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Q661
Complete the following set of people: Richie Benaud, Pervez Sajjad, Ken Higgs, Ernie Toshack, Jermaine Lawson, ... I need three more names. Stephen Turner (Talk) 11:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Steve Harmison, George Lohmann, George Lohmann, Jim Laker. Tintin 12:23, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

whats the record and why did mr.tintin wrote George Lohmann name twice. . . . . ?bharath
 * Correct, Tintin. The record is the lowest number of runs conceded for a given number of wickets in a Test innings. Benaud took 3 wickets for 0 runs, Sajjad and Higgs 4/5, Toshack 5/2, Lawson 6/3, Harmison 7/12, Lohmann 8/7 and 9/28, and Laker 10/53.


 * Cricinfo's new improved Statsguru is really good for finding out these sorts of records. E.g.: The best 7-fors.


 * Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:35, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Q662
Which English captain has a Ranji winning captain as his father-in-law ? Tintin 13:44, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm going to guess at CB Fry. Why?  Because he's done everything else that anyone could possibly want to do.  KingStrato (talk) 14:21, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not Fry. Ranji Trophy began in 1934/5, so Fry's father-in-law must be too old to be a Ranji captain. Tintin 14:31, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ted Dexter. Married Tom Longfield's daughter. Johnlp (talk) 21:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * And Longfield won the first of Bengal's two Ranji titles. Over to you. Tintin 06:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Q663
Why might Peter Smith have felt aggrieved at the end of the day at The Oval? Johnlp (talk) 08:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not sure about the end of the day bit, but he would not have been pleased in 1933 when he turned up at The Oval expecting to make his test debut, only to find out that the telegram was a hoax. The-Pope (talk) 08:54, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Not that incident (which I think we had in a question before). "The end of the day" is crucial in this. The day, by the way, was a Saturday, I think. Not that that is relevant in any way... Johnlp (talk) 09:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I assume you're referring to this match. The first day was a Saturday and play didn't start until 5pm as it had rained all day.  Not sure why this might have made him feel aggrieved though.  KingStrato (talk) 10:28, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Nope, not that one. Johnlp (talk) 10:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Was this where TPB, selected as a bowler, went the whole game without touching the ball, and then held the last catch to win the match? WillE (talk) 13:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

No, not this one either (and I think we had it as a question before as well: he does seem to crop up in these questions rather a lot). This particular incident that I'm after led to a note being appended to the laws of the game. Johnlp (talk) 13:15, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Are we talking about the same Peter Smith? If not, how about the batsman, who, in the bar after the day's play, told everyone that he could not believe his luck when no-one appealed for what he thought was a plumb LBW. The bowler, being a cunning demon, sought the opinion of the umpire, who was also surprised no-one appealed. When play started on the next day of play, the bowler immediately appealed. The Batsman was given out. The law was amended so that no appeal can be made after the cessation of a day's play. WillE (talk) 18:29, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

This is pretty close, but not quite. It is the same Peter Smith, and the incident hinges on the difference between the words "at" and "after". Johnlp (talk) 22:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Was this the game where the umpire gave TPB out (when he shouldn't have been) from the last ball on the Saturday to prevent the umpires (and teams) having to come back the following day?164.36.38.240 (talk) 13:16, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I reckon you're close enough and we could be dancing around this one for days. Surrey fielder Fred Gamble took a low and distant catch off Smith off the last ball of the day. No one appealed and the umpires called "Time" and they and the teams started walking off, at which point someone appealed. The umpires ruled that Smith was out and were later supported by MCC, which ruled that the appeal had happened "at the cessation of play" rather than "after the cessation of play" as people were still on the pitch. But a note was quietly added after this to the law about appeals to the effect that play would in future be deemed to have ended when the bails were removed at the end of the day or session. 1935, Surrey v Essex at the Oval. Over to you, Mr E. Johnlp (talk) 14:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Q664
Why did a punter get a chipping? WillE (talk) 20:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It was an occasion when a team was trying to see the opposition through to a rare milestone... WillE (talk) 12:23, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It involved a 26 year old missing out on a triple hundred...WillE (talk) 21:21, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * And the first first class game of one of England's finest all rounders. WillE (talk) 16:26, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Is no-one playing at the moment? Punter was Edward Humphreys. WillE (talk) 13:11, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Presumably this match where Humphreys took the wicket that denied Johnny Tyldesley a triple century and Frank Woolley made his debut. Though I don't understand the "Chipping" reference. Johnlp (talk) 21:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the "second game" red herring... I spent 20 minutes last night studying the scorecard of Woolley's 2nd game looking for a triple century! The-Pope (talk) 22:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * With apologies to His Eminence for the FBB occurance... Worsley was "considered the worst batsman in the world" and all the Kent players wanted JT to get 300. The ball was thrown to Punter, who bowled well wide of off stump. For four balls this was successful, but the fifth ball swung wildly and hit the leg stump. Woolley recalled in his essay for Wisden "My Happy Cricket Life", that Punter took a lot of stick - "chipping" - in the dressing room as a result. Over to John once more. WillE (talk) 12:32, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Q665
In which year did long legs cause problems in the field at Lord's? Johnlp (talk) 12:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

A clue? You might think that Hell's Angels were perhaps involved. Johnlp (talk) 22:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1948? 164.36.38.240 (talk) 13:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

No. A bit earlier (but not much). Johnlp (talk) 14:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Was this the game with the moth invasion? WillE (talk) 18:41, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Not moths, but you're right to think entomologically. Try the family Tipulidae, in larval form. Johnlp (talk) 21:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1935, England v South Africa. Leather-jackets ravaged the pitch, ensuring that it turned from an early stage. Xenophon Balaskas took 9/103 to lead South Africa to an historic victory. --Roisterer (talk) 23:50, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

By Jove, you do indeed have it. Well done and over to you. Johnlp (talk) 08:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Q666
We've reached the number of the beast so my question is "Which former Test cricketer shares a name (but not quite the same spelling) with a notorious mass murderer?" --Roisterer (talk) 00:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Gary Gilmour / Gary Gilmore --Roberry (talk) 03:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That's the man. I'm sure I was not the only one back in the early 80s surprised to hear on the news of the former Australian fast bowler's imminent execution. --Roisterer (talk) 04:46, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Two deaths make a mass murder? Mitchell Johnson tops that with a haul of four. --Travisbasevi (talk) 05:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't get around to reading Gilmore's article until after posting the question and was surprised it was only two. I'm sure many media outlets have referred to two murders as "mass murders" though. --Roisterer (talk) 06:11, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

So, who gets it - four certainly seems closer to a mass murderer --Roberry (talk) 15:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's definitely yours. --Travisbasevi (talk) 17:47, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think Travis is right: Roberry gets it because that answer fulfils the "shares a name (but not quite the same spelling)" criterion. Johnlp (talk) 21:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The "former" bit especially gives it, even despite Johnson's horribly wayward bowling in the present Test. Besides that, I was wrong - his namesake claimed a five-fer, and not just the four victims. Onwards to the next question with significantly less black humour. --Travisbasevi (talk) 03:44, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Q667
OK, not very good at questions but we'll try this one.

What Test record has only been held by 5 players outright. The current record holder is NS Mitchell-Innes. He has held the record since May 2005, and will not be broken for at least 18 months. --Roberry (talk) 21:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Longest living test cricketer? Is it significant that he only played one test?  KingStrato (talk) 22:16, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The one test is not significant - what do you mean by longest living test cricketer? - --Roberry (talk) 22:40, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * How long players lived between their last test and passing away. He played his one test in 1935 and died in 2006.  I would imagine few others, if any, have lived longer than 71 years after playing their last test.  KingStrato (talk) 07:45, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * You are correct - next question is yours --Roberry (talk) 15:48, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Q668
What links Lasith Malinga, Zaheer Khan, Richard Illingworth, Phillip DeFreitas, Michael Holding, Mike Hendrick and Jeff Thomson? And how many more players are there to add to the list? KingStrato (talk) 20:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC) Ok, it's been over 24 hours so a clue. Only one man can be added to the list every 4 years. KingStrato (talk) 07:15, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * They were all the last wicket to fall in a World Cup final. Ponting in 99 and Gurusinha in 96 are missing, although they are the odd ones out because they were on the winning side. --Travisbasevi (talk) 11:57, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That's spot on. They're also the batsmen on the list.  That's why I left them off.  KingStrato (talk) 18:12, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Q669
To borrow the above style of question, what connects these players: Atholl McKinnon, Courtney Browne, Joe Darling, Kapil Dev, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Allan Border? --Travisbasevi (talk) 23:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * This actually should be a team of 10 (or 11) positions, but Allan Border occupies 5 (or 6) of them. Someone needs to get this today as I'm away for a few days from tomorrow. --Travisbasevi (talk) 14:39, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's about what they haven't achieved. --Travisbasevi (talk) 16:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Kapil Dev wasn't enough of a gambler, Chanderpaul should've danced more, Joe was the umpire's darling. --Travisbasevi (talk) 20:19, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Are we talking belated declarations here? WillE (talk) 20:28, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No, it's to do with something about being a batsman. --Travisbasevi (talk) 20:58, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, how about dominating partnerships with tail enders? Though I'd expect Tugga to be in there somewhere. WillE (talk) 22:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No, the reference to 10 (or 11) is entirely coincidentally to the number of partnerships (or batsmen) in a team. McKinnon should have been more fond of fielders, Browne never left a mess, Border could have been less more obscure. --Travisbasevi (talk) 23:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, McKinnon was never caught in 13 Test innings, Chanderpaul was never stumped in 183 innings, Browne was never bowled in 30 Test innings, Kapil Dev was never run out in 184 Test innings, Joe Darling was never out lbw in 60 Test innings and Alan Border was never hit wicket, timed out, out handled ball, obstructing the field, retired out etc. in 265 innings. All are, presumably, records for the most number of innings without getting out a particular way. --Roisterer (talk) 02:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Bang on the knocker. I can go catch that plane now. --Travisbasevi (talk) 02:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Q670
In 1986, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser made a goodwill visit to South Africa where he met with the then still imprisoned Nelson Mandela. What were Mandela's first words to Fraser? --Roisterer (talk) 09:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Tell me is Don Bradman still alive? --Jpeeling (talk) 11:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, the question lasted a few hours this time. Yes, the first thing Mandela, then in solitary, asked a visiting head of state was whether the Don still lived. Fraser returned to South Africa a year or so later with a bat signed by Bradman for Mandela. --Roisterer (talk) 22:21, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Q671
Henry Wood was the first Englishman to achieve this, who was the first Australian? --Jpeeling (talk) 09:32, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Rod Marsh? Johnlp (talk) 09:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That's the badger, first wicket-keeper to score hundred for Australia was Marsh coming 90 years after Wood had done likewise for England. Your turn Johnlp. --Jpeeling (talk) 10:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Q672
Which former cricketer was described, in his later coaching days, as "best of all as a spectator, with his face balanced like a luminous walrus over the wall by the dressing-room steps"? Johnlp (talk) 11:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Boonie? WillE (talk) 01:32, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

No, somewhat earlier. I think the unstated subtext of praising this coach's spectating is that the actual coaching didn't amount to much. Johnlp (talk) 13:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Time for a clue? Despite holding for more than 40 years a cricket record that suggests considerable industry, this chap was "not cut out for work". Johnlp (talk) 08:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

greg chapell. . . . ?

No, not him. The record was overtaken by two players in the same season, and no one has got close since, so our chap is still in third place in this particular league table. Johnlp (talk) 14:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it K S Ranjitsinhji? Runs in an English first class season? --Bedders (talk) 16:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Strangely, you've got the right reason but the wrong bloke. I think we need the right name... (tough, but fair). Johnlp (talk) 17:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I guess it must be Tom Hayward then - --Roberry (talk) 20:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Indeed it is. He was coach at Oxford when R.C. Robertson-Glasgow was in the University team; Hayward's brother Dan was coach at Cambridge at the same time. Robertson-Glasgow wrote that Tom Hayward's "verbal instruction" to young university batsmen was limited to just three comments: "How's that?", "Hit 'em hard" and "Oh, what a shot, sir!". His 3518 runs in 1906 was finally beaten by both Compton (3816) and Edrich (3539) in 1947, but only Hutton (3429 in 1949) has otherwise got to within 100 runs of it. Johnlp (talk) 21:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find a website that listed it :) I was 5 minutes from leaving work and I'm rubbish at setting questions anyway --Bedders (talk) 07:55, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Q673
I feel like a fraud for stealing that one.

What did India achieve for the first time in the just completed Test with Australia? South Africa has managed it 5 times, and Australia twice. --Roberry (talk) 21:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Not complaining about the umpires?
 * Funny.

A clue - South Africa managed this 3 times in the 1966/67 series with Australia. --Roberry (talk) 16:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

winning a test at perth. . . . .?

Another clue - Eddie Barlow was a part of four of the SA instances (including all 3 in the 66/67 series) - --Roberry (talk) 14:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Still no guesses? - Trevor Goddard was also involved in 4 of South Africa's instances - --Roberry (talk) 20:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

OK - this question has gone on long enough - what did the Indian openers manage in this test that no other Indian opening pair have managed? Only 4 other opening pairs have managed this - Barlow & Goddard did it 4 times - --Roberry (talk) 19:18, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I can only think that opening batsmen don't between them take half the opposition wickets very often, though wicket-taking individual opening batsmen aren't that rare... Johnlp (talk) 21:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Irfan Pathan opened both the batting and the bowling. Don't suppose that's it? Jonesy (talk) 21:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Johnlp is close. Since the question has been out there a while I will give it to you. The answer I was looking for was both openers took multiple wickets in one innings. --Roberry (talk) 02:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Very nice question. I guess the added proviso is it's the openers in the team's 1st innings, otherwise a few oddities like Morrison and Snedden qualify. --Travisbasevi (talk) 09:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Q674
Thanks. Whose six for 41 made an (albeit minor) contribution to his own loss of fortune? Johnlp (talk) 10:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Bertie Buse in this match. Sam Korn (smoddy) 12:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, well done. Welcome back! Johnlp (talk) 23:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

will anyone rule 3 it. . . ?


 * Whoops, sorry, forgot to check back :-) Sam Korn (smoddy) 16:57, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Q675
What hypnotic records do Duleep Mendis (for batsmen) and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (for bowlers) hold? --Travisbasevi (talk) 11:45, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Twin Scores and Twin Bowling figures? 105 and 105 (or was that Roy Dias?) and a pair of 6-52s? WillE (talk) 16:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * That be the answer. Most runs scored twice in match, and the best bowling analysis twice in the one match. --Travisbasevi (talk) 16:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Q676
Who, on debut, dismissed an England captain for a pair? WillE (talk) 18:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

andrew symonds. . . . ?

According to, the only England captains dismissed for a pair were Hussain and Botham and neither pair was by a single bowler. Or are we talking about non-Tests? &mdash;Moondyne 11:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Mahendra Nagamootoo on debut in the 5th test at The Oval, 31 August - 4 September, 2000 dismissed Nasser Hussain in the first innings for 0, he also scored 0 in the second innings, but fell to Nixon McLean. -- SpaniardSA 11:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it must have happened in FC cricket, where pairs to a single bowler are surprisingly fairly common to English captain, but not to a player on debut. A quick random check shows that Gatting fell to a pair to Bicknell, Gooch to John Shepherd and Paul Robinson, Gower to Tim Lamb & jumping back a bit, even JWHT Douglas twice got a pair to Hirst and also to Kilner, but not anyone on debut.  I think we need a hint as I don't think I can search all 77! The-Pope (talk) 14:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Percival Morfee dismissed Plum Warner for a pair on his first-class debut but Warner wasn't England captain at the time. --Jpeeling (talk) 15:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Morfee is correct - I specified "an" English Captain and not "the" or "the current" English Captain. I'm running out of questions, hence the reference to an earlier question...WillE (talk) 21:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Q677
Who's first-class career spanned 12 matches over 12 years yet contained a triple-century which occured in a remarkable match? --Jpeeling (talk) 21:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

This one? Johnlp (talk) 22:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)


 * An innings and 851 runs?! Wow! Stephen Turner (Talk) 03:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Pervez Akhtar is the wanted man, your turn Johnlp. --Jpeeling (talk) 09:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Q678
"You win some; you lose some." Why might this have been said by Tom Perkins to some Australians - or vice versa? Johnlp (talk) 10:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


 * A workmate who's too shy to answer here (hello Steven) pointed out that he played in two matches against the 1893 Australians where the team following on won the match. and . --Travisbasevi (talk) 15:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

That's right. Perkins lost one and won one; the Australians won one and lost one. Well done to Travis & Co. Johnlp (talk) 16:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Q679
What complementary pairs of records do these players hold? Stanley Jackson and Daren Ganga (Tests); Carl Rackemann and Hashan Tillakaratne (ODIs). --Travisbasevi (talk) 17:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thought this one would have gone quicker. There's a hint in one of the player's wikipedia pages that's so big it should come with the sound of a klaxon... --Travisbasevi (talk) 13:25, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Highest/lowest proportion of games played at home? Jackson never left England, Ganga has only 12 of 48 in the Windies, Rackemann played 35 of 52 in Oz, Hashan has only 32 of 200 in Sri Lanka.  The-Pope (talk) 14:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * No, but you're on the right track. Graeme Labrooy played all 44 of his ODIs away from home when SL was off limits, and would be second behind Tilly in the record you're looking for. --Travisbasevi (talk) 15:51, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The numbers involved are, respectively: 20, 17, 20, 49. --Travisbasevi (talk) 13:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * In that case most home/away games from debut before an away/home game. The-Pope (talk) 13:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Aye, that's it. In hindsight, Jackson doesn't fit as well as the others as his whole career was at home. --Travisbasevi (talk) 14:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Q680
Which player has opened in tests with the most different partners and how many? The-Pope (talk) 17:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Goochie? WillE (talk) 11:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Gavaskar has an odd assortment of keepers, allrounders, established middle order batsmen and erm, Roger Binny in his total of 19. --Travisbasevi (talk) 12:46, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Sunny is the one... Gooch is 2nd with 18, equal with Len Hutton and Saeed Anwar. No current player has had more than 10 partners... Imran Farhat amazingly leads the way with 9 partners from only 27 tests! The-Pope (talk) 13:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)