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Q481
In the mid-1990s, it was deemed by the UCB and ICC that the SACB/SACBOC played by non-white South Africans between 1971/72 and 1990/91 were to be retrospectively classified as First-class (223 matches in all), but it's only in the past couple of years that the full scorecards have been found and published. Which three Test players and two ODI players have subsequently had their FC records changed because of these matches? --Travisbasevi 03:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Shafiek Abrahams, Basil D'Oliveira, Omar Henry, Rohan Kanhai and Henry Williams Dingbatdan 06:02, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Perfect! Over to you. --Travisbasevi 09:41, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Q482
Which Australian-born player has the dubious distinction of being run out twice for 199 in his FC career? Dingbatdan 08:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Jason Gallian of Nottinghamshire in 2005 --Jpeeling 08:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Pipped by my slow laptop and general laziness! If you look at question 223 I set a similar question back then. That one lasted seven minutes longer. Still, fair play to you JPeeling :-) к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт  18:23, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Heh, it was me that got it last time. Would have been in this time, but I was at work...  KingStrato 20:00, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, too easy guys! over to you... Dingbatdan 16:02, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Q483
What links these three players: Sonny Ramadhin, Alf Valentine, Tommy Scott and Jim Laker --Jpeeling 18:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Spin bowlers, none of whom used their orignal or full forename. WillE 21:30, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

No, Sonny doesnt qualify. The first clue is to confirm the obvious, it relates to test 'match' bowling. --Jpeeling 09:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sonny Ramadhin's given name (as recorded on his birth certificate) was "Boy". But it's your question...WillE 13:44, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Scott once conceded 374 runs in a Test match. Thinking on those lines, all the four have bowled 100+ overs in a Test one at least one occasion. But it is not unique. So ... no idea. Tintin 13:32, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I feel like I'm close, so good luck to anyone that can take it forward if I'm not close enough. Ramadhin has bowled the most balls in a match (774), Valentine has bowled the most 6-balls-per-over maidens in a match (75), Scott the most runs conceded, and Laker of course with 19 wickets. Valentine seems a bit of an odd one out, rather than having Attewall who has the proper record with 83 4-bpo maidens. --80.168.130.223 14:23, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Whoops, hello, 80.168.130.223 is me, who's just cleaned out his cookies. --Travisbasevi 14:24, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * They did all concede 200 runs in a match but that doesn't seem unique to these players. Since Scott never took 10 wkts I'm thinking it must be to do with the runs conceded.--Roberry 15:28, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

It seems I made my first error, Travisbasevi got the answer I wanted, it refers to the most in a bowlers match analysis: Most Overs - Ramadhin 129 Most Maidens - Valentine 75 beaten by William Attewell's 83 Most Runs - Scott 374 Most Wickets - Laker 19 I blame my mistake on Bill Frindall --Jpeeling 17:17, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Q484
Which team has not won a Test since February 1972? And has also not lost a Test since February 1992? --Travisbasevi 12:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * New Zealand women Stephen Turner (Talk) 12:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Except it was March 1972. Stephen Turner (Talk) 12:51, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes indeed. March or February? - it was a crazy summer! Remarkable set of results anyway. The baton passes to you. --Travisbasevi 13:09, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Q485
Who was out twice in two balls in the recent World Cup? Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:18, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't mean to be a nitpicker, but there was a couple of dozen players with golden ducks in the last World Cup. Most of which would have been out on the last ball they faced previous. If you're talking about two golden ducks, then I can only see Boucher and the newly initialled DBL Powell, but neither of them were consecutive, so I'm at a loss. --Travisbasevi 13:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I wasn't clear. Who was out twice in consecutive balls in one match in the recent World Cup? Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * There was somebody who stayed back as a runner after getting out and was run out off the next ball. Can't remember off the top of the head and feeling too lazy to look up. Tintin 15:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Brendan Taylor vs Pakistan, he ran Stuart Matsikenyeri out. Here's the series of events:
 * Matsikenyeri and Taylor are batting, Matsikenyeri calls for runner at start of 12th over, Taylor is out off first ball of 12th over and so acts as runner, batsman crossed over so Matsikenyeri on strike. He tries a heave and misses, Akmal claims a stumping it goes to video reply, Matsikenyeri in but Taylor was out of his crease. Matsikenyeri was given out run out rather than stumped. Taylor had been run out in the two previous matches against Ireland and the West Indies. --Jpeeling 17:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Excellent comprehensive answer from Jpeeling (except it was the 13th over, but I'll forgive you that :-). Here's Cricinfo's commentary. Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:46, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Q486
What similar records do Jim Burke and Kepler Wessels hold? --Jpeeling 20:42, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The only thing I can think of is that they Both played 24 tests for Australia, although Wessels ended his career in South Africa. Sparkyboi 10:53, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Clue: Jim Burke holds the Test record and Kepler Wessels holds the ODI record. --Jpeeling 12:25, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Burke has the slowest Test century for Australia, does Wessels have the slowest ODI century for Australia --Roberry 15:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Good try but no, this century by David Boon I believe is Australia slowest and possible the slowest in all ODI cricket. --Jpeeling 15:00, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * This is an extremely good question, Jpeeling. The only thing I can find so far is that they were both selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in years of which three of the other recipients were English ('57 and '95 respectively), but I'm sure this has occured countless times and what it has to do with test & ODI records I don't know. Still, I shall strive onwards! к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт  18:47, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Most innings without a duck? WillE 20:21, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Very close but not quite --Jpeeling 20:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Highest number of innings BEFORE a duck. WillE 21:55, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

AB De Villiers holds the Test record, but he's still playing so maybe it should be 'most innings in a career without a duck', anyone WillE gets it. Burke had 44, De Villiers currently 52. Wessels went 105 ODI innings without a duck well ahead of the next best with 40. --Jpeeling 08:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Q487
What personal milestone could only have happened after 12th September 1992, was expected to happen between 3rd January 1993 and 23rd February 1993, did happen on 23rd January 1993, then happened again on 1st May 1993, then happened again on 23rd January 1993? And why? 164.36.142.217 11:29, 29 May 2007 (UTC) (WillE at work...)
 * Can you clarify your dates please? You have 23 January, 2003 twice...–MDCollins (talk) 12:40, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I have January 23rd 1993 twice, but I know. *Snigger* WillE 17:32, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Graham Gooch hit his 100th first class 100. It would have happened against India U25 on 23rd January 1993, but the ICC declared that his 100 scored in the rebel tour to SA didn't count, so when he scored another on the 1st May 1993 against Cambridge Uni that was his 100th 100. This assumes that I have rearranged the dates into the right order. KingStrato 18:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Correct - provided you can add the last bit of the puzzle, it's yours. WillE 18:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Not sure how much more I can give. He scored his previous (98th/99th) against Gloucestershire on 12th September, the last day of the season.  He then went on the tour of India from 3rd Jan to 23rd Feb, he scored the 2 hundreds against India U25 which would have been his 100th century, but the ICC refused to accept the 100 he scored on the rebel tour, then he scored a century in the test against India and all hailed the great Goochman.  is that enough?  KingStrato 18:42, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Have the rebel tours been reinstated? -- ALoan (Talk) 19:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought the South African board reinstated them at the same time as the SACB fixtures - hence the second use of 23/1/93 to indicate the retcon. Now you've collectively sown a doubt in my mind.... That said, KS, it's yours. 164.36.142.217 12:24, 30 May 2007 (UTC) WillE at work...
 * Here's a list of Gooch's centuries, No.28 is the debatable one. The ICC around 1993 decided the rebel tours weren't first-class, however Wisden still treat them as first-class, --Jpeeling 19:27, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Q488
Arjuna Ranatunga, Stephen Fleming, Imran Khan, Hansie Cronje and Alistair Campbell (just) jointly hold which record? Saurav Ganguly misses out by one. KingStrato 17:56, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Possibly relates to captaincy: most tosses won? к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт  13:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * This has me stumped, from the names it looks like a ODI captaincy record, it's not most tosses won/loss and it's not most consecutive tosses won/loss. I think it's time for a clue. --Jpeeling 16:19, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Lowest score on first appearance as ODI captain? WillE 18:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

As an after thought, you can add Habibul Bashar to the list. They each hold 2 captaincy records for their country. Ganguly only holds one of these. KingStrato 19:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Should Allan Border be on the list? --Jpeeling 20:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I thought he should be, and I found a source to back this up, but I also found a source that says he isn't (I'm just trying to find it again now). It was for this reason that I decided to leave him off the list. KingStrato 20:32, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Most test AND one-day victories for their respective nations? Ganguly has the test record but not the ODI, think it applies to the others.  к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт  20:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No - scrap that, it's wrong. I think. Sorry! к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт  20:30, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It relies on Allan Border but I'll say it anyway, they all have captained their teams in the most matches in both forms of the game. --Jpeeling 20:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's the one. Howstat has him down as having both, but I found another site which said it was Ponting that holds the Australian ODI record.  That's why I left him out and added in Ganguly to show it wasn't just a most matches captained in one form of the game record.  KingStrato 20:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Q489
Indentify this XI (what links them): Alan Turner, Chetan Chauhan, Greg Chappell, Allan Border (c), Mark Burgess, Graham Roope, Richard Hadlee, Warren Lees (wk), Lance Cairns, Dennis Lillee and Joel Garner. --Jpeeling 21:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
 * They all played ODIs in the 1970s?... Hooray, I win... Well, maybe not, but it better have something to do with that or I've been running up an hour's worth of blind alleys. --Travisbasevi 02:54, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry Travisbasevi for your wasted hours, I did say I'd be amazed if anyone got it so you should have saved your time for after the clue. The clue is Q476. --Jpeeling 08:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Among Javed Miandad's Test victims. Johnlp 09:31, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

That's it Johnlp, Miandad took 17 Test wickets - the others are: Ian Davis, Gary Cosier, David O'Sullivan, Andrew Roberts and John Parker (twice). --Jpeeling 10:08, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Q490
Which four-letter word links a one-Test wonder, a transatlantic wicketkeeping opener and hitting the ball rather hard? Johnlp 10:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Slog? WillE 11:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

'Fraid not. Johnlp 11:43, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not: bang, bash, beat, belt, blow, bonk, bump, club, cuff, lick, loft, slam, slap, swat, wham, whip and whop at least according to surnames on cricketarchive. Only cuff produces any results. --Jpeeling 12:00, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, but it is one of these. All you have to do is work out which one, and why! Johnlp 13:07, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Wayne Cuff is a West Indian wicketkeeper/opener I guess you could call him transatlantic if only he'd played or toured England. Dammit. --Jpeeling 13:47, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

So it's not cuff, then... Only 16 more on your list to go! Exciting, isn't it? Johnlp 13:59, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Rodney Redmond? But I don't know which word and I can't find a link. Jonesy 04:42, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Is the transatlantic wicketkeeping opener Karl Nunes? Jonesy 05:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

The transatlantic player did not play Tests or ODIs. The one Test wonder was South African. The associations will take you out of cricket: in one case to a different sport, in the other out of this world entirely. Does that help? Johnlp 08:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The word is bash. The one test wonder is William Ash but I'm stumped (no pun intended) on the transatlantic wicketkeeping opener. Jonesy 08:29, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think I've got it - bash, William Ashley and Ashish Bagai. Jonesy 08:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, no, but a nice try. Wrong twosome and the word isn't "bash". I'll give another clue if no one's got it in 12 hours' time. Meanwhile, I'm off... to the cricket! Johnlp 08:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * When you said "another sport" I checked SA's rugby test players... but no joy. Hope the hint's coming soon! :-) Kezzt 14:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay. I'm feeling generous because Somerset won (not a common event at Lord's). The word is "belt" but someone has to tell me who the two cricketers are that I've been thinking of. Johnlp 18:06, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I got the South African... only 63 one test wonders for them, but I wouldn't call scoring 17 in each innings a wonder. Adrian Kuiper and the Kuiper belt should match the clues.  No idea about the transatlantic non test or ODI wicketkeeper!  How about we keep this to at least international level!The-Pope 18:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, Kuiper is right. But having given such a heavy hint, I think I should stick out for a bit longer to see if someone can get the transatlantic keeper. Johnlp 19:14, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Black belt? Jacobus Black? Probably not an opener or transatlantic but he wasn't international and kept wicket! Kezzt 20:07, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I can't find an exact match, closed is Courtney Browne, a West Indian born in England but he's played tests and ODIs and only opened three times at International level, and there's Henry Brown an American who toured England in 1884 and 1889 but he wasnt a regular keeper or opener. There's no 'fan' or 'seat' so I assume it's martial arts related. --Jpeeling 20:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

All right, I'll give in and hand it over to The-Pope, who identified Adrian Kuiper and his out-of-this-world belt. The answer I was looking for was Lonsdale Skinner, wicketkeeper and opening bat for Surrey and then, later, for his native Guyana. And the Lonsdale Belt is an award in boxing. Anyway, over to you, Your-Hyphen-Holiness, and well done to all for some interesting suggestions. Johnlp 20:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not going to be able to work out a question in the next day or so, so someone else can have a go...The-Pope 04:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Q491
In Q.486, JPeeling said that De Villiers holds the record for most innings from the start of the Test career without a duck. He has 52. Who did not a score a duck in his first 51 innings and then made a pair in his 52nd and 53rd innings ? Tintin 05:14, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Geraint Jones 62.56.123.234 06:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC) - Didn't realise I wasn't signed in KingStrato 06:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It is. Well done. Tintin 06:44, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Q492
What did England finally do in July 1989 after 585 attempts? KingStrato 06:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Won the toss twice in the same match? Johnlp 07:21, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Get out Steve Waugh! 164.36.142.217 10:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That was me at work. Just before I played my first game of the year. And took 4 for 49 off 10. (And dropped a catch. And lost by 1 run...) Will put up a question tomorrow. WillE 21:28, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

That's the badger KingStrato 17:16, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Field a catch-taking sub? к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт  15:14, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't understand the answer - explanation please
 * In the 1989 Ashes series in England, England collectively bowled 584 balls at Steve Waugh before Angus Fraser dismissed him. Scores of 177*, 152*, 21* and 43 meant he averaged 393 for the series at the time off the dismissal. 164.36.142.217 12:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Q493
What links a key, a result that comes in as expected, and an absentee from an Eton vs Harrow game at Lord's? WillE 19:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * They're all equally mystifying clues? --Travisbasevi 19:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * LOL! I've thought that about your questions too! WillE 22:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Clues late tonight BST if no-one has anything by then. WillE 12:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * All I can think of is that a key fits in a lock, which is also a word for an expected result, which leaves us wondering about someone named Lock who famously missed an Eton v Harrow game. --Roisterer 12:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The key, (sometimes called a hex key), sounds like the name of a very tall and successful test debutant; the expected score is one more than a birdie and one less than a bogie, and sounds like lots of first class cricketers; if you take these two surnames, and feed them, and Harrow and Eton into a cricinfo search field, and you should find the article containing the answer(!) Phew... WillE 22:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Art?! Key: "Hankey". Par is the same as normal so: "Norman," a reasonably common name. And Eton vs. Harrows was a picture in the article. Ok yes; total stratch but I'm clueless! Kezzt 05:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Right, Hex Key = Allen Key. Golf score = Par.
 * L/Cpl Charles Bramwell Allen and 2Lt John Huskisson Parr-Dudley were both killed in 1916, during WW1. It doesn't say where Parr-Dudley died, but given it was 1st July, I would imagine it was at the Somme.  I've not got time to read through the whole article, but I imagine someone who missed an Eton v Harow game was also killed on the Somme, or just during the war.  If this isn't the answer, I'm all outa ideas.KingStrato 07:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hex Key does equate to Allen Key, but where I'm from it's an Alum Key. Think Maurice. A Par Score is correct, and the cricketer is Frank Parr. Add "Eton" and "Harrow" to a cricinfo search, and you're there. Nice... 164.36.142.217 12:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Never heard of it being called an Alum key before. KingStrato 20:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's there as a redirect to Hex Key on wiki, but isn;t mentioned further. Guess it's just regional variations. 164.36.142.217 11:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Jazz band? Kezzt 12:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct. Over to you. 164.36.142.217 12:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I still think my answer was the closest at the start. --Travisbasevi 12:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * LOL!164.36.142.217 12:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * How do I start another question? Kezzt 1:47, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Q494
Thanks! What was the highest maiden century ever scored in an ODI and by whom? Kezzt 14:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Kapil Dev's one and only 175 --Travisbasevi 14:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup! Where should I ask a question about cricket that I don't know the answer to, by the way? Kezzt 19:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Try WT:CRIC Tintin 22:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I was wondering the same, and also, is there a list/website anywhere of all Test cricketers births and deaths - rather than ploughing through each players individual player pages on Cricinfo/Wikipedia/cricket achive etc.--146.235.0.126 21:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
 * If you have a Wisden Almanack, it has all the births and deaths neatly arranged. Tintin 22:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Q495
Who, when and why did a player receive the man of the match award in an ODI despite not scoring a run, not taking a wicket and not taking a catch or making a stumping. It also wasn't a shared or "team" award. --Travisbasevi 14:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Viv Richards won a MOTM award without taking a wicket and without batting but he took three catches. --Jpeeling 14:41, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Graham Gooch got a man of the match award during the English Rebel Tour of South Africa in 1982, in a match which has since been voided, meaning it technically didn't happen. к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт  19:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Cameron Cuffy -- "Cameron Cuffy has the distinction of winning a man of the match award in a one day international without without scoring a run, taking a wicket or holding a catch. Playing against Zimbabwe at Harare in the opening fixture of a Coca Cola Cup tournament on 23 June 2001 he won the match award for his analysis of 10-2-20-0." UdayS 04:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Perfectly accurate Uday. (You are the old-school Uday from RSC 10-15 years ago?) Bizarre award, I actually looked into it thinking the Viv effort that Jpeeling mentioned would be there in the list of "undeserved" awards. But Cuffy's achievement takes the cake - I'd say most opening bowlers could concede 20 in 10 straight from the off. Here's the scorecard for those that want a look. --Travisbasevi 05:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That was Uday Rajan I believe, Travisbasevi. I lurked around RSC in those days but rarely posted. UdayS

Q496
The cricket club of this country suffered a debilitating arson attack, allegedly by the ruling party, when their power figure was given a cold shoulder by the House of Windsor. Name the country. --UdayS 1:55, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That would be Argentina. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the incident is mentioned at Argentina national cricket team.  --Roisterer 02:30, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes indeed, Roisterer. Over to you. --UdayS

Q497
Which former Test cricketer's favorite song was "Green, Green Grass of Home", with which he'd lead a team sing along at every possible opportunity? --Roisterer 03:09, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Pure guess - Tony Lewis? --Bedders 07:28, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ian Botham. He's been known to enjoy the grass at home. --LiamE 09:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Exactly who I was thinking of Liam E. So I'll go with Ian Chappell Jonesy 09:18, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Robert Croft?164.36.142.217 11:59, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Salim Malik? KingStrato 18:20, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but does anyone kow of a site that shows the records of run outs? Like who has done the most and what the farthest distance for one has been? Kezzt 14:38, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * None of the above, although those that guessed an English cricketer are at least on the right track. --Roisterer 03:43, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you mean he was/is English or he played for England? KingStrato 06:26, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Phil Tufnell is as qualified as Ian Botham. Johnlp 08:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Geoff Boycott?--Jonesy 09:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The thought of Thatch leading a sing song defies belief! 164.36.142.217 10:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Jeff Jones? --Bedders 10:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Does Andy Flintoff qualify as a former Test cricketer?--Roberry 18:14, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Matthew Maynard? WillE 22:02, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No. We are talking about a larger than life figure though, in all senses of the word.  He is also sadly no longer with us.  --Roisterer 01:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK - How about Colin Milburn then?--Roberry 04:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Fred Trueman?Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Roberry has it. I read an article recently from a journalist who covered the 1968/69 English tour of Pakistan who wrote that Milburn’s presence was the sole reason for team morale being better than non-existent.  And his renditions of “Green Green Grass of Home” were the highlight.    --Roisterer 05:48, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Q498
Who did something unique in the same match that the highest English non-opening partnership occured?--Roberry 14:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ramadhin? --LiamE 15:03, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It should be him... Most balls bowled by a cricketer in a first-class innings -- OrangeKnight 15:21, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * He did bowl the most balls in a FC-innings, but I don't regard that as a unique occurrence. --Roberry 16:07, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Nyron Asgarali took two catches as a sub: not sure if it's unique, but pretty notable к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт  16:16, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You didnt rule out Ramadhin, did he bowl constantly on the fourth day - while May batted all day - without taking a wicket. Although you asked 'who' so if this was correct LiamE would get it. --Jpeeling 16:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ramadhin was not the correct answer - I guess I should have worded the question Who, and What did they do. You are also looking at the wrong match--Roberry 16:30, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Highest English non-opening partnership : v Windies, at Birmingham, in 1957 Is there a trick ? ... -- OrangeKnight 16:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Highest partnership by two batsmen who lost a match, Alvin Kallicharran and Geoff Humpage ... That was in an English first-class cricket match, and that was the highest "English" non-opening partnership, if we forget that Kallicharran was West Indian... OrangeKnight 16:43, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK - you have the match - even though Kallicharran was West Indian, he was playing for Warwickshire, and thus set an English FC record - but which player did something unique in that match?--Roberry 18:33, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * David Brown was a sub for Gladstone Small and he bowled in Lancashire's first innings? --Bedders 18:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That wasn't what I was looking for - i'm guessing that other substitutes have bowled (and even taken wickets), so he probably wasn't unique. If someone knows otherwise then I stand corrected.
 * As an aside - what happens with Browns bowling figures? Does he get credited with a wicket for his career, or is it like catches where they don't count towards career stats?--Roberry 19:04, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Bill says its the first occassion --Jpeeling 19:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Foxy scored a hundred in each innings with the aid of a runner (Ian Folley) WillE 19:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Since I can't confirm that Beddders is correct in identifying a unique event I will have to give it to WillE since he gave the answer I was looking for. Graeme Fowler did indeed uniquely score a century in each innings with the aid of a runner, although David Lloyd was actually the runner in the first innings.

Forgot to sign--Roberry 03:02, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

I was robbed. --LiamE 14:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Q499
OK, For the right to ask the 500th question.... (No pressure!)

What feat connects the following?

Bollard, Joseph, Dalziel, Webb, Edwin, Alfred, Gordon, Alan, Francis, Edward, Knowles, James (twice), Richard, Henry, Andrew, Keith, Namdeo, Ian, Singh, David, Paul.

If you get this one, you deserve the accolade! WillE 22:24, 13 June 2007 (UTC)


 * They have all taken four wickets off consecutive balls in first class cricket. Tintin 03:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct - OK, there is one hint in there, but how did you work it out (so quickly....)? Anyway, well done, and over to you for the big one. WillE 12:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No, the "twice" was of no help :-), but the question took less than five minutes to solve. A google for Namdeo (one of the two Indian names) and cricket pointed to SN Mohol who is a familiar name because he is one of the only two Indians to take four in a row. After that all that was needed was to confirm whether the middle name of the other guy is Singh. Tintin 11:38, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Q500
Ron Oxenham toured India in 1935-36 with an Australian team and had spectacular success as a bowler - perhaps the best figures by any bowler for an Indian season. There used to be a joke that there was a particular reason why he was so successful against the Indian batsmen. What was this reason ? Tintin 04:46, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Just making something off the top of the head. Hindus don't eat cattle and an ox is sort of like cattle, and Muslims don't eat pork. So I presume that since the Indian team would have been almost all of these two religions, they wouldn't "eat" his bowling of "ox" or "ham" so to speak. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:49, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well done. Both the groups found this combination of ox and ham "distasteful". Tintin 04:52, 15 June 2007 (UTC)