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Q581
Justice is served! OK, what same-but-different record holders do we have here: Shane Warne, John Shepherd, Sourav Ganguly, Hanif Mohammad? The records are exactly the same in principle, but each is the head of their particular table. --Travisbasevi 18:04, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Bit vague perhaps, and re-reading it "exactly the same in principle" is almost a contradiction in terms. Let's say they're Test records that could all come under the same title. Two batting, two bowling; two positive, two negative. --Travisbasevi 10:55, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay, just a guess that someone else may be able to pick up on. Hanif has played the most tests of anyone taking exactly one wicket. Warne has the highest percentage of ducks. 86.129.110.90 19:18, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No, but you are right in that Warne and Shepherd are the batsmen, and Ganguly and Hanif are the bowlers. --Travisbasevi 23:03, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This will hopefully be the last clue. Respectively, the numbers are 75, -2, 36, -11. Not a lot of John Shepherd's Test batting career to examine to find a -2. --Travisbasevi 00:42, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

I have know idea of explaining it simply but something like 'Biggest difference in batting/bowling over 1st and 2nd innings' Warne batted 137 times in first innings, 62 times in second innings = 75. Shepherd - batted 3 (1st), 5 (2nd) = -2. Ganguly - bowling 61? (1st), 25? (2nd) = 36. Hanif - bowling 1 (1st), 12 (2nd) = -11. --Jpeeling 11:24, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

That's it. Got there in the end, over to you Jpeeling. --Travisbasevi 13:33, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Q582
What rare feat did George Coulthard, Tom Garrett, Patrick McShane all achieve? --Jpeeling 14:08, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * They all umpired as well as played in the same test series. Garrett's case was even more unique as he temporarily umpired in the same test match that he played. After batting in both innings he took over duties from the appointed umpire, Hodges, who refused to continue to officiate because the English players where "whinging". --UdayS 15:24, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
 * My answer was that they all played Test cricket after umpiring but the answer you've given is equally accurate and you picked up on the intersting Garrett case. The Test match is even more bizarre as Affie Jarvis a Australian wicketkeeper caught out his own team-mate Fred Spofforth while fielding for England. Over to UdayS. --Jpeeling 15:37, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Q583
India's first tour of New Zealand was as late as 1968. However more than 30 years earlier, India was supposed to tour New Zealand but cancelled at the last moment. Why? --UdayS 03:33, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Widespread famine and political unrest throughout India? The-Pope 13:28, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Famine it was. Over to you, the spirit of JPII UdayS 15:29, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Q584
It's been a couple of days, so I'll throw one out there. What was odd about Ray Bright's selection in the two ODIs he played in NZ in 1985/86? It was a feat that was almost emulated for England in the current ODI series v SL. --Travisbasevi 16:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Was it because it was 12 years since his previous ODI against NZ (which may be a record)? --Roisterer 06:37, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No, something a lot rarer than that. --Travisbasevi 09:36, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Was he a selector at the time? WillE 12:09, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Or a bowling coach? WillE 14:13, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No, it's stats based. Roisterer was on the right track looking at his debut. --Travisbasevi 15:18, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Two ODIs in 85-86 in NZ for Ray Bright? I see only one. Anyway Ray Bright's debut was in the first ever one day match played between Australia and NZ. But I don't notice any parallel in the Eng-SL series. --UdayS
 * Is there any connection to Graeme Swann? WillE 21:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Definitely 2 ODIs in NZ in 85/86, and WillE is boiling hot on the connection of Swann. --Travisbasevi 06:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * (but Swann literally couldn't cut the mustard - to use an already tired pun from the last couple of weeks) --Travisbasevi 06:13, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Bright only had one teammate from his previous ODI still playing... Alan Border, but looking at Swann's history, it seems that all 10 other Poms had changed. So I'll take the Mustard clue and unconvincingly suggest that it was his 9th ODI, with 3 different WKs (Marsh, Robinson and Philips)... is that a record? The-Pope 12:33, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No, A record is a round black vinyl disc with a hole in it. Coat! And given that NZ had seven different keepers in quick succession at one point, probably not. WillE 16:43, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

It's more a question of experience. Swann has a chance to emulate Bright if Prior returns in the next set of England ODIs (but it's unrelated to the fact Prior and Mustard are keepers). --Travisbasevi 13:46, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Ray Bright made the earliest debut, yet had played less ODI matches than any of the others who were playing? --UdayS
 * That's the one. He had the least caps but the earliest debut for his team. Something Swann would have also done had Mustard not made his debut in the same match. Over to Uday. --Travisbasevi 04:23, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Please ask the next question Travis. I will have spotty access to the internet the next few days. --UdayS

Q585
Taking inspiration from one of the previous guesses, who holds the Test record of playing with 14 different designated keepers? --Travisbasevi 09:53, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * My guess is that it is an Englishman from the early years who had a long career and made a lot of tours. So I'll go for Frank Woolley. Tintin 10:13, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Instictive guess: Allan Border? I've found six different keepers so far (John Maclean, Kevin Wright, Rod Marsh, Wayne B. Phillips, Greg Dyer and Ian Healy), I'm just trying to find eight more! AMBerry (talk | contribs) 10:17, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Graham Gooch? - Alan Knott, Alec Stewart, Bob Taylor, Jack Russell, Paul Downton, Bruce French, Jack Richards, David Bairstow .... --Jpeeling 10:21, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Woolley is a decent guess (I think he holds the record for playing under the most captains?) but this one is a modern player. And one with not a large amount of matches played by modern standards (which counts out Border and Gooch). --Travisbasevi 10:24, 17 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Sri Lanka had 14 wicket keepers in their first 20 years and it is reasonable to assume that Ranatunga played with all of them - Goonatillake, Guy de Alwis, Amal Silva, Gurusinha (1 test), Brendon Kuruppu, Gamini Wickremasinge, Tillekeratne, Ashley de Silva, Kalu, Dassanayake, Dunusinghe, Lanka de Silva, Prasanna Jayawardene and Sanga. Tintin 10:37, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Spot on, and cheers for listing them and saving my keyboard from the torture. Surprised to learn Gurusinha's debut Test (of 41) was his only one as keeper. --Travisbasevi 10:46, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Woolley had only 11 though he could have easily done better (had he appeared in the three Tests against WI in 1928, he could have had two more, and some such others). Tintin 11:07, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, Woolley should be ashamed of his lack of effort! Some other interesting ratios are Frank Worrell with 12 from 51 Tests, and Johnny Briggs with 10 from a mere 33. --Travisbasevi 11:46, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Ahh but did any of the others have a pop at keeping themselves like Woolley did? And is Wolley in Woolley's 11? --LiamE 11:43, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Q586
If you consider the length of a batsman's innings as the difference between the start and end time - not just the playing hours - and include the rest days and rained-off days, who has played the longest innings in Test cricket ? If a batsman gets in at 1700 hrs on Saturday and gets out at 1300 hrs on Monday, the length of his innings is 44 hours. Tintin 10:24, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Early guess. Lance Klusener in the infamous Centurion Test. Four days roughly. --Jpeeling 10:38, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Good guess but no. This innings was of similar magnitude, lasted less than 5 hours of actual playing time, was helped considerably by rain and lasted a little under five days of actual time. Tintin 10:46, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Rameez Raja batted for more than five days in this match? --Jpeeling 11:08, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No, he never resumed his innings. This incident happened between the wars and did not involve England (that should help to narrow the search down to a few dozen Tests) Tintin 12:34, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Third and final guess. Bruce Mitchell in Brisbane. --Jpeeling 12:45, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Mitchell it is. He batted for two and a half hours on Nov 28, play did not resume until tea on Dec 2, he made just 8 runs in two hours on that day and was out on Dec 3, four days and 21 hours after he started. Tintin 12:51, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Q587
I scored over 5,000 runs for my first-class team, was picked as 12th man for my country three times but never made the starting XI. As a coach I taught one of the greats, who am I? --Jpeeling 13:02, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Clue1:The unlucky player and the great were both Australians and played for the same state. --Jpeeling 20:33, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I had to do some scratching around and my first guess was Greg Shipperd who would have been Ponting's first coach, but he never made 5000 for one state. Next best guess is Sam Trimble who's a coach and was a 12th man but I don't know who his prodigy is. --Travisbasevi 23:33, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Sam Trimble is the right era. Clue2:Both bowled leg spin for Victoria. --Jpeeling 11:26, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Would the prodigy be Shane Warne? --Roberry 14:19, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct, but who taught him everything he knew. --Jpeeling 14:22, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

That would be Jack Potter --Roberry 15:07, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * And that would be correct. There's a interesting article from the Telegraph which says 12th man duties three times, yours says 2. Anyway he scored over 6000 FC runs at 40, coached the greatest bowler ever and still doesn't get a Wikipedia page, ah well as long as we have a page on Abdur Rahim. --Jpeeling 15:19, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Q588
What (equivalent?) Test record do Waqar Younis and Mike Hendrick hold? --Roberry 20:36, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know if this is Roberry but it's most runs without a fifty and most wickets without a five-fer. --Jpeeling 20:25, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

That is correct - sorry I keep forgetting to signing, and for the lame question --Roberry 20:36, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

Q589
Probably another easy one. What's the connection between the cricketers in this list and who's missing from it. Billy Murdoch, Arthur Shrewsbury, Percy Sherwell, Jeffrey Stollmeyer, Walter Hadlee, Vijay Hazare, Javed Burki, Duleep Mendis, Habibul Bashar. --Jpeeling 20:59, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Would it be captaining their country to their first test win? And is the missing person Andy Flower? Jonesy 00:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Along the right lines with Zimbabwe and Captaincy, but not first Test win as Dave Gregory would be Australia's. --Jpeeling 08:53, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Dave Houghton? First century by a captain?  (I've not checked this out, but they have all scored test centuries) KingStrato 10:26, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You don't need to check as you're correct. They're their country's first captain to score a century. Houghton was the only one to be their nations first Test captain, while it took West Indies 10 goes and 23 1/2 years to find a captain who could bat. --Jpeeling 10:43, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * George Headley captained the West Indies before Stollmeyer so I would say they had a captain who could bat. But he was only captain for the one game.  KingStrato 10:56, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Q590
Makhaya Ntini is last person to achieve a certain "feat", who was the first? KingStrato 09:52, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Early guess. Take 300 Test wickets, first was Fred Trueman. --Jpeeling 10:10, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Possibly true, but not the answer I was looking for. KingStrato 10:47, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the feat is taking 100 Test wickets away from home... as for who was first, maybe Sydney Barnes? CZHarris 08:42, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Again, no, this is something which is incredibly common and many bowlers have achieved many times. Danish Kaneria was the batsman involved for Ntini.  This question seemed a good idea at the time.  It now seems a little lame.  KingStrato 17:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Get someone out for a duck? first would be James Lillywhite dismissing Ned Gregory. --Jpeeling 17:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * (in a Test match), –MDCollins (talk) 17:35, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That's right, MDCollins gets it! No, wait.  I'm not having that.  Over to you Mr Jpeeling.  KingStrato 18:56, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Very fair KS! Couldn't have it any other way...–MDCollins (talk) 22:31, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Q591
First I should say happy 2nd birthday to the Quiz. 283 questions in last year compared with 307 in first year. What record did Michael Atherton set during the 1993 Ashes? --Jpeeling 19:21, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Most runs in a series (553) without scoring a century (highest score 99) --Roberry 20:06, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Correct, Conrad Hunte had held the record at 550, Atherton beat it by 3. Graham Thorpe and Clem Hill are the two others to pass 500 in a test series without a ton. Your turn Roberry. --Jpeeling 20:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Q592
What Test record is held by Anil Kumble, followed by Muttiah Muralitharan, Kapil Dev, Jason Gillespie and Shaun Pollock? --Roberry 22:19, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps a clue is needed. Kumble set the record in 2006, and it is either 63 or 64 depending on how you view the record --Roberry 14:18, 23 October 2007 (UTC) --Roberry 16:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

A clue - The record is presently 64, and was set by Kumble in 2006 --Roberry 16:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

He beat the old record at Antigua in June 2006 --Roberry 22:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone want to make a guess or do I ned to post another clue - --Roberry 18:11, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Most 4-wicket hauls in a Test career, when he took 4-107 in the second innings? Rprpsych 18:14, 24 October 2007 (UTC) 18:13, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't think so - I think Murali or Warne probably has that record --Roberry 19:17, 24 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Most LBWs? WillE 19:24, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Kumble does have the Test record for lbws, but Shane Warne, Wasim Akram and Glenn McGrath are also in the Top 5 for that record - I'm looking for a different record. If it helps, Desmond Haynes holds the equivalent batting record at 37 --Roberry 19:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Nope, it doesn't... WillE 22:38, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, Haynes has been out caught by the wicket keeper 37 times, so I guess that Kumble has seen India's wicket keeper snaffle a catch of him 64 times in a Test? --Roisterer 23:03, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Doubt it - the Rodney Marsh-Dennis Lillee combo reached 95 wickets...–MDCollins (talk) 23:51, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, soon as I posted that, the Lillee/Marsh connection occurred to me. --Roisterer 00:16, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

That is true - this is not the record I am looking for. The dismissal that gave Kumble the record was Ganga in the 2nd innings for 36. Hopefully that will be enough for someone to work out what I am looking for - --Roberry 09:17, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Kumble has dismissed batsmen in Tests for every score from 0 to 63. He hadn't dismissed anyone for 36 before he got Ganga. Earlier in the same match he had Sarwan lbw for 58, which was the first time he'd dismissed a batsman at that score. Presumably Haynes was out for every score up to 37. Johnlp 09:54, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

That is the correct answer - I wasn't aware that he also got the 58 score in the same match, so lucky I picked the right dismissal in the clue. Haynes recorded every score from 0 to 36 (not sure if he was out for every one of those though). The next question belongs to you Johnlp - --Roberry 12:17, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Q593
Who got confused in the World Cup after a shower, but lasted only two balls anyway? Johnlp 14:43, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Brian Lara fell immediatley after a rain break here. --Jpeeling 15:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

No, not him. Johnlp 15:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Second and final guess. Ian Botham, same tournament, similar circumstances --Jpeeling 15:58, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

No. You're strangely adjacent with both your answers, but the degree of confusion is what makes this event noteworthy. Different tournament, too. Johnlp 16:14, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Did someone resume their innings at the wrong end? Don't know who, mind. 164.36.38.240 11:45, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

That's right. Now all you need to find out is who, and JPeeling's adjacent suggestions might provide a clue. Johnlp 11:52, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Wild guess... Was it Sir Viv? --LiamE 16:23, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Not so wild. You're perfectly correct. The match was West Indies v Zimbabwe at Worcester in 1983. When Richards came back out to bat after a shower, he went to the wrong end, and was out to the second ball he received after the resumption. Zimbabwe weren't about to complain having got the world's No 1 batsman of the time out... but they didn't take another wicket and went on to lose by eight wickets. Anyway, it's all yours. Johnlp 16:38, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Q594
Well I didn't expect that. Okay this might be a bit too easy but I havn't got a question ready. Who is the only Test player to play for both England and India? --LiamE 17:28, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Nawab of Pataudi, three Tests for both countries. --Jpeeling 17:34, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I knew it was too easy... over to you. --LiamE 17:44, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Q595
I was my county's wicketkeeper for a decade, playing over 300 first-class matches and four times representing England although never in a Test. My most famous innings came in Frank Keating's County Match of the Century. Who am I? --Jpeeling 18:13, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Would that be Mr Humpage? --LiamE 18:36, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Afraid not, you may have fell into a trap, the four matches for England were not ODIs. However Warwickshire were the opponents in the famous match. --Jpeeling 18:42, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Walter Livsey, perhaps. With this as the famous match. Johnlp 20:34, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Well done, Livsey scored the first of only two first-class centuries in that match, the match was voted the 20th greatest match of the century in the 2000 Wisden and ninth greatest according to Cricinfo. Livsey was also famous for being the butler to his county captain Lionel Tennyson. Johnlp the floor is yours. --Jpeeling 20:58, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Q596
Hutton scored 34 and 16 not out, and his team won by nine wickets. But it was all to no avail. Why was this a matter of considerable embarrassment to Major Campbell? Johnlp 21:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

I think I have found the game but don't what the connection with Major Campbell is. See if someone else can finish it off --Roberry 14:28, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd guess Major Campbell had a bet with someone that Yorshire would win by an innings and lost. --LiamE 14:36, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Okay. You've got the right game. If I tell you that Major Campbell was the hon sec of the Minor Counties Cricket Association, would that help? Johnlp 14:59, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Could well be he bet the other way then! --LiamE 15:13, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Not, I suspect, a betting man. Johnlp 16:44, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Major Campbell had boasted that Norfolk were of sufficient strength to be upgraded to First Class status. This was result, against Yorkshire's second XI tended to suggest not. WillE 22:15, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Nice idea, but wrong, I fear. The reason why the match was played may give another clue to the major's embarrassment. Johnlp 22:23, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Is this the instance when the final was played between the wrong teams - there was some miscalculation of the points which was not spotted until the end of the season, Yokshire second XI which should not have been in the final had played and won it, and because of which there was no second XI champion that year ? Tintin 22:30, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

That's right. Yorkshire Seconds had wrongly been credited with five points for a match against Staffordshire, when they should have had only three. The Championship positions were decided on percentages, and Norfolk had finished top. But Wiltshire, not Yorkshire, would have finished second (and would therefore have been eligible to challenge Norfolk for the title) had the correct points been given. The mistake only came to light after the wrong challenge match had been played, when Major Campbell sent the Championship table in to Wisden for the 1934 edition. Wisden's editors spotted the error in proofreading the table, but by then it was late October and that was deemed too late to replay the match. The Minor Counties Championship for that season is down as "undecided". Campbell offered to resign, but the offer wasn't accepted. Well done, Tintin, and over to you. Johnlp 22:43, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Q597
Too easy and trivial, I fear. What is the contribution of the Yorkshire v Leicestershire 1946 match to cricket trivia ? Tintin 23:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * First time of 2 hat tricks in the same innings? --LiamE 23:07, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No. The answer may sound a bit silly. Tintin 23:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * First time of 2 hat tricks in an innings with the bowler dressed as a chicken? That would be a bit silly. --LiamE 23:10, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No :-) Hint - this question was inspired by the Q.596. Tintin 23:13, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

....the connection with the previous one being that this one too involves Hutton and a blunder. Tintin 08:15, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Was this the match when the radio commentator announced Yorkshire were 232 all out. Hutton ill. No I'm sorry, Hutton 111. --Jpeeling 09:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It was. Well done. Over to you. Tintin 09:39, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Q598
What connects Arthur Shrewsbury, Graham Yallop, Ajay Ratra and Herschelle Gibbs ? --Jpeeling 10:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * "11th bowlers" in a Test innings - they were the last bowler used on the four occasions when all the 11 players bowled in an innings. Tintin 10:09, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Only 5 minutes, well done Tintin. --Jpeeling 10:13, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Q599
Who captained his side in a FA Cup final a couple of weeks before his brother played in a cricket world cup ? Tintin 13:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Steve Gatting, brother of Mike, captained Brighton in the 1983 FA Cup final. --Jpeeling 15:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct. Back to you once again. Tintin 16:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Q600
Which bowler has taken the most number of wickets in a day of Test cricket? --Jpeeling 16:57, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Was that that bloke from Corrie and his 15? WillE 19:03, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Were they taken *in* the test match? KingStrato 19:08, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Johnny Briggs' were. WillE 19:11, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Briggs is the correct answer, he took 15/28 in the match all of them coming on the second day as South Africa were skittled out twice with only two men making double figures although Bernard Tancred did became the first Test player to carry his bat. WillE it's all yours. --Jpeeling 19:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, flip. Now I've got to think of a question...... WillE 19:51, 29 October 2007 (UTC)