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Q341

West Indian star Joel Garner has a nickname that are similar to the baseball players, what nickname he was called?? Rakuten06 23:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bigbird? Not sure about baseball though. — Moondyne 01:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The baseball connection seems to be Mark "The Bird" Fidrych --Bedders 12:46, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the image on that article, it's unfortunate that it looks as if someone has hit Big Bird in the behind with a well-aimed fastball. I presume it's not meant that way, but "his" expression is a masterpiece. --Dweller 12:50, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you can safely ask the next question, Moondyne. --Dweller 14:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're right Moondyne. Rakuten06 18:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q342

Who (and when) was the last person to take 5 wickets and make 100 runs in a Test? —Moondyne 14:57, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Kallis did that against West Indies in 1998-99. Not sure whether he is the last. Tintin (talk) 15:02, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jacques Kallis was the last and the penultimate person to score a century and take 5 wickets in an innings, in the same match: most recently in 2002/3 against Bangladesh (139* and 5-21) and before that in 1998/9 against West Indies (110 and 5-90).[1][2] But I am assuming that the question is 100 runs and 5 wickets in a match :) -- ALoan (Talk) 15:11, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually my badly worded question means I'll give it to ALoan. I had meant to say 5 dismissals and 100 runs in a match, and the answer there was Adam Gilchrist (4c, 1st v Bangladesh in Sydney in January 2003). Kallis did what I asked in Jan 99 at Newlands v WI and in October 2002 at Sedgars Park v Bangladesh. —Moondyne 15:31, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, dismissals - that is something quite different. Assuming, again, that you mean 5 dismissals in an innings, then yes - Gilchrist was only the fourth to do it.[3]

I need another question now. Hmm... -- ALoan (Talk) 16:05, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q343

Continuing with my theme of unfortunate accidents, which prominent Test cricketer broke a leg when he was run over by his own car? -- ALoan (Talk) 16:05, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Graeme Smith? =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:27, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

(let me know on my talk if I got it right) =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:28, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not the one I was thinking of, but you can have it if you can provide a citation. -- ALoan (Talk) 18:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ted Dexter, very unforunate accident, how did it happen?? Rakuten06 18:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I was thinking of Ted Dexter.

According to the 1966 Almanack,[4] he was pushing his car to safety after running out of petrol, and his own car pinned him to the door of a warehouse, breaking his leg.[5] This must be soon after he scored 62 and 80* in the 2nd Test against New Zealand at Lord's in June 1965,[6]. He then essentially retired from first-class cricket. He played in a couple of county matches in May 1966, one first-class match in September 1966, and another in August 1967, then a county match in July 1968 before returning for the 4th and 5th Ashes Tests in 1968 (his last two Tests for England), [7] although he played in several matches for the International Cavaliers,[8] and carried on with one-day matches until 1972.[9]

If Nichalp turns up with a citation, you will have to fight him for the honour of asking Q344! -- ALoan (Talk) 19:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If he found the citation, then I suggest that you set us up with a tie-breaking question to determine who has the right for the question Q344?? Rakuten06 19:33, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a source: [10] :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:57, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Um - "...the chauffeur of his car unintentionally drove over his right toe...The x-ray has revealed no bone damage, but only bruising to the tissue on the right toe". On that basis, I think I have to give it to Rakuten06. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:22, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problems. =Nichalp «Talk»= 16:13, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q344

Okay, here's a question: Lord Hawke played for Yorkshire, England, and one major team, what major team is it?? Rakuten06 18:42, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge University?[11] -- ALoan (Talk) 19:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And MCC.[12] (And, um, England XI, North of England, I Zingari, MB Hawke's XI, Gentlemen of England, Gentlemen, GF Vernon's XI, Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present, Lord Hawke's XI, AJ Webbe's XI, XI of Yorkshire, CI Thornton's XI, CI Thornton's England XI, Over 30, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Rest of England.) -- ALoan (Talk) 19:03, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose it depends on the definition of a "major" team! --Dweller 19:54, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cambridge University is right. Your turn. Rakuten06 19:09, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear...

Q345

Have any teams come back to win a Test series after going 2-0 down? Who and when? -- ALoan (Talk) 20:47, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean ODI, If not, then I will give up because I don't know this?? Rakuten06 20:55, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No - Test. Clarified above. -- ALoan (Talk) 21:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Only once, and that was in a 5 Test series - 1936-37 Aust d Eng [13]. Several 3 and 4 Test series have been won after being 1-down after the first Test[14]. —Moondyne 23:45, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And in case you were wondering, an Ashes series has never been drawn after a 2-0 start. —Moondyne 00:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a relevant newspaper story [15] —Moondyne 04:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

beaten by an edit conflict... WillE 00:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly sure I'm right so I will proceed...

Yes, that was right. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:27, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q346

An easy one: What is the win/loss/draw statistics for England v Australia Tests at the WACA ground? —Moondyne 06:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Australia 6, England 1, draw 2 I think. If I can count. Anyway, why didn't they have Tests in WA until the 1970s, and why was it until Graham McKenzie that WA had a regular Test player?? Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Close. Count again. —Moondyne 07:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure why it took so long to get started, but the 1970s produced some great WA players - Yardley, Wood, Hughes, Lillee, Mckenzie, Marsh. R, Marsh. G (a bit later), Edwards, Alderman (early 80s), Massie (never played in a Perth Test sadly), and your friend Terry Jenner. —Moondyne 07:39, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it Australia 6, England 1, and 3 draws? Aussie King Pin 08:17, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. [16]. Your turn. —Moondyne 08:20, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q347

Staying on the Perth theme, which overseas nation has won the most ODI matches at the WACA? Aussie King Pin 09:05, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

West Indies (10). (Pakistan 9, England 8). --Dweller 09:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, Ask another (Sulks Off To Corner)Aussie King Pin 10:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q348

The wife of which Test cricketer had to explain to which Test cricketer that her husband was celebrating because he had just beaten a record previously held by the chap she was speaking to. --Dweller 11:27, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs Hutton to Bradman? WillE 12:39, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I know of. I suppose this may have happened more than once (happy, of course, to give it for a sourced answer that differs from the one I have). --Dweller 12:53, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keeping things moving (I'm not used to one of my questions lasting this long). The record in question was having scored the most runs in Test cricket. --Dweller 14:08, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe Mrs Lara to Mr Sobers? Mdcollins1984 15:38, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs Lara to Mr Border? (Though I'm not sure there is a Mrs Lara) --Bedders 15:50, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No and no. Another clue? --Dweller 15:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clue number 2: The nationalities of the two batsmen were Australian and English. (No idea about the wife.) --Dweller 15:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

~~:Mrs Wally Hammond (336*, vNZ 1932-3) to the Don (334 vENG 1930)?~~

Ah forget that - I understand the question now! Bear with me.....Mdcollins1984 16:07, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, is that guess still right (but for the different reason?)Total runs scored, not in one innings... Mdcollins1984 16:09, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, it wasn't a trick clue! "The record in question was having scored the most runs in Test cricket." ie the person who has scored more runs in Test cricket (in total, over their career) than anyone else. --Dweller 16:35, 6 December 2006 (UTC

Yeah I understand that now. Mis-read it to start with. I'll keep looking!

Clue number 3: The exact quote was:

When <name of Englishman deleted> passed 60 against Australia in the Leeds Test, 19<xx>, he waved his bat towards a stand where his wife was sitting in front of a group of Australians. One of them, <name of Australian deleted>, asked: "Ada, why is <deleted> waving his bat like that?" Mrs <deleted>: "You should know, if anyone does, he has beaten your record of most runs in Test matches."

Some clues there, some more obvious than others. --Dweller 16:42, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Clue number 4: The Aussie could almost be described as a "man mountain" and the Englishman was part-goblin. --Dweller 19:23, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Hobbs (England) to Don Bradman (Australia) Rakuten06 19:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ada Hobbs and Clem Hill? --Roisterer 01:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Roisterer. My source is On Top Down Under by Ray Robinson, quoted in The Sunday Telegraph's Atherton's Ashes Almanac 2006, p.32. Nice story, eh? I love her prim, knowledgable and very dated response to Hill. It was 1926 if anyone wondered. --Dweller 08:52, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There is a problem with the story. Hill scored 3412 runs in his career. Hobbs passed this total in the first Test at Sydney in 1924-25. 2660 of Hill's runs were made in Ashes matches. It was this that Hobbs beat when he reached 76 in the Leeds Test of 1926. Tintin (talk) 12:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that Tintin. Sorry for asking what seems to be a flawed question. I don't have a copy of the original book and Amazon ([17]) don't have a browsable version. It would be worth checking, if someone has a copy. Your suggestion for it being the record in Ashes seems sound and I'll amend the Jack Hobbs article accordingly. --Dweller 13:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q349

I've just finished reading a novel, classified by many as one of the books of the 20th century, which surprisingly has references to cricket. I say surprisingly because the plot has nothing to do with sport, does not take place in a cricketing nation, and was written by a man born in a decidedly non-cricketing nation. In fact, even the title sounds like an impediment to playing cricket. What is the novel I just finished reading? --Roisterer 13:13, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Erm... just a guess... is it Catch 22? --Dweller 13:29, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also a guess - Ulysses? --Bedders 14:59, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My left foot? WillE at work...

Ooh that's a good one! --Dweller 17:34, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wodehouse at the Wicket?? Rakuten06 18:46, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some interesting choices there but no one has it yet. It was originally written in a language other than English, so presumably the translator snuck the cricket reference in. --Roisterer 01:11, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Was it Darkness at noon?!?!? --Dweller 09:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Hungarian born Arthur Koestler's book Darkness at Noon (written in German) about an old Bolshevik about to be executed following a show trial in 1930s Russia, has, for example, this reference (p 81, Penguin Modern Classics version, pub. 1964, reprinted 1969) "a revolution conducted according to the rules of cricket is an absurdity". And as indicated, a case of Darkness at Noon would cause a suspension of play.

Now that Dweller has the correct answer, he has indicated that he may be away for a while and would I ask another question. Unfortunately, I can't think of any right now so if someone lese wants to ask a question, feel free. --Roisterer 02:32, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q350

OK, here's one. When was the last calendar year in which no Test double-century was scored? Stephen Turner (Talk) 07:59, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

1963? —Moondyne 10:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's correct. The highest score was Conrad Hunte's 182 against England. Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:30, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q351

What do the following players all have in common? William Endean, Andrew Hilditch, Mohsin Khan, Desmond Haynes, Graham Gooch, Steve Waugh and Michael Vaughan. —Moondyne 08:45, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They've all been out handled the ball. Johnlp 10:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Too easy. Your go, Johnlp. —Moondyne 13:13, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q352

The Quondams was/is a long-running ad hoc cricket team based at Oxford University and playing matches against local village sides. For a long period before, during and after World War II, it had two honorary joint-presidents: one a famous cricketer, the other famous in a different respect. Who were the two? Johnlp 13:25, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that Bradman was one, not sure about the other. —Moondyne

Yes. But I think you have to get both... Johnlp 13:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wild guess...Don Bradman and Winston Churchill Mdcollins1984 14:33, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not correct, but not that wild either. You're right to think of a wartime leader... Johnlp 14:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just out of interest there is a team photo and a coversheet of the Quondams here but only the name of one hon president! Mdcollins1984

In which case i'll try Neville Chamberlain but I can't think why! Mdcollins1984 14:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No. But the photo and coversheet are interesting. I suspect the name of the second joint-president might have been just a little embarrassing even in 1938. Though a good deal more embarrassing later. (However, the evidence is that the Quondams were not easily embarrassed!) Johnlp 14:53, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not Hitler or Mussolini is it!??!?! --Dweller 17:20, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Right sort of, er, axis, different continent. Johnlp 17:32, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Then it must've been the Japanese Emperor. --Dweller 17:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hey everyone, I'm back. Anyway, I'll take a guess at Joseph Stalin? --- Deville (Talk) 17:35, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whichever of those two it was, what an odd choice, and how bizarre that he accepted the offer! --Dweller 17:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back, Deville. And well done, Dweller. The second joint president was Emperor Hirohito of Japan. According to Alan Gibson, Hirohito was invited and wrote "a polite letter of acceptance". The Quondams then changed their name to the "Queen's College (Oxford) Imperial Quondams Cricket Club" to reflect their new joint-president. Gibson goes on: "After the war, it was suggested that the emperor should be struck from the roll. I am glad to say that the Quondams rejected this racialist proposition, on the grounds that the joint-president had suffered much, and needed no further public humiliation." In fact, the club passed a resolution sympathising with the emperor on the loss of his divine status, which was a condition of the Japanese surrender: "Again a polite note was received from Tokyo." So the full answer is Bradman and Hirohito, and it's over to you, Dweller. Johnlp 17:54, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q353

Thank you. Which former first class cricketer is notorious for his love of (the music of) Van Morrison? --Dweller 08:35, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Beefy? —Mdcollins1984 10:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I know of. --Dweller 10:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, who do we know who has done a moondance? WillE at work....

Robert George Dylan Willis is reported to have only Van Morrison, apart from Bob Dylan, of course, on his Walkman. Johnlp 14:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good effort, but Willis is notorious for his love of Dylan, not the curmudgeonly one from Belfast. Willis' third forename is a good hint to help find the identity of this cricketer, who never played Test cricket; he has an additional name in honour of Morrison, although less formally than Willis' homage to Dylan. --Dweller 14:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is it Dweller? :) --Bedders 16:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that ages ago - didn't dare guess! Mdcollins1984 16:53, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

lol!!!! I wish I had any talent for cricket. I guess I'm OK on the "loving Van the Man" bit.

Another clue: This cricketer is a less well-recognised scion of a very famous cricketing family. --Dweller 21:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"I have seen the Irish musician Van Morrison 70 times in concert. A wonderful musician - truly a genius." So said Graham Cowdrey, aged 25, in 1990. So perhaps 'tis he. Johnlp 21:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Correct! I thought someone would get it from the previous clue... Cowdrey's nickname is "Van", duly recorded in Cricinfo, as well as printed materials such as the Cricketers Who's Who. I thought I had a source that by the late '90s, he'd passed his century of Van gigs, but I can't find it! Over to you Johnlp and well done! --Dweller 22:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q354

Thanks. I'm looking for three people. One of them might have built the tracks; another could have driven the train (though not in the UK); and a third looked after the operational and safety side. But which was the only one of the three to play for the appropriate team? Johnlp 22:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think two are Nari Contractor and Farokh Engineer; the third could be Ryan Driver (or another driver, such as Richard Driver or Walter Driver or Burrell Driver or Jeremiah Driver). Contractor played for Railways cricket team (and Gujarat and India). -- ALoan (Talk) 22:41, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Except that I now find that the engineer is the engine driver, so who looks after safety? -- ALoan (Talk) 22:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think you have nine-tenths of it. Contractor and Engineer are right, and Contractor did indeed play for Railways, whereas Engineer and the undiscovered third player did not. That third player? Well, I'll probably give you a green flag to go on and set the next question anyway... and he probably would do too. Johnlp 23:28, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ah - Ghulam Guard! All India players, then. -- ALoan (Talk) 23:44, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's right. And congratulations on getting there before the estimable Tintin! Over to you. Johnlp 23:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lovely question! WillE 00:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. We should have a Hall of Fame for our best questions. This one would be in it. After 350+ questions, we should have some crackers. --Dweller 08:45, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Some useless trivia : Engineer Sr. was a doctor and FE's elder brother was an engineer but FE unfortunately took a business degree. Contractor was almost born in a train - his parents were travelling from Ahmedabad to Bombay and his mother came to labour during the journey. So when the train reached a place called Godhra (which later earned infamy in a train related incident) it was halted and he was born in a hospital there. Tintin (talk) 11:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q355

Which wicketkeeper caught Graham Thorpe to register his 200th Test dismissal in his final Test? -- ALoan (Talk) 15:16, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're thinking of Adam Parore, but it was in fact his 200th dismissal as wicket-keeper: he also took three catches as a regular fielder. Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure that I would describe a catch taken by a fielder as a "dismissal" (as opposed to a "catch"), but you are entirely correct on all fronts. -- ALoan (Talk) 15:55, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As an aside point, my take on '200th dismissal' would include any stumpings acted on as a WK. In fact I would have said that 200 dismissals would include all catches/stumpings (with the 3 as an outfielder counting inclusive in the 200). Was the above catch therefore his 200th dismissal as WK (and his 203rd overall?), or his 197th as WK and 200th overall? I'm inclined to think the latter. Its a small point, but it did get me thinking. —Mdcollins1984

The above catch was his 200th dismissal as wicket-keeper (including stumpings) and 203rd overall. He got his 200th overall in the first innings of the same match when he caught Michael Vaughan. See here for a list of all his dismissals (though I have a recollection that they're listed in batting order, not dismissal order, within each innings). Stephen Turner (Talk) 09:48, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stephen is exactly spot on - it confused me a little when I was checking my facts to pose the question. Incidentally, Adam Parore is the player with the third most Test appearances in the WP:CRIC stubs list, with a few short paragraphs (after Hashan_Tillakaratne, who I recently expanded to a few paragraphs from two sentences, and Wasim_Bari, who still has only two sentences. There are another couple of dozen with 50+ appearances and articles under 800 characters - roughly half under 400 characters).-- ALoan (Talk) 12:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q356

I'm thinking of someone who has bowled for England, but who had a first-class bowling average of 259 at the start of last season. Who is he? Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Completely wrong, I'm sure, but it's not lovable Monty Panesar is it?!?!? --Dweller 13:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Amusing but, as you say, completely wrong. Sorry. Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:53, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Is that a career FCBA of 259? 164.36.142.217 14:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, his career first-class bowling average. Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:02, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Collingwood? --- Deville (Talk) 15:16, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, Collingwood's Test bowling average is a rather nasty 245, but his first-class bowling average is about 40. Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:24, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ali Brown? --Bedders 15:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes! Ali Brown took 2 for 518 between 1992 and 2005^[18]. He improved his record dramatically in July when he took three wickets on a single day^[19], but his average is still 110.4. He also bowled a single over for England in an ODI in 1998^[20]. Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nice question. --Dweller 15:49, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q357

What was unusual about the delivery that Sir Garfield scored the last run of his 365 off? --Bedders 16:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Attacking field? --Dweller 16:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nope --Bedders 16:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Underarm?

No fielders on leg side?

No fielders on off-side?

Bowler delivered an apple instead of a ball?

Horde of pillaging Huns marauded over the outfield, happily despoiling the hospitality tents? --Dweller 16:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No ball? Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:58, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to have been the first ball of Fazal Mahmood's 86th over (85.2 overs, 20 maidens, 247 runs for 2 wickets) and the 209th over of the innings.[21] He had previously bowled the last ball of the first over of the innings after the first five were bowled by Mahmood Hussain, who then went absent hurt. There were no no balls in the entire innings (which must be some sort of record) and only 7 legbyes, 4 wides and 2 byes (13 extras) in a total of 790-3. Poor Walcott, not out 88. Was it perhaps Sobers' 38th four? -- ALoan (Talk) 17:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Difficult to see any records there - not most balls bowled, Ramadhin's 98 overs in 1957;[22] most runs conceded in an innings, Fleetwood-Smith's 298-1 in 1938;[23] or most balls in an innings...[24] -- ALoan (Talk) 17:20, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

With Sobers on 364*, Hanif Mohammad bowled the first few balls of his second over right-handed as he usually does and asked the umpire whether he could bowl left handed. The legend has it that the umpire replied that Hanif could bowl with both hands if he so desired. So Hanif sent one down with his left hand and Sobers pushed it to cover for a single. Tintin (talk) 17:31, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Good stuff.[25] Did they carry on and declare a bit later? -- ALoan (Talk) 17:42, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No. This was a little after tea. The crowd who flowed in to congratulate Sobers damaged the wicket and no further play was possible on that day. So WI declared without batting further. Tintin (talk) 17:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So how did Mahmood Hussain end with 0.5 overs, Fazal Mahmood with 85.2 overs, and all the other bowlers having completed overs (including Hanif's 2 overs for 11 runs)? Did Hanif finish off one of Fazal's overs? -- ALoan (Talk) 17:56, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tintin has it with the left handed delivery[26], I wonder if he was trying to put him off? --Bedders 18:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In a Sky Sports presentation aboput great players featuring Garry Sobers during rain at the test match on Saturday, Sobers confirmed this incident. "Do you mind if I bowl this ball left handed?" "Please do!" A clip was then shown, but was so grainy I had to watch it back several times and use the zoom facility to pick out which arm Hanif was using! 164.36.142.217 11:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Q358

Seven cricketers have performed this feat in first class cricket. The last two were Len Hutton in 1948 and Martin Crowe in 1987. What ? Tintin (talk) 07:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Huh, the only connection I could find between Crowe and 1987 is that he captained Somerset during that season (if I'm not mistaken), while Hutton was dropped for the only time in his career in 1948. --Blowtorch 10:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

4,000 runs in a calendar year? Hutton made 4,167 in 1948, Crowe 4,045 in 1987... Sam Vimes | Address me 11:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very well done. The others are Bradman (1930), Sutcliffe (1932), Hammond (1933), Compton & Edrich (1947). Compton has the world record of 4962. Tintin (talk) 11:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Q359

What was unusual about the batsmen featuring in the first Test between England and Sri Lanka (and also the two other Tests) Sam Vimes | Address me 12:10, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The top-3 in both teams were left-handers ? Tintin (talk) 12:27, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That didn't last long. Quite correct. (The first time this had happened in Tests, in fact.) Sam Vimes | Address me 12:30, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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One of the initials which present-day umpire expands to an 18 letter word ? Tintin (talk) 02:40, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit De Silva, or Asoka de Silva, if you prefer. Johnlp 08:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, John. Your turn. Tintin (talk) 02:30, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]