Complete the following set of people: Richie Benaud, Pervez Sajjad, Ken Higgs, Ernie Toshack, Jermaine Lawson, ... I need three more names. Stephen Turner ( Talk) 11:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
whats the record and why did mr.tintin wrote George Lohmann name twice. . . . . ?bharath
Which English captain has a Ranji winning captain as his father-in-law ? Tintin 13:44, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Why might Peter Smith have felt aggrieved at the end of the day at The Oval? Johnlp ( talk) 08:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Not that incident (which I think we had in a question before). "The end of the day" is crucial in this. The day, by the way, was a Saturday, I think. Not that that is relevant in any way... Johnlp ( talk) 09:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Nope, not that one. Johnlp ( talk) 10:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
No, not this one either (and I think we had it as a question before as well: he does seem to crop up in these questions rather a lot). This particular incident that I'm after led to a note being appended to the laws of the game. Johnlp ( talk) 13:15, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
This is pretty close, but not quite. It is the same Peter Smith, and the incident hinges on the difference between the words "at" and "after". Johnlp ( talk) 22:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I reckon you're close enough and we could be dancing around this one for days. Surrey fielder Fred Gamble took a low and distant catch off Smith off the last ball of the day. No one appealed and the umpires called "Time" and they and the teams started walking off, at which point someone appealed. The umpires ruled that Smith was out and were later supported by MCC, which ruled that the appeal had happened "at the cessation of play" rather than "after the cessation of play" as people were still on the pitch. But a note was quietly added after this to the law about appeals to the effect that play would in future be deemed to have ended when the bails were removed at the end of the day or session. 1935, Surrey v Essex at the Oval. Over to you, Mr E. Johnlp ( talk) 14:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Why did a punter get a chipping? WillE ( talk) 20:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Presumably this match where Humphreys took the wicket that denied Johnny Tyldesley a triple century and Frank Woolley made his debut. Though I don't understand the "Chipping" reference. Johnlp ( talk) 21:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
In which year did long legs cause problems in the field at Lord's? Johnlp ( talk) 12:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
A clue? You might think that Hell's Angels were perhaps involved. Johnlp ( talk) 22:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
No. A bit earlier (but not much). Johnlp ( talk) 14:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Not moths, but you're right to think entomologically. Try the family Tipulidae, in larval form. Johnlp ( talk) 21:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
By Jove, you do indeed have it. Well done and over to you. Johnlp ( talk) 08:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
We've reached the number of the beast so my question is "Which former Test cricketer shares a name (but not quite the same spelling) with a notorious mass murderer?" -- Roisterer ( talk) 00:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Gary Gilmour / Gary Gilmore -- Roberry ( talk) 03:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
So, who gets it - four certainly seems closer to a mass murderer -- Roberry ( talk) 15:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
OK, not very good at questions but we'll try this one.
What Test record has only been held by 5 players outright. The current record holder is NS Mitchell-Innes. He has held the record since May 2005, and will not be broken for at least 18 months. -- Roberry ( talk) 21:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
What links Lasith Malinga, Zaheer Khan, Richard Illingworth, Phillip DeFreitas, Michael Holding, Mike Hendrick and Jeff Thomson? And how many more players are there to add to the list? KingStrato ( talk) 20:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC) Ok, it's been over 24 hours so a clue. Only one man can be added to the list every 4 years. KingStrato ( talk) 07:15, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
To borrow the above style of question, what connects these players: Atholl McKinnon, Courtney Browne, Joe Darling, Kapil Dev, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Allan Border? -- Travisbasevi ( talk) 23:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
In 1986, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser made a goodwill visit to South Africa where he met with the then still imprisoned Nelson Mandela. What were Mandela's first words to Fraser? -- Roisterer ( talk) 09:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Henry Wood was the first Englishman to achieve this, who was the first Australian? -- Jpeeling ( talk) 09:32, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Which former cricketer was described, in his later coaching days, as "best of all as a spectator, with his face balanced like a luminous walrus over the wall by the dressing-room steps"? Johnlp ( talk) 11:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
No, somewhat earlier. I think the unstated subtext of praising this coach's spectating is that the actual coaching didn't amount to much. Johnlp ( talk) 13:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Time for a clue? Despite holding for more than 40 years a cricket record that suggests considerable industry, this chap was "not cut out for work". Johnlp ( talk) 08:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
greg chapell. . . . ?
No, not him. The record was overtaken by two players in the same season, and no one has got close since, so our chap is still in third place in this particular league table. Johnlp ( talk) 14:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Strangely, you've got the right reason but the wrong bloke. I think we need the right name... (tough, but fair). Johnlp ( talk) 17:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
I guess it must be Tom Hayward then - -- Roberry ( talk) 20:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Indeed it is. He was coach at Oxford when R.C. Robertson-Glasgow was in the University team; Hayward's brother Dan was coach at Cambridge at the same time. Robertson-Glasgow wrote that Tom Hayward's "verbal instruction" to young university batsmen was limited to just three comments: "How's that?", "Hit 'em hard" and "Oh, what a shot, sir!". His 3518 runs in 1906 was finally beaten by both Compton (3816) and Edrich (3539) in 1947, but only Hutton (3429 in 1949) has otherwise got to within 100 runs of it. Johnlp ( talk) 21:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
I feel like a fraud for stealing that one.
What did India achieve for the first time in the just completed Test with Australia? South Africa has managed it 5 times, and Australia twice. -- Roberry ( talk) 21:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
A clue - South Africa managed this 3 times in the 1966/67 series with Australia. -- Roberry ( talk) 16:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
winning a test at perth. . . . .?
Another clue - Eddie Barlow was a part of four of the SA instances (including all 3 in the 66/67 series) - -- Roberry ( talk) 14:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Still no guesses? - Trevor Goddard was also involved in 4 of South Africa's instances - -- Roberry ( talk) 20:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
OK - this question has gone on long enough - what did the Indian openers manage in this test that no other Indian opening pair have managed? Only 4 other opening pairs have managed this - Barlow & Goddard did it 4 times - -- Roberry ( talk) 19:18, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Johnlp is close. Since the question has been out there a while I will give it to you. The answer I was looking for was both openers took multiple wickets in one innings. -- Roberry ( talk) 02:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Whose six for 41 made an (albeit minor) contribution to his own loss of fortune? Johnlp ( talk) 10:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, well done. Welcome back! Johnlp ( talk) 23:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
will anyone rule 3 it. . . ?
What hypnotic records do Duleep Mendis (for batsmen) and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (for bowlers) hold? -- Travisbasevi ( talk) 11:45, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Who, on debut, dismissed an England captain for a pair? WillE ( talk) 18:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
andrew symonds. . . . ?
According to [1], the only England captains dismissed for a pair were Hussain and Botham and neither pair was by a single bowler. Or are we talking about non-Tests? — Moondyne 11:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Morfee is correct - I specified "an" English Captain and not "the" or "the current" English Captain. I'm running out of questions, hence the reference to an earlier question... WillE ( talk) 21:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Who's first-class career spanned 12 matches over 12 years yet contained a triple-century which occured in a remarkable match? -- Jpeeling ( talk) 21:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
This one? Johnlp ( talk) 22:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
"You win some; you lose some." Why might this have been said by Tom Perkins to some Australians - or vice versa? Johnlp ( talk) 10:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
That's right. Perkins lost one and won one; the Australians won one and lost one. Well done to Travis & Co. Johnlp ( talk) 16:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
What complementary pairs of records do these players hold? Stanley Jackson and Daren Ganga (Tests); Carl Rackemann and Hashan Tillakaratne (ODIs). -- Travisbasevi ( talk) 17:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Which player has opened in tests with the most different partners and how many? The-Pope ( talk) 17:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Sunny is the one... Gooch is 2nd with 18, equal with Len Hutton and Saeed Anwar. No current player has had more than 10 partners... Imran Farhat amazingly leads the way with 9 partners from only 27 tests! The-Pope ( talk) 13:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Complete the following set of people: Richie Benaud, Pervez Sajjad, Ken Higgs, Ernie Toshack, Jermaine Lawson, ... I need three more names. Stephen Turner ( Talk) 11:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
whats the record and why did mr.tintin wrote George Lohmann name twice. . . . . ?bharath
Which English captain has a Ranji winning captain as his father-in-law ? Tintin 13:44, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Why might Peter Smith have felt aggrieved at the end of the day at The Oval? Johnlp ( talk) 08:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Not that incident (which I think we had in a question before). "The end of the day" is crucial in this. The day, by the way, was a Saturday, I think. Not that that is relevant in any way... Johnlp ( talk) 09:36, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Nope, not that one. Johnlp ( talk) 10:37, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
No, not this one either (and I think we had it as a question before as well: he does seem to crop up in these questions rather a lot). This particular incident that I'm after led to a note being appended to the laws of the game. Johnlp ( talk) 13:15, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
This is pretty close, but not quite. It is the same Peter Smith, and the incident hinges on the difference between the words "at" and "after". Johnlp ( talk) 22:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I reckon you're close enough and we could be dancing around this one for days. Surrey fielder Fred Gamble took a low and distant catch off Smith off the last ball of the day. No one appealed and the umpires called "Time" and they and the teams started walking off, at which point someone appealed. The umpires ruled that Smith was out and were later supported by MCC, which ruled that the appeal had happened "at the cessation of play" rather than "after the cessation of play" as people were still on the pitch. But a note was quietly added after this to the law about appeals to the effect that play would in future be deemed to have ended when the bails were removed at the end of the day or session. 1935, Surrey v Essex at the Oval. Over to you, Mr E. Johnlp ( talk) 14:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Why did a punter get a chipping? WillE ( talk) 20:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
Presumably this match where Humphreys took the wicket that denied Johnny Tyldesley a triple century and Frank Woolley made his debut. Though I don't understand the "Chipping" reference. Johnlp ( talk) 21:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
In which year did long legs cause problems in the field at Lord's? Johnlp ( talk) 12:41, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
A clue? You might think that Hell's Angels were perhaps involved. Johnlp ( talk) 22:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
No. A bit earlier (but not much). Johnlp ( talk) 14:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Not moths, but you're right to think entomologically. Try the family Tipulidae, in larval form. Johnlp ( talk) 21:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
By Jove, you do indeed have it. Well done and over to you. Johnlp ( talk) 08:11, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
We've reached the number of the beast so my question is "Which former Test cricketer shares a name (but not quite the same spelling) with a notorious mass murderer?" -- Roisterer ( talk) 00:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Gary Gilmour / Gary Gilmore -- Roberry ( talk) 03:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
So, who gets it - four certainly seems closer to a mass murderer -- Roberry ( talk) 15:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
OK, not very good at questions but we'll try this one.
What Test record has only been held by 5 players outright. The current record holder is NS Mitchell-Innes. He has held the record since May 2005, and will not be broken for at least 18 months. -- Roberry ( talk) 21:53, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
What links Lasith Malinga, Zaheer Khan, Richard Illingworth, Phillip DeFreitas, Michael Holding, Mike Hendrick and Jeff Thomson? And how many more players are there to add to the list? KingStrato ( talk) 20:39, 20 January 2008 (UTC) Ok, it's been over 24 hours so a clue. Only one man can be added to the list every 4 years. KingStrato ( talk) 07:15, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
To borrow the above style of question, what connects these players: Atholl McKinnon, Courtney Browne, Joe Darling, Kapil Dev, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Allan Border? -- Travisbasevi ( talk) 23:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
In 1986, former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser made a goodwill visit to South Africa where he met with the then still imprisoned Nelson Mandela. What were Mandela's first words to Fraser? -- Roisterer ( talk) 09:12, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
Henry Wood was the first Englishman to achieve this, who was the first Australian? -- Jpeeling ( talk) 09:32, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Which former cricketer was described, in his later coaching days, as "best of all as a spectator, with his face balanced like a luminous walrus over the wall by the dressing-room steps"? Johnlp ( talk) 11:19, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
No, somewhat earlier. I think the unstated subtext of praising this coach's spectating is that the actual coaching didn't amount to much. Johnlp ( talk) 13:35, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
Time for a clue? Despite holding for more than 40 years a cricket record that suggests considerable industry, this chap was "not cut out for work". Johnlp ( talk) 08:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
greg chapell. . . . ?
No, not him. The record was overtaken by two players in the same season, and no one has got close since, so our chap is still in third place in this particular league table. Johnlp ( talk) 14:41, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Strangely, you've got the right reason but the wrong bloke. I think we need the right name... (tough, but fair). Johnlp ( talk) 17:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
I guess it must be Tom Hayward then - -- Roberry ( talk) 20:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Indeed it is. He was coach at Oxford when R.C. Robertson-Glasgow was in the University team; Hayward's brother Dan was coach at Cambridge at the same time. Robertson-Glasgow wrote that Tom Hayward's "verbal instruction" to young university batsmen was limited to just three comments: "How's that?", "Hit 'em hard" and "Oh, what a shot, sir!". His 3518 runs in 1906 was finally beaten by both Compton (3816) and Edrich (3539) in 1947, but only Hutton (3429 in 1949) has otherwise got to within 100 runs of it. Johnlp ( talk) 21:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
I feel like a fraud for stealing that one.
What did India achieve for the first time in the just completed Test with Australia? South Africa has managed it 5 times, and Australia twice. -- Roberry ( talk) 21:44, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
A clue - South Africa managed this 3 times in the 1966/67 series with Australia. -- Roberry ( talk) 16:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
winning a test at perth. . . . .?
Another clue - Eddie Barlow was a part of four of the SA instances (including all 3 in the 66/67 series) - -- Roberry ( talk) 14:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Still no guesses? - Trevor Goddard was also involved in 4 of South Africa's instances - -- Roberry ( talk) 20:47, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
OK - this question has gone on long enough - what did the Indian openers manage in this test that no other Indian opening pair have managed? Only 4 other opening pairs have managed this - Barlow & Goddard did it 4 times - -- Roberry ( talk) 19:18, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Johnlp is close. Since the question has been out there a while I will give it to you. The answer I was looking for was both openers took multiple wickets in one innings. -- Roberry ( talk) 02:52, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Whose six for 41 made an (albeit minor) contribution to his own loss of fortune? Johnlp ( talk) 10:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes, well done. Welcome back! Johnlp ( talk) 23:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
will anyone rule 3 it. . . ?
What hypnotic records do Duleep Mendis (for batsmen) and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (for bowlers) hold? -- Travisbasevi ( talk) 11:45, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Who, on debut, dismissed an England captain for a pair? WillE ( talk) 18:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
andrew symonds. . . . ?
According to [1], the only England captains dismissed for a pair were Hussain and Botham and neither pair was by a single bowler. Or are we talking about non-Tests? — Moondyne 11:36, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Morfee is correct - I specified "an" English Captain and not "the" or "the current" English Captain. I'm running out of questions, hence the reference to an earlier question... WillE ( talk) 21:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
Who's first-class career spanned 12 matches over 12 years yet contained a triple-century which occured in a remarkable match? -- Jpeeling ( talk) 21:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
This one? Johnlp ( talk) 22:17, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
"You win some; you lose some." Why might this have been said by Tom Perkins to some Australians - or vice versa? Johnlp ( talk) 10:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
That's right. Perkins lost one and won one; the Australians won one and lost one. Well done to Travis & Co. Johnlp ( talk) 16:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
What complementary pairs of records do these players hold? Stanley Jackson and Daren Ganga (Tests); Carl Rackemann and Hashan Tillakaratne (ODIs). -- Travisbasevi ( talk) 17:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Which player has opened in tests with the most different partners and how many? The-Pope ( talk) 17:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Sunny is the one... Gooch is 2nd with 18, equal with Len Hutton and Saeed Anwar. No current player has had more than 10 partners... Imran Farhat amazingly leads the way with 9 partners from only 27 tests! The-Pope ( talk) 13:08, 10 February 2008 (UTC)