Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Quiz/archive47

Q921
Who still owes Anton Ferreira money? WillE (talk) 17:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Is this the Warwickshire All Rounder Anthonie Ferreira.I have no idea,so I will go with a guess,Allan Donald. Sumant81 (talk) 02:19, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Right Ferreira, wrong era for the debtor. WillE (talk) 10:06, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Is this bet-related? Ray Jennings? Ovshake (talk) 11:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No, dry cleaning related.WillE (talk) 12:15, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The debt stems from the mid 80s.WillE (talk) 20:17, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
 * A memorable one wicket victory against Yorkshire, starring Thumpage.86.129.107.63 (talk) 17:21, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Bob Willis ? Sumant81 (talk) 17:57, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * No.Bob Willis was batting with Thumpage in a sensational last wicket winning partnership. WillE (talk) 20:51, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I can see that the match you are referring to is this which was the reason for my guess. I will go with my second guess of Alvin Kallicharan Sumant81 (talk) 05:45, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

From the same match I'd guess Asif Din. Ovshake (talk) 09:55, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, it's been three days and no-one's really bitten, so let's move on. Ferreira had gone to the toilet during the 9th wicket stand and when Gifford found out, having been bowled, blamed Ferreira for his bad luck at getting out. Gifford then told the whole team on the balcony to remain there and not move until the game was over. Ferreira was caught short, and sat there having peed his flannels. To this day AF has not been reimbursed for his dry cleaning. First one in can ask a question. WillE (talk) 10:18, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice story.Nice question.Had us all stumped :) Sumant81 (talk) 10:36, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Can you tell me WHERE you picked up the incident? I'd love to OWN the book... Ovshake (talk) 13:21, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 100 Greatest Cricket Matches by erm umm erm umm....... Don't have access to my books at the mo - will find otu later and let you know. WillE (talk) 12:08, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Q922
I've discovered a question by accident so I'll jump in. This is a statistical curio across the whole of Test history. The previous highest was 57 and set in a match in 1964/65, and the new high is more than double that and set in the recent Perth Test between Australia and South Africa. Quite by coincidence, second place on the list was subsequently achieved in the same series in Sydney, and is exactly half of the Perth record. What is it? --Travis Basevi (talk) 16:07, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I think I have it.Identical Partnerships in each innings of the same test is the answer.Bob Cowper and Bill Lawry partnership of 57 for 2nd wicket in each innings in this match 124 in both innings-Jacques Kallis and AB De Villiers in the Perth Test 62 in both innings - Simon Katich and Matthew Hayden in the Sydney Test Sumant81 (talk) 14:47, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Brilliant, very well done. --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:04, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Q923
There were 2 changes done to this scorecard after the match was finished.It is of course now in its finalized state.What were the changes made? Sumant81 (talk) 06:00, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The changes are guessable from the scorecard page to a large extent.It is nothing to do with individual scores/extras etc. Sumant81 (talk) 14:17, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

According to the cricinfo report, "Australia were declared victors by the VJD method". The scorecard shows Aus A won by the D-L method. So I guess the method and margin of victory were changed after the match was over? --Roberry (talk) 16:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Will give it to you.So all ListA matches in India are governed by VJD methods in event of rain interruptions.The match was originally declared in Australia A favour by VJD method by a margin of 17 runs. (The target was 151 in 36 overs after reducing overs and Australia were already 168). Then just as the cricketarchive scorecard explains for DL below,the margin was changed to 79 runs by VJD method since DL or VJD margin of victory is based on the par score.However after an overnight discussion by the umpires with the organising committee,it was decided that international A team tours should be played under ICC rules and hence the final change to DL by 86 runs. Sumant81 (talk) 17:14, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * My head hurts... ...WillE (talk) 18:23, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Q924
Taking Q922 as my inspiration - what career record is held by Herbie Collins at 74. David Houghton (69) and Darren Lehmann (64) are the only others with a total over 50. The leading active player is Brad Haddin at 31. --Roberry (talk) 19:50, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Zero-run partnerships? Ovshake (talk) 02:40, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

It is to do with partnerships (obviously) - that is kind of close but at the same time not close at all. --Roberry (talk) 02:45, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Most partnerships with <=2 unbeaten ones? Can see Collins at 1 out of 74; Lehmann has 2 out of 64, Houghton 2 of 69, Haddin 2 out of 31. Ovshake (talk) 03:10, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I will go with a slight modification to the above answer.Most Partnerships when they were never last man standing.So in each of the above cases when they were not out,they had a partner at the other end who was also not out. Sumant81 (talk) 04:54, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

If that is the case, it'd be interesting, since it won't have an opener on the list! Ovshake (talk) 05:00, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I wasn't looking for anything like that - but if you are correct then that is quite some coincidence, although I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. I was thinking of something much more straightforward. If no-one has it by the morning I will try adding a clue --Roberry (talk) 05:21, 28 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I do not have time to check,seeing that this is something straightforward,I will go with something like never been involved in run out of partner.If incorrect,I will wait for your hint in the morning :) Sumant81 (talk) 07:15, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

The zero-run partnerships answer was kind of close. Try something similar to that. We already know what the numbers respresent (number of partnerships), but we still need why these particular players --Roberry (talk) 15:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Last wicket partnerships where the other player's contribution was zero. WillE (talk) 17:17, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Most partnerships with NO zero-run partnership? Haddin didn't have any... Ovshake (talk) 18:25, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I can see that Collins, Houghton and Lehmann didn't have any zero-run partnership either. So that might be it. If it indeed is, I must've sounded moronic when I made that terrible yet on-the-track guess of zero-run partnership. Ovshake (talk) 18:31, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

That is correct. These are the most partnerships in a career without ever having a zero-run partnership. The next question is yours to ask --Roberry (talk) 20:06, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Q925
The probability of what has been calculated by a Professor of History at the University of Manitoba and a Professor of Physics at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University as approximately (0.021)^3, or 0.000009261? Ovshake (talk) 04:54, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Matthew Hayden, Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh having a quiet beer together? Jonesy (talk) 05:07, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * A hat trick. Overly simplistic analysis IMHO.  A wicket may fall every 47.6 balls on average, but does a golden duck happen once every 47 innings?  The-Pope (talk) 05:25, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * It seems that they did it even more simplisticly. 37 hat tricks in Test cricket, almost 4 million balls bowled, 37/4000000 = 0.000009261.  Hope they didn't do a 3 year PHD to work that out!  A wicket actually falls every 68 balls in Tests. The-Pope (talk) 05:44, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Why would the question then suggest (0.021)^3 :) .I like the 47.6 analysis better .That does make more sense.We dont know at what point of time they took the 47.6 data from .Lets wait for Ovshake's reference in any case (assuming the answer is right). Sumant81 (talk) 06:30, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Nice answers. :-) Hint: One of the parameters was based on a telephone directory. Ovshake (talk) 07:31, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You must be joking... So 37 Test hatricks, 3.986 million balls bowled in Tests( take off 4 balls per test played as you can't get a hattrick off the last 2 balls of the last innings per side in a match) = 37/3978748 balls = 0.000009299 = 0.021029^3 = your question within acceptable rounding error, is just a freak co-incidence? Must be the chances of ringing up someone in a US phone book and having them know what cricket is!The-Pope (talk) 08:12, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree that it's a coincidence, a remarkably freak one. Ovshake (talk) 09:28, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Just a thought - 3.986 million balls shouldn't be the divisor. We should be looking at all possible three-ball sets BY THE SAME BOWLER IN THE SAME MATCH. Ovshake (talk) 12:00, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * My head hurts even more!WillE (talk) 13:43, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Stretching the hint a bit further... the parameter I mentioned earlier was based on a Barbadian telephone directory. Ovshake (talk) 14:09, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The three Ws (Frank Worrell,Everton Weekes,Clyde Walcott) being dismissed by the same bowler?.although I have no idea how the probability works out. Sumant81 (talk) 14:13, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

You're incredibly close. The Ws are relevant, just think where the telephone directory comes in. Ovshake (talk) 14:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The probability of having 3 Test players on a single page in a phone directory? Still hope they didn't do a 3 yr PHD for that either!  And as for limiting the hattrick divisor... you are right, but in 1905 tests, lets assume 12 bowlers per match (6 per team), so that's only 24 balls per test that are not possible to start the hat trick on (each bowlers last 2 in the match)... so 1905*24 = 45720, so 3.968M-0.045=3.940M, so 37/3.940M = 0.000009389, the cube root of which is... 0.021096... again more or less the same number! The-Pope (talk) 15:05, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * What about wides and no balls? --Travis Basevi (talk) 16:50, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I see this wasn't the best of questions, and is going nowhere in particular. This is regarding the Ws, and is given by (0.3 x 0.07)^3. Till 2000-01 30% West Indian test cricketers hailed from Barbados, and as per the Barbadian telephone directory in the same season, 7% surnames started with a W. So the probability is basically that of three cricketers whose surnames begin with the same alphabet and an area that small turn out for the national team (and rule their batting for a decade or thereabouts; interestingly, West Indies also begins with a W). Ovshake (talk) 17:27, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * This is a part of The Three Ws of West Indian Cricket - A Comparative Batting Analysis by Keith A P Sandiford and Arjun Tan. A gripping or boring book, depending on the way you look at it. Ovshake (talk) 17:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I think I should give this to Sumant81 for mentioning the Ws. He wasn't accurate, but you can't do much better in response to a question this vague. Ovshake (talk) 17:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Q926
Only 11 players have achieved this.The highest for this ODI record is 8399 and held by a England Player and the lowest is 1773 held by a Bangladesh player.Both the highest and lowest were coincidentally set in 2006.The record for the lowest was missed earlier this month by 26.That should be enough clues.Identify who missed the record. Sumant81 (talk) 19:15, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hint 1 - The numbers represent the number of days between two appearances. Sumant81 (talk) 02:09, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hint 2 - To narrow down,The England player was part of the 1983 World Cup,The Bangladesh player part of the 1999 World Cup and the person in question part of the 1996 WorldCup. However the question has nothing to do with world cups. Sumant81 (talk) 07:11, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Length of time between an ODI appearance as a player and as an umpire. People in question being Ian Gould, Enamul Haque and Kumar Dharmasena. --Travis Basevi (talk) 08:07, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thats it,days between last appearance in an ODI to debut as an Umpire. Kumar Dharmasena narrowly missed breaking the record set by Enamul Haque when he debuted in the 1st Ind v SL odi .Over to you Sumant81 (talk) 08:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Q927
What's this team all about then? James Marshall, Faisal Iqbal, Dwayne Bravo, Xavier Marshall, Kevin Pietersen, Jacques Rudolph, Michael Hussey, Ravi Bopara, Lance Klusener, Somachandra de Silva, Tapash Baisya. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I feel it may be Q748 repeat - highest batting averages at posns 1..11 .If so please ask a new one. Sumant81 (talk) 11:04, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Damn, nice memory. At least it wasn't me asking the question. OK, how about this team:

Desmond Haynes, Farokh Engineer, Mohinder Amarnath, Neil Harvey, Mohammad Yousuf, Sourav Ganguly, Denis Compton, Noel McGregor, Collie Smith, Dwayne Bravo, James Kelly. As a clue to get started, they're the eleven players who've achieved something twice and no one has currently achieved the feat more than that. And there's no particular reason why the team is so batsman-heavy, in fact I would have guessed it would be the other way around. --Travis Basevi (talk) 11:55, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Wrong place, I know, but RIP Bearders. WillE (talk) 16:05, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Further clue. The long retired players are set in stone with 2. Players like Yousuf and Ganguly who'll probably never play a Test again can only stay the same or go down to 1 or even 0. Current players like Bravo could go up or down, even within the same match. --Travis Basevi (talk) 12:04, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Er, can we have some more clues, please...? Ovshake (talk) 07:11, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ian Bell is a key part of what I was talking about in the previous clue. --Travis Basevi (talk) 07:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Anything to do with 99s and 199s (or 90s and 190s)? Ovshake (talk) 08:01, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope. --Travis Basevi (talk) 08:39, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Salman Butt is another one involved like Bell. --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:03, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I thought someone might have clicked with the connection between Bell and Butt. There's another 173 similar players, but only 22 relate to the original XI listed. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:13, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Just confirm that this has got nothing to do a surname of the form BXYY where X is a vowel and Y is a consonant. Ovshake (talk) 20:11, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

No, nothing like that, purely statistical. Jean-Paul Duminy is the latest addition to Bell and Butt's group of 173, although he has nothing to do with the original XI. --Travis Basevi (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, this has me a bit flummoxed. The hint about the 22 related to the XI, indicates that you are talking about partnerships, maybe actual batting partnerships, but connections between certain players.  The "locked in stone", "may change downwards", "could change within a game up or down" is because it also relates to the other player, who for the long retired players would also be long retired, but for the recently retired ones or active ones then their partner could replace the listed player with someone else (which means it isn't fixed like debut related, but something else like highest score/partnership etc which can change).  Mentioning Bell, Butt and JP indicates that it may be young player related, maybe under 25s (lots of them born in 1984 too?)  But the  comment about being surprised it's so batsman heavy indicates that it isn't anything to do with century partnerships or high scoring.   Assuming that this is partially correct (which I'm loathe to do after the hatrick probabibilty question!) could you name any of the XI's partners?The-Pope (talk) 03:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * To add to your theory ,I would assume the 22 comes in because each player has done it twice,and hence 11*2 .The part about the number reducing to 1 or 0 baffles me the most.Other than people being associated with others in terms of partnerships,I can't think of anything else Sumant81 (talk) 05:08, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Apologies if it's led anyone on the wrong track, but it's a group of 175 including Bell and Butt (I originally said "another 173 players").

Anyway, you're both on the right track, although it has nothing to do with partnerships, nor really to do with age - although I guess the fact that Bell, Butt and Duminy have long careers ahead of them (Bell excepted?) increases the chances of change. I think people are looking too deep though, try to see something pretty obvious that Bell, Butt and Duminy all have in common. Any of them or other current players could drop out of the list of 175 as soon as their next Test, and they'd in turn affect the corresponding player in a list of 164 (which includes the original XI who appear twice to balance the 175) but who doesn't need to be playing in the same match. --Travis Basevi (talk) 12:43, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The most baffling bit is that Yousuf and Ganguly can be relegated. Ovshake (talk) 13:01, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * My head hurts The-Pope (talk) 13:06, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Obvious Common-ness -They all won their debut test.Btw To map from set of 164 to set of 175 is it necessary the pairs are from the same side.? Sumant81 (talk) 14:04, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Nope, the pairs are by definition not on the same side. The common stat is on each player's wiki profile. I'm going to have to resort to charades again soon. --Travis Basevi (talk) 18:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
 * *raises right hand an opens fingers. Points to a town in Hampshire. Tugs ear, and pretnends to smoke a spliff. indicates a small word. Tugs ear, and pretends to play a snooker shot.* WillE (talk) 21:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Right - I'm going to give this away to somebody to clean up now, but the 175 players are those who have taken a single Test wicket. JP Duminy being the latest addition. I can't narrow it down to 22. Was thinking players who took their only wicket on debut, but that's not right. Took a test wicket and scored a century in the same match? Don't know - I'm cold and tired now so going to bed. Don't get the 2, 1, 0 thing.&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 23:32, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Ok - there are 22 players who have been the victim of a players only Test wicket twice. If one of those current players takes another wicket, then they will have been have been the victim only once. Or not at all. Example: Desmond Haynes was the only Test victim for both Yashpal Sharma and Margashayam Venkataramana&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 23:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hooray, yes, they're the 11 players who are solitary Test wicket for two bowlers. Ganguly could slide off the list if Butt or Waddington Mwayenga take another wicket. Yousuf is counting on Bell not taking another as Mark Richardson has hung up his whites. And so on. Cheers, MDC, over to you, I need a rest. --Travis Basevi (talk) 00:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Stands and applauds Mdcollins, and then slaps Travis rather vigorously with a large trout. The-Pope (talk) 02:42, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm..the question said the batsman achieved something,In this case it was not an achievement(dubious maybe),more like an involvement in the record.Maybe that threw everyone off the hook.Well done to MD to crack a toughie. Sumant81 (talk) 03:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Good question, and more importantly, good and relevant hints. Heartiest congratulations for cracking it... Ovshake (talk) 06:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Q928
OK - a not-so-toughie to "speed" things up. The fastest over in cricketing history is claimed by whom? Where and how long did it take (approximately)?&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 13:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Bryan Wells, 34 seconds? Ovshake (talk) 13:03, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

That's the badger.&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 13:21, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Except that according to the latest Ask Steven, Bomber Wells tended to use the Cardus Maxim of never letting the truth stand in the way of a good story...... WillE (talk) 15:44, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Q929
Andrew Strauss and Marcus Trescothick have done this thrice. Darren Powell, Jason Gillespie, Kevin Pietersen, Mohammad Yousuf, Rajin Saleh, Sylvester Joseph, Trevor Gripper and Waqar Younis have done this twice each. 48 other cricketers have done this once each. Guy Whittall has also done this once barring the 48, but in a slightly different way. What am I talking about? Ovshake (talk) 16:29, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Caught Mahela Jayawardene Bowled Muthiah Muralitharan -70 dismissals ,highest for bowler fielder combination.Guy Whittall was a sub catch Sumant81 (talk) 17:14, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Didn't realise it was this easy... sigh... it's your turn to ask now. Ovshake (talk) 17:28, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Q930
In ODI Matches involving a result,When Chris Harris batted in this match ,what occured for the first and so far only time ? Sumant81 (talk) 14:07, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm going to guess that it's got something to do with him dislocating his shoulder, batting with a runner (Hamish Marshall) or the fact that it's his last match. Failing that it could be the only time a number 11 has batted in the second innings, in a losing cause, without having first bowled? --KingStrato (talk) 14:21, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Batting at number 11 without having bowled is good enough. Thats all I was looking for.It was the first time it was done while batting second (batting first has some more instances owing to low score chases).Although I will never really know how you got it so quickly :) .Very well done.Over to you. Sumant81 (talk) 14:51, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I read his wikipage and saw that he took 203 wickets in his career. I looked to see if he'd reached 200 in this game, noticed that he hadn't bowled and thought it must be unusual.  I didn't check to se eif it was right, I just guessed.  --KingStrato (talk) 16:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Q931
I apologise in advance for this one....

What links the following players? Cec Pepper, Travis Friend, Lucy Doolan, Graeme Hole and Alec Douglas-Home. I will add more to the list as clues later. --KingStrato (talk) 19:37, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, more to add to the list: Joe Darling, Reon King and Phil Mustard. There's a musical connection and I don't think Lucy Doolan has played at an international ground in Kimberley but if she had that match would be a clue.  --KingStrato (talk) 09:00, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The connection is probably something to do with the beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds .Diamond and Kimberley I can connect and song is from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which features other songs Fixing a Hole ,She's Leaving Home and With a Little Help from My Friends.And the players in the second clue are probably from other Beatles songs Sumant81 (talk) 14:01, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Mean Mr. Mustard,Oh! Darling,Sun King are the others. Sumant81 (talk) 14:03, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Correct :) The first lot were from Sgt Pepper, the second lot from Abbey Road.  The next clues would have been from Magical Mystery Tour (which is next to them on my CD rack).  Who would you pick as the fool on the hill?  --KingStrato (talk) 14:09, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Q932
John Edrich, Dennis Amiss, Desmond Haynes, Duncan Fletcher, Michael Clarke, Kevin Pietersen and that's the complete set. What does the set represent. ? Sumant81 (talk) 14:38, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

The first four all got Man of the Match on ODI debut. Coincidence or related? --Travis Basevi (talk) 23:43, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I would have to say it is related, more as an influence to the final answer, though nothing to do with the awards itself Sumant81 (talk) 01:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There is a common thread which connects them all. They have all held it at certain points of time. Kevin Pietersen is the latest to hold it. Sumant81 (talk) 14:36, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Aha. Progressive highest recorded average in ODIs. In order, 82, 103, 148, 153, 208, 234. Needed your extra hint to work out why Hussey wasn't involved. --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:33, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yuppers, thats the one. Over to you. Sumant81 (talk) 15:54, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Q933
Identify this team. Bert Sutcliffe, Robert Poore, Herbie Taylor, Albert Powell, Jock Cameron, Victor Trumper, Verdun Scott, Tom Garrett, Eknath Solkar, Fred Smith, Tom McKibbin. --Travis Basevi (talk) 16:40, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I doubt it's connected, but two of my favourite dead cricketers are there - ones who received no obituary at the time of their death... WillE (talk) 21:54, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Top scorers in the 11 lowest test innings totals Sumant81 (talk) 04:10, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

That it be. And what an illustrious set of names it is. --Travis Basevi (talk) 10:05, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Q934
There are 40 slots on this "unique" list and yet 7 of them occur twice.Excluding the names that occur twice the ordered set would be Ian Redpath,Sanjay Manjrekar,Herschelle Gibbs,Eddie Paynter,Geoffrey Boycott,Greg Chappell,Marvan Attapatu,Jackie McGlew,Graham Yallop.I will add more to the list as clues if required.What does the list represent ? Sumant81 (talk) 16:10, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Wild guess - list of non-striker run-outs - either "Mankaded" or via a deflection?
 * No not run-outs,remember that the list is ordered.So for example, Ian Redpath is the lowest.Giving away the names at the other end of the set would give away the answer. Sumant81 (talk) 01:56, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Reaching a hundred with a five (Manjrekar) or fighting tonsilitis and sneaking out of hospital to play a match-winning innings (Paynter)? Ovshake (talk) 05:05, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * No nothing heroic like that.Here comes an added hint.One of those 7 who occurs twice is Sachin Tendulkar and he would fit in right before Eddie Paynter and right before Marvan Attapatu Sumant81 (talk) 05:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

You mentioned 40 slots, nine of them have one occurrence each, and seven of them two apiece - what about the other seventeen? Ovshake (talk) 06:03, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh they also have one occurence each only ,As I said only these 7 occur twice in those 40 slots.And as I said revealing some of the others might reveal the answer.Another one,these 40 slots may decrease or increase in future,even as soon as the next test match is played. Sumant81 (talk) 06:28, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Not out double hundreds? WillE (talk) 12:16, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok but Ian Redpath does not have any double hundreds.Although the double hundreds of the rest mentioned do form the part of the answer.And notouts are insignificant.Think about why there is a unique thing with respect to their scores. Sumant81 (talk) 13:57, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

Is this a list of players that have made a test score that no other player has made? So Ian Redpath is the only player to make 171. I know Gibbs is unique on 228. And this would fit with some missing double names like Lara making 375 and 400. --Cowboydan78 (talk) 18:48, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes that is the one;well done,The 40 slots represents the 40 scores that no one else has achieved except one person.Similarly Sachin Tendulkar scores of 241 and 248 is unique .Don Bradman (244 & 304),Javed Miandad (271 and 280),Sanath Jayasuriya (253 & 340),Virender Sehwag (309 & 319),Wally Hammond (251 & 336),Brian Lara (375 &400).Ian Redpath ofcourse is the only one unique with less than a double.Sumant81 (talk) 01:58, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Q935
What is it that only the following players achieved?

Albert Trott, Len Braund, Frank Foster, Wally Hammond, Bruce Taylor, John Lever, Tony Dodemaide, Tim Southee --Cowboydan78 (talk) 03:18, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Fifer + Fifty and above on debut. ? Sumant81 (talk) 03:56, 11 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Yep, correct. Didn't think this would last long since a few of the players wikipedia pages make mention of their impressive debut performances. All players taking a 5 wicket innings and scoring a 50 on debut, with the standout being Bruce Taylor who managed a century as part of his combination. --Cowboydan78 (talk) 06:04, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Q936
Keeping a qualification of those who have taken 50 wickets and more,What have Craig White and Charles Kelleway never done ,that all other bowlers have.And If I remove the qualification it becomes less interesting since 746 other bowlers have also never done it ? Sumant81 (talk) 14:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Never bowled a maiden? --Roisterer (talk) 22:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Not held a C+B?WillE (talk) 23:55, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

No neither of them.Both have bowled maidens and also have C+B against their name.The lesser the wickets you have ,the lesser the chances of never doing it.And the one test wicket takers can certainly have never done it.Sumant81 (talk) 01:49, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Taken two wickets in the same over? --Roisterer (talk) 04:07, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Umm..I have no way of verifying that,but thats not what I have in mind.Although the two wickets part is in many ways closer to the answer Sumant81 (talk) 04:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I found a match where Craig White took 2 wickets in same over.So thats not the one. Sumant81 (talk) 04:19, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

They haven't dismissed the same batsman twice? Ovshake (talk) 05:59, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Can see that White has had only three modes of dismissal off his bowling, though Kelleway has had four. They've dismissed batsmen from all eleven positions (which is rather surprising, given that they've only got 50ish wickets). Ovshake (talk) 06:03, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Guess 1 is on target .They have never dismissed the same batsman twice in a match.Well done.Over to you. Sumant81 (talk) 06:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It was a random guess - is it THAT rare? And I thought dismissing the same batsman twice in a match was quite rare... Ovshake (talk) 06:12, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope, infact anyone with more wickets than 59 have all done it. Sumant81 (talk) 06:50, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Q937
Connect Navjot Sidhu and Manpreet Gony. Others may have had the same "distinction", but I know of only two international cricketers who do. Question changed, since Gony's profile has the information.
 * What has happened 815 times in ODIs, only once since 1995, and never since 2004? Ovshake (talk) 09:19, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Bowler bowling more than ten overs in a match - here's the full list.The last ODI played over more than 50 overs a side was in 1995, and the only subsequent occasion was the result of an umpiring mistake in this game. Out of interest, what's the answer to the Sidhu/Gony question? wisems (talk) 12:54, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Spot on. Sidhu and Gony share their first names with their respective spouses. Ovshake (talk) 13:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

It should actually be "bowled more than 60 deliveries". In the eight-ball over matches several people had bowled eight-over spells, but had bowled more than sixty balls, and the count of 815 includes them. You've got the essence, so I'd give it to you, though. Ovshake (talk) 13:32, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Q938
What does this complete ordered list represent: Rodney Hogg, Terry Alderman, Maurice Tate, Michael Holding, Venkatesh Prasad, Curtly Ambrose, Frank Tyson, Arthur Mailey, Jack Gregory, Roy Tattersall, Dominic Cork, Ken Higgs? wisems (talk) 19:03, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Is it something to do with lots of wicketsin a debut series? WillE (talk) 11:33, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Not quite, but you're on the right lines. wisems (talk) 13:56, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It is to do with bowlers who have made a good start to their Test careers. The equivalent list for ODIs is made up of just Ajit Agarkar and Ajantha Mendis. No-one has yet qualified for the Twenty20 International list. wisems (talk) 13:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * fastest to 50 wickets ordered by time taken subject to condition that they were achieved within a year.Sorting by time on this page will get the list Sumant81 (talk) 16:52, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * That's the one. I thought the Agarkar/Mendis clue might give it away! wisems (talk) 16:55, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Q939
On the lines of an earlier Beatles question,just for fun,here goes,What two words used in cricketing parlance,can possibly link John Benaud,Stuart Clark and Chris Lewis.Note that the cricketers have no actual relation to the two words ,although John Benaud might have a sort of a relation! Sumant81 (talk) 16:54, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The two word phrase is used only in Limited over matches.John Benaud is the only one with a indirect link because of a "relation". Sumant81 (talk) 02:24, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Richie Benaud brother of John ,is the one with a direct link to the answer.The other two people just contribute their names to the answer Sumant81 (talk) 12:56, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

I want to say "Free Hit" but can't confirm why - Chris Lewis was done for a large supply of "hits" (cocaine)...&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 17:23, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Is it linked to the rules in rain-affected matches? Lewis for the Duckworth-Lewis method, there is a "Clark curves method" and... and I can find any link between Benaud and a rain rule method (for example, I can't find any link with one of the players called Duckworth)... OrangeKnight (talk) 18:19, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Does memory serve that Richie Benaud came up with the highest scoring overs rule that ruined the 92 World Cup? --Travis Basevi (talk) 18:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Exactly the keywords were Rain Rules. Richie Benaud was the man behind the rain rules for 92 World Cup.The other two names fill up the Clark curves and Lewis of Duckworth/Lewis fame.I will probably have to give it to OrangeKnight ,even though Travis completed the answer,since OrangeKnight got the keywords first.Sumant81 (talk) 18:05, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Q940
What links Wilfred Rhodes, Andy Bichel and Mark Gillespie? The "opposite" could be Khan Mohammad, Karsan Ghavri and Anthony Suji... OrangeKnight (talk) 20:39, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Which Gillespie? Mark Gillespie (cricketer), or Mark Gillespie (Irish cricketer)? 89.240.5.5 (talk) 21:04, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The kiwi one. OrangeKnight (talk) 21:07, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
 * The best bowling figures with no maidens in Test,ODI and T20 and the worst bowling figures with atleast a maiden in Test,ODI,T20 respectively. Sumant81 (talk) 02:53, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Massive six from Sumant ! OrangeKnight (talk) 07:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)