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Q1261
What test record was set in this match ? It broke a record set almost 17 year earlier in a match involving the same two teams. --Roberry (talk) 21:37, 23 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Longest lunch break? WillE (talk) 12:41, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

I guess I should give a clue - the record has nothing to do with any individual performance in the game - think more who was playing --Roberry (talk) 04:30, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Is it Tendulkar related? --Roisterer (talk) 06:34, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Is it left handed opener related? –Moondyne 07:34, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The highest average age for two teams in a test match? Schumi  555  09:46, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

The record is not directly Tendulkar related. This has gone on long enough - think captains --Roberry (talk) 17:23, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * A captain bowled 50 overs and yet went wicketless? But 17 years back the captains were Border and Azharuddin - I cannot see them doing the same. Ovshake (talk) 19:44, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Wait, you used the plural. Was (no. of tests in which Ponting led) minus (no. of tests in which Kumble led) a record for opposing captains? Ovshake (talk) 19:47, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Nothing so complicated - try looking at all the players in the matches. The record from the earlier match was equaled several times, but the later match was the first time the record was beaten (and has only happened once since) --Roberry (talk) 11:35, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Most combined number of Test matches by the teams? --Roisterer (talk) 11:40, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * The record was set by the Indian team members - look at the team and what did (some of them) do in previous matches --Roberry (talk) 16:13, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Most (former and current) Test captains in a single team? (Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid, Sehwag, Kumble and Dhoni) AllylViolinPudding (talk) 16:22, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Correct - I was actually looking at only former captains, but I think you are also correct --Roberry (talk) 16:29, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Q1262
Which record has Juan Theron just achieved in his last match? He previously shared the record with Suranga Lakmal and Thirumalai Sekhar. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 17:22, 29 October 2010 (UTC)
 * This record concern their performances in all international forms of the game. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 14:21, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It is not a desirable record to hold. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 00:06, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Most international matches played without scoring a run? (currently 7), Lakmal and Sekhar have played 6.&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 00:30, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * That's right. I imagine he probably won't hold the record for much longer. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 12:51, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Q1263
"35, 26, 0, 15". Which record?&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 14:07, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Lowest ODI,Test totals and some thing else similar... Sumant81 (talk) 04:47, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

No, sorry. They all relate to one particular innings.&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 09:28, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Extras in this match. Johnlp (talk) 10:30, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes, most extras in a Test innings; 35 byes, 26 leg byes, 0 wides, 15 nbs. Don't think Kamran Akmal had the best of days...&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 18:33, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * But not as bad as Dinesh Karthik... Johnlp (talk) 19:04, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Q1264
When David Gower got into trouble for taking a trip in a Tiger Moth during an MCC match in Queensland, he was accompanied by John Morris. But which player had he first approached to join him in the escapade? Johnlp (talk) 19:04, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, this story has Gower approaching Allan Lamb and Robin Smith. And while I remember the event I didn't realise there was a massive to-do about it. --Roisterer (talk) 21:58, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * No, Lamb and Smith were both still batting when Gower took off. The player he initially approached decided against it and stayed in the nets "practising his flipper". Johnlp (talk) 22:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Athers? WillE (talk) 23:22, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Atherton indeed. Well done. Over to you. Johnlp (talk) 23:52, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Q1265
OK.... lucky guess!

I came across a poem in which an old gentlemen bemoans the sad state of cricket 'today', the poor quality of batting, bowling and fielding 'today' only to be chastised and be told angrily that his father would have said exactly the same thing? The title and the author, please. WillE (talk) 11:46, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The author was better known as a player with a hilariously conceived nickname, who ultimately took his own life. WillE (talk) 23:55, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Crusoe?  Harrias  talk 08:08, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * And the title of the poem? WillE (talk) 12:53, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * A clue might refer to a previous question regarding Colin Cowdrey, and a common term for one who berates othr people, usually those of a later generation.... WillE (talk) 19:06, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz WillE (talk) 14:06, 7 November 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't often look in here. I have an anthology called "The Cricketer's Companion", compiled by Alan Ross, and I'm pretty sure that the poem appears in the poetry section. However just going and looking it up rather feels like cheating, since it doesn't involve any proper research. JH (talk page) 19:03, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a fair deal to me, JH. Knowledge is power. And points mean prizes! What do points mean? A typeof rail that allows trains to change direction. Failing that it's also in the wonderful Picador Book of Cricket. WillE (talk) 21:14, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. It's called "The One-way Critic". As revealed in the last two lines, the curmedgeonly critic has apparently been watching Larwood bowling to Woolley! I'd guess that this would not have been one of Fred Trueman's favourite poems, as he rarely seemed to think that the cricketers he was watching as part of the TMS team were a patch on those that he had played with. JH (talk page) 21:58, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 'twas always thus. I recall reading an article about an old man complaining that Grimmet wasn't a patch on bowlers of yore. Although, if someone was to complain about the West Indian fast bowling contingent of today compare to Garner, Holding, Marshall and Croft, their argument may have some merit. --Roisterer (talk) 22:42, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Hurrah! I was going to read this at a poetry event I attended, but the delights and failings of London's transport system pointed me towards an expletive filled bus realted haiku instead... Mr JH, thank you for putting me out of my misery! WillE (talk) 11:56, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Q1266
Let's keep up the literary theme. Which two professional players was Neville Cardus writing about in the following extract: "X's relationship to Y in the art and technique of batsmanship was in 1905 much the same as the relationship of Compton to Hutton. Y was the disciplined craftsman; X, with an even more accomplished and more extensive skill than Y's, was something of an artist, reluctant to subdue his spirit to technique and the proven way of using it." JH (talk page) 18:23, 8 November 2010 (UTC)


 * RE Foster and JT Tyledesley ? Tintin 05:30, 9 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Half right. RE Foster was an amateur, I think, and I said that both players were professionals. JH (talk page) 08:58, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

is X -Tom Hayward (Nsvivekanand)


 * I assume that you meant Y. Hayward was the "disciplined craftsman" and Tyldesley the artist. Well done. Between you and Tintin you've got them both. I think that, as the provider of the last part of the answer, it's you who gets to set the next question. The quoatation was from a piece entitled "Surrey Cricket", which appeared in the book "Close of Play". JH (talk page) 17:49, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Q1267
A sitter ...Something has crossed 50,000 recently in a cricket match...guess what is it...and which match ...(Nsvivekanand) 12:43, 15 November 2010(IST)
 * Career Agreegate of the 11 players in a team,The Ind NZ test match at Hyderabad? Sumant81 (talk) 07:20, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Spot on Sumant81 ... U get to ask the next one .....Nsvivekanand (talk) 07:26, 15 November 2010 (UTC) Seems none is interested in asking next question Nsvivekanand (talk) 09:05, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Q1268
Rule 3 applied.

What did Don Tallon do at Derby that did not impress Don Bradman? WillE (talk) 12:22, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Erm, missed the Derbyshire match for The Invincibles? I mean, that wasn't THAT BIG an offense... 115.249.11.58 (talk) 07:00, 26 November 2010 (UTC) Ovshake (talk) 09:00, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

That he wasn't playing was relevant. A hundred partnership aginst the Invincibles had them unsuccessfully in the heat for longer than at any other time on the tour (outside the tests). Picador is my source again... WillE (talk) 12:11, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
 * So basically, Ron Saggers dropped Townsend or Smith during their partnership, and the match went well into the next day, making the Australians field longer, and thereby miss, well, The Derby? Ovshake (talk) 13:13, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * No. It was something that Tallon did whilst undertaking typical 12th man duties. It was a very hot day, and though the crowd loved what he did, The Don did not. WillE (talk) 22:00, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

Can you please tell me the page number of the paperback edition? :D Ovshake (talk) 05:42, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 139.WillE (talk) 09:02, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Did he hand out drinks to the crowd? --Roisterer (talk) 01:11, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

As Tallon entered the ground on an incredibly hot and humid day with the drinks, the thirsty players sat down on the ground listlessly, waiting for Tallon to reach them. Tallon entered the premises and placed the tray on the ground, asking them to get it. The Don wasn't amused. Ovshake (talk) 07:11, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Correct. Everyone should own a copy of the Picador Book of Cricket. What a little gem! WillE (talk) 11:41, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

I agree. You'd need someone of Guha's stature for a compilation like that. May I also recommend A Corner of a Foreign Field, Wickets in the East and Spin and Other Turns. The last two books are available in a collected volume called The States of Indian Cricket.Ovshake (talk) 15:01, 29 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Ovshake - it's your question I believe :)&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk)

I apologise, slipped my mind completely! Ovshake (talk) 09:18, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Q1269
Rule 3 again.

What links Alastair Cook and John Glendenen? WillE (talk) 21:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Cook's example was 'corrected' (for want of a better phrase) in the first Ashes test of 2010. WillE (talk) 13:42, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The years were 2005 and 1991 respectively, both against Australian opposition. WillE (talk) 14:07, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I assume that and  are the matches in question,  so something to do with 200s in non-first class games against Australian opposition, but I can't quite figure out the comment about Cook's example being 'corrected'. wisems (talk) 17:32, 7 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, that's it. Cook 'corrected' the anomaly of a double hundred in a non first class match against first class opposition being higher than his higher first class score by thrashing the Aussies for 235*. (Not that I'm gloating. Much. LOL!) Glendenen never really got near getting a first class double ton. WillE (talk) 12:20, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh OK, simple as that. I haven't got any questions at the moment, so if anyone else has got one, please jump in. (And for the record, nothing wrong with a bit of gloating!) wisems (talk) 08:47, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Q1270
Which cricketer might be celebrating the festive period with a song in his honour? KingStrato (talk) 11:55, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Well Bradman has a few songs named after him ("Our Don Bradman", "Bradman") but he's probably not who you're thinking of. --Roisterer (talk) 03:26, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * "Run, Run, Rudolph" (or the "crimson-proboscised caribou"!)&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 14:36, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I was thinking "While Sheppards Watched their Flocks by Night"... Johnlp (talk) 16:28, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

This is actually a recorded song in honour of a test cricketer. It's also a pun so bad that I would be proud of it. I can't actually find a version of it on the internet to listen to though. KingStrato (talk) 14:07, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * The pun is based on the title of a Christmas carol and an Indian cricketer. KingStrato (talk) 14:43, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * "Once in Rahul Dravid's city", perhaps. Where do you get these from? Christmas crackers? ;-) Johnlp (talk) 15:14, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Edit conflict on Dravid... but why stop at Indians? Good King Wettimuny?  Silent Knight?  ''Angels We Have Heard on High? We Three Ki ng s?  I Come With Love?The-Pope (talk) 15:18, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

| Once in Rahul Dravid City it is. Please don't spend £0.69 on downloading it - it's not worth it. As for where it came from - I can remember listening to TMS a few years ago and Dilhara Fernando was bowling. It started a conversation about cricketers sharing their names with songs. As TMS conversations do it rapidly descended into farce and ended with the awful Rahul Dravid pun. Imagine my horror to discover it was an actual song... Over to you John. KingStrato (talk) 18:12, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Being remarkably removed from the culture in terms of ethnicity, I didn't get the pun. Will someone elaborate? Ovshake (talk) 04:42, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Once in Royal David's City I guess. –Moondyne 05:58, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Q1271
"Aerobic dancing" provided the only entertainment in this match: where and when and which teams? Johnlp (talk) 22:29, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
 * West Indies vs England 97/98 when the game was abandoned because of the dodgy pitch? Athers, Butch and Stewie certainly danced a lot in that hour of play..... WillE (talk) 12:43, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Not that one. This match lasted just two balls and the "aerobic dancing" was Wisden's description of the exercise regime of one of the teams. Johnlp (talk) 00:19, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * It would be this match then. --Roisterer (talk) 02:48, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, indeed, over to you. Johnlp (talk) 10:34, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Bump!&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 10:03, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Q1272
Who was once given out lbw for 98 in a Test by his own uncle? --Roisterer (talk) 11:38, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Clyde Walcott ,his uncle Harold Walcott Sumant81 (talk) 13:20, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Too easy. I hope Clyde still sent his uncle a xmas card that year. --Roisterer (talk) 23:36, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Ding-dong! Ovshake (talk) 10:20, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Beep! Buzz!! Bump!!! Ovshake (talk) 09:04, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Q1273
Who tops this list and what is this list? 1.________________ 2.Allan Border 617 3.Sachin Tendulkar 593 4.Steve Waugh 590 5.Shivnarine Chanderpaul 579 Sumant81 (talk) 10:35, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Rahul Dravid 641, number of partnerships in test cricket. We both got it, it seems, at you-know-where. :) Ovshake (talk) 12:22, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * That is correct. Had to dig up question from here,but the answer I had to find and I havent found answers to all of them yet Sumant81 (talk) 13:54, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Q1274
Who was so keen to film the next batsman that he rushed to the pavilion and took out the movie camera before unbuckling his pads? Ovshake (talk) 17:12, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Er, I thought this was a famous incident. Ovshake (talk) 02:07, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Is this Gavaskar and Vishy ? Sumant81 (talk) 02:27, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

No. Why would Sunny be so keen to film Vishy? Ovshake (talk) 05:24, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * As you might've guessed, the departing batsman was characteristically an enthusiastic one; and there was something about the next batsman's innings that needed to be filmed. Ovshake (talk) 13:56, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

The new batsman, well, was making a historic entry to the crease. One that has been talked about more than most entries ever. Ovshake (talk) 04:05, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Sid Barnes & Don Bradman ? Sumant81 (talk) 06:48, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Of course. THAT easy. Take over. Ovshake (talk) 07:28, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Q1275
Anyone??

Here we go (x,y), (219,334),(189,201),(173,239),(242,374),(88,110),(200,215),(162,196),(126,193),(223,249) What is x and y and also why? Sumant81 (talk) 16:02, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
 * These pairs can have a relevant value associated that will answer the why.All the relevant values are 160,159,157,134,123,118,107,107,106,102 Sumant81 (talk) 16:30, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * x is 375 and y is 400. Most number of innings played by a batsmen to improve their career best score. Wikimaze (talk) 17:55, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That is correct maximum number of innings to overtake a personal best is what the number represents and the x and y are personal bests.The respective players are Brian Lara,Mark Taylor ,Jacques Kallis,Saurav Ganguly,Mahela Jayawardene,Anil Kumble ,David Gower ,Allan Border ,Kapil Dev ,Marvan Attapatu Sumant81 (talk) 00:48, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Waiting to be A-Mazed! Ovshake (talk) 13:47, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Q1276
In Wikimaze's absence I'll ask "Which Test player derived his nickname from his supposed similarity to Napoleon Bonaparte?" --Roisterer (talk) 01:07, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

- Stan McCabe of Australia Nsvivekanand (talk) 04:33, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, indeed, it was Stan McCabe. I got this from Vic Richardson's autobiography, which I would highly recommend. --Roisterer (talk) 22:52, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, so it has nothing to do with sleep? :O Ovshake (talk) 08:25, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Q1277
A Sitter.X is something which relates 38 and 42.15 in Cricket. Its been very long since X has happened but It could have happened in 2003.Though not used in its purest form in international cricket, X 's purest form is available only in indoor cricket these days.Identify X. -- Nsvivekanand (talk) 07:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Mankaded Sumant81 (talk) 07:10, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

-Yeah X is Mankading - Nsvivekanand (talk) 08:56, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

BUMP!!!! WillE (talk) 20:37, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Q1278
Picked this up from a recent sports quiz that I happened to watch on television,What happened for the first time in test history in the 5th Test at Sydney in the just concluded Ashes? For a hint the closest earlier instance was in this match WI vs India at Delhi 1948-49 ? Sumant81 (talk) 07:38, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

I know in England's innings, there were century partnerships for the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th wickets. The West Indies went close to that but the 9th wicket partnership let them down MC Rocks (talk) 08:42, 17 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Will give it to you,The Englands innings featured 6th ,7th and 8th stands of century partnership (3 consecutive 100 run partnerships from lower order).The WI innings featured the century stands for 6th,7th and 9th partnerships just missing out on the record for most consecutive century partnerships from lower order. Sumant81 (talk) 12:02, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Q1279
Thankyou Sumant. Shane Warne holds a record in Test cricket that he may not hold if some of the technology currently used was in place during his Test career. Please tell me what record I am referring to and, if you can, why he possibly would not hold that particular record if the technology was available. MC Rocks (talk) 00:33, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Warne scored the most Test runs without a century. His 99 came from a no ball. If he had a chance to challenge the ruling he would have made his century. --Roisterer (talk) 05:01, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That's it. Warne was caught off Vettori (by Mark Richardson I think) trying to hit a six to bring up his hundred.  Apparently the rest of the team thought this was hilarious. Over to Roisterer. MC Rocks (talk) 22:47, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Q1280
Who holds the record for the most number of runs in a Test series by a wicket keeper? --Roisterer (talk) 12:02, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Denis Lindsay 606 vs Australia, 1966-67? Ovshake (talk) 13:49, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That would be him, although we should note Andy Flower's 550 odd runs in a 2 Test series against India. --Roisterer (talk) 02:47, 20 January 2011 (UTC)