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Q501
This highly rated batsman of yesteryear, once while on tour ordered an icecream in a shop. When the waiter spilt it on his lap, he removed his trousers in public and asked the waiter to clean it. Who was it? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Lindsay Hassett. Not only that, it was a double ice cream and he asked the waiter to bring him another ice cream. Boon would have been proud!UdayS 05:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hassett it was, over to you! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 06:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Q502
This former test cricketer currently hosts a radio talk show. A year ago, he lost his youngest child tragically, when the child opened the door of a parked car on an incline, and the car rolled down the slope with the kid. He was a national champion in another sport where his brother also excelled. Who is the cricketer? UdayS 13:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Maurice Foster ? He was West Indies table tennis champion, has brother who also excelled in it, and hosts a radio talk show. But I found nothing for the child... And maybe he his to old to have lost a "kid" in the last few years... But why not ? -- OrangeKnight 19:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK I'm nearly sure... That should be the correct answer... -- OrangeKnight 19:52, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is Maurice Foster. Hiw two elder brothers were also table tennis champions. Over to you. UdayS 21:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Q503
It is my first question, and I don't know if it has ever been asked (tell me if it has). And it's really easy. So, apart from being specialist batsmen (or wicket-keeper batsman for one of them), what have in common the following players : Clive Lloyd, Dinesh Mongia, Mohammad Yousuf, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Martin van Jaarsveld ? OrangeKnight 00:30, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * They've all taken 0.1-0-0-1 in an ODI. &mdash;Raven42 04:59, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well done, over to you... They all have the best strike rate ever in an ODI innings : 1.0. What specialist bowlers couldn't probably do ! OrangeKnight 11:26, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
 * His profile, plus the scorecard for the relevant game on Cricinfo suggests that MY bowl 2 balls, not one. WillE (in Spain!) (Too hot to be out in the sun...)
 * That scorecard says he bowled one ball. He's previously bowled one ball (for one match-winning run) in this game: &mdash;Raven42 18:22, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Q504
What do Arjuna Ranatunga, Allan Border, Alistair Campbell and Adam Parore have in common? &mdash;Raven42 11:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Apart from their first name beginning with an "A" :) ? OrangeKnight 15:04, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * They've all played for more than a decade but... I can't find anything else in common! Kezzt 15:58, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The first three names make you think of captaincy but Adam Parore never captained at international level, he didnt bowl either, so it must be a batting record. All but Border have a poor conversion rate in Tests and Border has a poor one in ODIs. --Jpeeling 17:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Has it got something to do with most runs/tests before/after hundreds in Tests ? Tintin 17:45, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Since the careers all overlap (if slightly in the case of Border and Campbell/Parore) I figured it might be one of those relating to being a particular bowler's victims, but the only guys to get all 4 in Tests are Wasim Akram and Kapil Dev, so a dead end there. Nothing apparently special in fielders who got them either. --Travisbasevi 21:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Tintin's close, but not quite there. &mdash;Raven42 12:33, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, let me make a better attempt :

That's good enough for me. The specific link including Parore is that they've all had a sequence of 2000 runs without a century. All yours. &mdash;Raven42 13:54, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Campbell has the record for scoring most runs before his first Test 100
 * Ranatunga holds the record for scoring most Test runs, after making his last Test hundred.
 * Border holds the record for most runs between hundreds.
 * Parore doesn't fit here exactly but he holds the record for playing most Tests between two 100s. Tintin 13:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Time for rule 3? KingStrato 06:02, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Q505
All right. What statistic is currently shared by nine players in Tests, but none in ODIs? &mdash;Raven42 06:49, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Top score (for their country) on the third day against Australia KingStrato 21:02, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe only 9 batsmen have been out 'Handled the ball' in test cricket -- Russell Endean, Andrew Hilditch, Mohsin Khan, Desmond Haynes, Graham Gooch, Steve Waugh, Mohinder Amarnath, Michael Vaughan and Inzamam-Ul-Haq. So far no one has got out that way in ODIs. UdayS 04:31, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid not: Amaranth and Inzamam haven't been dismissed that way in Tests, and Amaranth and Daryll Cullinan have been out handled the ball in ODIs. A clue: earlier this year there was one ODI player with this statistic, and for a few hours, two. (And in a not entirely unrelated note, Chaminda Vaas has just surpassed Alistair Campbell's record mentioned in the previous question. Good for him.) &mdash;Raven42 14:23, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * A highest score of 99 with EJG Morgan of Ireland leaving the ODI club on the same day (4th Feb) as Brad Hodge joining it. Hodge then went it alone for 2 weeks before chalking up a ton. --Travisbasevi 00:43, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's the one. &mdash;Raven42 01:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Top question, but would never have got it without your clues. --Travisbasevi 10:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Q506
In what way are Ghulam Ahmed's 68 Test wickets and Vic Marks' 44 ODI wickets records in each respective form of the game? --Travisbasevi 10:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * er, Both bowler's never dismissed a batsman for 0 ? All their victims appear to either have been dismissed between a min. score of 1 thru to 104 in Ghulam Ahmed's case and Vic Marks victims scores all were from 1 thru to 56. ? Wattmaster 13:52, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

That'll do me. They have the most wickets without ever dismissing a player for a duck. Over to you. --Travisbasevi 16:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Q507
What unique record do Rudi Webster and Dharmendra Mishra hold ? Wattmaster 21:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Can two people hold a 'unique' record? :-} –MDCollins (talk) 22:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Wickets with the first ball in both innings on debut. Tintin 02:08, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

1st Class Debut. That's correct. over to you Tintin. Wattmaster 02:30, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Q508
... and who started his first class career with 114*, 108 and 121 in his first three innings ? Tintin 02:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Joe Solomon. Johnlp 07:33, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It is. Your turn. Tintin 07:36, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Q509
What was strange about the result when Woking played Shere three years after Waterloo? Johnlp 20:50, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 20:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Both sides scored 71 twice! The-Pope 00:09, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Correct. It's happened a couple of times since in minor cricket, but this was the first instance. Over to you. Johnlp 06:35, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Q510
What links the following team: Sanath Jayasuriya, Phil Simmons, Nicky Boje, Andrew Flintoff, Hansie Cronje, Upul Chandana, Wasim Akram, Dave Richardson, Darren Gough, Javagal Srinath, Muralitharan, Naved-ul-Hasan?
 * They've all dismissed Glenn McGrath in ODIs. Richardson caught him (off Cronje); the rest have taken his wicket. &mdash;Raven42 12:17, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct, and to be more precise, all (bar Jayasuriya) got him for a duck! Sanath only got him out for 1, but I needed another opener! The-Pope 13:58, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Q511
Speaking of McGrath, what did he, Rahul Dravid, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, Virender Sehwag, and Shane Warne all do in 2005? &mdash;Raven42 15:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * They all played in the Asian XI vs ICC XI World Cricket Tsunami Appeal match, so they all represented two international teams that year. The-Pope 00:27, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * They did, but what else? &mdash;Raven42 01:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Did they all play for and against the ICC World XI in 2005. The ICC XI played a ODI against an Asian XI at the start of the year in the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal match. The ICC XI then played 3 ODIs against the Australians in the ICC Super Series 2005. So the Aussies in your list played for the ICC, then against the ICC 9 months later while the Asians did it vice-versa. --Jpeeling 10:13, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * That's the one. Over to you. &mdash;Raven42 10:16, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Q512
I'll ask a double question if I may, which ODI centurion has the lowest ODI average and which has scored the fewest ODI runs? --Jpeeling 11:07, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Trevor Chappell and Moin-ul-Atiq? KingStrato 12:14, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Wait! I've found Feiko Kloppenburg  KingStrato 12:18, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Trevor Chappell (17.61) and Feiko Kloppenburg (161) were the answers I was looking for. So well done KingStrato, your turn. --Jpeeling 12:30, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Q513
What have Rashid Latif, Mark Taylor and Habibul Bashar "achieved" that no other players have done? KingStrato 14:18, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Pair on captaincy debut. Tintin 14:33, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Spot on, over to you Tintin. BTW, how's snowy? :)  KingStrato 14:52, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * :-) Tintin 14:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Q514
I have seen two stories about this player's nickname. One is that he was nicknamed after a town in Victoria, Australia. The second one goes that he had a habit of calling " -- up" while collecting throws from the outfield (the number of dashes equals the number of letters in the words). The nickname is even more appropriate when you consider a certain record that he held for a decade or so. Who am I talking about ? Complete the puzzle.(I don't know which of the two stories is true, so thanks in advance if you could confirm and provide a citation, preferably from a biography). Tintin 14:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Bacchus Marsh, Victoria and back us up would fit, and it is common to use "us" instead of "me" in Australia. So Rod Marsh would be the answer. The-Pope 18:42, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Rodney Marsh is right, the record being that for drinking most beers in an Ashes flight. Tintin 19:17, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Gah, I was going to say Rodney Marsh, but I couldn't a reason, so I didn't. KingStrato 20:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Q515
Who am I? I once hit a 6 off a future teammate to win an international match in the final over. In my 12 year first class cricket career, I played for first class teams (not countries) based in three different countries. The-Pope 02:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Franklyn Stephenson? 164.36.142.217 13:42, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ian Botham?? Jonesy 09:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Can't be Sir Beefy - his career was way over 12 years. --LiamE 10:25, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * So was Stephenson's - thus negating my own effort! 164.36.142.217 11:32, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hansie Cronje??? --Jpeeling 13:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Joel Garner? --Roisterer 23:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I was hoping my clues would be exclusive enough to exclude others who may have hit the 6... so Roisterer, if you can prove that Garner hit a six of a future teammate in an international, then it could be you but so far noone has the guy I know hit the six! Cronje only played 1st class cricket for teams in two countries.  Another clue...  I was actually batting with one of the guys guess so far when I hit the 6!The-Pope 01:10, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Got to be Wayne Daniel?? Hit Mick Malone for the famous six in a WSC match, and they both played for Western Australia. The 12 years and three countries fits as well. No idea how I knew this. --Travisbasevi 00:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, it was Wayne Daniel I was thinking of when I said Joel Garner earlier. --Roisterer 03:12, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd have sworn that Daniel played for longer than that! Learn something new every day. WillE 18:36, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Q516
It's been over a day, and under the assumption it's right (mighty coincidence if not), to keep things moving here's one to continue the theme of the previous question: who was bowled off the final ball in an ODI when being required to hit a six despite only three runs being needed to win the match? (Bonus point: who was the common (non)participant in this and the previous question?)

The incident apparently created a legacy in a rule change which still (approximately) lasts. Although like Tintin in the previous previous question, I wouldn't mind seeing a citation proving this to be the case. --Travisbasevi 03:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)


 * CEH Croft b Botham 3, SCG 1979/80 (Scorecard). Moved across to glance and lost his leg stump. The 30-yard circle business (Brearley put everyone on the fence etc) . Tintin 03:33, 7 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Re. the 30 yard business (learned from knowledgeable people in messageboards, but I have no other documentary evidence), Packer initially tried out two 30-yard circles, centreing (sp?) around the wickets at either end, which were then merged. Apparently in 1979-80, the ACB (or whoever responsible) attempted to introduce the circles but England opposed the proposal. It was made compulsory from the next season. The circles were first used SAF domestic ODIs in the mid-70s. Tintin 03:38, 7 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, that's the match. And the common participant in both questions was Joel Garner being the nonstriker. Interesting to learn that South Africa had the idea of fielding restrictions in the mid-70s as I have seen it claimed that this match inspired the concept. Although it has been dubious sources of the likes of Tony Grieg etc. --Travisbasevi 04:17, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Q517
Brearley says in The Art of Cricket that Mike Smith had tried the same tactic of putting all the fielders on the boundary off the last ball in a domestic ODI match in England in the early 1970s. Another incident that he mentions in the same book concerns a Midx v Yorkshire county match. He doesn't mention the year but it should be 1979 or 1980, just before the 1980 version of the Laws came out.

Yorkshire batted very defensively and took no risks. To wake the batsmen from the slumber, Brearley (and bowler Phil Edmonds) did something that offered the batsmen easy runs if they were prepared to hit across the line. The tactic didn't work and the batsmen did not get out, but MCC responded swiftly by adding a clause in the laws (which appear in the 1980 and later versions) which banned anyone trying this particular piece of gamesmanship. What was it that Brearley did ? Tintin 10:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Put all his fielders on the off side? WillE 11:52, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * No, afaik, there is no law against it. Tintin 12:26, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Place the keeper's helmet on the off-side and use an off-spinner to bowl (the idea being that batsmen would try to hit across the line to get 5 runs from hitting the helmet, and would get an edge.) Remember reading this somewhere, but can't quote chapter and verse. Rprpsych 09:38, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Kept a helmet at short-leg, but that is good enough. This is the origin of the clause 41.3 which states that Protective helmets, when not in use by fielders, shall only be placed, if above the surface, on the ground behind the wicket-keeper and in line with both sets of stumps. Well done. Tintin 02:25, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Q518
Not bad for a lucky guess! Anyway, here's one that I just thought of..

Tony Greig is known for his wit, sometimes to great success (e.g. England vs India in 1976-77), and sometimes to his own damnation (West Indies 1976, anyone?) To which player did he address the following comment, and in what context?

"Nice bit of air-conditioning!"

(The exact match or innings doesn't matter, but the player and the situation do.) Rprpsych 12:11, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Brian Close? WillE 17:41, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds like him, doesn't it? No, try a little further afield. Rprpsych 18:17, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Looks like a clue may be in order. This has something to do with clothing, and the player was from the sub-continent. Rprpsych 18:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sunil Gavaskar's first helmet? WillE 21:35, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it was Gavaskar but it wasn't in reference to his helmet. He split his pants while batting, leaving a gaping hole in the fabric around the groin area. Jonesy 09:42, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Jonesy has it! Gavaskar was batting against England in a Test in the 1974 series, wearing pants that he had previously scored a century in. They split while he was going for a run, but Wadekar (the captain) wouldn't let him change them during the break, as he was superstitious. As he took guard after lunch, Greig at short leg made the remark. Great work! (Source: Jack Bannister (ed.), The Innings Of My Life.) Over to you. Rprpsych 12:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Q519
That's only the 2nd answer I've got correct so I apologise if this or a similar question has been asked before.

What do Charles Bannerman, Dave Houghton and Aminul Islam all have in common? Jonesy 10:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * They all scored centuries in their country's maiden test. --Roisterer 10:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Correct. I'll obviously need to do some in-depth research before asking my next question. Over to you Roisterer! Jonesy 10:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Q520
What do Wally Hammond and George Francis have in common? --Roisterer 22:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Both opened the bowling in an innings in the first ever England .vs. West Indies Test in 1928? Rprpsych 12:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Not what I am looking for. --Roisterer 06:16, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Anything to do with the other debutants in their fisrt test? There were quite a few other debutants in those tests. Hammond was one of twelve, Francis one of a bakers dozen. --LiamE 17:49, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think a clue is in order
 * They both have twelve letters in their name. WillE 17:54, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Except Francis, who has 13. Johnlp 19:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't think that was right, but hey-ho,It's too hot, except for when it's raining and there's precious little cricket as a result!WillE 20:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

So they have the same number of letters in their names as the number of debutants in their first Test.--Roberry 20:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * There's some pretty classy teamwork going on here. :-) Johnlp 20:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Does that count as Wally Hammond's real name is Walter...  KingStrato 21:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have been away from my internet connection for a few days. While I admire the lateral thinking here, I can only say that everyone is wrong and I initially thought the question was too easy.  What links them is a certain cricketer of whom I'm sure you would have heard.  --Roisterer 01:30, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It is George Francis and not Ivan Barrow, right ? Tintin 04:16, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm at work and can't access a site that would perhaps explain why it was Barrow and not Francis. Why don't you tell me why you think it's Barrow?  --Roisterer 23:06, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * First and last people to dismiss George Headley in a first class match? 164.36.142.217 11:56, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * No, a bit more famous than Headley. --Roisterer 23:06, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Ivan Barrow and Wally Hammond would be the 2 Test wickets for Don Bradman - is Don Bradman the answer? No idea why he would be the commonality between Hammond and Francis though.--Roberry 02:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I have to apologise and take to task the author of a book I have that stated that it was Francis and Hammond that were Bradman's Test wickets. Should we give it to Tintin as he was the first person to pick on the Barrow connection?  Again, sorry for the red herring; I'll know not to ask a question with the flu again.  --Roisterer 00:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Can we give up? It's been a week now, let's keep things moving. --Travisbasevi 17:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Tintin did get to ask the next question - he did spot the mistake--Roberry 04:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Roberry, can you please ask this one. I won't be around most of the time. Tintin 03:31, 20 July 2007 (UTC)