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Q1101
What common feat did Shane Bond,Trent Boult,Juan Theron,Jandre Coetzee,Alfonso Thomas,Charl Langeveldt achieve on the same day? Sumant81 (talk) 17:39, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * They all bowled super overs on 18 February 2009, the first use(s) of super overs in domestic Twenty20 cricket? --Jpeeling (talk • contribs) 20:48, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 * That is as precise as it can get.Three domestic T20 ties happened on the same day and all were decided by the Super Overs.Sumant81 (talk) 02:15, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1102
Who's the only (I hope) Australian to take 100 wickets in his maiden first-class season? --Jpeeling (talk • contribs) 10:33, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Herbie Collins? 164.36.44.4 (talk) 11:41, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Jack Gregory? Ovshake (talk) 17:17, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, Big Jack's the man I was looking for. He burst onto the scene with 131 wickets on the Australian Imperial Forces tour in 1919. Herbie Collins also took 100 on the same tour but he had played for New South Wales before the Great War. --Jpeeling (talk • contribs) 17:38, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1103
Among the existing limited-overs cricket tournaments, which is the oldest one (or at least, officially)? Ovshake (talk) 17:40, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Would that be the Womens WCC? &mdash; Wattmaster (talk) 00:19, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * If List A tournaments are to be considered,would that be the Gillete Cup ? Sumant81 (talk) 06:04, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

No and no. This one dates older than both. And we need to stretch the domain a bit further than List A (and of course, international) matches. Ovshake (talk) 06:12, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sheesh Mahal Cricket Tournament?,and my second guess though not really a one day limited over contest would be Moin Ud Dowlah Gold Cup. Sumant81 (talk) 07:23, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Sheesh Mahal dates back to 1951, but there's really nothing that suggests that had started off as a one-day tournament. The same holds for the - there's no conclusive proof that it had started off as a one-day tournament (though some regional newspapers certainly have claimed so). However, there was a tournament with archived records from 1956-57, which is officially accepted as the oldest limited-overs cricket tournament. Ovshake (talk) 08:50, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It's a Mumbai tournament. Ovshake (talk) 19:06, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

This year it was won by a team calleds Parkophene Cricketers. Ovshake (talk) 17:17, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Padmakar Talim Shield.Sumant81 (talk) 01:48, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Correct. Not only was it limited-overs, it was also a 50-over tournament. Older limited-over tournaments exist, but they don't cite documents to prove that they had started off as limited-overs tournament. Ovshake (talk) 08:48, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1104
India and Zimbabwe are the only 2 countries to have this instance in ODIs.India had to wait nearly 24 years and then achieved this in 2004 in a few ODIs,Zimbabwe had to wait nearly 22 years and has this instance recorded once so far in this match recently.What is the instance being referred to? Sumant81 (talk) 09:35, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Two sons of ODI players also playing ODIs? Ovshake (talk) 16:49, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Rather, two ODI cricketers playing for the same side in the same match, whose fathers had also played ODIs for the same side in the same match? Ovshake (talk) 16:51, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Malcolm Waller and Kyle Jarvis, the sons of Andy Waller and Malcolm Jarvis, played in the match you mention. Rohan Gavaskar and Yuvraj Singh, the sons of Sunil Gavaskar and Yograj Singh, had been the previous examples in 2004. Ovshake (talk) 16:52, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Very well done,That is correct,Sons playing together like their father is the exact answer.Over to you Sumant81 (talk) 18:07, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Can someone post a question? I don't really have anything ready as of now. Ovshake (talk) 08:15, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1105
I'll jump in. Been wanting to ask this one for a while...

What was the short occurence in this match that surprised batsmen, commentators and TV viewers alike? WillE (talk) 11:59, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Dave Saker of Victoria taking 3 wkts in 4 balls on List A debut ? &mdash; Wattmaster (talk) 14:06, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * True, but more unusual than that...WillE (talk) 14:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It was a cause of ridicule for Victoria... WillE (talk) 12:09, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Might have caused more bruises and cuts to knees.... WillE (talk) 13:58, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Blimey, no guesses? All too busy with the T20 Champions League? This occurence would have been less out of place in t'other Champions League WillE (talk) 21:33, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Saker or Warne celebrated with that Klinsmann-style slide? LenMutton (talk) 01:44, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Someone was "sent off" from the match due to violence or something? Ovshake (talk) 06:46, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

A bowler did a sliding-tackle to a running batsman? (please, let this be a wrong guess, please...) Ovshake (talk) 10:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, corr.... no. Phew! :o) WillE (talk) 20:33, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * A bowler took off his shirt and waved it around his head in celebration of a wicket... or did several back-flips... or some such inappropriate triumphalism? Johnlp (talk) 10:35, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope... clothing related. WillE (talk) 19:12, 24 October 2009 (UTC) And only one side did it, much to the amusement of the TV commentators. WillE (talk) 20:34, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Did Victoria wear shorts? Johnlp (talk) 21:09, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Huzzah! Yep. WillE (talk) 22:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1106
Morton, Love and King missed out rather badly, making just 13 between them. When? Johnlp (talk) 09:35, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * In this match? Victoria v New South Wales in 1926. Morton, Love and King making just 13 between them, in Victoria's mammoth innings of 1107. Schumi  555  09:58, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh yes. Seemed appropriate as the next question is... Johnlp (talk) 11:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC) PS, where is Tintin when he should be here?
 * Yes, very good, I hadn't noticed that :) Schumi  555  14:37, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1107
Who, nearly eight years after scoring his first ODI century, scored his maiden test century, and broke the record for the longest gap between a maiden ODI ton and maiden Test ton? Schumi 555  14:37, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Manoj Prabhakar? Ovshake (talk) 15:14, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

1 and 2 are the matches. Ovshake (talk) 15:15, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, you are right :) Over to you Ovshake. Schumi  555  11:39, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1108
During the fourth innings of this test Fred Titmus blocked a delivery from Lance Gibbs. The ball spun, took his edge, and rolled through the packed squadron towards point. What unusual incident happened next? Ovshake (talk) 13:19, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
 * The umpire picked it up and threw it to the bowler. Sumant81 (talk) 13:53, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes. The umpire in question was Douglas Sang Hue. He threw it to the bowler to hasten up things, since West Indies were closing in towards a probable victory. Ovshake (talk) 17:49, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1109
Shafiqullah Shafaq,Jawad Dawood may still get out of this list.However the only other player in this list is probably set in stone.Who is this ODI player in question? Sumant81 (talk) 16:39, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Mark Bailey? Only ODI players never to bat, bowl or take a catch. wisems (talk) 17:17, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I will never know how you got that so quickly :) .That is correct and over to you. Sumant81 (talk) 17:31, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

I haven't got a question at the moment - has anyone else got one? wisems (talk) 11:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1110
To hasten things along,Which is the longest test cricketer surname without a vowel ? (My reference is what comes in the title of the player page of cricinfo.So for example I would pick Armitage as the surname for Tom Armitage)Sumant81 (talk) 17:07, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * What about C. B. Fry? Schumi  555  17:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope,someone else has beaten him as well Sumant81 (talk) 17:24, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Daniel Flynn? Johnlp (talk) 19:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Daniel Flynn It is .Actually apart from Fry and Flynn I could not find anyone else. Sumant81 (talk) 01:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Bill Smyth umpired Test matches. Johnlp (talk) 13:58, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1111
Which Test cricketer was a winning rider in the Bombay point-to-point horse race? Johnlp (talk) 08:22, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Blatant guess: Ramakant Desai. Ovshake (talk) 09:47, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

No, not him. I'll post a clue by midday if it remains unanswered by then. Johnlp (talk) 10:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It sounds like the sort of thing that Lord Harris might have done. JH (talk page) 10:47, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

No, not his lordship. Johnlp (talk) 10:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Time for a "clue". A contemporary wrote of his batting style: "He has a peculiar slicing manner of cutting, treating the ball as if it were a lemon or a Turk's head." Helpful, eh? Johnlp (talk) 12:06, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

He was also a tennis champion in various places in India. Johnlp (talk) 19:23, 29 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Cotah Ramaswami ?? Sumant81 (talk) 19:46, 29 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Robert Poore won the West of India lawn tennis championship. Could it be him? JH (talk page) 19:52, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Poore it is. Well done. The quote is from CB Fry. Johnlp (talk) 22:14, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1112
Which manager of a side that toured England later became famous for his contribution to the game of bridge? JH (talk page) 09:54, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Milton Work appears to fit the bill. --Jpeeling (talk • contribs) 18:58, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * And is the answer that I was looking for. Well done! I had expected the question to prove rather more difficult than that. JH (talk page) 21:31, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that, it wasn't knowledge or even research. I used AWB's list comparing tool to cross reference all cricket articles with all bridge articles and there was only one match. --Jpeeling (talk • contribs) 22:54, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1113
The top five of this Test list features four Pakistanis with the remaining member being a Kiwi who reached fourth position with a performance this year. What list am I taking about? --Jpeeling (talk • contribs) 22:54, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Clue: The player who tops the list is Wasim Akram. --Jpeeling (talk • contribs) 09:27, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Most runs made in an innings batting at #8Sumant81 (talk) 12:01, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
 * That's the one. Vettori's 140 in August was the highest score by any number eight not from Pakistan. He averages a remarkable 42.64 from the position and is one of only two players to score three centuries from number eight. --Jpeeling (talk • contribs) 13:02, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

Q1114
3 times in October 2009, A one time occurrence in an ODI in 2008,and prior to that it happened multiple times ;the last of those being in this match in 2002.What is the occurrence being referred to here? Sumant81 (talk) 03:04, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * A side batting second requiring more than just one run more than the side batting first, from the same number of overs, to win the match, because of Duckworth-Lewis? Schumi  555  09:23, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No ,not related to rain rules and such. Sumant81 (talk) 09:29, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * A five for by a slow left arm bowler? 90.195.21.75 (talk) 18:31, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Hint - The 3 times in 2009 were in the first 3 ODIs of Ind-Aus Series .And just to re-confirm the question which may have been worded a bit poorly-From the above mentioned match in 2002 till 2009 It never happened except for once in 2008.. Sumant81 (talk) 02:21, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * It has not happened since 2002 because of an ICC rule change around that time and this is nothing to do with run/wicket related stats. Sumant81 (talk) 18:14, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Umpire came from one of the participating countries? Johnlp (talk) 18:21, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * You may need to rephrase more precisely,umpire has come from one of the participating countries in most of the odis that have been played.So what is deal with the occasions in question being infrequent since 2002 ? Sumant81 (talk) 18:27, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Both umpires came from the home country: ICC rule change in 2002 said one of the elite panel would stand in every ODI. Johnlp (talk) 22:14, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes,the match in 2002 was the last time no neutral umps were present.And in 2009 with Mark Benson being unwell,Neutral Umps stood through the first 3 matches.This was the second occassion since the rule change.The 2008 occassion was this match,Aleem Dar had stood in for the first 4 ODIs and there was no neutral ump who was free and ready to travel for the 5th Sumant81 (talk) 01:58, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Q1115
The writer Gerald Howat named his cat after a Test cricketer. He took the cat to a cricket match in which the cricketer was playing but failed to introduce them to each other. The cricketer, when he heard about this social solecism, was said to be "desolate". The cat's views are unrecorded. What was the name of the cat? Johnlp (talk) 08:05, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Random guess: Garry Sobers. Ovshake (talk) 13:22, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

No, but you're in the right kind of era. Johnlp (talk) 17:26, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Clue time. The cricketer's first name might have been fairly appropriate for a cat. But the cat was given the cricketer's surname. Johnlp (talk) 20:35, 4 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Sonny Ramadhin? JH (talk page) 21:54, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

No, but the cricketer's highest score was made against an attack that included Ramadhin. Johnlp (talk) 22:12, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Peter May? Colin Cowdrey? Ovshake (talk) 07:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Neither of these, but they played in many sides that this cricketer was in. Johnlp (talk) 08:10, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Godfrey Evans? Ovshake (talk) 08:13, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Derek Shackleton? Ovshake (talk) 08:13, 5 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Tom Graveney appears to fit all the clues. JH (talk page) 09:27, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Correct, JH! The cat's name was Graveney. Over to you. Johnlp (talk) 10:05, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Q1116
Which writer on cricket (amongst other things), who also wrote poetry, used phrases taken from a famous work by another poet for the titles of his cricket books? JH (talk page) 10:55, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * John Arlott? Ovshake (talk) 12:30, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No, not Arlott. JH (talk page) 18:03, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Arlott wrote Gone to the Test Match, Gone With the Cricketers and and Gone to the Cricket which are all derived from the phrase Gone with the wind which comes from Ernest Dowson's poem Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae. Tintin 01:21, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Nev? WillE (talk) 21:21, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Nope. As far as I know, he never wrote any poetry. JH (talk page) 21:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Dudley Carew. Johnlp (talk) 23:36, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Dudley Carew it is. Over to you. JH (talk page) 09:57, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Q1117
Another writer. Whose first cricket report of an away match that he played in read as follows: "After eating what passed for a lunch, Team B climbed a steep hill and found what was left of a soccer pitch"? The report was considered libellous of the opponents, he claimed, and got him into trouble. Johnlp (talk) 10:07, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Trevor Bailey?Sumant81 (talk) 14:01, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * No, though a colleague of his. Johnlp (talk) 15:39, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I can't think of a plausible playing colleague, for either Essex or England. Was it perhaps a colleague on TMS? A bell is ringing faintly in my brain, suggesting to me that it might be Jim Swanton. JH (talk page) 10:11, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, you're in the right direction, but a somewhat younger person.Johnlp (talk) 10:23, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Blowers? He's someone who wouldn't take kindly to an inferior lunch, one suspects. JH (talk page) 11:17, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Blowers it is, but I owe an apology: it was actually a report (for the Eton College Chronicle) of a soccer match, not a cricket one. Anyway, well done for getting correct answer despite this. Johnlp (talk) 12:14, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Q1118
Prior to World War 2, there should be six names on this list. I will provide four of them. What are the missing two names? The four are Tom Kendall, Learie Constantine, Roger Blunt and Mohammad Nissar. JH (talk page) 22:01, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Alfred Shaw and Albert Rose-Innes Sumant81 (talk) 02:40, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Correct. Well done. They are the bowlers returning the best innings figures in their country's inaugural Test Match. JH (talk page) 09:08, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Q1119
Which four from the same match would join this set? Charlie McLeod,Hugh Trumble,Harry Trott,Peter May,Dwayne Bravo,Azeem Hafeez,Dilip Sardesai,Sanath Jayasuriya,Graeme Beard Sumant81 (talk) 13:35, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Although a very rare occurrence Travis Dowlin ,Mahmudullah,Mushfiqur Rahim all joined this list for ODIs earlier this year.The only others being Thilina Kandamby and Upul Chandana Sumant81 (talk) 14:15, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * There is something common about the bowlers who have dismissed the batsman above.Sumant81 (talk) 08:15, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Being an opposing captain's only career wicket? Works for Dowlin and Dhoni... Ovshake (talk) 09:43, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The Combination is right,but the reason is wrong .. Sumant81 (talk) 09:48, 10 November 2009 (UTC)


 * They were all dismissed by a bowling wicketkeeper. Dowlin - Dhoni, Rahim - Thomas, Beard- Taslim Arif etc? The 4 who would join this list would be Billy Midwinter, Jack Blackham, Fred Spofforth and Harry Boyle. Dingbatdan (talk) 12:39, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Correct wickets taken by a wicket keeper in a match.Alfred Lyttelton took 4 wickets with his underarm lobs in this match Sumant81 (talk) 13:10, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Q1120
In 1963 it didn't happen at all, but in 2003 and 2004 it happened 14 times each year. What test cricket feat am I talking about? Dingbatdan (talk) 13:36, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Double centuries in test cricket Sumant81 (talk) 14:30, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Too easy, take it away. Dingbatdan (talk) 23:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Can someone take over,please.I am a bit busy at the moment.Sumant81 (talk) 07:01, 13 November 2009 (UTC)