What specifically links the following: Eric Hollies, Jim Laker, Don Bradman, Denis Lillee, Garfield Sobers, George Headley, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and a few others? KingStrato 19:01, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Who played the most Tests before becoming captain? -- ALoan (Talk) 11:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
I guess I have to give that to you, although it is not who I was thinking of. For a bonus mark, who played the second most Tests before becoming captain? :)
21 others have played more than 111 Tests, according to Cricinfo. Unfortunately, with Colin Cowdrey dead, it will be difficult for them to play a match together. Let me see - we could have Aus/Eng v ROW - Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton, Colin Cowdrey, David Gower, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Allan Border, Ian Healy, Alec Stewart, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath versus Desmond Haynes, Dilip Vengsarkar, Javed Miandad, Sunil Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Kapil Dev, Courtney Walsh, Anil Kumble - not ideal - both are a bit top-heavy, and the two wicket-keepers are in the same side. The occasional bowlers (Gooch, Atherton, Tendulkar, etc) will have to take a turn bowling.-- ALoan (Talk) 13:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Who became the captain for the first time 21 years after playing his first Test match ? Tintin 13:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Anyone not familiar with John Traicos would find that list misleading! -- Dweller 15:40, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Who was captain in the most Tests without ever drawing a match? -- ALoan (Talk) 14:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Australia have just lost their last five ODIs before the World Cup starts (assuming they don't schedule any more), but they still seem to be favourites. Which team lost the most ODIs immediately before a World Cup and went on to win the competition? How many losses, and when? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 14:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Currently, Brian Lara's lead over number two in the all-time Test runs table ( Allan Border) stands at 779. When was this difference between number one and two on this table at its largest? Sam Vimes | Address me 16:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
OK, I'm going to ask the same question for the top two Test bowlers by number of wickets taken. Currently the gap stands at 34 (708-674), but what is the highest it has ever reached? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 20:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Right, I'm away for the weekend, starting first thing tomorrow morning, so you need to try to get this before I go to bed tonight. I've tried to make it quite simple.
What links Chris Tavaré to Euro 96? KingStrato 22:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Mr ALoan gets it. Told you I was trying to make it easy. Statto's also the reason I have nick name I do. KingStrato 07:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Nice to see a bit of triv I added appear as a question! -- Dweller 12:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry. Possibly the first super sub? (Although not so super, as it turned out?.)
A future Viceroy of India injured a hand in a University Match, and his substitute was permitted to bat. Who was injured, and who replaced him? -- ALoan (Talk) 15:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Which current Test player took part in the last (so far) first-class matches played in three different counties (none of the matches were in the past five years)? And which counties? Johnlp 07:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, no. All three counties are English. Johnlp 14:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
That's the one. Well done and over to you. Johnlp 18:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Which current Test player has played in the first first-class match at two different grounds in non-tropical Australia, and which former player played with him? (As a bonus, which two current players have played together in the first match at two grounds in the north?) JPD ( talk) 10:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Who was the first batsman to dispute an umpiring decision in a Test match? -- Bedders 12:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Almost World Cup time, so how about a WC question. Excluding Bangladesh, which country was the first to have suffered a WC loss to all of the other 8 Test playing nations (and I mean an actual loss, not a forfeit/walkover/abandoned etc)? The-Pope 02:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Was it the Aussies? They lost to Zimbabwe at the 1983 Cup in England. Jonesy 07:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I coudl very fairly be accused of usually asking questions similar to those I've just answered. Maybe I should avoid that, but I found this too interesting to resist: Which team was the first to record WC wins against all the other Test teams? JPD ( talk) 09:49, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, I will ask the next question in just a bit. --
Blowtorch 14:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Here's my question.
I was thirty fifth of thirty eight
I was the second of three
And I had not but naught and five to my name
When I stopped playing the game.
Who am I? -- Blowtorch 14:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Francis MacKinnon, the MacKinnon of MacKinnon (No 35). Johnlp 14:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Who wrote this of whom? "The presentation of his portrait to me last year was the crowning tribute to his wonderful career." Johnlp 21:11, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Backs of cereal packets, mostly. The "who" in this question also wrote: "I think I can safely say I have drawn a prize in the matrimonial lottery. Even in golf my wife and I are well-matched." Now, surely... ;-) Johnlp 22:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
You must eat the same cereal as I do! Quoted also in Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag. Hawke's reputation for pomposity may not have been entirely his own fault: he got Sir Home Gordon to write his autobiography, from which these quotes are taken. Over to you and well done. Johnlp 23:07, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag features a story named Herecombe v Therecombe who were two very friendly village sides. The previous match between the two sides had seen a non-striker being Mankaded and a batsman who helpfully picked up the ball was given out handled the ball - a case of art preceding life by many years. The first ball of the match which is the subject of the story hit a twig and ended up at square leg prompting the opening batsman, who was the also the captain, to shout "I declare !". The fielding captain insisted on interpreting it literally and the umpire agreed with him. So now Therecombe needed just one run to win.
The rest of the story is about how Herecombe bent the laws and managed to draw the match. Herecombe broke no rules, there were no breaks in play, the match lasted the full six hours (or whatever) and a bit longer. How did they draw the match ? Tintin 23:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
An easy one to keep it moving: which of the six Associate Members about to play in the World Cup has ever beaten a Full Member nation in an ODI? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 13:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
That's true, but not complete. Maybe one word in my question was slightly misleading, so I'm going to rephrase it and make it harder: how many times has each of the six Associate Members about to play in the World Cup beaten a Full Member nation in an ODI? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 14:06, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
This question is about the first team to defeat the West Indies in a World Cup match. Which teams had they beaten in World Cup matches before that game? JPD ( talk) 15:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm feeling uninspired today, so another easyish one. Who is the only player to carry his bat through an (all-out) World Cup innings? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 16:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
ALoan, are you a flaming machine?!? And Jacobs article is heinously short, I'll get on to it sometime. к1иg--- f1$н--- £я5ω1fт 20:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
ALoan, a question please. -- Blowtorch 14:14, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Oh dear - I keep forgetting to look back here. Sorry. Still, the next question but one was a tester :) -- ALoan (Talk) 10:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
What specifically links the following: Eric Hollies, Jim Laker, Don Bradman, Denis Lillee, Garfield Sobers, George Headley, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and a few others? KingStrato 19:01, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Who played the most Tests before becoming captain? -- ALoan (Talk) 11:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
I guess I have to give that to you, although it is not who I was thinking of. For a bonus mark, who played the second most Tests before becoming captain? :)
21 others have played more than 111 Tests, according to Cricinfo. Unfortunately, with Colin Cowdrey dead, it will be difficult for them to play a match together. Let me see - we could have Aus/Eng v ROW - Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton, Colin Cowdrey, David Gower, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Allan Border, Ian Healy, Alec Stewart, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath versus Desmond Haynes, Dilip Vengsarkar, Javed Miandad, Sunil Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Kapil Dev, Courtney Walsh, Anil Kumble - not ideal - both are a bit top-heavy, and the two wicket-keepers are in the same side. The occasional bowlers (Gooch, Atherton, Tendulkar, etc) will have to take a turn bowling.-- ALoan (Talk) 13:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Who became the captain for the first time 21 years after playing his first Test match ? Tintin 13:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Anyone not familiar with John Traicos would find that list misleading! -- Dweller 15:40, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Who was captain in the most Tests without ever drawing a match? -- ALoan (Talk) 14:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Australia have just lost their last five ODIs before the World Cup starts (assuming they don't schedule any more), but they still seem to be favourites. Which team lost the most ODIs immediately before a World Cup and went on to win the competition? How many losses, and when? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 14:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Currently, Brian Lara's lead over number two in the all-time Test runs table ( Allan Border) stands at 779. When was this difference between number one and two on this table at its largest? Sam Vimes | Address me 16:16, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
OK, I'm going to ask the same question for the top two Test bowlers by number of wickets taken. Currently the gap stands at 34 (708-674), but what is the highest it has ever reached? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 20:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Right, I'm away for the weekend, starting first thing tomorrow morning, so you need to try to get this before I go to bed tonight. I've tried to make it quite simple.
What links Chris Tavaré to Euro 96? KingStrato 22:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Mr ALoan gets it. Told you I was trying to make it easy. Statto's also the reason I have nick name I do. KingStrato 07:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Nice to see a bit of triv I added appear as a question! -- Dweller 12:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry. Possibly the first super sub? (Although not so super, as it turned out?.)
A future Viceroy of India injured a hand in a University Match, and his substitute was permitted to bat. Who was injured, and who replaced him? -- ALoan (Talk) 15:17, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Which current Test player took part in the last (so far) first-class matches played in three different counties (none of the matches were in the past five years)? And which counties? Johnlp 07:49, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, no. All three counties are English. Johnlp 14:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
That's the one. Well done and over to you. Johnlp 18:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Which current Test player has played in the first first-class match at two different grounds in non-tropical Australia, and which former player played with him? (As a bonus, which two current players have played together in the first match at two grounds in the north?) JPD ( talk) 10:01, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Who was the first batsman to dispute an umpiring decision in a Test match? -- Bedders 12:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Almost World Cup time, so how about a WC question. Excluding Bangladesh, which country was the first to have suffered a WC loss to all of the other 8 Test playing nations (and I mean an actual loss, not a forfeit/walkover/abandoned etc)? The-Pope 02:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Was it the Aussies? They lost to Zimbabwe at the 1983 Cup in England. Jonesy 07:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
I coudl very fairly be accused of usually asking questions similar to those I've just answered. Maybe I should avoid that, but I found this too interesting to resist: Which team was the first to record WC wins against all the other Test teams? JPD ( talk) 09:49, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, I will ask the next question in just a bit. --
Blowtorch 14:13, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Here's my question.
I was thirty fifth of thirty eight
I was the second of three
And I had not but naught and five to my name
When I stopped playing the game.
Who am I? -- Blowtorch 14:15, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Francis MacKinnon, the MacKinnon of MacKinnon (No 35). Johnlp 14:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Who wrote this of whom? "The presentation of his portrait to me last year was the crowning tribute to his wonderful career." Johnlp 21:11, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Backs of cereal packets, mostly. The "who" in this question also wrote: "I think I can safely say I have drawn a prize in the matrimonial lottery. Even in golf my wife and I are well-matched." Now, surely... ;-) Johnlp 22:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
You must eat the same cereal as I do! Quoted also in Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag. Hawke's reputation for pomposity may not have been entirely his own fault: he got Sir Home Gordon to write his autobiography, from which these quotes are taken. Over to you and well done. Johnlp 23:07, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Herbert Farjeon's Cricket Bag features a story named Herecombe v Therecombe who were two very friendly village sides. The previous match between the two sides had seen a non-striker being Mankaded and a batsman who helpfully picked up the ball was given out handled the ball - a case of art preceding life by many years. The first ball of the match which is the subject of the story hit a twig and ended up at square leg prompting the opening batsman, who was the also the captain, to shout "I declare !". The fielding captain insisted on interpreting it literally and the umpire agreed with him. So now Therecombe needed just one run to win.
The rest of the story is about how Herecombe bent the laws and managed to draw the match. Herecombe broke no rules, there were no breaks in play, the match lasted the full six hours (or whatever) and a bit longer. How did they draw the match ? Tintin 23:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
An easy one to keep it moving: which of the six Associate Members about to play in the World Cup has ever beaten a Full Member nation in an ODI? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 13:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
That's true, but not complete. Maybe one word in my question was slightly misleading, so I'm going to rephrase it and make it harder: how many times has each of the six Associate Members about to play in the World Cup beaten a Full Member nation in an ODI? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 14:06, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
This question is about the first team to defeat the West Indies in a World Cup match. Which teams had they beaten in World Cup matches before that game? JPD ( talk) 15:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm feeling uninspired today, so another easyish one. Who is the only player to carry his bat through an (all-out) World Cup innings? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 16:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
ALoan, are you a flaming machine?!? And Jacobs article is heinously short, I'll get on to it sometime. к1иg--- f1$н--- £я5ω1fт 20:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
ALoan, a question please. -- Blowtorch 14:14, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Oh dear - I keep forgetting to look back here. Sorry. Still, the next question but one was a tester :) -- ALoan (Talk) 10:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)