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Q161

What is interesting about the scorecard of the Leics v Northants match at Grace Road in 1967 ? Tintin (talk) 12:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

• I see two bowlers both got 7/75, but there must be more to it than that. Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
  • No, this is an oddity that has happened only once in first class cricket. Tintin (talk) 13:05, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

It looks like 10 different catchers in Northants' first innings. Which has got to be rare, if not unique. Johnlp 13:23, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

• That is the answer, and welcome back Tintin (talk) 13:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Q162

The start of whose first-class career is this? He made his first-class debut and played seven matches on one continent; then played three more first-class matches on a second continent; then went to a third continent and played eight first-class matches; and then played two first-class matches on a fourth continent. All of this was within 15 months. His later career was somewhat less geographically frenetic. Johnlp 13:43, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

• I have a suspicion that there may be too many recent players with similar records . For instance in his first year in first class cricket Parthiv Patel's sequence was four matches in S Africa, four in Sri Lanka, 5 in England, 4 in India, and 4 in New Zealand. Tintin (talk) 13:49, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Good point. So I'd better add that this player I'm thinking of never played Test cricket and never went on an official tour on which Tests were played. Johnlp 14:03, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

• • Franklyn Stephenson? (I cheated - [1] - the article's author is also notable :) -- ALoan (Talk) 16:50, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

That's the trouble with trying to set questions when I'm supposed to be working! It's a fair cop, and over to you. Johnlp 18:18, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Q163

Which England Test captain also played for the national hockey team? -- ALoan (Talk) 15:25, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Sam Vimes 15:27, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I was indeed thinking of her, although I'm sure someone will let us know if there are others. Well done. How can you possibly have got the correct answer within two minutes? It took me longer than that to write it! -- ALoan (Talk) 16:06, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Hit the page at just the right time, mainly. And remember that women are fairly likely to have played both sports. Sam Vimes 16:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Q164

A question relevant to English domestic cricket, since the 2006 season starts on Friday; Stephen Fleming from New Zealand captained Nottinghamshire to the County Championship in 2005. Before that, who was the last player born outside the UK to captain his team to the Championship? Sam Vimes 16:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

How about Dermot Reeve with Warwickshire in 1995? He was born in Hong Kong. Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

No. Sam Vimes 18:01, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Adam Hollioake for Surrey?--Deville (Talk) 18:11, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Correct. Last time champion in 2002. Your turn. Sam Vimes 18:43, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Bother. I skipped over him, having for some reason completely forgotten that the Hollioakes were born in Australia. Stephen Turner (Talk) 19:10, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Time for Rule 3 Tintin (talk) 06:25, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Woops! Apologies to one and all; I left town on a business trip and didn't realize that the ball was in my corner. --Deville (Talk) 17:01, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Q165

I'll try one myself. Which legendary cricketer, who has a fine Test record and an exceptionally good first class record, is according to Britannica 'a North American cricketer' and 'one of the greatest of all time' ? Tintin (talk) 08:47, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

?Ranji? Johnlp 10:19, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

No Tintin (talk) 10:25, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Frank Woolley? KingStrato 12:25, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

• Frank Woolley it is. His Britannica article begins "Canadian cricketer, one of the greatest of all time ..." ! Tintin (talk) 04:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, he died in Canada, having married his second (American) wife there - perhaps he became a Canadian citizen? -- ALoan (Talk) 10:19, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

That wouldn't make him a Canadian cricketer, or Larwood would be an Australian fast bowler or Sobers an Australian allrounder. Tintin (talk) 10:23, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

True enough: perhaps it needs a comma: "Canadian, cricketer..." What would it take to be one of the greatest Canadian cricketers of all time? John Davison's record is not that brilliant... -- ALoan (Talk) 12:18, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

• Very interestingly, they have fixed it [2]. The error has been there for quite a few years because I have seen it in 2003 edition of Britannica. So someone from 'there' must have read this. Tintin (talk) 17:29, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. : I have also spotted around 15 errors in the 20 or so Britannica articles on cricketers but I would rather keep my mouth shut, lest they fix it :-) Tintin (talk) 17:29, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Q166

Ok, I'm new to this, so apologies if get something wrong...

What have Alan Wells, Mike Watkinson, Kim Barnett and Colin Cowdrey got in common? KingStrato 20:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

All right-handed batsmen and right-arm bowlers who played in at least one Test match for the English cricket team, but only one ODI? -- ALoan (Talk) 21:06, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I'll give you that, it was the single ODI I was after. KingStrato 17:15, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Q167

In which year did Wisden first publish its Cricketers' Almanack? (There is a trick in the question.) -- ALoan (Talk) 12:39, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

1869. Before that it was Cricketer's. Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:16, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

37 minutes this time, even though it is not mentioned in Wisden Cricketers' Almanack yet. I must get some harder questions :) Yes, the first five editions were just an almanac for the individual cricketer; the subsequent editions are all cricketers.[3] -- ALoan (Talk) 14:07, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm afraid anything in Ask Steven is too easy! I think that was my first right answer since Q118. Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:25, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

DYM Ask Stephen? :) -- ALoan (Talk) 14:42, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Q168

93 grounds have hosted Test cricket. But how many of those have hosted only a single Test match? Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:26, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Two, Bulawayo Athletic Club and Bramall Lane --Wisden17 16:55, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Currently 21, according to [4] - Bramall Lane, Sheffield; Gymkhana Ground, Mumbai; Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi; Peshawar Club Ground; Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur; Bulawayo Athletic Club; Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar; University Ground, Lucknow; Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan; K.D Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow; Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh; Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur; Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent;Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala; Buffalo Park, East London; Defence Housing Authority Stadium, Karachi; National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada; Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom; Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah; Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra; Chittagong Divisional Stadium. -- ALoan (Talk) 16:59, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I was only 19 short then! --Wisden17 17:04, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, both answers are incorrect. Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:11, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah - 20 - Chittagong recently staged its second Test (the 2nd Test between Bangladesh v Australia in the current tour). -- ALoan (Talk) 17:14, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Damn, I would have got that, if I'd been keeping an eye on my watchlist! Whoever sets the next question, try not to be stats based let's have a real good question, and not one that can be solved within minutes on google. --Wisden17 17:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I find the stats questions the most interesting. I hope there's enough room in this quiz for all types of questions. Anyway, over to ALoan. Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:27, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I find the answers to the stats questions interesting roo, but it would be nice if finding the answers to questions wasn't as easy. I mean the previous question was simply copied off Ask Steven (which I'm guessing nearly all the people who answer these questions read) and Cricket Archive and Cricinfo have the answers to virtually all stats questions you can imagine. I personally much prefer the questions we've had regarding cricket and literature (the P.G. Wodehouse) and it would be good if we could have a few more of these quirky questions, as otherwise it soon becomes a question of who can type the question into Cricinfo the quickest, and not a really good quiz. --Wisden17 17:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

The quiz seems to have a good balance. Some questions are not too hard which keeps a bit of interest up for those that don't have lots of references at the fingertips, and a few challenging ones come up for those that have. Some are stats and some aren't. I just cannot understand why I only seem to check here after each question has been answered. :( -- I@n ≡ talk 10:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Same problem here - all the questions seem to be asked/answered overnight (Australian Time) oh well... :S Dingbatdan 15:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Q169

Well, I was castigated for my last question (I don't read Ask Stev/phen on a religious basis, and the point is not included in our article)...

Anyway, a new question: when did the highest court in England consider consider the legality of cricket balls "escaping" from Cheetham Cricket Ground in Manchester by being hit for six? -- ALoan (Talk) 03:11, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

That would be Bolton vs. Stone in year 1951 [5]. According to [6], "Miss Bessie Stone was innocently standing on the pavement outside her garden gate at 10 Beckenham Road, Cheetham when she was struck by a ball hit for 6 out of the Cheetham Cricket Club ground". Nabhen 03:25, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Bolton v Stone in 1951 (which was a bit stubby, but I have expended it). Well done. (I suppose naming the actual cricket club made it a little too easy to Google for the case.) There is also Lord Denning waxing lyrical in Miller v Jackson (which I have just written). -- ALoan (Talk) 11:04, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

A brilliant book in this field is Cricket and the Law by David Fraser. You'd both like it I'd guess, and it mentions both of these cases. --Wisden17 12:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

One club, that I know of, has a neighbour who has been known to shoot an air rifle at a batsman who hit a six which landed in his garden. KingStrato 19:05, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Q170

What common distinction is held by the following bowlers: Jim Laker, Geoff Dymock, S Venkataraghavan, Abdul Qadir, Waqar Younis and Muthiah Muralitharan? Nabhen 04:41, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

They've each, at one time or another, dismissed all eleven batsmen in a Test? --Deville (Talk) 04:49, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Thats correct. It was done in the following matches - Laker [7], Dymock [8], Venkataraghavan [9], Qadir [10], Younis [11] and Muralitharan [12]. Over to you Deville. Nabhen 16:02, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! And this time I won't disappear for a week...:-) --Deville (Talk) 16:22, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Q171

This question is quite inspired by the last. In fact, the correct answer to this question was my first guess as to what Nabhen was looking for in the last question. This is probably only a hint if you are a mind-reader, though, because my first guess was nowhere near correct...;-)

What common distinction is shared by the following bowlers: Sir Richard Hadlee, Narendra Hirwani, Michael Holding, Imran Khan, Jim Laker, Bob Massie, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Hugh Tayfield?

Best match bowling figures for each country. Tintin (talk) 16:47, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Wow, how'd you get that so quick?!? I thought that would be more difficult. In any case, well done, it's on to you.--Deville (Talk) 17:11, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Surely that list is missing Enamul Haque junior and ?Paul Strang (god, what a bad page)... -- ALoan (Talk) 17:19, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

True enough, or more specifically there's a bigger list which includes Strang and Haque jnr, of which this list is a subset. Actually, I couldn't figure out who it was for ZIM and BAN, because the list I was looking at only listed the 100 best bbm's ever. So more precisely, the list I made above is characterized as the list of all bowlers who have one of the best 100 bbm's of all times who also made the best showing for their nations. Also, I agree, the Paul Strang page is a little crazy, in particular it has Heath Streak's statbox.--Deville (Talk) 18:31, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

The figures in the infobox were right, I think, just the name was wrong. The article is less of a sorry embarrassment now. Anyway, he is not the right person: it is Adam Huckle, with 11-255 in his second Test in 1997.[13] His page is short and sweet too. Strang only took 2 to go with his 8-109, although his 8-for remains the best bowling for a Zimbabwean in an innings.[14]. For the record, Enamul Haque junior is the only Bangladeshi to take 12 in a match (12-200 against Zimbabwe in January 2005, in their only Test victory to date).[15] Has any other Bangladeshi taken 7 in an innings? -- ALoan (Talk) 19:34, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Has any other Bangladeshi taken 7 in an innings? For brownie points: No. Rafique, Naimur Rahman and Manjural Islam (not the M.I.Rana playing now) all have six fors. Mortaza, interestingly, only has four for 60. Sam Vimes 20:26, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Page updated. -- ALoan (Talk) 21:19, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Q172

(As far as I can find) There are only two non-Indian Test cricketers who have died in India. One was Frank Walters who died off the coast of Bombay. Which young cricketer was the other ? Tintin (talk) 11:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Ranji and Duleep both died in India, but played for England. But presumably you don't mean them. Johnlp 14:08, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. I am thinking about someone who was not of Indian origin, was born elsewhere, but died in India. Tintin (talk) 14:13, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I would like to finish this tonight, if possible. So the first hint - his was not a natural death. Tintin (talk) 15:56, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Ross Gregory, then. Johnlp 19:09, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

It is and your turn. Tintin (talk) 03:52, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Q173

Which reserve wicketkeeper opened the bowling in a Test match, failed to take a wicket, and never played Test cricket again? Johnlp 20:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Budhi Kunderan?--Deville (Talk) 22:28, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

That's the one. Edgbaston, 1967. Over to you. Johnlp 23:38, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks --Deville (Talk) 05:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Q174

What is the longest non-playing spell after which a player made a comeback in first class cricket? --Deville (Talk) 05:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I know Bradman had a long time away from tests, not sure about first class though. KingStrato 09:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

True, Bradman had an eight-year gap during WWII, but so did everyone else, of course. I'm actually thinking of a gap much longer than that. --Deville (Talk) 11:20, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

The Test record is 22 years (1970-1992) by John Traicos, but for First-Class - RH Moss played a County Championship Match in 1925, 32 years after playing 2 matches (1 for the MCC and 1 for Liverpool And District Vs. The Aussies) in 1893 - is that the record? Dingbatdan 13:05, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

You are correct sir! Reginald Moss does indeed have the record. You're up. --Deville (Talk) 22:25, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Q175

Why and when was the coin re-tossed for a test match because of a doubtful call? Dingbatdan 09:32, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Opening day of the 1st Test, Zimbabwe versus Pakistan, 31 January 1995: Andy Flower: "Heads or tails?" Saleem Malik: "Bird". The match referee, Jackie Hendricks, required the toss to be retaken. Zimbabwe went on to win the toss and the match, by an innings, to record their first Test victory, although they lost the remaining 2 matches in the series. Henry Olonga was their first black player, and the first player to be no balled for throwing in 32 years. Scorecard. Reports: [16] [17] -- ALoan (Talk) 23:31, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Too Good - Over to you! Dingbatdan 01:02, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Q176

Another legal question. Which English first-class cricketer went to court in the 1920s to defend his "nest egg"; and which Australian Test cricket had a similar (less successful) court case in the 1950s? -- ALoan (Talk) 09:20, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

James Seymour of Kent won his case (and bought a farm with the proceeds of his benefit). Bruce Dooland lost his case over money collected "unofficially" for him. Johnlp 13:52, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Indeed - yes.[18] In Seymour v Reed [1927] AC 554, the House of Lords said that James Seymour - a professional with Kent [19] - didn't have to pay income tax on the proceeds of his benefit [20]; in Moorhouse v Dooland [1955] Ch 284, the Court of Appeal said that Bruce Dooland - then a professional with East Lancashire in league cricket, but he earlier played for Australia and later for Nottinghamshire and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1955 - did. Seymour didn't enjoy his retirement for long, though - he bought a fruit farm in Marden in 1923, but died in 1930, aged 50. Dooland died in 1980, aged 56.

Bobby Moore's case after the 1966 World Cup was on a similar point ... -- ALoan (Talk) 17:12, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Q177

Which Test player was a member of the All-Party Students' Action Committee? Johnlp 20:12, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

• Aftab Gul was a major politician during his student career. Was it him ? Tintin (talk) 01:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it was. In the England tour of Pakistan that was hastily arranged in 1968-69 after the D'Oliveira affair to replace the cancelled South Africa series, students were leading protests against the rule of the Pakistan president Ayub Khan. The protests led, eventually, to Ayub Khan stepping down and to the secession of East Pakistan as the separate state of Bangladesh. Aftab Gul was one of the student leaders and it was said that the cricket authorities in Lahore were pressured into picking him for the Test team: in fact, he was an extremely good opening bat anyway, and went on to play in six Tests, touring England twice, and though his actual figures are disappointing he was a Test player on merit. He became a radical lawyer in his later career and in one book there is a story, presumably apocryphal, of him being arrested because authorities said they had found a SAM-7 missile under his bed. Over to you, Tintin. Johnlp 07:02, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Q178

A very obscure one that I learned last weekend. Henry Vansittart was the Governor of Bengal in the the 18th century and died before cricket struck root in India. What is his closest connection with cricket in India ? Tintin (talk) 07:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, one of his sons, Nicholas Vansittart, was Chancellor of the Exchequer for 11 years (1812–1823), the longest continuous tenure to date (Gordon Brown could pass him in two years).

A Robert Vansittart (neither of the ones we have articles for - it is clearly a family name: was this one another son of Henry the Governor, perhaps?) scored the first recorded century in India, 102 for Old Etonians v. Rest of Calcutta in 1804.[21] -- ALoan (Talk) 10:15, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Well done. The Robert Vansittart who scored the first 100 (& who doesn't yet have an article) is another son of Henry Vansittart. History of Indian cricket mentions that Robert V was the 'son of a former Bengal governor' (though without naming Henry V). Tintin (talk) 03:54, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Q179

Aaqib Javed was the youngest player to take a hat-trick in an ODI. Who was the oldest? -- ALoan (Talk) 11:41, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Eddo Brandes took a hat trick against England just a few days short of couple of months before his 34th birthday. Woops. Also, here's the scorecard.--Deville (Talk) 12:19, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Close but no cigar (unless my arithmetic has gone awry). -- ALoan (Talk) 21:31, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Um...according to One-day International cricket hat-tricks, Jalal-ud-Din was 33 and 3 months - Brandes 33 and 9 months. Kapil Dev 31, and the others (Langeveldt, Harmison, Anderson, Lee, Vaas, Sami, Saqlain, Stuart, Waqar, Wasim, Sharma, Reid) were all below 30 Sam Vimes 21:45, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

I found that info on Cricinfo. Although I did notice that it was only up to May 2005, and I wondered if there was any in the last year. KingStrato 21:50, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

<blushes> Well, I said my arithmetic may have gone awry (90-66 is not 34... ) At least a get to add another snippet to my WP:FLC... -- ALoan (Talk) 22:11, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

May I inquire as to how you thought Wasim had turned 34 15 years ago? Without the use of arithmetic? ;) Sam Vimes 22:20, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

You can seldom be entirely sure of birthdates on the subcontinent... -- ALoan (Talk) 22:22, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

I suspect Jalal-ud-Din was 23 as he was born in 1959 and 82-59 = 23! You can seldom be sure of birthdates... ;) Dingbatdan 01:08, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

So did I get that right? Of course it's Wikipedia, so we need to reach concensus...;)--Deville (Talk) 23:01, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Even though I didn't ask the question, Eddo Brandes is definately the answer (That's 1 vote for you Deville) :) Dingbatdan 00:55, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Deville, you were right. Apologies for any confusion - but at least we have sorted that one out :) -- ALoan (Talk) 10:29, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, fair enough... and we've got it sorted for now. Hopefully my question will raise as much controversy...;-) --Deville (Talk) 12:10, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Q180

I'm thinking of an event which happened in first-class cricket more than a half-century ago. There was once a first-class batting record which stood for fifteen minutes or so, then was taken away for a half-hour, and then was restored and stood for more than 40 years. In short, what the deuce am I talking about? --Deville (Talk) 12:17, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

The opening stand of 555 between Holmes and Sutcliffe. After Sutcliffe was dismissed the scoreboard reverted to 554 (which equalled the existing record stand between Brown and Tunnicliffe) but the scorers 'discovered' a noball and set the score back to 555. Tintin (talk) 12:23, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Correct? And how on earth did you get it so quickly? I thought that would be a hard one...:) --Deville (Talk) 13:31, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

;-)