Who was the bowler to take Don Bradman's second last wicket in test cricket?
Who was the last white man to play for the West Indies? jguk 17:52, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Current player Brendan Nash, most recent test v Australia December 2009 212.74.97.211 ( talk) GeoffH 30December2009
Trying to find a question that you can't just do a Google search on... Rank all players according to the lowest batting average they had at any point in their career. (Players with at least 20 innings to keep it sensible). Who are the best two Test players and the best two ODI players (i.e. their batting average never got too low)? Stephen Turner 20:58, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
OK, I obviously wasn't clear. Sorry. Let me try and rephrase the question. We're looking for good batsmen here — batsmen whose batting average has remained high thoughout their careers. Bradman's lowest ever Test average was 9.50 (after two innings) — not very good. Andrew Strauss's worst so far is 45.38 (after thirteen innings). This is very good, although not good enough to be in the top two. One man's Test average never dropped below 60 throughout his entire career. He's therefore the first name I'm looking for. Clear now? Stephen Turner 07:03, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
It may be worth pointing out that Ashwell Prince is currently higher than Lamb in the ODI table (after 33 innings), and Mahendra Dhoni has joined Bevan with a career ODI batting average over 50. [4] -- ALoan (Talk) 10:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
OK, after a bit of thought, here it is. Which player played the most first-class matches before they scored their first century? Raven4x4x 11:08, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
A fairly easy one I'm guessing: Which batsman played in more that 40 Tests and averaged over 40 but was never in a winning side? -- Ian ≡ talk 13:12, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Drat - you beat me to it by 6 minutes! I guessed it had to be a New Zealander, then it was a case of which one - List of New Zealand Test cricketers makes it clear it has to be Sutcliffe, jguk 13:19, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Who holds the record for the longest gap between fc and Test debut - he made his Test debut some 21 years after playing his first fc match ? (The wiki article about him is written by a non-member of WP:Cricket It talks about his debuts without specifically saying that it is a record.) Tintin 13:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
James Southerton? OK, I wrote that article, but his first first-class game was in 28 September 1854 and his Test debut was on 15 March 1877, some 22 years, 5 months and 15 days later, jguk 13:48, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Which trophy was competed for by the Australian and West Indian World Series Supertest sides? jguk 15:16, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Who has played in both the Cricket World Cup and the Rugby World Cup? Stephen Turner 10:17, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure it is Namibia's Rudi van Vuuren. Da Gizza Chat (c) 11:01, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
In which year and on which ground did India record its first Test victory in England? Da Gizza Chat (c) 11:30, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
How many Test matches have been played on neutral grounds (i.e., in neither team's country)? Stephen Turner 08:17, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
OK, probably easy...who took the first five-wicket-haul in an ODI? Sam Vimes 11:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
another easy one...which cricketer was knighted whilst on tour in England in 1990? -- Ian ≡ talk 15:21, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
A very easy one again. It's so easy, I'll ask multiple related questions, hope you all don't mind. Nil Einne 17:32, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
While the cat (or rabbit)'s away... ;)
Sorry for the delay, anyway which famous cricketer has also represented an international field hockey team? Da Gizza Chat (c) 11:56, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Brian Booth, M.J. Gopalan. Jonty Rhodes as well, I think. Tintin 11:58, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Oh, I was meant to say One Day International cricketer, so the answer was only Jonty Rhodes. Nonetheless, well done Tintin! The next question is yours. Da Gizza Chat (c) 12:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
He, in his pre-Test cricket days, was banned for a year and half (or so) for disputing an umpiring decision and causing a minor riot. He used this spare time to play some serious football and represented his country in World Cup qualifying round matches. Who ? Tintin 14:07, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
A complete guess here - Viv Richards? jguk 16:42, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
On 20 October 1973 the first ever game between a touring side against an African South African XI occurred. What teams were playing, and what was the result? jguk 19:18, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
The DH Robins' XI bit is correct though:) jguk 18:29, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
As far as I'm aware, it's not mentioned in Cricinfo. The match you referred to above was the fourth match of the tour. Before that there's the match I am referring to on 20 October, a match against Orange Free State on 23 October, which Derrick Robins' XI won courtesy of the rain rules, and a match on 24 October against Griqualand West, which Derrick Robins' XI won by 85 runs.
Do you give up? :) jguk 08:50, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
I think it was SA African Cricket Board XI vs D H Robins XI at Soweto, but I don't know the result. It's mentioned in the obits for Khaya Majola in 2000. -- Johnlp 14:40, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
A win for Johnlp. Over to you for the next question! Maybe you should sign up on WP:Cricket, jguk 20:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
This one is probably too easy, so we'll make it a double question. These days, Test cricketers play so few first-class games that they rarely manage to make 1,000 runs in an English season. But it wasn't always thus. So which Test cricketer completed 1,000 runs in a season but averaged fewer than 18 runs per innings? And which other Test cricketer completed 1,000 runs in a season with a top score of just 60? Name the two cricketers and the two seasons. Johnlp 22:14, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
The first is Harold Gilligan in 1923 [11] Tintin 22:33, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
That's right. Well done. And the second? Johnlp 22:44, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
Do we need a clue? Think fraternal: one of a pair of test-playing brothers. Johnlp 08:59, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. What is uniquely common between Johnny Douglas and Jack MacBryan ? Tintin 11:40, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Who am I? I played in 68 Tests and died in a plane crash. -- Ian ≡ talk 13:35, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Who was the bowler to take Don Bradman's second last wicket in test cricket?
Who was the last white man to play for the West Indies? jguk 17:52, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Current player Brendan Nash, most recent test v Australia December 2009 212.74.97.211 ( talk) GeoffH 30December2009
Trying to find a question that you can't just do a Google search on... Rank all players according to the lowest batting average they had at any point in their career. (Players with at least 20 innings to keep it sensible). Who are the best two Test players and the best two ODI players (i.e. their batting average never got too low)? Stephen Turner 20:58, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
OK, I obviously wasn't clear. Sorry. Let me try and rephrase the question. We're looking for good batsmen here — batsmen whose batting average has remained high thoughout their careers. Bradman's lowest ever Test average was 9.50 (after two innings) — not very good. Andrew Strauss's worst so far is 45.38 (after thirteen innings). This is very good, although not good enough to be in the top two. One man's Test average never dropped below 60 throughout his entire career. He's therefore the first name I'm looking for. Clear now? Stephen Turner 07:03, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
It may be worth pointing out that Ashwell Prince is currently higher than Lamb in the ODI table (after 33 innings), and Mahendra Dhoni has joined Bevan with a career ODI batting average over 50. [4] -- ALoan (Talk) 10:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
OK, after a bit of thought, here it is. Which player played the most first-class matches before they scored their first century? Raven4x4x 11:08, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
A fairly easy one I'm guessing: Which batsman played in more that 40 Tests and averaged over 40 but was never in a winning side? -- Ian ≡ talk 13:12, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Drat - you beat me to it by 6 minutes! I guessed it had to be a New Zealander, then it was a case of which one - List of New Zealand Test cricketers makes it clear it has to be Sutcliffe, jguk 13:19, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Who holds the record for the longest gap between fc and Test debut - he made his Test debut some 21 years after playing his first fc match ? (The wiki article about him is written by a non-member of WP:Cricket It talks about his debuts without specifically saying that it is a record.) Tintin 13:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
James Southerton? OK, I wrote that article, but his first first-class game was in 28 September 1854 and his Test debut was on 15 March 1877, some 22 years, 5 months and 15 days later, jguk 13:48, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Which trophy was competed for by the Australian and West Indian World Series Supertest sides? jguk 15:16, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Who has played in both the Cricket World Cup and the Rugby World Cup? Stephen Turner 10:17, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure it is Namibia's Rudi van Vuuren. Da Gizza Chat (c) 11:01, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
In which year and on which ground did India record its first Test victory in England? Da Gizza Chat (c) 11:30, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
How many Test matches have been played on neutral grounds (i.e., in neither team's country)? Stephen Turner 08:17, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
OK, probably easy...who took the first five-wicket-haul in an ODI? Sam Vimes 11:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
another easy one...which cricketer was knighted whilst on tour in England in 1990? -- Ian ≡ talk 15:21, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
A very easy one again. It's so easy, I'll ask multiple related questions, hope you all don't mind. Nil Einne 17:32, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
While the cat (or rabbit)'s away... ;)
Sorry for the delay, anyway which famous cricketer has also represented an international field hockey team? Da Gizza Chat (c) 11:56, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Brian Booth, M.J. Gopalan. Jonty Rhodes as well, I think. Tintin 11:58, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Oh, I was meant to say One Day International cricketer, so the answer was only Jonty Rhodes. Nonetheless, well done Tintin! The next question is yours. Da Gizza Chat (c) 12:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
He, in his pre-Test cricket days, was banned for a year and half (or so) for disputing an umpiring decision and causing a minor riot. He used this spare time to play some serious football and represented his country in World Cup qualifying round matches. Who ? Tintin 14:07, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
A complete guess here - Viv Richards? jguk 16:42, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
On 20 October 1973 the first ever game between a touring side against an African South African XI occurred. What teams were playing, and what was the result? jguk 19:18, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
The DH Robins' XI bit is correct though:) jguk 18:29, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
As far as I'm aware, it's not mentioned in Cricinfo. The match you referred to above was the fourth match of the tour. Before that there's the match I am referring to on 20 October, a match against Orange Free State on 23 October, which Derrick Robins' XI won courtesy of the rain rules, and a match on 24 October against Griqualand West, which Derrick Robins' XI won by 85 runs.
Do you give up? :) jguk 08:50, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
I think it was SA African Cricket Board XI vs D H Robins XI at Soweto, but I don't know the result. It's mentioned in the obits for Khaya Majola in 2000. -- Johnlp 14:40, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
A win for Johnlp. Over to you for the next question! Maybe you should sign up on WP:Cricket, jguk 20:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
This one is probably too easy, so we'll make it a double question. These days, Test cricketers play so few first-class games that they rarely manage to make 1,000 runs in an English season. But it wasn't always thus. So which Test cricketer completed 1,000 runs in a season but averaged fewer than 18 runs per innings? And which other Test cricketer completed 1,000 runs in a season with a top score of just 60? Name the two cricketers and the two seasons. Johnlp 22:14, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
The first is Harold Gilligan in 1923 [11] Tintin 22:33, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
That's right. Well done. And the second? Johnlp 22:44, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
Do we need a clue? Think fraternal: one of a pair of test-playing brothers. Johnlp 08:59, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. What is uniquely common between Johnny Douglas and Jack MacBryan ? Tintin 11:40, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
Who am I? I played in 68 Tests and died in a plane crash. -- Ian ≡ talk 13:35, 8 November 2005 (UTC)