne (among others) have in common? &mdash; Raven42 03:02, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


 * There first test wicket was a double centurion:


 * SP Fleming b Prince 262, RWT Key c Lara b Bravo 221, Yousuf Youhana c & b Richardson 203, RJ Shastri c Jones b Warne 206Jpeeling 20:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Correct. Over to you. &mdash;Raven42 22:16, 22 April 2007 (UTC) 22:15, 22 April 2007 (UTC)