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Q841
Rule 3 invoked. Which cricketers business card reads thus ?

Sumant81 (talk) 10:15, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Millenium 2000 No 3 Sportsman From All sports (The Sunday Times England News Survey)
 * Pride Of Performance
 * Life Membership from MCC
 * Ryder Medal From Australia
 * Life Achievement Gold Medal Award
 * Founder of Cricket Academy For Boys And Girls
 * Abdul Qadir? Ovshake (talk) 11:10, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh yes ! That's correct! Was this googleable or you happened to know it :) Sumant81 (talk) 14:10, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

No, I managed to obtain a Ryder Medal winners list, and only man could've met the first criterion. I vaguely recall the Academy being mentioned in Pundits from Pakistan as well, though I'm not sure whether it was for girls as well. Ovshake (talk) 14:38, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes Well done,Pundits From Pakistan was my source for the ques as well Sumant81 (talk) 14:44, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Was the entire list mentioned in the book? Ovshake (talk) 14:50, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes it did and the author says on the business card there is a white oval patch and the words King Of Spin printed across the card. Sumant81 (talk) 14:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Q842
"We couldn't get you out, so we had to set fire on you." (This is not an exact quote, but I suppose it's close enough to pass as the original quote, at least for the sake of this quiz)

What happened? Who said this to whom? (three parts, basically, so I shall use my own discretion) Ovshake (talk) 14:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Was it Botham to Boycott in the England dressing room? Just after Boycott had stamped out the flames consuming the newspaper he had been reading.  BlackJack | talk page 15:05, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Good guess, but no. The event took place ages before that. Ovshake (talk) 15:21, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * guessing, does this involve Fred Trueman ? Sumant81 (talk) 15:30, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

It can't be about the Lord's pavilion fire in 1825 because that happened at night, but does it concern a real fire at or near the ground? Or is it anything to do with being under fire in wartime? BlackJack | talk page 15:37, 1 October 2008 (UTC)


 * No, it's not that famous a fire. Ovshake (talk) 15:45, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * In fact, a much, much, much small-scale fire. Ovshake (talk) 16:43, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

And no, it doesn't involve Trueman, it involves two legends, though. Ovshake (talk) 16:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This happened over a century back, in England. It involved two true legends who've stood the test of time, and shall continue to do so for a long time to come - and not only among hardcore fans of the game. Ovshake (talk) 06:39, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * WG and another Firey Fred: The Demon Spofforth? --Travis Basevi (talk) 11:26, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, you've got one of them. But which one, and was he the speaker or the batsman? Ovshake (talk) 11:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Is this Ernie Jones "firing" the ball through WG's beard? Johnlp (talk) 12:23, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

No. It was a real fire, however small. And I still haven't confirmed that WG was involved, and that he was at the receiving end of the quote. Ovshake (talk) 12:27, 2 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Anything to do with burning the bails? BlackJack | talk page 15:11, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

No. I think I should make it clear that the comment was made at an individual, not one or more bails or any other nonhuman being or object. Ovshake (talk) 15:48, 2 October 2008 (UTC) Till now, what we have is one of Spofforth and WG have been involved. Let's call this person A. The other person B shared at least one occupation with A outside the cricket field (I have reasons to believe that they have shared multiple occupations). Ovshake (talk) 15:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Another guess ,WG and Arthur Conan Doyle .I know both are doctors.could that be the other occupation ? Sumant81 (talk) 17:14, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

That's the answer. Though Travis had mentioned WG, he never specified. I'd give it to you, but can you narrate what happened? Ovshake (talk) 07:34, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Not sure what the incident is,but I would like to think it is something that Arthur Conan Doyle told WG when he got his wicket after WG made a century. Sumant81 (talk) 09:05, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

It actually happened the other way round. WG was fielding at point, and Conan Doyle was the batsman. Something happened that prompted WG to make this comment. Try making a guess regarding what happened... remember, Conan Doyle was an avid smoker (as was his most famous character). Ovshake (talk) 09:33, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Matches, pocket, impact, BOOM!! WillE
 * Maybe somebody set Doyle's pipe on fire according to the instruction of WG :) and hence Doyle had to leave the field ? Sumant81 (talk) 11:38, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, let me put this to an end. Conan Doyle was batting, with some matches in his pocket. A ball grazed his pocket, and (don't ask me how) set a few sticks ablaze. The great man was resorted to jumping and taking everything out of his pocket and trample them. That's when WG made the comment. Over to you, Sumant81. Ovshake (talk) 12:05, 3 October 2008 (UTC)


 * *sulks* WillE (talk) 12:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

No, actually I overlooked WillE's answer. I believe the best possible solution would be to award half a point each to Sumant81 and WillE, and give Sumant81 the right to ask a new question. Ovshake (talk) 13:28, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Q843
What identical records do Anderson Cummins,Zaheer Khan and Waqar Younis share in ODIs? An equivalent record in test is held only by one person .Sumant81 (talk) 15:05, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The minimum cut I am looking at is 4 or more wickets per innings.Terry Alderman holds this identical record in tests. Sumant81 (talk) 02:07, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Cummins had taken 5-31, 4-33, 4-33 in his three 4WIs. But it can't be two identical consecutive 4WIs, since Chandrasekhar had 6-52 and 6-52. So no clue. Ovshake (talk) 08:07, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Cummins' other oddity was playing for two countries. Alderman had 40 wickets in 2 Ashes series, Waqar had 1000 runs without a fifty and an incredible number of 4WIs and 5WIs in ODIs etc. Ovshake (talk) 08:07, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I did not ask for consecutive..I only asked for identical,You were close with the first guess.Look more closely and you shall have the answer Sumant81 (talk) 10:00, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Alderman too 6-128 twice. Cummins took 3-38 twice, Zaheer Khan took 4-42 three times and Waqar Younis took 5-52 twice The highest matching bowling for 3, 4 and 5 wicket hauls in ODIs may therefore be the answer.WillE (talk) 15:18, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Grrr, beaten by edit conflict! Ovshake (talk) 15:20, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Serves me right for overlooking WillE's response to the previous question! :) Ovshake (talk) 15:21, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No, That is not correct.Vaas has 3-63 twice,Waqar 4-62 twice in ODIs. and McGrath has 7-76 twice in tests.So why would only Alderman be the only person to have done it. .Again the min cut is 4 or more. But you are not way off target as well. Sumant81 (talk) 16:08, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Just noted that Zak had plenty of 4WIs in the 40s (between 42 and 47, including three 4-42s and a 5-42). Alderman also had a several 4WIs in the 60s, but couldn't find anything relevant for Waqar. Ovshake (talk) 16:20, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The instances of Cummins,Zaheer and Waqar have all been mentioned in the above thread.If I indicate which ones,then the answer would become obvious Sumant81 (talk) 16:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Seeing the silence ,here are the instances Cummins 4-33,Zaheer 4-42 and Waqar 4-62.Alderman 5-66. What is special about them? Sumant81 (talk) 13:23, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Would they be the only bowlers to have 2 identical innings bowling performances, taking at least 4 wickets (Cummins: 10-0-33-4; Zaheer: 10-0-42-4; Waqar: 10-0-62-4). Alderman is the only Test player to manage this (27-7-66-5). Interestingly, Cummins has also managed 10-1-38-3 twice in ODIs --Roberry (talk) 19:19, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Yay Roberry gets it.Thats the one.Identical Bowling Analyses is infact the answer.Tough to believe that in over a 100 years of test cricket that only Alderman has repeated the bowling performance. Sumant81 (talk) 02:04, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Q844
What Test record is presently held by Ian Bell? The previous record holder held the record for little more than 2 years, but prior to that the record had stood for almost 100 years --Roberry (talk) 05:27, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I was in the middle of saying the highest Test average - he had 303 upon being dismissed in his 4th innings - then I remembered Rowe managed 336... So scratch that, I'll go back to being quiet... --Travis Basevi (talk) 06:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * And I wanted to say he had 297 test average after 3 innings which is the best right now for anyone after 3 innings.I know RE Foster had 177.50 after 3 innings ,Lawrence Rowe only had 168 after 3 innings.RE Foster is nearly 100 years back.So not sure who held it for 2 years in between. Sumant81 (talk) 06:50, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Jacques Rudolph would be the other name in the mix. He scored 293 runs before being dismissed for the first time in 2003. I'm having trouble picking a pattern that doesn't include Rowe though. 3 innings doesn't work as Worrell had 256 after 3 innings. --Travis Basevi (talk) 13:53, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, My mistake - somehow Rowe slipped through the net - I was looking for highest Test average at any point in their career (after conclusion of an innings) - Ian Bell had an average of 297 after his third innings (70, 65*, 162*), Rudolph managed to get to 293 before being dismissed, but of course Rowe had an average of 314 after his first Test. I will award it to Travis, who was closest to my answer, even though my question was wrong. I will go hide in a dark place and hang my head in shame --Roberry (talk) 14:18, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Q845
There's 39 spots on this list, but removing the duplicate players we end up with: Brian Lara, Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden, Graham Gooch, Jack Hobbs, George Gunn, Wilfred Rhodes. What's it all about? --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)


 * If there are 39 spots .Is this something to do with centuries.Considering the max centuries is 39 in test cricket? Sumant81 (talk) 18:32, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No, nothing to do with tons. 39 isn't a well known number in this context, although the upper and lower limits are reasonably well known. --Travis Basevi (talk) 22:06, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Clue: It's no coincidence that Rhodes is also the 39th and last name on the corresponding list for bowlers. --Travis Basevi (talk) 02:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Still no takers? The bowling list is less clear cut, but in addition to Rhodes it includes Muralitharan, Warne, Grimmett, and Ironmonger. --Travis Basevi (talk) 16:05, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I am still trying to think on the lines of the upper/lower limits,Is this something to do with the age of cricketer considering Wilfred Rhodes,Grimmet,Gunn,Gooch and the others played till they were quite old. Sumant81 (talk) 16:51, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Highest score by a batsman for a certain age ? OrangeKnight (talk) 16:57, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Getting warmer. Consider why there's no precocious teenagers like Tendulkar etc though. --Travis Basevi (talk) 18:23, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I am going to need a clarification on the original question.The reason I said age was youngest player was 14 and oldest player was 52,thats 39 different ages in a way.Now in the original question,when you said you had removed the duplicate players,Isn't tendulkar one of the duplicate player ? The others you have mentioned are the only unique ones right? Or is it like they are the only ones to appear on the list and you have just removed the duplicate instances. ? Sumant81 (talk) 01:43, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right in identifying the 39, and it's the latter instance: those six names are the only ones to appear on the list of 39. --Travis Basevi (talk) 01:52, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Not sure this is a clue anymore. The corresponding ODI list is an exotic one comprising (in order) Tendulkar, Jayasuriya, Boycott, Clive Lloyd, Somachandra de Silva, Flavian Aponso, John Traicos, Nolan Clarke. --Travis Basevi (talk) 12:24, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

I am stuck by the fact that when Hasan Raza was 14, he played only against Zimbabwe ,so how do the 6 players relate to the list.So maybe it is not a record at a particular age ,but something to do with,Most Matches against some one who debuted at "n" yrs .? Sumant81 (talk) 14:39, 8 October 2008 (UTC)


 * You're nearly there, so let's cut to the chase and I'll give it to you Sumant. It's most runs after X years of age, with X being all the valid ages between 14 and 52. There's a little bit of lateral thinking in that Lara has scored the most runs for age 14 plus, which is naturally the full Test list, and he continues to be the top from 15 to age 26. Waugh then takes over for age 27 whilst Hayden is best for 30 plus, then back to Lara, then Gooch for most of the 30s, Hobbs for most of the 40s, then Gunn, then Rhodes is all by himself for 51 and 52. --Travis Basevi (talk) 16:26, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Q846
Rusi Surti for tests,Mahela Jayawardene for odis, Jacob Oram for t20s .Whats the connection? Sumant81 (talk) 20:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * These are leaders for the respective lists.As of now according to wikipedia and also popularly believed, a Bangladesh cricketer is wrongly associated as being the leader for tests when infact he is actually the 3rd in the list . Sumant81 (talk) 01:49, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Most credited run outs?
 * No nothing to do with run outs.It is not a desirable record actually. Sumant81 (talk) 12:46, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Most appearances in front of the match referee? WillE (talk) 22:18, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No it is with respect to bowling.I cannot give the name of the Bangladesh cricketer because his wikipedia profile would give it away.Frank Martin is second on the list Sumant81 (talk) 02:06, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Worst bowling average at any given point of time. Ovshake (talk) 12:46, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Surti averaged 432 before his 7th test, Mahela 308 before his 24th ODI, and Oram 178 before his 9th T20I. Oram had actually conceded 15 before taking a wicket in his 9th ODI, so that's 193 for him. Surti conceded 25 without taking a wicket in the first innings in his 7th test, so it's >=457 for him. No improvement information on Mahela, though. Ovshake (talk) 12:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

BTW, your Bangladeshi bowler hint led me to think of Khaled Mahmud, their only bowler to have attained a legendary status. Ovshake (talk) 12:54, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes Correct ,it is widely believed that Khaled Mahmud had the worst bowling average at any point of time with 406 ,but that is wrong.Rusi Surti and Frank Martin - 417 had worser ones.For ODIs Ravi Shastri is second worst followed by Prosper Utseya .Points and the next question hosting rights over to Ovshake.Seems like the OrangeKnight gave the same answer seconds after Ovshake who had to then erase his answer.Sumant81 (talk) 13:04, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Lucky me! Ovshake (talk) 13:13, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Q847
Which cricketer played OVER ten tests as a wicket-keeper, never took his gloves off during test matches and had a first-class average of 15ish including a hat-trick? Ovshake (talk) 14:26, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Probir Sen? Sumant81 (talk) 15:18, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I suppose 52 minutes ain't that bad. Over to you. Ovshake (talk) 15:46, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Q848
What record set in October 2001 will be equaled in October of this year? This record could have been broken comfortably last month. Sumant81 (talk) 17:02, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Maximum no. of teams playing outside a world cup or something like that, which could've been broken had the Champions Trophy been played? Ovshake (talk) 17:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You are right on the second part.It is something which would have been broken had the Champions Trophy been played. However no ,the max teams outside a world cup is not the answer Sumant81 (talk) 17:36, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

October 2001 was pretty eventless actually... what am I missing? Ovshake (talk) 06:20, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I can see that this is actually a tough question but it can be easily worked out.So let me give some more hints.The record is on a per year basis for all tests/odis/t20s combine and it did not get a chance to grow after October 2001 for that year.On October 13 2008 ,this record would be equaled. Sumant81 (talk) 08:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Surely not the no. of matches, where 2007 wins easily with its two world cup and loads of associate member matches. For a similar reason, it can't be balls, runs or wickets. Is it country AND year-specific? Ovshake (talk) 08:48, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * getting warmer,It is something to do with number of matches and it is year specific .However it is not country specific and associate member matches (classified as ODIs) is infact one of the reason for record being equaled this year. October 13 2008 is actually a big hint. Sumant81 (talk) 09:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Assuming the record will be broken on October 13, and it's to do with international cricket, then it must have something to do with the India V Australia Test, the T20 tournament in Canada or Nairobi v Ireland in the Intercontinental cup. The question I'm trying to answer is what happened in October 2001.  Something to do with the SA v Ind test series, or the Eng v Zim ODI series seems to be the key.  I'll have a guess at the fact there will be 8 international teams in action on the same day (although this is a very similar answer to the first).  --KingStrato (talk) 10:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

18 teams have played this year of which 15 teams have registered victories. But this is surely not a record, since 18 teams had played in 2007 as well, and 17 had won a match, whereas only 11 played in 2001. Ovshake (talk) 12:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Does the ICC Intercontinental Cup and its various divisions count? Ovshake (talk) 13:01, 11 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok flurry of answers and time for more hints - no ICC intercontinental match ,nothing to do with victories.Do not worry too much about October 2001 ,since as I said the record didn't get a chance to extend further after that.It is significant in the sense that it had the last match that counted towards the record.Now lets see what we have confirmed. Number of matches in a particular year and then something specific that actually is the record.And here is the hint ,the T20 tournament in Canada is what will contribute to the record and only when the finals finish will the record be equaled. Sumant81 (talk) 13:12, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Most series / tournaments in a year? Ovshake (talk) 15:45, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, most tournament finals in a year? This final shall be the 9th one of the year, 2001 also had 9 whereas 2007 had 8 (didn't check the others). Ovshake (talk) 15:48, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * But it seems the last tournament final in 2001 was on 19th December, so I suppose I might be wrong. Ovshake (talk) 15:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No,not tournament finals.Ok a final hint if I may ,anything else might give away the answer.Combining tests/odis/t20s 14 matches was the record and for a long time multiple instances of it were recorded ,15 matches was set in 2001 in Zimbabwe .15 matches will be set in 2008 in Canada.If Champions trophy was held it would have been 18. Sumant81 (talk) 16:21, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The 15 match record in 2001 ended on 7 Oct 2001.The 18 match record would have ended on  Sept 24 2008 Sumant81 (talk) 10:03, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

There were three matches on 7th October 2001 - this and this. What match was supposed to be played on 24th September this year? Ovshake (talk) 16:05, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The first semi-final of the Champions Trophy was supposed to be held on September, 24th (and the final four days later)... OrangeKnight (talk) 16:21, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes CT Semifinal one was for Sep 24 and as per my earlier clue the 15th match was set in Zimbabwe ,so its the England Zimbabwe match.And all the 15 matches is associated with something in Zimbabwe ,all 18 matches with something in Pakistan, all 15 matches with something in Canada ...So the answer shall be ... Sumant81 (talk) 16:37, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * International matches on the same venue in a calendar year ? OrangeKnight (talk) 17:53, 12 October 2008 (UTC) I complete my answer : 15 international matches took place at Harare Sports Club in 2001. In 2008, 13 have already taken place in the National Stadium of Karachi, and 5 used to be scheduled there for the Champions Trophy (so... 18 for 2008). Including today's international matches, 13 matches took place in Maple Leaf North-West Ground this year, plus two others tomorrow... OrangeKnight (talk) 18:05, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes ,yes good one .Thats the answer.Maximum number of matches in a calendar year at the same ground. The reason I asked was that I noticed King City had a lot of matches this year ,which led me to see whether it was the record.It indeed was ,and had the CT been held,Karachi was scheduled to host 5 matches ,which would have taken its tally to 18 ,by far the highest.Sharjah has plenty of instances of 14 ,along with Bangladesh national stadium.Over to OrangeKnight. Sumant81 (talk) 01:23, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Q849
Muralitharan, Pollock, Rose, _______. Find a connection and the missing name. OrangeKnight (talk) 06:48, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I presume you mean Shaun Pollock and Franklyn Rose? Ovshake (talk) 13:52, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. OrangeKnight (talk) 13:54, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * They were all the batsman when a bowler took a record wicket like the 400th wicket 500th wicket etc.Is it along those lines Sumant81 (talk) 15:18, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That's not what I'm looking for... Actually, they are in this list for something they did... OrangeKnight (talk) 15:40, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, as nobody answers, a few hints : I'm looking for something achieved by only four players. A few others might (but it's very unlikely) join them in the near future. After that, the list will be closed forever. OrangeKnight (talk) 17:31, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

They've all dismissed Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly and Laxman. Is this related? --Travis Basevi (talk) 07:57, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. You're not very far from the answer... OrangeKnight (talk) 07:59, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Aha, Paul Wiseman in this match. The four bowlers who've dismissed those four batsman all in the same innings. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:07, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Perfect. Only four bowlers have dismissed the "Fab Four" in the same innings. Franklyn Rose even did it in his first Test innings. As Ganguly will retire at the end of the current series against Australia, just a few players can join them... (Actually, I had to hide one of the four names because Google would probably have helped you too much...). Over to you. OrangeKnight (talk) 09:32, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Mitchell Johnson, surely, with that link? 78.146.115.29 (talk)

Q850
Jeremy Coney 35.6%, Tim May 35.1%, Charitha Buddhika 34.7%, Derek Pringle 34.1%. Just what the bleedin' hell am I on about here? --Travis Basevi (talk) 12:53, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Is this with respect to tests or odis ? Sumant81 (talk) 16:42, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes. --Sir Humphrey Appleby 18:27, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

It's an ODI bowling "record". Lillee holds the equivalent in Tests with 66.7% --Travis Basevi (talk) 02:42, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Highest percentage of opposition runs conceded by a single bowler?  for Charitha Buddhika. He conceded 34.7% of the runs made by Zim.Abeer.ag (talk) 04:39, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Spot on. For a qualification of 50 overs or 300 balls. Coney's was 42/118 and Lillee's was 68/106. Over to you. --Travis Basevi (talk) 05:38, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * How wonderful that all above instances have also resulted in victories . Sumant81 (talk) 06:03, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Q851
Something rather strange happened in this match. What? Abeer.ag (talk) 20:37, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it related to the fact that Francis wasn't able to completely bowl his last first innings over and that he didn't bowl in the second ? OrangeKnight (talk) 20:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I was far from the answer... "In the early evening, hundreds of seagulls attempted to take over Sophia Gardens"... OrangeKnight (talk) 20:53, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You have it. Abeer.ag (talk) 21:29, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Q852
Which record s first belonged to Australian Alec Bannerman and belongs now to India's Navjot Sidhu ? OrangeKnight (talk) 11:59, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Records, as opposite to a single record? Ovshake (talk) 13:02, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right, "record"... Sorry for the mistake... OrangeKnight (talk) 13:41, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Highest score at which someone retired hurt?? WillE (talk) 19:26, 16 October 2008 (UTC) Ah, wrong Bannerman... WillE (talk) 18:03, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That's an highest score that I'm looking for, but not this one... Another hint : if somebody beat it, he'll be sure to keep it (or at least, share it) forever... OrangeKnight (talk) 20:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Both had played a seriously dour innings - Alec his 7-hour 91 spread over three days, whereas Sidhu had made his 201 over 11 hours. Is this somehow relevant? Ovshake (talk) 08:47, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, you'll need another hint. They both have done something that happened only 23 times in the history of Test cricket (excluding current Test matches). A. Bannerman was the first one to do it, the last one was New Zealand's Mark Richardson (excluding current Test matches, again). And Navjot Sidhu did the best performance for the criteria I'm looking for... OrangeKnight (talk) 12:41, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * As everybody seems to be stumped... Let's go with another hint. For the criteria I'm looking for, Bannerman did it with a 73, Richardson with a 89... Should become easy... OrangeKnight (talk) 09:57, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Bannerman became Sandford Schutlz's only test wicket (in his only test) but Richardson fell to Zaheer Khan, so it's another dead end. :-( Ovshake (talk) 14:04, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

The highest score in a series (including one-off Tests) without a hundred? Sidhu has 98 in this match and so anyone beating his effort could not be bettered... --Travis Basevi (talk) 14:13, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I think Travis has done all the work, but looks like there are 28 players that meet this criteria. If it is limited to 1 or 2 game series then there are 23 occurences. --Roberry (talk) 14:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Checking now, I see 24 on Statsguru, which includes the current BD-NZ series. Perhaps there's a few tied players? --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:23, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That was exactly what I was looking for... There are probably some tied players. Anyway, over to Travisbasevi... OrangeKnight (talk) 15:56, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Q853
What was unusual about Thomas Bowley's 22 in the second innings of the Surrey v Sussex 1887 match at The Oval? --Travis Basevi (talk) 01:29, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thomas Bowley is the No 11 batsman.He should have got in when 9th wicket fell at 342 and when he was out the total was 362.Assuming he did all the runs for last wicket,his score can only be 20.If his score is 22,then he probably did not start the innings at zero because some penalty runs were added to his score at start,or maybe penalty runs added at end . Ofcourse this is assuming he was not retired hurt and came back Sumant81 (talk) 02:17, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * A good spot, but I can only assume that's an unfortunate scorecard error. This is more to do with what happened during his innings, and which you cannot explicitly know from looking at the scorecard, but it certainly gives you a good hint. --Travis Basevi (talk) 05:37, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * A total guess. Was it the first occasion when a "hit wicket" dismissal was credited to the bowler? JH (talk page) 09:08, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No, but the hit wicket is part of the story though. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:19, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Did a part of the bat break and hit the wicket,hence being out hit-wicket .Or Maybe some part of his person ,hit the wicket,like gloves helmet etc . Sumant81 (talk) 09:36, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I am infact going to go with another guess.He hit his own wicket as declarations were not allowed then. Sumant81 (talk) 09:42, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's it. Apparently he was trying to get out stumped for a while, but the fielding side were refusing to do the deed (and were instead bowling no balls in the knowledge of how dangerous Lohmann would be), and it wasn't until he was 22 that it occurred to him to tread on his own stumps. This was one of a few farces around this time that led to the declaration law being introduced 2 seasons later. --Travis Basevi (talk) 10:00, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Had it been me, I'd have punched an opposition fellow who's likely to score most, and got out Obstructing the Field. 220.225.85.241 (talk) 13:18, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Couldn't the fielding side just not have appealed? Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:45, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Q854
There are only 15 instances where in the same batsman has been the debut test wicket as well as the debut odi wicket for the same bowler.However out of these 15 instances ,2 instances feature the same batsman twice .So in other words Batsman X ,is the debut test and odi wicket for Bowler A and Bowler B. Just identify Batsman X. Sumant81 (talk) 16:32, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Phil Simmons? --KingStrato (talk) 19:05, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No that is not correct.If it helps one of the bowler was Bangladesh and the other bowler made his debut for England on a rather ill-fated tour. Sumant81 (talk) 02:52, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Grant Flower? 59.93.160.209 (talk) 05:24, 22 October 2008 (UTC) Ovshake (talk) 08:43, 22 October 2008 (UTC) That was me actually, it might be Alistair Campbell as well. Ovshake (talk) 05:29, 22 October 2008 (UTC)


 * It is Grant Flower ,well done .Not sure if the hint gave it away .The bowlers were Chris Silverwood and Mashrafe Mortaza . Alistair Campbell was a victim of Mohammad Sharif and was one of the other 15 instances   Sumant81 (talk) 05:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I now see who triggered the question - Daniel Flynn. Ovshake (talk) 05:40, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, the hints helped. Bangladesh always encourages me, since less manual work is needed. Ovshake (talk) 05:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No .Daniel Flynn is not in the list for batsman.For completeness sake,here are the remaining 12 bowlers who achieved it .Robert Croft,Phil Defreitas,Neil Foster,Ken ShuttleWorth,Richard De Groen,Aamer Nazir,Azeem Hafeez,Brett Schultz,Graeme Labrooy,Tony Gray,Patrick Patterson,Keith Stackpole  Sumant81 (talk) 06:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

No, what I meant was Daniel Flynn was the first test and ODI wicket for Naeem Islam, and he became Naeem's first test wicket in the test that was concluded yesterday. I believe you've missed Naeem Islam. Check his test wickets and ODI wickets Ovshake (talk) 08:39, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Q855
Madhav Gothoskar, during his umpiring training in Nairobi, found that the cricketers never abused at each other during matches, owing to a certain reason. He has later suggested this to be followed regularly to ensure that foul language doesn't take place during matches. What was he talking about? Ovshake (talk) 05:50, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Were they sporting some religious symbols on their shirt or person .Hence people abusing someone else would be akin to defaming the religion.? Sumant81 (talk) 06:53, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Not quite. It was much simpler than that. Ovshake (talk) 08:35, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Were the players all deaf? Jonesy (talk) 08:56, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The players' mothers made the teas, and anyone with a potty mouth would get a tongue lashing not only from his mother, but the other 21 players's mothers as well! WillE (talk) 12:08, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, that's the least furthest one. Ovshake (talk) 13:52, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hint: it's something about an umpire. Ovshake (talk) 13:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Having a female umpire? Or a player's mother as an umpire? --Travis Basevi (talk) 14:12, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

It is indeed having a female umpire. Gothoskar added that he'd prefer the umpire to be a female advocate who could also sue players... however, I suppose it's over to you, Travis Basevi. Ovshake (talk) 14:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Q856
What rather impressive (or unimpressive, depending on your point of view) feature is found in the bowling stats of Evan Gray, Syed Rasel, Russell Arnold and Atul Wassan. --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:34, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Clue: as can be seen by their wicket-taking aggregates, it's not a question of quantity. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:49, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Anything to do with terrible strike rates? WillE (talk) 12:47, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Not taking wickets very regularly could be said to be a cause of what I'm talking about. --Travis Basevi (talk) 13:31, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Never taking more than n wickets in a calendar year? I don't think Wassan would meet the "cut", though. Ovshake (talk) 14:11, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No, they're all the players with a minimum of 10 Test wickets who've only done (Or conversely, they've never done, hence "impressive" or "unimpressive"). --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:32, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm ,How about never dismissing any one from the tail.They have never dismissed Batsman from position 8 onwards. Sumant81 (talk) 16:56, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Perfectly accurate. Hence is it impressive to have only got quality wickets, or is it unimpressive because they weren't good enough to get tailenders out... --Travis Basevi (talk) 17:07, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Q857
Learie Constantine leads this fielding related record for tests.Nearly 41 years after the record was set,A certain Englishman had a chance to equal this record .He however could not equal it and infact if not for this one innings in between vs India ,he could have so easily been the outright leader (ahead by 2 finally).Who is this Englishman ? Sumant81 (talk) 09:40, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I thought I had it - Constantine started his career with catches in his first 13 tests - which is looks like a record for non-wicketkeepers. Jim Parks started his career with catches in his first 12 matches, then failed to take a catch against India (when not keeping wicket). Unfortunately, he was a keeper for most of the other 12 matches, and it didn't happen 41 years after Constantine. Constantine did also start his career with catches in his first 7 fielding innings - maybe that is the record? --Roberry (talk) 16:15, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That is the record - Richard Hutton had catches in his 1st 6 fielding innings - but failed to take a wicket in the 2nd innings of the 2nd Test against India in 1971. He then took catches in each innings of the 3rd Test - --Roberry (talk) 16:31, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * That is outstanding Roberry . You really deserve a big applause for working out the answer and I was thinking maybe I should give more hints.Learie Constantine started off with catches in each of his first 7 innings .Easily the leader for catches as a fielder .Now Richard Hutton got catches in his first 6 innings,missed out on 7th (but ended up getting a wicket) and then got catches in his next 2 ,and could have so comfortably been the leader .The leaders for catches in every inning from start of career in ODI is 5. It is again held by a West Indies player Derick Parry and Chris Kuggeleijn the Kiwi. Sumant81 (talk) 16:47, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Q858
What does this incomplete but ordered list represent? Kris Srikkanth, Roy Fredericks, Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Ted Dexter, Steve Waugh, Jacques Kallis, .... --Roberry (talk) 18:47, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Something to do with the ducks scored ? I can't put Kris Srikkanth on top of any list without ducks coming into picture? Sumant81 (talk) 02:09, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Nothing to do with ducks - Try looking at their career stats and see if anything sequential jumps out at you --Roberry (talk) 03:13, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Test wickets claimed. 0, 7, 32, 42, 66, 92, a lot. --Dweller (talk) 12:36, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Stealing from Dweller's attempt . I think this is the ordered list for most innings to achieve a best bowling innings for 0 wickets,1,2 and so on.Srikanth has bowled 16 innings and has best bowling of 0 for something,Roy has a BBI of 1/12 after 43 innings,Viv best of 2/17 after 103 innings, Sachin 3/10 (124 innings) and so on.The next in List would be Courtney Walsh after Jacques Kallis . Sumant81 (talk) 14:58, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

So, lovely weather we're having. --Dweller (talk) 16:50, 29 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Bloody awful here in London! WillE (talk) 19:56, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have been away - Sumant is correct - most innings bowled in with 0,1,2,3 as best bowling analysis - I deliberately stopped at Kallis, since the 7,8,9,10 players are some of the most recognisable bowlers - --Roberry (talk) 00:45, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Q859
With respect to debuts,why would these players form the complete set Malinga Bandara,Mashrafe Mortaza,Tim Southee,Tim Ambrose,Daniel Flynn ? Sumant81 (talk) 02:03, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * A wee bit silent,so here is a hint,It has nothing to do with performances as such.Sumant81 (talk) 11:17, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
 * This is not a toughie by any means,just see what is common between their debuts. Sumant81 (talk) 02:22, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Something to with bouncers hitting batsman maybe?Abeer.ag (talk) 03:45, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No bouncer or anything that they did on the field.It is to do with their debuts in all forms of the game. Sumant81 (talk) 05:26, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Bandara went runless and wicketless on his test debut; but that doesn't apply to the others. Ovshake (talk) 06:04, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Again no performance related as such ,my previous hint was a big hint actually.try to think as to why there are only recent players in the set. Sumant81 (talk) 06:10, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Were they all playing their first test when they made their debuts? *coat!* WillE (talk) 13:04, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

They made their debut in the three forms against the same team (England for Southee, New Zealand for Bandara...). OrangeKnight (talk) 17:29, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes that is the one,these are the only players who made their debuts in tests,odis,t20s against the same opponent.Tim Southee holds the rare distinction of being the only player to make a test debut after his t20 debut without any odis in between.Over to the Dark Knight...err OrangeKnight. Sumant81 (talk) 01:22, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Q860
I'd like to complete a side with Graeme Smith, Stephen Fleming, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, Shoaib Malik, MS Dhoni, Sanjayan Thuraisingam, Daniel Vettori, Prosper Utseya, Prosper Utseya (yes, twice!), but there is nobody in the world to fill the last batting spot (number 11). Why ? OrangeKnight (talk) 15:39, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Highest T20 scores by captains by batting position? Johnlp (talk) 17:42, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Not "scores"... But you're very very close... OrangeKnight (talk) 21:33, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * With scores, you would have Graeme Smith, Stephen Fleming, Ricky Ponting, Ricky Ponting, Paul Collingwood, MS Dhoni, Sanjayan Thuraisingam, Daniel Vettori, Prosper Utseya, Prosper Utseya, which is slightly different... OrangeKnight (talk) 21:38, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Most career runs for T20 by captains by batting position? --Cowboydan78 (talk) 23:13, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Exactly. I don't know who should be awarded the question, as Johnlp found more or less why there was a missing spot (no captain as ever batted at number 11 in Twenty20), but Cowboydan78 gave the final answer... What to do in such a case ? OrangeKnight (talk) 09:57, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I am happy for you to award it to Johnlp, I did feel a bit guilty to steal that one since I just managed to check the quiz page at the right time. --Cowboydan78 (talk) 10:09, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I think it's at least 50:50, and I'm happy to hand it to Cowboydan if he (or she!) has a question ready, because I'm still some hours from getting to my books which might form the basis of a new question. (If not, I'll try to post a question before midnight UTC). Johnlp (talk) 18:54, 4 November 2008 (UTC)