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[edit] Q681

When did the obscure Brett Williams outscore the combined totals of Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq? --Travisbasevi (talk) 13:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

1988 at the youth World Cup. Also easily outscored Hussain, Atherton, Ramps, Cairns, Kaluwitharana, Mongia, Adams & Law. Great group of players. The-Pope (talk) 14:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Amusing to see Caddick there for New Zealand and Mullally for Oz --Bedders (talk) 07:59, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

88 Youth World Cup it is. --Travisbasevi (talk) 08:25, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q682

Which similar records do Adam Gilchrist, David Murray (cricketer), Wayne B. Phillips and Eric Petrie hold? The-Pope (talk) 08:55, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Most stumpings, highest proportion of stumpings,most catches without a stumping and erm.... 164.36.38.240 (talk) 12:48, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

...most Tests as a wicketkeeper without a stumping? Johnlp (talk) 13:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

They're all keepers who have opened the batting in a Test innings.. is that a "record" though--124.168.215.86 (talk) 04:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

No one has it yet, a few are close. The 4 records are the same, just with different qualifications. 2nd and 3rd on the lists are (in the same order as the original 4 names) [[Mark Boucher) with 5 players equal 3rd including MS Dhoni and Vikram Solanki; Steve Palframan & 3 players equal 3rd: Kevin Wright, Gareth Hopkins and Jimmy Maher; Matthew Prior & Eric Petrie; Alan Smith & Wayne James. The-Pope (talk) 04:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Am I alone in finding this last hint almost totally incomprehensible? Presumably if I knew the answer it would be obvious... Johnlp (talk) 05:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

No confusion was intended... a better hint is to look at their career stats. Then think how could you have 4 sub-cats of a record. Then think why some of those cats have mainly old players, some mixed, some just very recent, and why/how would 5 players be tied for third place? The-Pope (talk) 08:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

stumping on the first match as captain's debut. . . . ?

I didn't think this would stump people for so long. Maybe it was too confusing. Seemed clear enough to me, but I know the answer! A bigger hint: The 4 sub-cats are (in order) Twenty-20; ODIs; Test; Combined Test/ODI/Twenty20. So, to clarify the question...Which single record has the following leaderboards:
Twenty-20: Adam Gilchrist, Mark Boucher with 5 players equal 3rd including MS Dhoni and Vikram Solanki;
ODIs: David Murray (cricketer),Steve Palframan & 3 players equal 3rd: Kevin Wright, Gareth Hopkins and Jimmy Maher;
Tests: Wayne B. Phillips, Matthew Prior & Eric Petrie;
Combined Test/ODI/20-20: Eric Petrie Alan Smith & Wayne James?  :
The-Pope (talk) 21:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Aha! Most wicket-keeping catches without a stumping. --Travisbasevi (talk) 23:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

That's the one. Thanks to the new Statsguru for making it easy to search for obscure records like this. The-Pope (talk) 12:27, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q683

In terms of centuries in World Cups, what did Chris Gayle become the first (and only) person to achieve when he hit 119 v Kenya in 2003? --Travisbasevi (talk) 17:48, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Outscore the opposition in a world cup game? KingStrato (talk) 18:02, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
A decent guess, but there's a few of those - Amiss and Turner in the first ever round of World Cup matches for starters. The record is based on one of his previous achievements. --Travisbasevi (talk) 19:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Hundred partnerships against all opposition played against? WillE (talk) 14:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
No. Another clue: Someone may currently be halfway to emulating him. --Travisbasevi (talk) 15:07, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Crap clue. The other achievement in question was a big unbeaten ton against Bangladesh. --Travisbasevi (talk) 15:36, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I am new here..You guys have an interesting thing going on here. Am taking a wild guess - scoring 100s in both U-19 and intl world cups 117.192.227.130 (talk) 15:44, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
A faultless start. Welcome, the next question is yours. --Travisbasevi (talk) 12:17, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q684

What similar records are held by the following set of players - Marvan Atapattu, Graham Gooch, Matthew Hayden, Dave Houghton, Len Hutton, Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara, Seymour Nurse, Bill Ponsford ? 117.192.224.98 (talk) 17:38, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

All have scored ducks and made scores of over 200. 164.36.38.240 (talk) 12:46, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
No, I am sure that there are countless batsmen who have achieved that 'feat'. This, however, is a complete list. 117.192.224.88 (talk) 19:02, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Does it have anything to do with highest scores - three of these players have held the highest Test score record, and some have held/still hold their country's highest score. - --Roberry (talk) 20:12, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
It sure has something to do with highest scores but not in the way you think - some of them are in there for their highest scores while some are not. And you are right in the sense that these records pertain to a particular innings by each of the batsmen - 2 each were scored against Australia and South Africa while none against India or Pakistan. 117.192.225.159 (talk) 21:44, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Highest score against each test playing nation? WillE (talk) 23:02, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Highest score for each type of dismissal? Gooch 133 handled ball, Ponsford 266 hit wicket, etc --Bedders (talk) 08:18, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
You got it Bedders. It was interesting to see that some players in the highest test scores list also got out in odd fashions (Hutton, Gooch etc.) 117.192.225.159 (talk) 09:22, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q685

Don Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar, Jack Hobbs, Neil Harvey, Garry Sobers/Viv Richards, Aravinda de Silva, Sachin Tendulkar, Javed Miandad, Sachin Tendulkar/Marcus Trescothick/Mahela Jayawardene and Matthew Hayden hold which set of records? --Bedders (talk) 10:18, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Most Test centuries against each opponent
Bradman, 19 v England
Gavaskar, 13 v West Indies
Hobbs, 12 v Australia
Harvey, 8 v South Africa
Sobers/Richards, 8 v India
de Silva, 8 v Pakistan
Tendulkar, 7 v Sri Lanka
Javed Miandad, 7 v New Zealand
Tendulkar, Trescothick, Jayawardene, 3 v Bangladesh
Hayden, 1 v Rest of World

Marvan Atapattu seems to have been left off - he has 5 centuries against Zimbabwe. - --Roberry (talk) 16:46, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Correct, sorry about the missing person :) --Bedders (talk) 07:37, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, but if you're counting Hayden's hundred against the Rest of the World then you have to count Eddie Barlow's brace. So we count neither, right? ;op WillE (talk) 22:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Are those games regarded as Test matches? I didn't think they were, but the Aus v ROW match is an 'official' test match - --Roberry (talk) 23:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
Not in my view it ain't. The ROW teams can't be compared. The recent one was well below par and didn't seem to care about the result - the ROW world team in 1970 certainly did, and indeed Sobers only played because he was guaranteed that the matches would count as test matches. Common sense will eventually prevail, and the 'test' match will be downgraded to 'only' first class status. WillE (talk) 17:11, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q686

Following the theme of recent questions, what is the link between the following: David Sheppard/Colin Cowdrey, Colin Bland, Ken Barrington, Tom Graveney, Clive Lloyd, Saleem Malik, David Boon, Darryl Cullinan, Nasser Hussain, Michael Clarke? - --Roberry (talk) 23:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I think a clue is needed. No-one will be joining the list for about 3 years, and a Kiwi has the best chance at joining the list --Roberry (talk) 00:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Still nothing? Chances are the next person to join the list will do so while playing a Test match in New Zealand, but it will be about 3 years before the opportunity will arise - --Roberry (talk) 14:08, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Stumped.... WillE (talk) 20:56, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

The list is related to venues - why are there 10 members of the list, and why would no-one be joining the list for 3 more years, and why is it likely the next venue would be in New Zealand?--Roberry (talk) 21:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I thought it could be the highest score in a venue's 50th test, as Clarke did it at the Gabba last year in it's 50th test and the Kiwi grounds are currently on 47 matches, hence the 3 years clue. But it doesn't seen to match for Lords or Port of Spain... hmm... they aren't in the same order as the records page list, Cullinan has the Port of Spain record, Barrington the Lords one, etc so I'm locking it in Roberry. The-Pope (talk) 22:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

You are correct - it is the highest scorer at each venue's 50th Test. The players are listed in the order of the venue's 50th Test. The next question is all yours to ask --Roberry (talk) 04:00, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q687

Aamer Sohail and Craig McDermott coincidently each got out 80 times in test cricket, but they each had one dismissal that was mildly notable at the time, but is very significant now. The equivalent in ODIs are Hansie Cronje & Robbie Kerr. What is the link? The-Pope (talk) 08:37, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Warne's and Murali's first test and one day wickets? 164.36.38.240 (talk) 13:03, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
1 of the four correct: McDermott is Murali's first test wicket. But Warne's first test wicket was Ravi Shastri... and in ODIs they were PK Amre and Andrew Jones...but you are on the right track. The-Pope (talk) 15:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
They are the first wickets of the bowlers with most wickets in Test and ODIs (McDermott-Murali in Tests, Kerr-Akram in ODIs) and the first catches of the wicketkeepers with most dismissals (Sohail-Boucher in Tests and Cronje-Gilchrist in ODIs) 117.192.225.23 (talk) 21:59, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
That's it. Can I ask that the IP only participants get a username (which in many ways is more anonymous than a location/company specific IP) so that they can be part of the leaderboard - and we can ensure it's the same person if it's a dynamic IP. The-Pope (talk) 23:00, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
I will pass the chance to ask a question. The-Pope can you take this up? Thanks. 117.192.225.200 (talk) 21:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q688

Ok Mr 117.192.225.*, I will. In ODI cricket, what has been done by only 33 players, and only two players, Courtney Walsh and Saleem Jaffar have done it twice, the other 31 players only once. The-Pope (talk) 15:11, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

First ball duck? --Roberry (talk) 17:29, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Wicket with the first ball of a match? Jonesy (talk) 23:28, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

It is a batting related stat, but I think 1196 players, not 33, have got first ball ducks. Jaffar only seems to have opened the bowling once, so nope, not that. A clue: Derek Underwood was the first guy to do it. The-Pope (talk) 05:35, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Being the number 11 batsman in 1 wicket wins? Got to say that last night I was staring at Jaffar's high proportion of not outs (11 from 13) in an otherwise wholly unremarkable ODI career, but I needed the Underwood clue to get anywhere. Top Q (if I'm right!)... --Travisbasevi (talk) 10:54, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Of course you are right Travis, you're never wrong. Amazing to think only 35 times that the last pair has got the runs. Thought about how often and by who it's been done when Bracken & Lee couldn't do it the other night. The-Pope (talk) 11:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q689

In a variation of the classic football/tube question (which are the only two English league clubs without any letters of the word "mackerel" in them - Ipswich Town and Swindon Town; which is the only tube station without any - St John's Wood), who is the only Australian Test cricketer with all of the letters of "mackerel" in his name? This is using initialised names in the form of AN Other which are standard on Cricinfo, Cricket Archive etc scorecards. --Travisbasevi (talk) 12:40, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

And the prize for the weirdest question yet goes to... Mackerel? Tube Stations? Bizzare. MJ Clarke is the answer. what next, highest scrabble score names?The-Pope (talk) 12:57, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Does MJ Clarke count? it only has one e in it. KingStrato (talk) 13:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, that's the closest (by the Cricinfo Aussie Test caps list) No English, Kiwi, Indian, Pakistani, Zimbabwean, Bangladeshi or West Indian players match it, but South Africa's JM Blanckenberg and Sri Lanka's MRCN Bandaratilleke also contain the fish. The-Pope (talk) 13:20, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
And taking the original "no letters" approach there are 35 test cricketers with no mackerel letters, including GB Hogg, FH Tyson, HH Gibbs, DH Gough, NS Sidhu and DT Hondo. Excel is your friend for Qs like this. The-Pope (talk) 13:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Clarke was the one I was looking for, and a well done for finding the other two that I knew of. I would've opened up the question to all countries, but variations in the spelling of Asian names (especially Pakistani names and Indian initials) makes it a bit tricky. I'll take the weirdest question prize as a compliment, although scrabble scores sounds like a fantastic idea - certainly can't find that answer on Statsguru. --Travisbasevi (talk) 20:02, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
BTW Ipswich Town has a "c" in it. I think you have to go down the football pyramid to reach Whitby Town before you get the next mackerel-free team after Swindon. ;-) Johnlp (talk) 21:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Blow me down, you're right! You don't want to know how many times I've accepted Ipswich as being an answer and then even double-checked when I was typing this question. There's something about that word which causes my brain to short-circuit... --Travisbasevi (talk) 23:56, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I forgot that the rise and rise of Histon gives another! Johnlp (talk) 00:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
My local team! Stephen Turner (Talk) 08:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q690

Got to think of another question... Which record does Jonty Rhodes hold with a 1 game lead over Inzamam-ul-Haq. Azharuddin, Kallis, Martyn & Ranatunga fill the next few spots. The-Pope (talk) 14:07, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't know the answer to the question, but I have just corrected a reference to "Trevor Basevi" in the Jonty Rhodes article! Johnlp (talk) 14:42, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
A clue or two: it's related to one of my previous questions (I ran out of ideas), but not to scrabble scores. Most commentators would be surprised that Damien Martyn is the leading Aussie for this record, not a left-handed part-time spinner who gets mentioned for this stat all the time. The-Pope (talk) 03:26, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Hitting the winning runs in a ODI? Or just being at the crease at the time. If so, I would assume the part time spinner is Michael Bevan. KingStrato (talk) 06:39, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately, AFAIK, the stats for hitting the winning runs haven't been kept except since the ball by ball commms have been kept (Travis or others: do you know if the comms from the old IRC #cricket (or was it #cricinfo?) were logged and kept? They go back to about 94 or so I think - I used to do some of them!) But, KingS's other answer is right, they were there until the winning runs were hit... ie a not out in a winning 2nd innings run chase. "The Finishers" as Tony Greig and his mates like to call them... and generally it's followed by "as Michael Bevan used to do so successfully". Well Bevo only actually lasted until the winning runs 25 times, eight players, including 3 Aussies did it more often - Jonty leading the way with 33 opportunities to grab a stump or three. The-Pope (talk) 14:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q691

Struggling for questions now, but we can go with this: What links the following openers? John Wright, Sunil Gavaskar, Bruce Laird, Geoff Cook, Kepler Wessels, Gordon Greenidge, Wayne Phillips, Chris Broad, Ken Rutherford and Geoff Marsh? --KingStrato (talk) 07:25, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure about all of them, but did they or could they all have played for more than one country? It's probably that with a bit more detail, so I'm off to the books.... well, cricinfo anyway BradK (talk) 07:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
They all have cricket playing offspring? --Bedders (talk) 08:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Not the answer I'm looking for. --KingStrato (talk) 18:22, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Carried their bat in an ODI? --Jonesy (talk) 21:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Nope, I'll give a clue in the morning, before I go to work. --KingStrato (talk) 22:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok, a clue. It has something to do with test matches in Australia. --KingStrato (talk) 07:11, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Something like facing the first ball of every Test series in Australia starting in the 1980s? --Travisbasevi (talk) 09:42, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
That's the one. Over to you. --KingStrato (talk) 18:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q692

Who gives the link between the Eng v NZ at Manchester 1949 Test and the Pak v WI at Karachi 2006/07 Test? --Travisbasevi (talk) 18:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

The guy I'm looking for only links the post-war record, Wilfred Rhodes provides the overall record. --Travisbasevi (talk) 18:16, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, the first match was the debut of t'old bald booger. But surely even he wouldn't have turned out in the second one? Anyway, Close holds the postwar record of longest Test career, while Rhodes has the all-time record. Johnlp (talk) 18:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
I wouldn't say that's unrelated. --Travisbasevi (talk) 20:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
And the 2006-07 match was Lara's last... So the link might be Gordon Greenidge who played in Close's last and Lara's first? Johnlp (talk) 21:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's it. The longest span for two players with one degree of separation. The 57 years for Close-Greenidge-Lara coming up pretty short behind WG Grace-Wilfred Rhodes-George Headley (and a dozen other combinations) which lasts for 73 and a half years from England's first home Test in 1880 to 1954. --Travisbasevi (talk) 08:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

And you suspect you might be a cricket nerd when you find it humorous that a 21 year old Rhodes on debut would be 29 years younger than the oldest guy in the team. Imagine the unbeatable length if Grace was treated to a full Test career. --Travisbasevi (talk) 08:39, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q693

A Scottish religious figure, a pioneer of the Oregon Trail and a prize-winning conductor - how are the three linked through a unique continental event in cricket? Johnlp (talk) 20:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC) Clue wanted? The continent in question is not European nor Australasian. And the uniqueness relates to a tour. Johnlp (talk) 22:20, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Canada vs USA related? Dunno...WillE (talk) 23:05, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Right longitude, wrong hemisphere. Johnlp (talk) 23:48, 10 March 2008 (UTC) And tomorrow's Featured Article on the Main page is a bit of a giveaway... Johnlp (talk) 23:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

John Knox, Robert Stuart and Richard Latham all toured as part of the South American cricket team in England in 1932. –MDCollins (talk) 00:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

That's it. Well done. (Though the conductor was actually James Paul.) Over to you. Johnlp (talk) 08:08, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Cool - Robert Latham is conductor of St Paul's Knightsbridge Choir, so that makes 2 of them!. 694 on the way. –MDCollins (talk) 11:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q694

Why has a score of 119 in January 1935 remained in the record books? Who scored it? –MDCollins (talk) 11:46, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Myrtle MacLagan's 119 was the first in a women's Test? Johnlp (talk) 12:50, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

That's the one. –MDCollins (talk) 13:10, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q695

Whose benefit match featured the last inter-war centurion? And who was the centurion? Johnlp (talk) 00:57, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Assuming that you mean first class centurion it depends on what you pick as the start date for World War II. The standard in the UK is either 1 September, when Germany invaded Poland or 3 September when Britain declared war. Norman Yardley appears to have scored the last first class century before matches were cancelled due to the war[1], but his was scored on either 31 August or 1 September so may not be an inter-war century. Len Hutton and George Cox scored centuries in the same match, but reached three figures before Yardley. Cox's was almost certainly scored in August so may be the last before the war. In another match Sandy Singleton scored a century either on 30 August or 31 August.
I don't know who the benefit match was for. --KingStrato (talk) 07:50, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I was thinking on the basis that war for cricket-playing nations didn't start until it was officially declared on 3 September by the boss-man of Britain, its empire and its dominions. Johnlp (talk) 08:19, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

WWII definitely started on 3 September. According to our article on Hedley Verity, it was Jim Parks senior's benefit match. Stephen Turner (Talk) 10:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Jim Parks No 1 it is, and pretty bad timing for a benefit too, one suspects. The last centurion therefore was Yardley. I think it goes over to you, Stephen. Johnlp (talk) 16:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

BUMP! WillE (talk) 16:15, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Oops, sorry, I forgot. I'll try and come up with a new question later today. Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:26, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q696

Who was the first first-class centurion after the Armistice at the end of World War I? And what was unusual about this match? Stephen Turner (Talk) 18:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Palwankar Vithal got 149 for India v England on 21 November 1918 in a 12-a-side match. Johnlp (talk) 20:20, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Yup, that's the one. Stephen Turner (Talk) 21:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
There's something else odd too with the scorecard for the Indians' first innings. The score at the fall of the fourth wicket was 72. But the first and fifth batsmen both scored more than that.[1][2] Stephen Turner (Talk) 21:56, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Odd. A misprint in an original report, perhaps? It can't have been a temporary retired hurt, either, because the No 6 batsman scored too many as well. Johnlp (talk) 22:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q697

Which over-enthusiastic souvenir hunter was left fuming at the end of a match? Johnlp (talk) 22:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Wouldn't have been Glenn McGrath would it? I seem to remember he and Stuart MacGill having a disagreement after a match over who would get to keep the ball. Jonesy (talk) 23:59, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

You're in the right area geographically and in terms of the souvenir. But the word "fuming" was chosen deliberately... Johnlp (talk) 00:07, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

And if I added that the player in question handled the situation rather badly, would that help? Johnlp (talk) 10:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

WH Scotton for Smokers v Non-smokers (Melbourne 1886-87). This is a repeat of Q646. 117.192.226.251 (talk) 17:17, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

You're right. Sorry about that: hadn't spotted that one. Anyway, over to you, whoever you are! Johnlp (talk) 17:57, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q698

Who was once badly misquoted while talking about cricket, when a reporter mis-heard his comment as "lowest" when he actually said "slowest"? It caused a storm of protest, as his remark came soon after his country won the World cup. 117.192.226.64 (talk) 05:40, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

No guesses? His achievements include a knighthood and nominations for an Academy Award as well as the Nobel Peace Prize. 117.192.226.64 (talk) 19:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
That would have to be Bono. —Moondyne click! 07:45, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
When did Ireland win the World Cup? --Bedders (talk) 09:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
That's right Bedders. I am talking about a much older person who was a writer. 59.96.34.75 (talk) 09:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Dear anon, would you mind creating an account, or logging on if you already have one? —Moondyne click! 12:12, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the link!! Been searching for it all along :) This is Mr. 117.192.*.*. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 18:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Arthur C Clarke? --Roisterer (talk) 22:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Correct, it is Arthur C Clarke. According to him, his comment that cricket is the "slowest form of life" was misquoted. This happened after Sri Lanka won the world cup. SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 06:50, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q699

Which record, held by Everton Weekes, did Peter Sleep break? --Roisterer (talk) 00:26, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Most runs in a Lancashire League season (1621 in 1991 for Rishton). Johnlp (talk) 00:31, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Five minutes; not quite the record but it gets close. The book I have on the history of the Lancashire League posits that Sounda broke the record due to a fall in the quality of bowling in the League but this South Australian prefers to believe that it's a case of a fellow underrated Croweater finally getting his due. --Roisterer (talk) 00:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q700

Which Test player, in a first-class (but not Test) match, was recorded in the scorebook as "retired, thinking he was caught... 0"? Johnlp (talk) 10:15, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

J Southerton of Surrey at The Oval in 1870 (vs MCC). SeaTurtlesMate (talk) 10:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

That's it. Well done and over to you. Nice name, BTW. :-) Johnlp (talk) 12:32, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sussex v Yorkshire at Brighton, 30 Aug-1 Sep 1939