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Q701
Sorry for keeping you all waiting. My internet connection was broken over the weekend. Back to business, then.

Where were these guys each time a particularly rare event happened in cricket - John Parkin, Ghulam Parkar, Jacques Kallis, Mahendra Singh Dhoni? --SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 19:19, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm gonna guess they were stood at the other end as someone belted 6 sixes in an over. KingStrato (talk) 19:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * And you guessed it right! They were watching from the non-striker's end when Sobers, Shastri, Gibbs and Yuvraj hit six sixes in an over. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 04:25, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * BUMP! (Seem to be my only contributions lately...) WillE (talk) 21:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Q702
I've got one that I heard the other day to keep things moving. Why, when, where and which bowler deliberately broke Law 22 in a Test by leaving his over unfinished, and yet remaining in the field, because of an injury to a team mate? --Travis Basevi (talk) 00:57, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not sure of how to give a clue without giving it away. I did watch the match on the telly at time (and scored it for Cricinfo) but had completely forgotten all about it. So it is recent but not too recent. It took Tony Cozier mentioning it on-air during the just completed WI Test for me to rediscover it. --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:34, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Taking a guess at the situation - the wicketkeeper gets injured and the bowler was his usual replacement in the team. So, the bowler started to keep wickets and someone else completed the over. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 16:10, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's the exact situation. Now try to think of a part-time wicket-keeper who was a regular bowler in Tests. --Travis Basevi (talk) 16:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Andrew Hall? I know he certainly bowled and kept wicket in an ODI, whether or not he did in a Test I don't know. AMBerry (talk | contribs) 17:13, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Jimmy Adams. Replaced the wicket-keeper Ridley Jacobs, in 1999 against Australia, after the primary wicket keeper's nose was broken when he couldn't collect a delivery going down leg-side. Carl Hooper finished the formalities of that unfinished over. KNM Talk 17:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Perfectly accurate, the next question goes to KNM. To keep us entertained in the meantime, here is the scorecard. --Travis Basevi (talk) 18:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Q703
Michael Kasprowicz, Ben Hollioake and Henry Olonga. Whats the connection? - KNM Talk 19:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Clue: In the connection, these three play a role of batsman. - KNM Talk 14:53, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Unexpectedly batted at number three in a one day international? WillE (talk) 09:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope. Let me make it simple. Fill in the blanks: These three were the only victims who got out for duck among ..... ? - KNM Talk 16:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * These were wicket nos. 200, 400 and 500 for Muralitharan. Is that the connection? The only batsmen dismissed on duck when Murali reached a 100-wicket milestone. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 17:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You got it right, SeaTurtlesMate. Over to you. - KNM Talk 17:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Come on, SeaTurtlesMate, you've done the hard part, don't be shy about doing the easy part of asking a question... --Travis Basevi (talk) 00:11, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ha! My current form suggests otherwise - i am having an easier time giving answers. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 19:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Q704
If this match had been played under current ODI rules, it would have counted as an ODI and a batsman making his debut would have claimed the record for the fastest half century. Name the batsman and identify the match. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 19:30, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SR Tendulkar's 18 ball 50 in the exhibition match against Pakistan in 1989/90 ? Tintin 00:32, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
 * BUMP!WillE (talk) 19:00, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

This is Tendulkar's 18 ball 50, the record for the fastets 50 at the time was Lance Cairns' 21 balls, was scored in an exhibition match after an ODI was cancelled because of rain, and his official ODI debut was two days later. To save time, I am going ahead with the next question. Tintin 01:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Q705
Long before Jayasuriya and Afridi, who scored a sub-50 ball hundred in an unofficial "ODI" ? Tintin 01:32, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Someone in the Bush fire ODIs in OZ in the mid 80s? Simon O'Donnell, maybe? WillE (talk) 13:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No. Wrong country. Tintin 14:08, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Adrian Kuiper against the rebel England side in 89/90. 49 balls apparently, and it earned him a county contract where he was captained by Kim Barnett, the main person he massacred that day.  --Travis Basevi (talk) 01:06, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Right, and your turn. Tintin 01:19, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Cheers, and welcome back. --Travis Basevi (talk) 05:46, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Q706
What is unique in Test history about the scorecard for Bangladesh's inaugural Test? --Travis Basevi (talk) 05:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Only time every batsman scored fewer/equal runs in the second innings than he did in the first innings. IIRC, there are four instances where everyone scored more in the second innings, the last being SL in England a couple of years back. Tintin 06:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * This was when SL did it. Tintin 06:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

That will do, although it is only for fewer runs (NZ did fewer or equal at Auckland in 1954/55). Afraid there's also no bonus points for you - there may 4 cases of the reverse but the most recent was just in the week gone by, with all 11 Indian players improving on their 1st innings at Ahmedabad. Back to you it goes anyhow. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Did India and SA play a Test last week ? I must have been asleep. The last thing I remember is Sehwag scoring a triple hundred :-/ Thanks Tintin 10:08, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Q707
The last ball of the match was a bouncer by a bowler who was probably the fastest of his time. Not wanting to risk a catch, the batsman on strike moved the bat out of the way, and took the ball on his chest. The story goes that he went around for a week or two proudly displaying the bruise. Which exciting Test finished in this fashion ? Tintin 10:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Australia v West Indies, 1960/61, 4th Test, Adelaide, with Ken Mackay the man in question. --Roisterer (talk) 12:21, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well done. The last wicket pair of Mackay and Lindsay Kline played out the 100 odd minutes to draw the match. Tintin 12:47, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Q708
What's the link between Kenneth Burn's bizarre selection as reserve wicketkeeper in the 1890 Australian tour of England and the 1920 film version of Treasure Island? --Roisterer (talk) 22:59, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The first bit is that Burn had never kept wicket before the tour. Don't know about the connection, though... WillE (talk) 19:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep, Burns's selection was ahead of more fancied, more experienced wicketkeepers. --Roisterer (talk) 01:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll go out on a limb here (arf!) and say there was an actor in the 1920 film with no previous experience? Did the guy actually only have one leg or something perhaps? --Travis Basevi (talk) 00:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It's certainly connected to an actor in the film but not in that way. --Roisterer (talk) 01:12, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I saw from the cast listing in imdb that an actress played the lead role. Maybe, nobody knew she was a woman until they started shooting the film. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 06:37, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ingenious thinking but no banana. The link is a particular person, and in particular a wicketkeeper. --Roisterer (talk) 10:21, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

The freshly edited Cricinfo profile for Sydney Deane pretty much gives the game away. His IMDB page (with Treasure Island as his 9th film) confuses his birthplace by making the timeless error of Austria instead of Australia. --Travis Basevi (talk) 13:58, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * So I wasted 30 mins trying to find a cricket link to Melbourne born Joseph Singleton. Oh well, I better go off and tend to my edelweiss, cook up some Wiener Schnitzel and put on my lederhosen. The-Pope (talk) 14:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Sydney Deane is the man. After some good first-class performances, Deane was initially invited to join the 1890 touring party as reserve wicketkeeper until complaints by the Victorian members of the team that the side would be too NSW centric led to Burns's selection instead. Deane started a singing career, moved to the US and became the first Australian to act in US films, including the 1920 version of Treasure Island. I might even try to write an article on the man. Over to Travis. --Roisterer (talk) 23:28, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Q709
What initial sequence is this? 101,0,1,2,6,1,4,4,2,0 --Travis Basevi (talk) 05:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Lowest team total to include a hundred partnership?? WillE (talk) 16:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No, it's the start of a sequence of 22. To the general surprise of most, it didn't get extended last year. --Travis Basevi (talk) 17:36, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually surprised no one has recognised it instantly, I did think the word "initial" was too much of a hint. With that piece of smugness firmly locked away, let me say it was a run of 22 scores that momentarily redeemed itself with a finish of 102 before a return to form with two ducks. --Travis Basevi (talk) 03:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Last wicket partnerships in World Cup semi-finals, from 1975 till 2007? - KNM Talk 04:17, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No, but you're getting warmer when you talk of cups for worlds. --Travis Basevi (talk) 04:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nathan Astle's scores in World Cups. &mdash;Raven42 (talk) 07:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Spot on, the talking stick goes to Raven42. --Travis Basevi (talk) 12:30, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Q710
Complete the sequence.. H Graham, J.H. Hampshire, Sourav Ganguly,_______________, _________________

Hint:Both are English test players

A.J.Strauss and M.J.Prior - hundreds scored at Lord's in their Test debut --Roberry (talk) 21:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

The answer is right, but I'm sorry, I didn't read the rules porpely Abeer.ag (talk) 06:36, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Q711
Who is missing from this set:

A.Sandham, C.Bannerman, C.L.Walcott, D.L.Houghton, G.B.Legge, Ijaz Ahmed, J.F.Reid, W.G.Grace, W.W.Armstrong, Waqar Hasan? --Roberry (talk) 19:19, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Zaheer Khan? WillE (talk) 21:43, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Not the answer I was looking for - unless you can tell me why these 11 are linked somehow --Roberry (talk) 03:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I was thinking highest score from batting position. Doesn't work though! WillE (talk) 11:44, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Virender Sehwag?Abeer.ag (talk) 06:28, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Rashid Latif, the first Test 150 in each country; Sandham (West Indies), Bannerman (Australia), Walcott (India), Houghton (Zimbabwe), Legge (New Zealand), Ijaz (Bangladesh), Reid (Sri Lanka), Grace (England), Armstrong (South Africa), Waqar (Pakistan). Latif scored the first in UAE. --Jpeeling (talk) 08:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

That is correct - had to pick 150 since no-one has yet scored 200 in UAE. Waqar Hasan was the uncertain one, but I'm guessed he got to 150 before Imtiaz Ahmed did in this match.. The next question is all yours --Roberry (talk) 00:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Q712
What 'unique' feat did Francis Noyes achieve in his short first-class career? --Jpeeling (talk) 09:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * From the Notts CC website "As a cricketer Noyes has a personal slot in the game’s history as the only batsman to bat twice in each innings in a major county match - Notts v Hants at Southampton in 1843." WillE (talk) 10:31, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

That's the badger, He's the only cricketer to bat twice in an innings at first-class level. His teammate Thomas Barker broke his leg on the morning of the game and Noyes was allowed to bat four times in the match. He was dismissed for 31, 8, 5 and 9 as Notts won the match by 39 runs. --Jpeeling (talk) 11:06, 20 April 2008 (UTC) Also scored the first century for a side constituted as NottsFieldgoalunit (talk) 06:15, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Q713
Who has played the most first class matches without bowling a single ball? WillE (talk) 11:21, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Lord Hawke?? --SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope. He bowled the princely number of 20. The one I heard mentioned on the telly recently is surprisngly current.WillE (talk) 20:44, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

I've got Fred Price with 402 in terms of a complete career. Not very current though... --Travis Basevi (talk) 03:33, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, Travis, the person quoted on TV several months ago was Kamran Akmal, but your answer way out strips him! Over to you. WillE (talk) 11:36, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Q714
What record of Jeff Dujon's will Stuart MacGill be aiming to emulate in the upcoming Australia in West Indies Test series? --Travis Basevi (talk) 00:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Longest career/ most series without losing a series Abeer.ag (talk) 09:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

That will do it. Dujon played in 19 series without WI losing one. MacGill is on 18 - including one-off Tests - but with roughly half the match appearances due to his cameos as a second spinner. Next best is Gus Logie with 14. --Travis Basevi (talk) 13:57, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Q715
What connects Michael Slater to Miran Bakhsh? 18:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I can see that both their first First-class wickets were in a Test, so assuming it's more than that, I'll take a stab in the dark that it was both in their second ever over in a Test? --Travis Basevi (talk) 22:09, 22 April 2008 (UTC)


 * No, that's not it. As a hint, its not a direct connection: they are both connected to each other through something else in between. Abeer.ag (talk) 07:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Another hint: That 'something' they are connected by is a particular match.Abeer.ag (talk) 11:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Another hint:What is Slats second at?Abeer.ag (talk) 06:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Two records that still stand were set in the first Test match - James Southerton is the oldest Test debutant and Charles Bannerman scored 67% of his team's total. Baksh is second behind Southerton and Slater after B'man. Tintin 06:18, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, you're right!! Abeer.ag (talk) 13:13, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Q716
What similar feats in ODIs connect Salil Ankola and James Whitaker ? To add the usual disclaimer - I have never seen any lists of people who have done these things. There should be very few, if any, others who have done what these two did. Tintin 13:50, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Held a catch from the first ball bowled whilst they were on the pitch? WillE (talk) 15:13, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * No. They did two different, but related things. Tintin 16:20, 25 April 2008 (UTC)


 * http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/52/52172.html and http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/48/48446.html are the two relevant matches. Tintin 02:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * First scoring shot on debut was a six? Jonesy (talk) 02:38, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You are very close but need to add a little more to it. Tintin 02:45, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * First (Ankola) and last(Whitaker) scoring shots in career as sixes? SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 02:55, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Even closer, but something is still missing. May I point to WikiProject_Cricket/Quiz/archive7 and add that as far as is known (there is info missing re. Freeman) nobody has done in Tests what Ankola did in ODIs. Tintin 03:00, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Then surely it must be scoring sixers off the first and last balls faced in their careers. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 03:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * With apologies to Jonesy, SeaTurtlesMate gets it. Ankola hooked the first ball he faced from Imran (my memory says that it was a shoulder high beamer, but I was too young then and it was probably a bouncer), it hit the top-edge and flew over fine leg. Whitaker hooked the Wasim Akram over backward square leg for six to end the latter match and his own career. Tintin 03:06, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Q717
Sorry for cutting in Jonesy! Just happened to visit the page at the right moment. My question follows:

Which Test match batting statistic has the unlikely candidates - Guy Whittall, Ian Healy and Jimmy Adams occupying the top 3 positions? Bradman, Lara and Tendulkar do not even feature among the top 50 batsmen. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 04:03, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Highest percentage of first class hundreds in Test Matches? WillE (talk) 08:58, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Not the answer I am looking for (you may be correct, but I did not check). On the right track though, by looking at their centuries. I am looking for something specific in Tests alone, something that gives you an idea of a batsman's focus. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 13:40, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Adams and Healey didn't score a hundred in a game they lost. Whittall only scored on ehundred in a losing cause.  Do they have the highest proportion of hundreds in games not lost?  KingStrato (talk) 14:09, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Wrong, because only 2 of Bradman's 29 centuries were in a lost cause. So, he gets ahead of Whittall on that count. Also, the list I am talking about has Whittall at 1st, Healy at 2nd and Adams at 3rd. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 21:00, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Highest batting average when restricting to Test centuries scored --Travis Basevi (talk) 22:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Correct, I was trying to find out batsmen who do not throw away their wicket once they reached their centuries. Guy Whittall leads the list with an average of 623 (dismissed only once in his 4 100+ innings). Healy and Adams have averages of 510 and 448 respectively. We do get a more respectable list if we consider a minimum of 10 test centuries. Andy Flower leads the way, followed by Sangakkara and Chanderpaul. Over to you, Travis. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 05:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Q718
Who captained his country in two other sports in the year of his (cricketing) Test debut? --Travis Basevi (talk) 08:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Garry Sobers? (per ../Quiz/archive13). Moondyne 11:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Not the one I'm after. I can also say it's not any of those players mentioned in the guesses to that question, which makes me worried it's a bit too tricky. But the fact is still alluded to in his Wikipedia page, and for what it's worth, he also ended up being a Test cricket captain too. --Travis Basevi (talk) 12:26, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Walter Hadlee? --Roisterer (talk) 07:17, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope. Clue: all three achievements were on the one visit by the player to Australia. --Travis Basevi (talk) 08:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't be Andrew Stoddart would it? Jonesy (talk) 09:08, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That's the one. Stayed on after the cricket tour of 1887/88 to eventually - in tragic circumstances - captain "Great Britain" in rugby union (although they weren't recognised as Tests because the RFU didn't organise it and turned a blind eye to that horrible money stuff changing hands) and most peculiarly in "Victorian Rules" AKA Australian Rules Football, which he apparently was a quick learner in and excelled at. --Travis Basevi (talk)

13:34, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That took me ages - luckily I looked at the records of English captains to lead tours to Australia first. Jonesy (talk) 23:22, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * It also took me ages - unluckily I started with the West Indies, moved onto New Zealand, then Zimbabwe, South Africa and India. Sri Lanka and Pakistan were going to be my next port of calls. --Roisterer (talk) 23:39, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Q719
In relation to ODIs, what has Alec Stewart done that sets him apart from all other keeper/batsmen? Jonesy (talk) 23:22, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Scored a 100 and made 4 dismissals in the same match? --Travis Basevi (talk) 06:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That's the one - a few others (Gilchrist, Dhoni, Taibu and Sangakkara) have scored a ton and made 3 dismissals - Stewart is teh only player to make a century and make four dismissals in the same ODI. Jonesy (talk) 06:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Q720
I defy anyone to link these bowlers together! Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Jack Saunders, Sajid Mahmood and Ken Hough. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:38, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it a December 21 connect?!! Notice that Jack Saunders died on Dec 21, Sajid Mahmood was born on Dec 21, Shane Warne announced his retirement on Dec 21!! --- this is my first attempt and I spent a few hours yesterday reading up all the archives, very cool! - Venky
 * Blimey, that's a nice spot, but it's not the answer. --Travis Basevi (talk) 11:05, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have not checked but could it be taking a wicket in their first over bowled on Test debut? --Jim Hardie (talk) 17:36, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope, Warne (at least) famously took around 30 to 40 overs of getting tonked before buying Shastri's wicket in his debut effort of 1/150. --Travis Basevi (talk) 19:26, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Clue: It's a complete set for Test bowlers. The answer should be pretty clear from looking in the right spot in Statsguru's player analysis. --Travis Basevi (talk) 04:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

It's about what they haven't done rather than what they have done. --Travis Basevi (talk) 02:34, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * None of Hough's 6 wickets came via a catch (which I am guessing is a record), Mahmood hasn't bowled anyone, Saunders never got anyone plum in front, McGrath never picked up a stumped and Warne never had a hit wicket. --Roisterer (talk) 06:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Perfectly accurate. Most Test wickets without one of the five methods of dismissal available to a bowler. --Travis Basevi (talk) 07:31, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

More than 24 hours are gone, Will some one ""Rule 3"" it. .? Bharath Bharath628 (talk) 04:33, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Nah, give Roisterer a little bit longer. His questions are usually worth waiting for... WillE (talk) 11:42, 3 May 2008 (UTC)