This highly rated batsman of yesteryear, once while on tour ordered an icecream in a shop. When the waiter spilt it on his lap, he removed his trousers in public and asked the waiter to clean it. Who was it? Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 05:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
This former test cricketer currently hosts a radio talk show. A year ago, he lost his youngest child tragically, when the child opened the door of a parked car on an incline, and the car rolled down the slope with the kid. He was a national champion in another sport where his brother also excelled. Who is the cricketer? UdayS 13:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
It is my first question, and I don't know if it has ever been asked (tell me if it has). And it's really easy. So, apart from being specialist batsmen (or wicket-keeper batsman for one of them), what have in common the following players : Clive Lloyd, Dinesh Mongia, Mohammad Yousuf, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Martin van Jaarsveld ? OrangeKnight 00:30, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
What do Arjuna Ranatunga, Allan Border, Alistair Campbell and Adam Parore have in common? — Raven42 11:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Tintin's close, but not quite there. — Raven42 12:33, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
That's good enough for me. The specific link including Parore is that they've all had a sequence of 2000 runs without a century. All yours. — Raven42 13:54, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
All right. What statistic is currently shared by nine players in Tests, but none in ODIs? — Raven42 06:49, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I believe only 9 batsmen have been out 'Handled the ball' in test cricket -- Russell Endean, Andrew Hilditch, Mohsin Khan, Desmond Haynes, Graham Gooch, Steve Waugh, Mohinder Amarnath, Michael Vaughan and Inzamam-Ul-Haq. So far no one has got out that way in ODIs. UdayS 04:31, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
In what way are Ghulam Ahmed's 68 Test wickets and Vic Marks' 44 ODI wickets records in each respective form of the game? -- Travisbasevi 10:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
That'll do me. They have the most wickets without ever dismissing a player for a duck. Over to you. -- Travisbasevi 16:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
What unique record do Rudi Webster and Dharmendra Mishra hold ? Wattmaster 21:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
1st Class Debut. That's correct. over to you Tintin. Wattmaster 02:30, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
... and who started his first class career with 114*, 108 and 121 in his first three innings ? Tintin 02:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
What was strange about the result when Woking played Shere three years after Waterloo? Johnlp 20:50, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 20:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Correct. It's happened a couple of times since in minor cricket, but this was the first instance. Over to you. Johnlp 06:35, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
What links the following team: Sanath Jayasuriya, Phil Simmons, Nicky Boje, Andrew Flintoff, Hansie Cronje, Upul Chandana, Wasim Akram, Dave Richardson, Darren Gough, Javagal Srinath, Muralitharan, Naved-ul-Hasan?
Speaking of McGrath, what did he, Rahul Dravid, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, Virender Sehwag, and Shane Warne all do in 2005? — Raven42 15:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
I'll ask a double question if I may, which ODI centurion has the lowest ODI average and which has scored the fewest ODI runs? -- Jpeeling 11:07, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Trevor Chappell (17.61) and Feiko Kloppenburg (161) were the answers I was looking for. So well done KingStrato, your turn. -- Jpeeling 12:30, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
What have Rashid Latif, Mark Taylor and Habibul Bashar "achieved" that no other players have done? KingStrato 14:18, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I have seen two stories about this player's nickname. One is that he was nicknamed after a town in Victoria, Australia. The second one goes that he had a habit of calling "---- -- up" while collecting throws from the outfield (the number of dashes equals the number of letters in the words). The nickname is even more appropriate when you consider a certain record that he held for a decade or so. Who am I talking about ? Complete the puzzle.(I don't know which of the two stories is true, so thanks in advance if you could confirm and provide a citation, preferably from a biography). Tintin 14:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Who am I? I once hit a 6 off a future teammate to win an international match in the final over. In my 12 year first class cricket career, I played for first class teams (not countries) based in three different countries. The-Pope 02:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
It's been over a day, and under the assumption it's right (mighty coincidence if not), to keep things moving here's one to continue the theme of the previous question: who was bowled off the final ball in an ODI when being required to hit a six despite only three runs being needed to win the match? (Bonus point: who was the common (non)participant in this and the previous question?)
The incident apparently created a legacy in a rule change which still (approximately) lasts. Although like Tintin in the previous previous question, I wouldn't mind seeing a citation proving this to be the case. -- Travisbasevi 03:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Brearley says in The Art of Cricket that Mike Smith had tried the same tactic of putting all the fielders on the boundary off the last ball in a domestic ODI match in England in the early 1970s. Another incident that he mentions in the same book concerns a Midx v Yorkshire county match. He doesn't mention the year but it should be 1979 or 1980, just before the 1980 version of the Laws came out.
Yorkshire batted very defensively and took no risks. To wake the batsmen from the slumber, Brearley (and bowler Phil Edmonds) did something that offered the batsmen easy runs if they were prepared to hit across the line. The tactic didn't work and the batsmen did not get out, but MCC responded swiftly by adding a clause in the laws (which appear in the 1980 and later versions) which banned anyone trying this particular piece of gamesmanship. What was it that Brearley did ? Tintin 10:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Not bad for a lucky guess! Anyway, here's one that I just thought of..
Tony Greig is known for his wit, sometimes to great success (e.g. England vs India in 1976-77), and sometimes to his own damnation (West Indies 1976, anyone?) To which player did he address the following comment, and in what context?
"Nice bit of air-conditioning!"
(The exact match or innings doesn't matter, but the player and the situation do.) Rprpsych 12:11, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Looks like a clue may be in order. This has something to do with clothing, and the player was from the sub-continent. Rprpsych 18:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
That's only the 2nd answer I've got correct so I apologise if this or a similar question has been asked before.
What do Charles Bannerman, Dave Houghton and Aminul Islam all have in common? Jonesy 10:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Correct. I'll obviously need to do some in-depth research before asking my next question. Over to you Roisterer! Jonesy 10:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
What do Wally Hammond and George Francis have in common? -- Roisterer 22:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
So they have the same number of letters in their names as the number of debutants in their first Test.-- Roberry 20:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Can we give up? It's been a week now, let's keep things moving. -- Travisbasevi 17:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
This highly rated batsman of yesteryear, once while on tour ordered an icecream in a shop. When the waiter spilt it on his lap, he removed his trousers in public and asked the waiter to clean it. Who was it? Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 05:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
This former test cricketer currently hosts a radio talk show. A year ago, he lost his youngest child tragically, when the child opened the door of a parked car on an incline, and the car rolled down the slope with the kid. He was a national champion in another sport where his brother also excelled. Who is the cricketer? UdayS 13:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
It is my first question, and I don't know if it has ever been asked (tell me if it has). And it's really easy. So, apart from being specialist batsmen (or wicket-keeper batsman for one of them), what have in common the following players : Clive Lloyd, Dinesh Mongia, Mohammad Yousuf, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Martin van Jaarsveld ? OrangeKnight 00:30, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
What do Arjuna Ranatunga, Allan Border, Alistair Campbell and Adam Parore have in common? — Raven42 11:56, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Tintin's close, but not quite there. — Raven42 12:33, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
That's good enough for me. The specific link including Parore is that they've all had a sequence of 2000 runs without a century. All yours. — Raven42 13:54, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
All right. What statistic is currently shared by nine players in Tests, but none in ODIs? — Raven42 06:49, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I believe only 9 batsmen have been out 'Handled the ball' in test cricket -- Russell Endean, Andrew Hilditch, Mohsin Khan, Desmond Haynes, Graham Gooch, Steve Waugh, Mohinder Amarnath, Michael Vaughan and Inzamam-Ul-Haq. So far no one has got out that way in ODIs. UdayS 04:31, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
In what way are Ghulam Ahmed's 68 Test wickets and Vic Marks' 44 ODI wickets records in each respective form of the game? -- Travisbasevi 10:47, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
That'll do me. They have the most wickets without ever dismissing a player for a duck. Over to you. -- Travisbasevi 16:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
What unique record do Rudi Webster and Dharmendra Mishra hold ? Wattmaster 21:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
1st Class Debut. That's correct. over to you Tintin. Wattmaster 02:30, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
... and who started his first class career with 114*, 108 and 121 in his first three innings ? Tintin 02:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
What was strange about the result when Woking played Shere three years after Waterloo? Johnlp 20:50, 28 June 2007 (UTC) 20:49, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Correct. It's happened a couple of times since in minor cricket, but this was the first instance. Over to you. Johnlp 06:35, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
What links the following team: Sanath Jayasuriya, Phil Simmons, Nicky Boje, Andrew Flintoff, Hansie Cronje, Upul Chandana, Wasim Akram, Dave Richardson, Darren Gough, Javagal Srinath, Muralitharan, Naved-ul-Hasan?
Speaking of McGrath, what did he, Rahul Dravid, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, Virender Sehwag, and Shane Warne all do in 2005? — Raven42 15:07, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
I'll ask a double question if I may, which ODI centurion has the lowest ODI average and which has scored the fewest ODI runs? -- Jpeeling 11:07, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Trevor Chappell (17.61) and Feiko Kloppenburg (161) were the answers I was looking for. So well done KingStrato, your turn. -- Jpeeling 12:30, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
What have Rashid Latif, Mark Taylor and Habibul Bashar "achieved" that no other players have done? KingStrato 14:18, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I have seen two stories about this player's nickname. One is that he was nicknamed after a town in Victoria, Australia. The second one goes that he had a habit of calling "---- -- up" while collecting throws from the outfield (the number of dashes equals the number of letters in the words). The nickname is even more appropriate when you consider a certain record that he held for a decade or so. Who am I talking about ? Complete the puzzle.(I don't know which of the two stories is true, so thanks in advance if you could confirm and provide a citation, preferably from a biography). Tintin 14:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Who am I? I once hit a 6 off a future teammate to win an international match in the final over. In my 12 year first class cricket career, I played for first class teams (not countries) based in three different countries. The-Pope 02:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
It's been over a day, and under the assumption it's right (mighty coincidence if not), to keep things moving here's one to continue the theme of the previous question: who was bowled off the final ball in an ODI when being required to hit a six despite only three runs being needed to win the match? (Bonus point: who was the common (non)participant in this and the previous question?)
The incident apparently created a legacy in a rule change which still (approximately) lasts. Although like Tintin in the previous previous question, I wouldn't mind seeing a citation proving this to be the case. -- Travisbasevi 03:15, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Brearley says in The Art of Cricket that Mike Smith had tried the same tactic of putting all the fielders on the boundary off the last ball in a domestic ODI match in England in the early 1970s. Another incident that he mentions in the same book concerns a Midx v Yorkshire county match. He doesn't mention the year but it should be 1979 or 1980, just before the 1980 version of the Laws came out.
Yorkshire batted very defensively and took no risks. To wake the batsmen from the slumber, Brearley (and bowler Phil Edmonds) did something that offered the batsmen easy runs if they were prepared to hit across the line. The tactic didn't work and the batsmen did not get out, but MCC responded swiftly by adding a clause in the laws (which appear in the 1980 and later versions) which banned anyone trying this particular piece of gamesmanship. What was it that Brearley did ? Tintin 10:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Not bad for a lucky guess! Anyway, here's one that I just thought of..
Tony Greig is known for his wit, sometimes to great success (e.g. England vs India in 1976-77), and sometimes to his own damnation (West Indies 1976, anyone?) To which player did he address the following comment, and in what context?
"Nice bit of air-conditioning!"
(The exact match or innings doesn't matter, but the player and the situation do.) Rprpsych 12:11, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Looks like a clue may be in order. This has something to do with clothing, and the player was from the sub-continent. Rprpsych 18:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
That's only the 2nd answer I've got correct so I apologise if this or a similar question has been asked before.
What do Charles Bannerman, Dave Houghton and Aminul Islam all have in common? Jonesy 10:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Correct. I'll obviously need to do some in-depth research before asking my next question. Over to you Roisterer! Jonesy 10:35, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
What do Wally Hammond and George Francis have in common? -- Roisterer 22:51, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
So they have the same number of letters in their names as the number of debutants in their first Test.-- Roberry 20:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Can we give up? It's been a week now, let's keep things moving. -- Travisbasevi 17:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)