Who is the only bowler to concede 1000 runs in a series ? Tintin 15:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
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Leslie Fleetwood-Smith? He did it twice by the looks
[1] --
Ian ≡
talk 15:22, 6 December 2005 (UTC) Ignore me. I was looking at balls, not runs. --
Ian ≡
talk 15:26, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Which two father-son pairs have taken 100 Test wickets or more each (ie. all 4 have taken 100 wickets) -- Ian ≡ talk 16:12, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Who captained the most Test matches without a loss? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 13:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
The film starts with the captain of a cricket team being run out for the tenth wicket after he tripped and blamed his batting partner. His batting partner, who was also a competitor suitor for a young lady's heart, denied it, and because he had accused the captain of lying was stripped of his club membership. In disgrace, he went away to join the foreign legion. The captain, realising what had happened, killed himself and confessed, after which the young lady set off to find her former beau. After a number of scrapes with local Arabs, the batting partner was found and the couple returned to England in triumph. The final words of the film are "How's that?". What's the name of the film? jguk 08:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
That's the one I was after. Your turn, jguk 12:28, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't know that answer to this (but have often wondered), so you've got to cite an on-line reference to win: When was the last Test played that included a rest day? -- Ian ≡ talk 12:37, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
SL v Zim, SSC 2001/02 Scorecard, because of a relegious festival. The instance previous to this was India v West Indies, Barbados, 1996/7 (where we were allout for 81 chasing 120) Tintin 12:49, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, I was away. Why was the second day of the Test in which India scored their first ever win in 1951/52 an unscheduled rest day ? Tintin 00:29, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
In the Standard Bank Triangular Tournament in South Africa during 2001, three brothers were named in the Kenya team, only the second such occasion for it to ever happen in an one day international. The Otieno brothers, sometime referred to as the Obuya brothers were together in the tournament in every match that Kenya played. But, who were the first trio of brothers to play together in a one-day international? Da Gizza Chat (c) 20:56, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Which two men hold the record for captaining the most Tests without a win? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 21:49, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. Which Test cricketer's last two List A appearances were made alongside a famous bat-maker at, first, Jesmond, where they won, and then at Edgbaston, where they didn't? And which team was he playing for? Johnlp 22:57, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Good bit of sleuthing. Well done. The bat-maker was Duncan Fearnley, ex-Worcestershire at this stage. I don't think Ian Moore (ex-Notts, but Lincolnshire-born) was anything to do with Gunn & Moore. But maybe someone knows different. By the way, and not as another question, I can remember (because I'm that old) that when Ramadhin (and Valentine) came to tour England in 1957 (not 1950, I'm not that old), he figured on scorecards as "K.T.Ramadhin", though he was always called "Sonny". Does anyone know what the "K.T." was? In the meantime, over to Stephen for Q70. Johnlp 13:20, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
It's often said, erroneously, that you need to take 20 wickets to win a Test match. When was the last time a team won a Test match without taking 20 wickets? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 11:13, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
No-one interested in this one? It's within the last two years. Stephen Turner ( Talk) 15:13, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
It looks like Jazzycab's not coming back to set a question, and Ian's pointed out to me that he actually anticipated this situation from the beginning and made a rule about it; under rule 3, it's my turn again.
In which months of the year have the most and the fewest Test matches been played? If a Test spans two months, just count the month in which it started.
Stephen Turner ( Talk) 10:38, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
That's it. Here are the complete stats:
Dec 253 Jan 231 Mar 222 Feb 214 Jul 159 Nov 154 Jun 150 Aug 150 Oct 87 Apr 77 Sep 42 May 37
Interestingly, the stats for ODIs are rather different:
Jan 366 Feb 275 Mar 261 Oct 231 Dec 221 Apr 203 Nov 173 Jun 137 May 128 Sep 127 Aug 94 Jul 89
Over to you, Sam. Stephen Turner ( Talk) 12:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
It took nearly 40 years - from January 1930 to November 1969 - before New Zealand could secure their first Test series win. That was in Pakistan, and they had to wait even longer for their first series win at home. When was this, against what opponent, and how many home series had they played before they managed to break the duck? Sam Vimes 13:00, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Which side holds the record for the most ducks in a Test series? (and how many?) -- Ian ≡ talk 13:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
OK, this shouldn't be too hard to find out, but how many ducks did Australia get in the same series? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 13:24, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
This should be a sitter. Which bowler has the highest no. of caught & bowled test wickets to his credit? How many? and the total no. of test wickets he has taken? -- Gurubrahma 14:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC) (p.s. am done for the day, if any one is sure that he has got the right answer, they may ask the next question please).
If Ranji was the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, Mansur Ali Khan the Nawab of Pataudi, which Indian batsman of the 1960s (who yet doesn't have an article) was the Prince of Banswara in Rajastan ? Tintin 21:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Who is alleged to have said, at the climactic moment of a Test match: "Oh Albert, how could you?" And why? Johnlp 22:39, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Clue? The match was 99 years and 11.5 months ago. Johnlp 18:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Yes, that's right. Specifically, it was South Africa v England at Johannesburg, the first match between the two after the tensions of the Boer War and the first ever won by South Africa against England. They trailed on the first innings by 93 and then won by just one wicket, captain Percy Sherwell and Dave Nourse putting on an unbroken 48 to win it. Warner seems to have told his bowlers to concentrate on line and length, but Relf then bowled one down the leg-side and the game was lost, leading to Warner's reported exasperation. Story comes from Neville Cardus, so there's possibly a degree of embellishment. But the scorecard confirms the basic facts. Over to jguk for No 78. Johnlp 18:49, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Albert Relf was one of a large number of cricketers to have committed suicide. It seems the sport's been blighted that way. Which England cricket captains have succumbed that way? jguk 19:20, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't think there were others. My somewhat morbid Methods of death of English national cricket captains is incomplete, but I'm sure if there were others I'd have seen it by now, jguk 23:37, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
So let's continue the doleful theme, then. Which of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year were dead by the time the almanack published their profile? Johnlp 10:52, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
I know of one other. Johnlp 11:19, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
No, not him. Woodfull died in 1965, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year way back in 1927. The one I'm looking for was already dead when the Wisden where he was a Cricketer of the Year was published. But time-wise you're in the right period. Johnlp 12:32, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
That's the one I was thinking of. Star of the 1935 South African tour to England and died of enteric fever just two months later. By the precedents, next question goes to Tintin even though Jguk did more than half the work. Well done to both, though. Johnlp 15:30, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
I have an answer in mind but it may not be the correct answer, so you'll get the point if you can do better :
If you exclude the schoolboys who won the award just after the first world war, who is the youngest Wisden Cricketer of the Year ? Tintin 00:06, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
Who is the only bowler to concede 1000 runs in a series ? Tintin 15:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
:
Leslie Fleetwood-Smith? He did it twice by the looks
[1] --
Ian ≡
talk 15:22, 6 December 2005 (UTC) Ignore me. I was looking at balls, not runs. --
Ian ≡
talk 15:26, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Which two father-son pairs have taken 100 Test wickets or more each (ie. all 4 have taken 100 wickets) -- Ian ≡ talk 16:12, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Who captained the most Test matches without a loss? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 13:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
The film starts with the captain of a cricket team being run out for the tenth wicket after he tripped and blamed his batting partner. His batting partner, who was also a competitor suitor for a young lady's heart, denied it, and because he had accused the captain of lying was stripped of his club membership. In disgrace, he went away to join the foreign legion. The captain, realising what had happened, killed himself and confessed, after which the young lady set off to find her former beau. After a number of scrapes with local Arabs, the batting partner was found and the couple returned to England in triumph. The final words of the film are "How's that?". What's the name of the film? jguk 08:21, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
That's the one I was after. Your turn, jguk 12:28, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't know that answer to this (but have often wondered), so you've got to cite an on-line reference to win: When was the last Test played that included a rest day? -- Ian ≡ talk 12:37, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
SL v Zim, SSC 2001/02 Scorecard, because of a relegious festival. The instance previous to this was India v West Indies, Barbados, 1996/7 (where we were allout for 81 chasing 120) Tintin 12:49, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, I was away. Why was the second day of the Test in which India scored their first ever win in 1951/52 an unscheduled rest day ? Tintin 00:29, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
In the Standard Bank Triangular Tournament in South Africa during 2001, three brothers were named in the Kenya team, only the second such occasion for it to ever happen in an one day international. The Otieno brothers, sometime referred to as the Obuya brothers were together in the tournament in every match that Kenya played. But, who were the first trio of brothers to play together in a one-day international? Da Gizza Chat (c) 20:56, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Which two men hold the record for captaining the most Tests without a win? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 21:49, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. Which Test cricketer's last two List A appearances were made alongside a famous bat-maker at, first, Jesmond, where they won, and then at Edgbaston, where they didn't? And which team was he playing for? Johnlp 22:57, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
Good bit of sleuthing. Well done. The bat-maker was Duncan Fearnley, ex-Worcestershire at this stage. I don't think Ian Moore (ex-Notts, but Lincolnshire-born) was anything to do with Gunn & Moore. But maybe someone knows different. By the way, and not as another question, I can remember (because I'm that old) that when Ramadhin (and Valentine) came to tour England in 1957 (not 1950, I'm not that old), he figured on scorecards as "K.T.Ramadhin", though he was always called "Sonny". Does anyone know what the "K.T." was? In the meantime, over to Stephen for Q70. Johnlp 13:20, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
It's often said, erroneously, that you need to take 20 wickets to win a Test match. When was the last time a team won a Test match without taking 20 wickets? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 11:13, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
No-one interested in this one? It's within the last two years. Stephen Turner ( Talk) 15:13, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
It looks like Jazzycab's not coming back to set a question, and Ian's pointed out to me that he actually anticipated this situation from the beginning and made a rule about it; under rule 3, it's my turn again.
In which months of the year have the most and the fewest Test matches been played? If a Test spans two months, just count the month in which it started.
Stephen Turner ( Talk) 10:38, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
That's it. Here are the complete stats:
Dec 253 Jan 231 Mar 222 Feb 214 Jul 159 Nov 154 Jun 150 Aug 150 Oct 87 Apr 77 Sep 42 May 37
Interestingly, the stats for ODIs are rather different:
Jan 366 Feb 275 Mar 261 Oct 231 Dec 221 Apr 203 Nov 173 Jun 137 May 128 Sep 127 Aug 94 Jul 89
Over to you, Sam. Stephen Turner ( Talk) 12:32, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
It took nearly 40 years - from January 1930 to November 1969 - before New Zealand could secure their first Test series win. That was in Pakistan, and they had to wait even longer for their first series win at home. When was this, against what opponent, and how many home series had they played before they managed to break the duck? Sam Vimes 13:00, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Which side holds the record for the most ducks in a Test series? (and how many?) -- Ian ≡ talk 13:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
OK, this shouldn't be too hard to find out, but how many ducks did Australia get in the same series? Stephen Turner ( Talk) 13:24, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
This should be a sitter. Which bowler has the highest no. of caught & bowled test wickets to his credit? How many? and the total no. of test wickets he has taken? -- Gurubrahma 14:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC) (p.s. am done for the day, if any one is sure that he has got the right answer, they may ask the next question please).
If Ranji was the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, Mansur Ali Khan the Nawab of Pataudi, which Indian batsman of the 1960s (who yet doesn't have an article) was the Prince of Banswara in Rajastan ? Tintin 21:38, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Who is alleged to have said, at the climactic moment of a Test match: "Oh Albert, how could you?" And why? Johnlp 22:39, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
Clue? The match was 99 years and 11.5 months ago. Johnlp 18:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Yes, that's right. Specifically, it was South Africa v England at Johannesburg, the first match between the two after the tensions of the Boer War and the first ever won by South Africa against England. They trailed on the first innings by 93 and then won by just one wicket, captain Percy Sherwell and Dave Nourse putting on an unbroken 48 to win it. Warner seems to have told his bowlers to concentrate on line and length, but Relf then bowled one down the leg-side and the game was lost, leading to Warner's reported exasperation. Story comes from Neville Cardus, so there's possibly a degree of embellishment. But the scorecard confirms the basic facts. Over to jguk for No 78. Johnlp 18:49, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
Albert Relf was one of a large number of cricketers to have committed suicide. It seems the sport's been blighted that way. Which England cricket captains have succumbed that way? jguk 19:20, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't think there were others. My somewhat morbid Methods of death of English national cricket captains is incomplete, but I'm sure if there were others I'd have seen it by now, jguk 23:37, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
So let's continue the doleful theme, then. Which of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year were dead by the time the almanack published their profile? Johnlp 10:52, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
I know of one other. Johnlp 11:19, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
No, not him. Woodfull died in 1965, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year way back in 1927. The one I'm looking for was already dead when the Wisden where he was a Cricketer of the Year was published. But time-wise you're in the right period. Johnlp 12:32, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
That's the one I was thinking of. Star of the 1935 South African tour to England and died of enteric fever just two months later. By the precedents, next question goes to Tintin even though Jguk did more than half the work. Well done to both, though. Johnlp 15:30, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
I have an answer in mind but it may not be the correct answer, so you'll get the point if you can do better :
If you exclude the schoolboys who won the award just after the first world war, who is the youngest Wisden Cricketer of the Year ? Tintin 00:06, 19 December 2005 (UTC)