Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Quiz/archive65

Q1281
Woefully short of questions - in which form of cricket are you 20% likely to get out every ball? Ovshake (talk) 10:42, 21 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Book Cricket? VasuVR  ( talk,  contribs ) 12:07, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Too easy, I presume. Ovshake (talk) 13:01, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Q1282
I took a walk in park on debut and was asked to leave. I love to dispatch even the good balls out of the park. Now, I decide who is in. Who am I? VasuVR  ( talk,  contribs ) 13:12, 22 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Hint 1: My stroll to tap the pitch before ball was dead, got me out. Swashbuckling player. VasuVR  ( talk,  contribs ) 05:44, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Krishnamachari SrikkanthSumant81 (talk) 08:39, 23 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Correct. VasuVR  ( talk,  contribs ) 02:09, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Q1283
In Sumant's absence, I'll jump in with "Which cricketer did Vic Richardson call the best short cricketer he ever saw?" --Roisterer (talk) 22:19, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Don Bradman? WillE (talk) 12:14, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Or Stan McCabe? WillE (talk) 12:38, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Shorter than both of them but still Australian. --Roisterer (talk) 09:53, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The Guvnor? WillE (talk) 14:51, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Not sure, who the Guvnor is but the player in question was also sadly one of the shorter lived cricketers as well. --Roisterer (talk) 23:47, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd assumed WillE was guessing Charlie Macartney who was short but he lived to 72. –Moondyne 01:05, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Not that I normally participate here, but I actually (think) I know this one. It think it is Ross Gregory. I have a copy of Frith's book at home and plan (one day!) to expand the article. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 04:30, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Um, actually it's not. The player in question never played Test cricket and died age 23. I'm off on a work trip for the rest of the week so if someone is pretty sure they got it, feel free to ask the next question. --Roisterer (talk) 11:06, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Well that's knocked the stuffing out of me!! I'll try Karl Schneider next but I am running out of short Australian cricketers who died young. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 00:56, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Karl Schneider is the man I'm after. Please ask away. --Roisterer (talk) 06:31, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Q1284
Not very good at devising questions but here goes: "In his autobiography, what cricket ground did Wasim Akram describe as his favourite?" -- Mattinbgn (talk) 07:40, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The one where he scored 257? WillE (talk) 12:36, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope. He has not made a Test century at this venue, but it is the scene of a career highlight. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 20:25, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Where he won the world cup? &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  20:42, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Well done! Too much of a clue it seems. Your turn ... -- Mattinbgn (talk) 21:41, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Q1285

 * Over five, an average over forty,
 * In a day, a double without trouble,
 * Internationally, I caught me a round fifty,
 * And a baker's dozen or so ago, I got me nice shiny bauble.

Sorry, just too bored, so forgive the bad attempt at poetry, but it's a serious question nevertheless :) &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  22:02, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Rohan Kanhai? I'm not sure what the last line refers to, but he seems right for the rest... AllylViolinPudding (talk) 23:35, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, no. Kanhai had 54 catches in internationals. The last line refers to number of years ago. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  07:21, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Kallicharran? I remember he was the first to get a double-century in a one-day match. Johnlp (talk) 10:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope again. "Shiny bauble" was during playing career. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  10:23, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Another clue (bingo terms):
 * I knocked at the door, but for the best, it was a near miss then,
 * To hear her sing, I waited for one fat lady and got me a bauble again.

More boredom :) &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  17:33, 5 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Zaheer Abbas --Roberry (talk) 19:50, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope, the shiny baubles were all during the playing career. Another clue: from south of the equator. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  19:54, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

More confident this time, Belinda Clark --Roberry (talk) 20:18, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yup! Your turn. cheers. &mdash; Spaceman  Spiff  20:21, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
 * BUMP!!!&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 10:02, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Whilst we're waiting for the next question, in tribute to Trevor Bailey, let's all try and bowl as if like a man at a bus that is nearly leaving him behind. WillE (talk) 11:41, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Anyone out there?!&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 12:09, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Anyone out there?!&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 12:09, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Q1286
I'll jump in if nobody minds. Which player holds the international (i.e. including Test, ODI and T20 innings) record for being out the most number of different ways? Schumi 555  18:40, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Tendulkar? --Roisterer (talk) 22:27, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope, not Tendulkar, though the player in question is Indian. Schumi  555  22:39, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Mohinder Amarnath (including both handling the ball and obstructing the field?&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 23:19, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, you got him. Over to you :) Schumi  555  21:58, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

Q1287
What links SCG, MEW, SRT and RTP with NJA and IA?&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 00:08, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Most hundreds and most ducks in a World Cup, Nathan Astle and Ijaz Ahmed have 5 ducks,the others have 4 hundreds. Sumant81 (talk) 03:14, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

yep, nice one. All yours,&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 09:43, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Q1288
A top three in one list would be Suresh Raina,Irfan Pathan,Hamilton Masakadza. A top three in the antithesis list would be Mr. X,Kevin Curran,Grant Paterson or Peter Rawson ? Identify Mr X. Sumant81 (talk) 06:09, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Michael Yardy? Johnlp (talk) 11:46, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Not sure why ,but no Sumant81 (talk) 16:44, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thought it might be most ODIs without ever playing a Test, where the other list is largest difference in number of ODIs and number of Tests. Johnlp (talk) 20:31, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Kevin Curran, Grant Paterson and Peter Rawson played their only ODIs at World Cups, in which case the first list seems to be the players who have played the most ODIs without playing in a World Cup. If that's correct, then a bit of brute-force Statsguruing suggests that Mr. X is none other than Andy Pycroft, whose 20 ODI caps were all at World Cups. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 20:56, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
 * That is perfect,The first list is most odis without a world cup and the second list is the other one,most world cups without a regular odi.Well done.! Sumant81 (talk) 02:45, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Q1289
A quick one: who's at the top of this list?
 * 1) ?
 * 2) Jamie How
 * 3) Marvan Atapattu
 * 4) Sachin Tendulkar
 * 5) Jeremy Bray
 * AllylViolinPudding (talk) 17:20, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Andrew Strauss Sumant81 (talk) 18:04, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes indeed, these being the scorers of the highest individual innings in tied matches. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 20:25, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
 * But O'Neill got 180-odd in 1960-61, as well as Sobers getting a century. Why are they not in your list?
 * I meant tied ODI matches, on a topical note given yesterday's game. If we include tied Tests as well, then Dean Jones' 210 in Chennai would be number one (and Strauss would be third). AllylViolinPudding (talk) 14:37, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Would anyone else like to jump in with another question? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 15:52, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Q1290
I'll do another quick and hopefully easy question. What unique bowling feat has only been achieved by Umar Gul (in June 2009), and Tim Southee (in January of this year)? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 22:43, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I think it's five-fors in Tests, ODIs and T20I matches.&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 01:10, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep. Surprisingly, Southee's ODI five-for came after his T20I one. I guess that since a week and a half's gone past without Sumant asking a question, you should probably do the next one, MDCollins. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 18:30, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Q1291
Ok, let's keep things moving here.

Who's next: 1. Pollard; 2. Greenidge Nash; 3. H Sutcliffe/Miandad and Bevan/Lamb; 4. Underwood; 5. B Sutcliffe; ... 6. ? &mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 22:51, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Let's see... Last English Born man to have any success for New Zealand; 2 Last white man to play for West Indies; 3 erm erm erm erm erm 4. Last person to score a maiden hundred after the age of 39; 5; erm erm erm and 6. dunno. 207.218.21.5 (talk) 16:17, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Well done for giving it a stab. Let me help you out a bit - wrong Pollard, you want Dick Pollard. 2. Yes. 3. Top two "highest lowest batting average" in Tests/ODIs. 4. Close enough, right man (and just a slightly different interpretation of the same occurrence. 5. A player with a respectable Test batting average (over a decent amount of games) but never won). 6. These players have nothing in common to link them apart from something a lot closer to home. Perhaps something related to this project.&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 18:01, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Nelson Betancourt. First six answers in this quiz... WillE (talk) 23:32, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Spot on WillE - all yours. (2 questions asked/answered in 2 days, must be a 2011 record!) &mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 00:18, 11 March 2011 (UTC)

Q1292
A world cup related question. Who is the only batsman to be called for chucking? WillE (talk) 00:26, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * While batting? :O Ovshake (talk) 04:51, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Is the answer Hashan Tillakaratne? Ovshake (talk) 04:52, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, and no. Son of a more famous father. English. WillE (talk) 17:35, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * No relation of Ranji. WillE (talk) 17:35, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * A wild guess: Ajay Jadeja? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 11:27, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Very wild. Don't think AJ has a famous father, or is English. Had a namesake who was a major contributor to a successful Essex team. WillE (talk) 22:20, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

What do you mean YES - he was really called for chucking while batting? So chucking here does not stand for throwing a cricket ball while bowling? Ovshake (talk) 02:59, 17 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Apologies for the delay, folks, my broadband has been offline whilst I have moved house. Suggest we move on as no-one has got near it. Neil Smith, son of Mike Smith, was opening for England against the UAE in the 1996 World Cup, when he vomited. The commentator, Ian Chappell, I think, said Smith had chucked, and his oppo said inder his breath "first batsman ever to be called for chucking". First one in can have a go. WillE (talk) 09:21, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Q1293
2 opposing Test captains shared the same birthdate. Who? Moondyne (talk) 13:29, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Stanley Jackson and Joe Darling. Johnlp (talk) 23:00, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * 21 November 1870. Both had their final series in the boring 1905 England Ashes.  Surprised that this one hadn't been asked here before.  Moondyne (talk) 00:17, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Q1294
Two Test-playing brothers of contrasting batting styles. One of them, of the two the less entertaining but the more effective, "has five shots and plays three"; the other, whose Test career was only fleeting, "has six shots and plays eight". Who? Johnlp (talk) 14:44, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Richie and John Benaud?  Harrias  talk 22:27, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Nice idea, but not right. Johnlp (talk) 23:03, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

The Amarnaths? Ovshake (talk) 10:24, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * No a bit before them and not Indian. Johnlp (talk) 11:36, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The gilligan brothers? Sumant81 (talk) 13:21, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Tyldesleys ? Tintin 13:37, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Later than those: before the Amarnaths, but not much before. Johnlp (talk) 18:07, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Hanif Mohammed and one of his brothers? WillE (talk) 18:57, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * No but you're in the right era. Not the right geography, though... Johnlp (talk) 19:01, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Pitheys? WillE (talk) 20:03, 27 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Not them, either. The second brother was a one-Test wonder. Johnlp (talk) 21:30, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Neil and Merv harvey Wizvikz (talk) 07:02, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Not the Harveys either. Johnlp (talk) 08:36, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Jeff Stollmeyer & Vic Stollmeyer Sumant81 (talk) 09:10, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Still no. Someone will get there... soon, I hope. Johnlp (talk) 09:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Dick and Peter Richardson? Ovshake (talk) 10:20, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Well done. Actually, the other way around in the question (but you knew that...). Over to you. ;-) Johnlp (talk) 10:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Q1295
A world cup question. Which cricketer remained scoreless at the crease for the maximum number of overs in a world cup match? (Let me not confuse everyone: he did not face all the balls during this tenure, and neither did he score a duck. He simple did not score a single run during a certain number of overs HIS TEAM played). Ovshake (talk) 11:14, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Kanhai batted 11 overs without a run in the 1975 final but Canada's FA Dennis apparently took 47 balls to get off the mark in the 45 allout match against England. Don't know the answer but Dennis should have a good chance. Tintin 13:30, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I didn't know about Dennis (there's no proof that he batted eleven overs without scoring, either - he might have faced five balls an over for ten overs :D), my answer was Kanhai. Take over, Tintin. Ovshake (talk) 17:34, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Q1296
There are two well-known instances of Davis Cup players appearing in Tests - Ralph Legall and Cota Ramaswami. I just came across an instance of another Davis Cup player who was a twelfth man once. A newspaper report of the day comments on his selection that it was "the crowning act of unreasonable autocracy" and "can a worse instance of insult of the chosen players be imagined ?"

Who is the player and what was unusual about his selection ? Tintin 03:26, 30 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Clue 1: What made it particularly bad was that the team (which was on tour) included some 21 players - probably a record. Tintin 12:46, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Syed Mohammad Hadi? Ovshake (talk) 13:01, 30 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes. Third Test at Oval 1936. He was the treasurer of the Indian team. Tintin 13:47, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Q1297
In a world cup match, who ended up with figures of A-B-C-D, where C<A and D=C/2 (pardon me if there are multiple correct answers to this one)? Ovshake (talk) 08:12, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Dermot Reeve, 5-3-2-1 v Pakistan in 1992.&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 08:51, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

I have to give that one to you, though the one I was actually looking for was Chris Old's 10-5-8-4 vs Canada 1979. Ovshake (talk) 14:51, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Q1298
What is significant about these people: Beaumont, Pegler and Ward; Taylor, Schwarz and Ward. &mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 17:00, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * They're the victims of the two hat-tricks that Jimmy Matthews took in this match ... AllylViolinPudding (talk) 17:53, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

They are indeed - hat-trick in both innings; some achievement.&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 22:44, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Q1299
Two ODI achievements, X and Y: X is fairly common, Y is rather rare. Only three men have done both at some point in their ODI careers, but one player in the World Cup this year (who had already achieved X multiple times) came agonisingly close to performing both X and Y in the same match. What are X and Y (and, I suppose, the player who just missed out)? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 12:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * 100 and hat-trick . Chetan Sharma,Kapil Dev,Andrew Flintoff have done it,Tillakaratne Dilshan almost did it in one of the world cup games where he scored a century. Sumant81 (talk) 13:53, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, yes and yes. AllylViolinPudding (talk)

It's been a week, Sumant. Anyone? Ovshake (talk) 06:43, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Q1300
Come on then... Which player has the highest career aggregate runs scored, where the difference between Test and ODI runs is less than 0.5%?&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 07:05, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Carl Hooper has 5762 in Tests and 5761 in ODIs (0.02%). Moondyne (talk) 07:43, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

It's good (and amazingly close), but not the highest aggregate I was looking for...&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 08:12, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Virender Sehwag - 15,454 runs, 50.21% in Tests and 49.79% in ODIs, although the Carl Hooper thing is way more impressive. --Roberry (talk) 13:40, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Hooper is probably way more impressive, agreed, but there's still someone with more runs!&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 14:18, 12 April 2011 (UTC) I should add the question should read "highest career aggregate international runs scored..." but that is probably where you were both heading anyway.&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 14:21, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Mahela Jayawardene has 9527 and 9423. 9527/18950=50.27%. 9423/18950=49.72%.  Thats a smidgeon more than 0.5%.  Moondyne (talk) 14:55, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I was just typing the same thing - even with the addition of T20I (784 runs), the percentages are still a smidge more than 0.5% apart. --Roberry (talk) 14:59, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Oh drat, yes, so it is. I worked it out as being the difference between 50% and the figure (49.72/50.27), i.e. 0.28 and 0.27, but worded it obviously as the difference between the two as you pointed out. What's half a percentage point between friends?! I think it's got to go to Moondyne if not for picking my answer (although Roberry's Sehwag is probably the correct one to the question) but for bringing Hooper's amazing stats to the fore.&mdash;User:MDCollins (talk) 22:49, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No problems. Moondyne (talk) 15:03, 13 April 2011 (UTC)