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Q221

In honour of Fiery Fred, here is a ridiculously easy question: Why on earth did Neil Hawke immediately shake Trueman's hand upon being dismissed by him at the Oval in 1964? --Roisterer 17:28, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, it has to be answered..Hawke was Trueman's 300th Test wicket, making Trueman the first bowler to take 300 Test wickets? Sam Vimes 17:40, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Hawke later said that he was the first person to congratulate Trueman and wandered off the ground happy in the knowledge that he would be the answer for countless future trivia nights. --Roisterer 17:53, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Q222

I was an opponent of a man from the same cricketing region when he broke one record, despite playing in another cricketing region, and then, in the same country later on in the year, I was 12th man for his team. Who am I? Sam Vimes 18:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Pardon?!? Kingfisherswift 19:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Hm. Not really sure how to explain it, but:

1. I played against a man from the same cricketing region as myself, and that man broke a record, but the match was played in another cricketing region.
2. Then, later on in the year, I was 12th man with the team the same record-breaking man played for, when he broke a very similar record.

Hope that helps (I realise now I've forgotten a part of the question). Sam Vimes 20:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Ahh, now you're talking. Must be Mr A.C. Cummins from Barbados, who played for Durham when Lara the fellow West Indian (same region) got his all-cricket record 501 for Warwickshire (England region), and although I don't know, I presume he was 12th man for the West Indies when Lara broke the test record with his 375 against England. If that's right, it was an extremely good question. Kingfisherswift 10:34, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I did think that it must be something like that, but the question says that he was in the same team later in the year, and Lara got his 375 before the 501. Also it says that he broke both records in the same country, and Lara got his 375 in Barbados, and his 501 in England. KingStrato 10:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

It appears I've got a lot of the details wrong (should have looked up a lot), but anyway, A.C. Cummins is the correct answer. Hopefully we can get a factually correct question this time! Sam Vimes 11:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Q223

OK, people, you have until wednesday to solve this. due to me being absent In Germany for a week. Anyway, what was special about two of Jason Gallians innings last English season (Nottinghamshire v Sussex at Nottingham, Notts v Kent at Canterbury)? Kingfisherswift 14:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

He was run out for 199 on both occasions. A unique event I believe. KingStrato 14:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

21 minutes! Too easy. Ahh well, well done anyway. Over to you KingStrato. Kingfisherswift 15:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Q224

Right, I was tempted to ask what my batting average is this season, but I thought that a little hash, so we'll go with: What rare feat have only Nuwan Zoysa, Darren Gough and Shane Warne achived? KingStrato 07:35, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Great question! I believe they are the only three players in test cricket to have taken hat-tricks and be a part of other bowlers' hat-tricks, namely Zoysa in Mohammed Sami's, Warne in Harbhajan Singh's and Gough in Warne's hat-tricks respectively. --Gurubrahma 09:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Obviously not that good a question, otherwise you wouldn't have got it yet :) Over to you. KingStrato 09:36, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Q225

Maurice Allom established a record on debut in 1930 - who came closest to emulating it in the other version of the game? --Gurubrahma 10:25, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Fidel Edwards, vs Zim, 2003-04? With all those wickets, he must have come close to a hat trick... --Dweller 10:44, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Nope, but Edwards took a wicket with his first ball, a feat achieved by only 13 men before him. 12 people have done so in test matches [1]. The bowler I have in mind would have bagged a hat-trick but for a relatively rare and bizarre occurence. --Gurubrahma 16:14, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Man, it has taken way long than I anticipated! Would it help if I were to say that this happened very recently and against relative minnows in cricket? --Gurubrahma 16:40, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Richard Johnson v Bangladesh? --Dweller 18:37, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Greetings, all. 4 Wickets in 5 balls? Also achieved by Chaminder Vaas and Saqlain Mushtaq in ODIs. WillE

Well, Allom took a hat-trick, and 4 wickets in 5 balls, on debut. Given that there have been hat-tricks and 4-in-5s in ODIs, but neither on debut, it is not clear whether "closest" means "closest to a hat-trick (or 4-in-5) on debut" (i.e. just missing a hat-trick or a 4-in-5 in a debut ODI) or "hat-trick (or 4-in-5) closest to debut"...

Neither Vaas (2003, against Bangladesh) or Saqlain (1996, Zimbabwe) are "very" recent. -- ALoan (Talk) 18:31, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking for a hat-trick, rather, a missed hat trick on debut. It happened after 2003!! --Gurubrahma 04:31, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Chris Tremlett who missed a hat-trick when Mohammad Ashraful got an inside edge to the ball which then bounced off the ground onto the top of the middle stump without dislodging the bails. Ash went to make 94 in 52 balls. Tintin (talk) 05:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Whew, Tintin gets it!! --Gurubrahma 07:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Q226

This English bowler had little success in Test cricket but very nearly became the third bowler to take a hattrick on Test debut (ie, between 1976 and 1994). He took two wickets off consecutive balls. The third one was edged to slip where it was caught by the English captain. The umpire gave the batsmen out (I think), but the captain indicated that he was not sure whether he had taken a clean catch.

Who was this unfortunate bowler ? Tintin (talk) 12:30, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Geoff Cope, 1st Test vs Pakistan at Lahore, 1977-78. WillE

Five minutes *sigh* Your turn now. Tintin (talk) 12:36, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Q227

OK, a REALLY silly one to start with.

What do David Gower, Graham Gooch and Marcus Trescothick have in common that sets them aside from other English Captains? WillE

Their first test as captain was as a stand-in for someone else? --Blowtorch 04:07, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

That may be true, but not what I'm looking for. Think "initially". WillE 13:12, 13 July 2006

Well, their initials spell real words, but they're not the only ones to do that, e.g., Alfred Shaw or Reginald Erskine Foster. Stephen Turner (Talk) 12:47, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Ref isn't a word - it's an abbreviation! That said, you're right - they are England captains whose initials spell three letter words. Over to you.WillE 14:18, 13 July 2006

Q228

Andrew Strauss is England's 77th Test captain — but how many of them have captained England in a Lord's Test? Stephen Turner (Talk) 08:44, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Harris, Steel, Grace, Stoddart, MacLaren, Jackson, Foster, Fry, Douglas, Gilligan, Carr, Chapman, White, Jardine, Wyatt, Allen, Robins, Hammond, Yardley, Mann, Brown, Hutton, May, Cowdrey, Dexter, MJK Smith, Close, Illingworth, Denness, Greig, Brearley, Botham, Willis, Gower, Gatting, Emburey, Gooch, Atherton, Stewart, Hussain, Vaughan, Trescothick, Flintoff. 43 at my count -- Bedders 09:34, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't really expecting a list! But anyway, I'm afraid that's the wrong answer. Stephen Turner (Talk) 10:18, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

OK, is it a bit of a cheek just saying "What about Strauss?" and then saying "44"? :o)WillE 81.152.51.41 14:02, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Bedders forgot Strauss. And I was very careful to say "how many of them", explicitly including Strauss. Sorry, Bedders, but it's WillE's turn. Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:23, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Q229

What was it about a two over spell by Brian Hardie, playing for Essex at the death of a match ruined by rain that made the bowler's end umpire overheat? WillE 86.129.107.219 15:27, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

{WillE - you can register for an account, you know - you are posting as an IP, but User:WillE is not taken.) -- ALoan (Talk) 15:54, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - now I have found a few more minutes spare, I've done so. WillE 19:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

PS Clue around 10pm GMT if no one has it! WillE 19:42, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the delayed clue. None when it's very hot, two when it's a bit parky and three if it's freezing, but many more here.... WillE 15:02, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Did he have a load of jumpers on and pile them all on the umpire? KingStrato 15:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Yep, well done. 12 balls, 12 jumpers! The Essex players rolled about laughing, the umpire was not amused! Over to you. WillE 16:19, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Q230

Right, why are Romesh Kaluwitharana, Stuart MacGill and Tommy Ward unique in cricket history? KingStrato 16:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

They are unique because they are the only players to have been part of two hat-tricks. Tommy Ward - twice in the same match! --Gurubrahma 16:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

12 minutes? Why did I bother asking? :) KingStrato 16:55, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Romesh Kaluwitharana and Stuart MacGill were each "part of" a third Test hat-trick, the former catching Murray Goodwin off Nuwan Zoysa, and the latter catching Brian Lara off Glenn McGrath. And Tommy Ward was the third dismissal in a hat trick twice in the same match on the same day, for a king pair on Test debut. -- ALoan (Talk) 18:30, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Q231

These two cricketers from a South Asian country competed for the same position in their country's test team. Both of them later settled in United Kingdom. Given their success with the bat they could have been called by a term, but that term came into wider usage probably only in the 1990's. Who are these players I am talking about? (And what is the term?) --Gurubrahma 05:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC) (P.S. I'd be travelling and wd be able to access the net only around Thursday morning. If you are confident enough that your answer is correct, go ahead with the next question. --Gurubrahma 05:35, 18 July 2006 (UTC))

Budhi Kunderan and Farokh Engineer are the two. Is the term 'pinch hitter' ? Tintin (talk) 05:44, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

You've got the two I was looking for. The term I wanted was "Wicket-keeping all-rounder" which seems to have become famous only after the exploits of Gilchrist. Over to you and sorry for the delay, --Gurubrahma 06:05, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

"You now have the baton and 24 hours to post a new question. If a new question is not posted by you within that time limit, the asker can post a new question in lieu of yourself." - call me stupid but it's been three days now. HELLO? Kingfisherswift 18:57, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I was not around over the weekend. Will add one today. Tintin (talk) 04:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Q232

It was in 1889 that the laws were changed to disallow this. But it has happened twice since in Test cricket - a few years after the first world war, and then a few years after the second. While these incidents are well documented, it is not very well known that it has happened a few times in Tests before 1889. For instance, somebody did this in the very first Test match and someone in the 1882 Test that created the legend of the Ashes. What change in law am I talking about ? Tintin (talk) 05:53, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Was it a run out after the batsman thought that the ball was dead? Jones, playing for Australia was run out in this fashion in the first Ashes match. --Blowtorch 06:07, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Not that one. Tintin (talk) 06:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

One change in the Laws that took place in 1889 was the increase in the length of one over from four balls to five. Is that the change? --Blowtorch 08:20, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Or is it the law that states that bowlers cannot bowl two consecutive overs in while switching ends? Blowtorch 08:43, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Does this have to do with handling the ball? As in, the batsman would be out if he prevented the ball from hitting the stumps with any part of his body? This law was modified in 1889 as wel. Blowtorch 09:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

The one that I was looking for was the clause that allowed the bowlers to bowl consecutive overs ('a bowler may change ends twice in an innings provided that he did not bowl more than two overs in succesion'). From 1889, they were allowed to change ends as often as they liked but were forbidden to bowl consecutive overs. Warwick Armstrong in 1921 and Alex Moir in 1950-51 bowled two in a row.

In the second innings of the 1882 Test match, Spofforth bowled 28 overs and the others 27. Since it was Harry Boyle who took the last wicket, it would not have possible for Spofforth to bowl more than half the overs if he had not switched to the pavilion end, from where he took most of his wickets, and bowled two overs in a row while doing so. The next hint would have been this scorecard.

Over to Blowtorch. Tintin (talk) 09:57, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Q233

Cheers, thanks. My first one here and should be quite easy. What is common between Don Bradman, Virender Sehwag, Bobby Simpson, Andy Sandham, Mark Taylor, Wally Hammond and Hanif Mohammad? Blowtorch 10:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcome Blowtorch. All have hit triple Test centuries. -- I@n 10:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Correct, but not quite there. Blowtorch 10:47, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I thought that was too easy. What about triple centuries outside their own country? -- I@n 12:30, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Good deal. All of them have scored their triple hundreds outside their own country. Bradman scored both of his 300+ scores at Headingley. Over to I@n.

Q234

I was an exciting fast/medium bowler (who could not bat) who suffered a serious on-field shoulder injury during an Ashes Test in Perth doing something that had nothing to do with cricket. Who am I? -- I@n 02:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Terry Alderman. In the 1982-83 series, picked up a shoulder injury while tackling a pitch intruder! -- Blowtorch 04:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes. I was there and I remember it well. Your go again. -- I@n 05:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Q235

I was initially not considered to be 'ODI material', but I am in possession of a unique batting record in the One Day game. Who am I and what is the record? -- Blowtorch 07:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

RS Dravid being the only one to be involved in two 300+ stands ? Tintin (talk) 07:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Aye, that's the one. Too easy I suppose. Funnily, he was the 'junior partner' in both the stands! Over to you Tintin. -- Blowtorch 08:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Q236

While walking around the Gabba on the morning of December 14, 1960, the final day of the first Test against West Indies, Australian captain Richie Benaud noticed a small bunch of clover near the boundary on one side. When questioned, the groundsman replied that it had drizzled in the morning and he was not able to mow the grass. Benaud thought of doing it himself, but then decided against it.

How did this little incident contribute to the incredible finish later in the day ? Tintin (talk) 06:05, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

The uncut clover stopped the ball going for four from a Meckiff shot. They ran two, but Hunte ran out Grout with an 80 yard throw to Alexander as they went for a third. Everyone and everything contributes in a tied match :) --Bedders 07:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

... off the sixth ball of the final over. Well done, sir ! Tintin (talk) 07:56, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Q237

I played cricket between the wars, though these days I'd probably be better off working as a Groucho Marx lookalike. Wisden Cricket of the Year and wine merchant. Who am I? --Bedders 07:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Percy Fender Tintin (talk) 07:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Ahhh, all of 8 minutes :), welll done --Bedders 07:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I hadn't known the answer but this picture looked exactly like Fender. Tintin (talk) 08:05, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Here he is. -- I@n 08:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Richard Streeton's biography of him is brilliant, well worth a read, he was a prime target of the newspaper cartoonists because of his look. --Bedders 08:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Q238

John Langridge scored eight double hundreds but never played a Test match. Which player recently scored his seventh double but is yet to play an international match. Tintin (talk) 05:52, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

As a guesstimate I would say Ben Smith of Worcestershire. KingStrato 06:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

No. A check of Cricketarchive says that he has 4 before the current round of matches. Tintin (talk) 06:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

A correction in the question : What he recently scored was his sixth first class double hundred. I looked up his scores over 200 without looking at the status of the matches. One of the seven was in a Second XI game. Sorry about this.

Hint 1: All the six doubles were in county cricket, and were for the same county. Tintin (talk) 10:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Is it Ally Brown of Surrey? --Dweller 10:40, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

No. Brown has five but has played a few ODIs Tintin (talk) 10:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Hint 2: He made a big hundred on his fc debut. Tintin (talk) 10:45, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Really struggling here, and confused by the ODI comment... you said he's never played a Test. Anyway, next guess is the better one of the MJ Powells; the one who seems to only deal in big hundreds. --Dweller 10:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I said 'international match' and Brown falls short anyway.

David Sales? --Bedders 10:55, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Powell's 299 yesterday was his third double while Sales' 225 was his sixth. Sorry Dweller but Bedders gets it. Tintin (talk) 10:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Serves me right for not reading the question correctly. Well done Bedders! --Dweller 11:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you :) --Bedders 11:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Q239

What was special about Nazmul Hossain's test match debut? --Bedders 11:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

He was only 17, and his Test debut was his first first-class match?[2] -- ALoan (Talk) 11:42, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Yep, test debut was also first class debut[3]. Not as unusual as it used to be, only happen twice in the 20th century, 3 times so far in the 21st, but 28 times in the 19th. --Bedders 11:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Lets get moving please. --Blowtorch 02:08, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

I think maybe Rule 3 should be invoked? Dingbatdan 08:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Q240

Sorry - I am a noble English first-class cricketer. My great-grandfather, grandfather, father and numerous uncles and (particularly) great-uncles also played first-class cricket. Who am I? -- ALoan (Talk) 09:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Graham Cowdrey? --Dweller 09:43, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Not who I was thinking of. Did his grandfather and great-grandfather play first-class cricket? -- ALoan (Talk) 10:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Is the present-tense deliberate? If not, can I try Ivo Bligh? --Dweller 11:06, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Ben Hutton? WillE 11:26, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

No, present tense is not deliberate - he is well and truly dead. Not either of those, though. (Are you sure their great-grandfathers played first-class cricket?) -- ALoan (Talk) 11:36, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Ivo's great-grandfather[4] played cricket that would have been first class, but to early for it to count as first class. --Bedders 12:14, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Is this a joke... is it a member of the Lord family? --Dweller 11:52, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

If not, I'd go for a Lyttelton. --Dweller 11:59, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

No, not a joke. I am after a particular individual. Name some names. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Charles J Lyttelton? (I was quite pleased with the Lord idea :-) ) --Dweller 12:39, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Charles Lyttelton, who played 104 first-class matches for Worcestershire CCC, and captained them from 1936 to 1939. He was President of the MCC in 1954, and Governor of I Zingari from 1956 to 1977. I guess he was a stroke-player: He never made the mistake of treating first-class bowlers with exaggerated respect. (!)

His great-grandfather was George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton. Cricinfo lists his 6 cricketing sons, 3 cricketing grandsons, and one great-grandson, Charles. There are also various in-laws.

Charles Lyttelton was later 10th Viscount Cobham, Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, GCMG, GCVO. His short article currently has nothing about his cricketing career.[5] -- ALoan (Talk) 13:23, 31 July 2006 (UTC)