New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

[SJS]

Q13. Was he an off spinner?.... Yes

 

[fredfertang]

Gloucestershire?

 

[SJS]

Q14. Gloucestershire? ..... YES

 

[fredfertang]

Well I think he's John Mortimore then but I am still clueless as to the batting record!

 

[SJS]

Well I think he's John Mortimore then but I am still clueless as to the batting record!

MOrtimore is correct but the record is the key part of the question

 

[fredfertang]

Something along the lines of most innings to get to 15,000 runs?

 

[Jamee999]

Worst 50:100 ratio?

 

[SJS]

An England bowler holds an all time batting record. Who is the bowler and whats the record ?

Q1. Did he make his Test Debut after 1970?..... NO
Q2. Did he make his Test debut after WW1?...... YES
Q3. Did he get to the crease more than 15 times in Tests?.... NO
...to bat that is
Q4. Is it an English-only record?....no
Q5. Was he primarily a spin bowler?.....YES
Q6. leg spin?....NO
EARLY HINT : Its a first class batting record

Q7. To do with 100s? ..... No ...
Q8. Is it Tony Lock, the most runs (10,342) in FC cricket without a century?......NO
Q9. Is this a record the holder will be pleased to relinquish? Yes, I think so
Q10. most ducks? .....Most ducks in first class cricket are by Reggie Perks and he bowled medium pace
Q11. We already know he had fewer than 15 innings - did he have fewer than 10? .....NO

Q12. Did he play for Middlesex?..... NO

Hint No. 2 : There are two aspects to this record. Only one of which the player would like to relenquish but thats the main one.
Q13. Was he an off spinner?.... Yes
Q14. Gloucestershire? ..... YES
Q15. Mortimore .... Yes
Q16. Something along the lines of most innings to get to 15,000 runs? .... NO
Q17. Worst 50:100 ratio?..... No

Another Hint : There is something in the questions asked which could have been ansewered diiferently if it was differently worded and that would have given the answer

 

[fredfertang]

Most pairs in a career?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Is the figure of 15,000 runs critically significant to the record?

 

[SJS]

Most pairs in a career?

Is the figure of 15,000 runs critically significant to the record?

No and No

 

[SJS]

Final hint : The record is not something to be proud of but to qualify for it one had to perform far above what was expected of one - well almost

 

[fredfertang]

A very large number of innings seem to have passed between his first and second centuries so on the basis that is vaguely related to conversion rates is it anything along those lines?

 

[SJS]

A very large number of innings seem to have passed between his first and second centuries so on the basis that is vaguely related to conversion rates is it anything along those lines?

NO I am afraid.

He has the highest number of ducks (143) for a FC centurion (he scored four hundreds and 65 fifties)

You want to go next ?

 

[fredfertang]

Nice one

I am at work so no access to books but try this:-

What have Greg Chappell, Donald Ramsamooj and Gerald Smithson all done?

 

[SJS]

Nice one

I am at work so no access to books but try this:-

What have Greg Chappell, Donald Ramsamooj and Gerald Smithson all done?

Donald and Gerald who ??

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Donald and Gerald who ??

That can't be answered with yes or no.

 

[SJS]

That can't be answered with yes or no.

 

[SJS]

All three have failed to score a single test run in India

 

[fredfertang]

All three have failed to score a single test run in India

to be fair this question doesn't deserve to be taken too seriously