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Q1361
OK, I'll bite. What entry was put in the scorebook when John Snow bowled a unique bouncer to Peter Marner? (Just googled it. v.easy!) WillE (talk) 11:16, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * "Ball exploded"? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 12:18, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Correct - but please tell the whole story.... WillE (talk) 14:17, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * According to the identically-worded story that seems to pop up, John Snow bowled a ball of soap at Peter Marner in order to liven up a dull encounter between Sussex and Lancashire. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 14:40, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hehehe! Over to you, A1VP. WillE (talk) 11:18, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Now, would somebody bowl me a half volley just outide offstump, please? WillE (talk) 20:09, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Q1362
For you, WillE. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi once told that he didn't want a benefit match. What did he ask for, instead? Ovshake (talk) 08:48, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hint: Think Sussex. Ovshake (talk) 15:48, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
 * A dish of Martlet Korma. Johnlp (talk) 16:04, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

What the fish is that? :O :O Anyway, think of other great Asians to have turned up for Sussex, albeit some time later, but who were around when Pataudi quit. Ovshake (talk) 02:24, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
 * This relates to Imran Khan. A rather famous quote. Ovshake (talk) 16:54, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Okay, since no one seems remotely interested, Pataudi had asked BCCI to auction Imran among women instead of a benefit match. Too obscure, perhaps. Ovshake (talk) 04:08, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Q1363
I'll jump in with a quick question, since I got Q1361 right. What does this numbered list correspond to?
 * 1. Ajay Jadeja
 * 2. Dilhara Fernando
 * 3. Tillakaratne Dilshan
 * 4. Mitchell Johnson
 * 5. Andrew Flintoff
 * 6. Angelo Mathews
 * 7. Glenn McGrath
 * 8. Chaminda Vaas
 * 9. Farveez Maharoof
 * 10. Andy Bichel

AllylViolinPudding (talk) 14:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It is set of ODI bowling records. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 12:51, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Best Bowling Analyses for 1 over ,2 overs ,3 overs and so on till 10. Sumant81 (talk) 16:06, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That's right, Sumant. Your question next. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 12:39, 30 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ...or perhaps someone else? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 21:39, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Q1364
OK, I missed my turn to set one a couple of weeks ago... How was the name of an obscure Antipodean first-class cricketer, who once played for the Gentlemen against the Players in a hastily-arranged one-day match, commemorated by one of his better-known team-mates in that game? Johnlp (talk) 22:41, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Shout if you want a clue... Johnlp (talk) 12:21, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... Ovshake (talk) 13:06, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Him in this? IgnorantArmies 13:19, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * You're just about there, but you haven't answered the question... how was the name commemorated? Johnlp (talk) 13:47, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Just remembered he WG had a son called Charles Butler Grace (whose article I recently created :D) IgnorantArmies 14:08, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, well done. WG named his third son after Charles Butler. WG and Mrs WG stayed with the Butlers in Tasmania on the tour in 1873/74 (which also doubled as the Grace's honeymoon) and Charles Butler became a friend. Butler was a pretty average cricketer (six first-class matches in 26 years, though one source says he was "the best bat in Southern Tasmania") and he wasn't part of the official touring team that came from Australia to England in 1878. But because of injuries he got a game at Newcastle and when that match finished early (after Butler was out for 0) a scratch Gents v Players match was arranged, including several Graces (WG and a brother and an unrelated Northumbrian Grace too). Butler's brother had played alongside the Graces in England in 1877, and the families remained close. Over to you to set the next one. Johnlp (talk) 14:23, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Q1365
Alright, first ever question, hope it isn't too easy or too hard: Dean and Danny were the other half of which cricketing quartet? IgnorantArmies 03:27, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Waughs. Ovshake (talk) 05:15, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Can I claim this? Ovshake (talk) 12:19, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, whoops, missed your previous answer. Yes, Dean and Danny were the 'other' Waugh brothers. Dean was nicknamed Korea (the forgotten Waugh). Over to you. IgnorantArmies 12:31, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Q1366
Who is the latest addition to this list? Gundappa Viswanath, Sandeep Patil, Ravi Shastri. Ovshake (talk) 12:45, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
 * He made it during the recent Irani Trophy match. Ovshake (talk) 17:57, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

Wrong question. What have Gundappa Viswanath and Ajinkya Rahane uniquely achieved? It's an Irani Trophy record. Ovshake (talk) 05:35, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * It was achieved when Rahane reached 150 last week. Ovshake (talk) 05:30, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Scoring over 150 for and against Rest Of India? Sumant81 (talk) 10:03, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Spot on. Take over. Ovshake (talk) 15:07, 10 October 2011 (UTC)


 * BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WillE (talk) 09:29, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Q1367
I'll jump in then; In a shield match David Hookes once hit the first four balls of an over for six before absentmindedly blocking the fifth ball. Annoyed with himself that he had let slip the opportunity to enter the history books with six sixes in an over, Hookes promptly hit the last ball for six as well. Who was the unfortunate bowler (with the famous sounding name)? --Roisterer (talk) 22:29, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Colin Thwaites? Ovshake (talk) 16:31, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Not Mr Thwaites. The player in question shares a name (but not quite the same spelling) as a very famous cricketer. --Roisterer (talk) 23:10, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Gary Cosier? Gary Gilmour? Ovshake (talk) 04:26, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No. Think famous fast bowler then think not so famous leg spin bowler with same name. --Roisterer (talk) 05:42, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Both first names? Both last names? Ovshake (talk) 06:37, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * First names exactly the same, one letter difference in last name (but still pronounced the same). --Roisterer (talk) 10:02, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Dennis Lillie? Ovshake (talk) 11:57, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks like this match. Ovshake (talk) 12:08, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That's the one! And apologies, I realised afterwards that Hookes only hit the last ball for four, giving him 28 for the over rather than the 30 I had initially thought.--Roisterer (talk) 22:47, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

His Wikipage just got sadder. :) Ovshake (talk) 02:48, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Q1368
What New Zealand ODI thing is common to Martin Crowe and Ross Taylor? There are two slots for the corresponding Indian feat, and Sourav Ganguly holds both. Ovshake (talk) 08:31, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The corresponding Australian feat was achieved by Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke. Ovshake (talk) 09:49, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

The only Pakistani incident was achieved by Inzamam-ul-Haq. Ovshake (talk) 12:35, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * They have all captained debutant ODI players whose _______________________________________ Ovshake (talk) 17:19, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ... fathers had also played ODI cricket? Tomaths (talk) 19:57, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Absolutely. Take over. Ovshake (talk) 07:18, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Huh? Ovshake (talk) 07:19, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, can't think of anything at the moment. I'm happy for someone else to take over. Tomaths (talk) 12:30, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Q1369
Okay, here’s an easy question: name the two former Test cricketers that had a bet where if one of them reached 60 years of age, the other would be required to drink a beer, eat a steak and smoke a cigarette? --Roisterer (talk) 01:46, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath? Ovshake (talk) 13:13, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Not those two; I'm thinking more about two Australian stars. --Roisterer (talk) 22:07, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

The Waughs? Ovshake (talk) 04:20, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * David Boon & Darren Lehmann ? Sumant81 (talk) 04:54, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * No to both. The second player had to pay up about six years ago when the first player reached 60. --Roisterer (talk) 09:02, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

The Chappells? Ovshake (talk) 11:00, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Lillee and Marsh. WillE (talk) 12:18, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Ovshake has it half right. Greg Chappell lost the bet and apparently drank the beer and ate the steak but welched on the cigarette. --Roisterer (talk) 12:40, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

And no Lillee/Marsh involved there? :O Ovshake (talk) 18:11, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Terry Jenner? Ovshake (talk) 18:13, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Or would it be Graeme Watson? Ovshake (talk) 18:17, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I can't believe people haven't gotten it yet. Think the most famous smoker and beer drinker in Australian cricket history. --Roisterer (talk) 22:57, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Doug Walters? Johnlp (talk) 23:00, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Dougie is the man! The bet and it's outcome is mentioned in either the 2006 or 2007 Wisden (I don't have them in front of me to check which one). Apparantly Chappell welched on smoking a cigarette but the vegan teetotaller did drink a berr and eat a steak. --Roisterer (talk) 23:18, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1370
Over one weekend, a very famous all-rounder was playing in a Test match in which he scored more than 250 runs and took five wickets in an innings, though his team lost. The following weekend, in his next competitive game, which was not first-class, the same player scored just nine runs and took just two wickets, but his team won. Name the player (fairly easy), the Test team (fairly easy) and the team he played for in the second weekend (perhaps less easy). Johnlp (talk) 23:03, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The player was Vinoo Mankad, the Test team was India (vs England) and the other team was Lancashire League side Haslingden (vs Ramsbottom). Tomaths (talk) 00:13, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Well done. I thought that one would last a bit longer than that. Over to you. Johnlp (talk) 07:42, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1371
Why might this Test and this Test be of interest to crime buffs? Tomaths (talk) 15:58, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, a Leslie Hylton question? First and last Tests of the only cricketer (so far) who was hanged. Johnlp (talk) 16:01, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You're on the right track, but that's not the answer I was looking for (neither of the Tests I listed was Hylton's first match). Tomaths (talk) 16:18, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Well maybe it's the only times in Test cricket a murderer and a murder victim have played for the same team? Johnlp (talk) 16:55, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's the answer I was looking for. Your turn next. Tomaths (talk) 13:43, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1372
Which first-class cricket player conceded five times as many runs in a single match as his team scored in both their innings combined? Johnlp (talk) 17:38, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Anwar Khan, 59x5=295 here? Ovshake (talk) 18:13, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Well done, over to you. Johnlp (talk) 18:16, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1373
"Johnny [Douglas] used to bowl them in then chuck the ball to me to bowl them out". - Whose words on his skipper? Ovshake (talk) 00:55, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * 157 of this off-break bowler's 197 first-class matches were for Lancashire. Ovshake (talk) 16:32, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Ciss Parkin? Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 01:15, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Absolutely. Ovshake (talk) 02:57, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1374
Thanks. What exclusive club are Steve Waugh and Daniel Vettori the only players to be members of twice over? Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 21:32, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Winning the man of the match award in tests in Zimbabwe? Ovshake (talk) 16:09, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Not what I'm looking for (I hope it's not also true). Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 17:10, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Its a very exclusive list; there are only 7 other members. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 17:48, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Put in order, Waugh comes 5th and 6th. Vettori comes 8th and 9th. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 21:31, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Most Test runs at each batting position? Tomaths (talk) 00:23, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

That's right. The full list is Gavaskar, Hayden, Dravid, Tendulkar, Waugh, Waugh, Gilchrist, Vettori, Vettori, Muralitharan and Waqar Younis. Over to you. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 07:43, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't think of anything. Someone else can take over. Tomaths (talk) 14:29, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1375
OK. I'll bite. Having been out stumped trying to hit the ball onto the Euorpean continent, who's logic let him down when he declared to his skipper "De furder I smash i' do longer it willl take to get de ball bac'" and what change in the law beat his logic? WillE (talk) 15:04, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The change was to prevent teams playing for a draw by means of time wasting. The resultant output today tends to be only 75% of its worth at the time of the quote.... This does of course have an Essex slant to it! WillE (talk) 13:43, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Robin Marlar? Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 23:15, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * One of the best overseas players ever, and reputed to have one of the longest throws in the game. WillE (talk) 11:23, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Ah - from the last part only (and the Essex connection), that's surely Keith Boyce? Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 21:26, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes - but what was the major change in the laws of the game at all levels that prompted the statement? The law as introduced still exists, but is often superseded by local playing codnitions. WillE (talk) 11:23, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Is it the rule that a minimum of 20 overs must be bowled in the last hour of a match (Law 16 Part 6)? Tomaths (talk) 13:39, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. Boycey couldn't grasp that it didn't matter how far he hit, and how long it took the oppostiion to get the ball back, there would still be 20 overs in the final hour. The final hour is mostly 15 overs these days, as dictated by local playing conditions. WillE (talk) 10:02, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh sorry, are you waiting for me? I've got nothing, someone else can ask the next question. Tomaths (talk) 21:54, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1376
No one person has ever achieved this feat in test cricket, but three pairs have: Clayton Lambert and Ian Bishop, Mark Richardson and Shane Bond, Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle. What am I talking about? Ovshake (talk) 08:49, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * As you might have guessed, Hussey and Siddle had achieved this in the recently concluded test. Ovshake (talk) 04:32, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

In the South African first innings. Ovshake (talk) 13:08, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Siddle and Hussey were the only Australians not to take a catch in the first innings.  I ♦  A  13:26, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

Yes, that's it. Only cases where exactly two people have missed out. Ovshake (talk) 18:21, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * ????????????? Ovshake (talk) 12:21, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Eek! Forgot about this! I'll try to come up with something.  I ♦  A  12:45, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1377

 * Okay, what ignominious feat do Ivo Bligh, Johnny Douglas and Tony Lewis all have in common?  I ♦  A  13:02, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * English Captains to score duck on debut ? Sumant81 (talk) 17:05, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, I'll give it to you. England players who captained their country on debut, and scored a duck in their first innings. Over to you.  I ♦  A  01:41, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1378
Which test cricketer should also be present in this list? Allan Border,Shane Warne,Sunil Gavaskar,Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi,Sir Vivian Richards,Frank Worrell,Clive Lloyd,Muthiah Muralitharan ? Sumant81 (talk) 06:18, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Basil D'Oliveira?  I ♦  A  08:31, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Correct the connection being test players after whom trophies are named (Bilateral Series Trophies) Sumant81 (talk) 13:52, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

Q1379
These three cricketers all hold the same record. The group will not be added to for a long time. Two of the players are M. S. K. Prasad and Archie MacLaren. Who is the other?  I ♦  A  10:39, 1 December 2011 (UTC) Mark Butcher ?? Sumant81 (talk) 14:23, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * First test match ball faced in each century? Charles Bannerman? Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 17:32, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep, you've got it. Over to you.  I ♦  A  01:19, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * First ball face in the 1800s, 1900's and 2000s. Otherwise, Prasad would defer to someone else. Why? Because the first chronicled year was not the year nought. ;o) WillE (talk) 12:28, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Q1380
Sorry for the delay; totally stuck for ideas, so I'll go with this. Why was Matthew Hayden the odd one out in England's second innings at The Oval in 2005? Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 18:54, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Just to be clear, there's no statistical records involved; its more of a light question. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 23:07, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The rest of his team were channelling Dan Aykroyd. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 20:47, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm looking for something that happened in the final session on Day 4. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 22:15, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I have no idea what this is but I'm looking forward to finding out. --Roisterer (talk) 03:05, 9 December 2011 (UTC)

Hmm. You may be disappointed - like a say, its kind of a light question, rather than a real cricketing one. But for me it exemplified the spirit of cricket (Hayden aside) better than Flintoff's consoling of Lee in the same series. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 11:06, 9 December 2011 (UTC)
 * So Hayden was the only Australian to appeal for the light? --Roisterer (talk) 11:45, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 * No, sorry, but right area. Think of the match situation as they came out after Tea on Day 4, and remember that Australia had to win. The clue is in Jake and - specifically Elwood Blues. Also, it is light in the sense that it was kind of a joke. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 15:21, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Ah, was this when the light was quite gloomy and in a display of humour the Australians came on to the field wearing sunglasses? I'm not aware that Matthew Hayden wasn't wearing them but that would be my guess. KingStrato (talk) 09:57, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It was - typifying the good spirits of that series. Well done. Sorry for being slightly obscure. It seems the world has moved on without us anyway. Gamesh (Gil) (talk) 10:15, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 * KingStrato should host the next question .1382 Sumant81 (talk) 12:53, 11 December 2011 (UTC)