I am invoking Rule 3 to get things going. -- Blowtorch 10:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
What is the highest innings total in test cricket when the team scored the same number of runs in both the innings and in which match did this happen? -- Blowtorch 11:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Who was the first victim of a third umpire and not a run out?? -- Riddick 05:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Clue. This performance of the bowler who took the wicket was and still is his career best performance. -- Riddick 20:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you give us anyhting else? Nation, year perhaps? Please? к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт 14:02, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Clue. It happened in the final of a tournament. And when it happened, third umpires were not consulted for anything other than runouts. not even for catches taken cleanly, boundaries or anything.
Roland Holder is one of stubbiest cricketer biographies I have ever seen (although the ones that keep appearing on talk pages run it close, and it does have an infobox). Anyway, this anecdote should certainly be mentioned - nothing about it on his Cricinfo profile, for example. [5] -- ALoan (Talk)
Tintin, Next question please. Riddick 07:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Common, tintin.. its so long... [bujiarun]
Sorry. Who has the highest individual score among those who have the same highest score in both Tests and ODIs ? Tintin 07:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Which test batsman was described as "an over-promoted bundle of fun, a welcome addition, but not a huge contributor" -- Bedders 14:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to be slow. On a tour when he made 3,782 runs, what bowling feat did Donald Bradman also achieve? Johnlp 20:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
No, not that tour. The number of runs might give you a clue that the tour wasn't all first-class cricket. Or indeed any. Johnlp 21:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
That's the tour, and the bowling. But a six-for isn't all that special and there was one particular aspect of this one that was a bit different... So you're nearly there, but not quite. Johnlp 06:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
That's the one. Well done and over to you. Johnlp 08:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Which international team used five designated wicketkeepers in a calendar month? Raven42 11:44, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Superb question - I managed to find NZ using 5 in a remarkable sequence in April 2002. Parore in his last Test (match started in March), then Nevin, Sinclair, Hart and Vincent in 7 ODIs in Sharjah and Pakistan that followed. This was the Pakistan tour that was soon called off after the bomb outside the hotel. Is this the instance you had in mind? -- Travisbasevi 03:56, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
My first question, and I'll confess that I had to be tipped off about it. When Matthew Hayden reached 46 against Bangladesh last Saturday (31 March) what ODI run scoring record did he claim from Rahul Dravid? -- Travisbasevi 16:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Hooray, yes! Dravid reached 1000 in 1999 on the 29th of May. Only 5 people have chalked up 1000 ODI runs in the first half of the year, so for Hayden to do it with 3 months to spare is quite a feat (or quite a fixture list).
Well, it's nearly three days and my lack of datestamp probably didn't help the issue, so I'll somewhat dodgily invoke the third rule with one of my favourite pub questions, but which is a bit more easily answered on the net:
Which of the Chappells played in the 1979 World Cup? Exact combination only please. -- Travisbasevi 00:47, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Which cricketer made his test debut (as a replacement for the injured skipper) in a test considered one of the most controversial of all time. By the end of his test career, he had one of his country's best career batting averages? -- Roisterer 10:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Perth 1978/79 (Hilditch, Bakht etc) was Jeff Moss' only Test, where he replaced Yallop, and he averaged 60. Tintin 08:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Since Moss is almost certainly correct and as I am about to go on my usual weekend hibernation, I'll ask the next one without waiting for Roisterer's confirmation. What first class feat has been achieved so far (afaik - to be on the safe side) only by Frederick Stocks and Kim Hughes, and was nearly emulated (according to the wikipedia article) by Paul Collingwood. Tintin 13:06, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Who is the only batsman to have 20 consecutive Test innings of at least 20 runs? -- Travisbasevi 19:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
You're too good. And I had visions of that one lasting the whole weekend. Back to you it is. -- Travisbasevi 20:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
A certain Test record (a mainstream record, not an obscure one) was set in the fifth Test between Pakistan & WI at Port of Spain in 1976-77 but it did not make it into the record books because it was not done in the "proper" fashion. Somebody equalled this record around twenty years later and it is his name that we will find in the records. What record and what was "improper" about it ? Tintin 06:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
On a similar note, and from the same era, what record did Chandrasekhar set in the 5th Test against Australia at Adelaide in 1977/78 and which still stands? In fact, it's highly unlikely to ever be broken. -- Travisbasevi 13:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Tintin's got it again - no maidens. In terms of balls bowled (348 including the incomplete over), the closest anyone has got to him in the age of the 6-ball over is 234 by Fernando ( v SA at Centurion 2002/03) and Ntini ( v India at Kanpur 2004/05). If you look at it in terms of completed overs though, they get somewhat closer with 39 overs compared to Chandra's 43. -- Travisbasevi 14:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
A simple one. Who won the winners' medal in the 2003 World cup without playing a single match ? Tintin 05:00, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
What record did Boycott set in the 2nd Test against Australia at Perth in 1978/79 and still stands? -- Bedders 08:39, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Connect one of the most interesting characters in Catch-22 with a pre-first world war English cricketer who, since he died young, fell short of becoming what the Catch-22 guy did. (I have something specific in mind; points if you can give a connection that is better than this) Tintin 12:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Major Major and Major Booth ? Johnlp 12:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Where nowadays might you find Busby, Jacques Cousteau and Stoat? Johnlp 20:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Are they all Kolpak players? Overseas players not many people have heard of?
Ahem.
One of Charlie Shreck's many nicknames is Stoat, so I'd guess Nottinghamshire. 164.36.142.217 12:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
'Fraid not. Johnlp 12:29, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Right now, playing at the Kennington Oval? -- Dweller 15:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
No. Tomorrow (Saturday) they'll almost certainly all be at the Oval, but I'm not looking for a geographical location, more a generic location. Johnlp 01:02, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Well done, Stephen. An ageing copy of Who's Who of Cricketers lists these as the nicknames for then-players Mark Nicholas, Angus Fraser and David Gower. Only Fraser's is "explained": somewhat cryptically, it says he acquired the nickname on the golf course at La Manga. Presumably not for his golfing prowess, then. Over to you. Johnlp 10:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
A topical one. On which grounds does Brian Lara hold the ground record for highest Test innings? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 13:59, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Following on from the previous question. Who are the other 3 players that hold the ground record for a Test innings at 3 (or more) separate grounds? -- Roberry 01:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
What unusual bowling statistic do Ashwell Prince, Dwayne Bravo, Mark Richardson and Shane Warne (among others) have in common? — Raven42 03:02, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
I am invoking Rule 3 to get things going. -- Blowtorch 10:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
What is the highest innings total in test cricket when the team scored the same number of runs in both the innings and in which match did this happen? -- Blowtorch 11:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Who was the first victim of a third umpire and not a run out?? -- Riddick 05:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Clue. This performance of the bowler who took the wicket was and still is his career best performance. -- Riddick 20:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you give us anyhting else? Nation, year perhaps? Please? к1иgf1$н£я5ω1fт 14:02, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Clue. It happened in the final of a tournament. And when it happened, third umpires were not consulted for anything other than runouts. not even for catches taken cleanly, boundaries or anything.
Roland Holder is one of stubbiest cricketer biographies I have ever seen (although the ones that keep appearing on talk pages run it close, and it does have an infobox). Anyway, this anecdote should certainly be mentioned - nothing about it on his Cricinfo profile, for example. [5] -- ALoan (Talk)
Tintin, Next question please. Riddick 07:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Common, tintin.. its so long... [bujiarun]
Sorry. Who has the highest individual score among those who have the same highest score in both Tests and ODIs ? Tintin 07:18, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Which test batsman was described as "an over-promoted bundle of fun, a welcome addition, but not a huge contributor" -- Bedders 14:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Sorry to be slow. On a tour when he made 3,782 runs, what bowling feat did Donald Bradman also achieve? Johnlp 20:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
No, not that tour. The number of runs might give you a clue that the tour wasn't all first-class cricket. Or indeed any. Johnlp 21:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
That's the tour, and the bowling. But a six-for isn't all that special and there was one particular aspect of this one that was a bit different... So you're nearly there, but not quite. Johnlp 06:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
That's the one. Well done and over to you. Johnlp 08:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Which international team used five designated wicketkeepers in a calendar month? Raven42 11:44, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Superb question - I managed to find NZ using 5 in a remarkable sequence in April 2002. Parore in his last Test (match started in March), then Nevin, Sinclair, Hart and Vincent in 7 ODIs in Sharjah and Pakistan that followed. This was the Pakistan tour that was soon called off after the bomb outside the hotel. Is this the instance you had in mind? -- Travisbasevi 03:56, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
My first question, and I'll confess that I had to be tipped off about it. When Matthew Hayden reached 46 against Bangladesh last Saturday (31 March) what ODI run scoring record did he claim from Rahul Dravid? -- Travisbasevi 16:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Hooray, yes! Dravid reached 1000 in 1999 on the 29th of May. Only 5 people have chalked up 1000 ODI runs in the first half of the year, so for Hayden to do it with 3 months to spare is quite a feat (or quite a fixture list).
Well, it's nearly three days and my lack of datestamp probably didn't help the issue, so I'll somewhat dodgily invoke the third rule with one of my favourite pub questions, but which is a bit more easily answered on the net:
Which of the Chappells played in the 1979 World Cup? Exact combination only please. -- Travisbasevi 00:47, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Which cricketer made his test debut (as a replacement for the injured skipper) in a test considered one of the most controversial of all time. By the end of his test career, he had one of his country's best career batting averages? -- Roisterer 10:54, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Perth 1978/79 (Hilditch, Bakht etc) was Jeff Moss' only Test, where he replaced Yallop, and he averaged 60. Tintin 08:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Since Moss is almost certainly correct and as I am about to go on my usual weekend hibernation, I'll ask the next one without waiting for Roisterer's confirmation. What first class feat has been achieved so far (afaik - to be on the safe side) only by Frederick Stocks and Kim Hughes, and was nearly emulated (according to the wikipedia article) by Paul Collingwood. Tintin 13:06, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Who is the only batsman to have 20 consecutive Test innings of at least 20 runs? -- Travisbasevi 19:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
You're too good. And I had visions of that one lasting the whole weekend. Back to you it is. -- Travisbasevi 20:57, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
A certain Test record (a mainstream record, not an obscure one) was set in the fifth Test between Pakistan & WI at Port of Spain in 1976-77 but it did not make it into the record books because it was not done in the "proper" fashion. Somebody equalled this record around twenty years later and it is his name that we will find in the records. What record and what was "improper" about it ? Tintin 06:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
On a similar note, and from the same era, what record did Chandrasekhar set in the 5th Test against Australia at Adelaide in 1977/78 and which still stands? In fact, it's highly unlikely to ever be broken. -- Travisbasevi 13:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Tintin's got it again - no maidens. In terms of balls bowled (348 including the incomplete over), the closest anyone has got to him in the age of the 6-ball over is 234 by Fernando ( v SA at Centurion 2002/03) and Ntini ( v India at Kanpur 2004/05). If you look at it in terms of completed overs though, they get somewhat closer with 39 overs compared to Chandra's 43. -- Travisbasevi 14:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
A simple one. Who won the winners' medal in the 2003 World cup without playing a single match ? Tintin 05:00, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
What record did Boycott set in the 2nd Test against Australia at Perth in 1978/79 and still stands? -- Bedders 08:39, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Connect one of the most interesting characters in Catch-22 with a pre-first world war English cricketer who, since he died young, fell short of becoming what the Catch-22 guy did. (I have something specific in mind; points if you can give a connection that is better than this) Tintin 12:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Major Major and Major Booth ? Johnlp 12:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Where nowadays might you find Busby, Jacques Cousteau and Stoat? Johnlp 20:26, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
Are they all Kolpak players? Overseas players not many people have heard of?
Ahem.
One of Charlie Shreck's many nicknames is Stoat, so I'd guess Nottinghamshire. 164.36.142.217 12:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
'Fraid not. Johnlp 12:29, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
Right now, playing at the Kennington Oval? -- Dweller 15:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
No. Tomorrow (Saturday) they'll almost certainly all be at the Oval, but I'm not looking for a geographical location, more a generic location. Johnlp 01:02, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Well done, Stephen. An ageing copy of Who's Who of Cricketers lists these as the nicknames for then-players Mark Nicholas, Angus Fraser and David Gower. Only Fraser's is "explained": somewhat cryptically, it says he acquired the nickname on the golf course at La Manga. Presumably not for his golfing prowess, then. Over to you. Johnlp 10:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
A topical one. On which grounds does Brian Lara hold the ground record for highest Test innings? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 13:59, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Following on from the previous question. Who are the other 3 players that hold the ground record for a Test innings at 3 (or more) separate grounds? -- Roberry 01:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
What unusual bowling statistic do Ashwell Prince, Dwayne Bravo, Mark Richardson and Shane Warne (among others) have in common? — Raven42 03:02, 22 April 2007 (UTC)