Quiz Draft

[Howe_zat]

Still waiting on zaremba and z-man for their responses. I did say I'll leave it until tomorrow as it's the first round, but I'll definitely post the round results tomorrow before I go to uni.

 

[Jarquis]

morgieb doesn't have the guts to cheat imo

dwta.

 

[honestbharani]

sent my tie break answer.. pretty sure I am losing.. totally uncalculated guess

 

[Howe_zat]

Sends it in just in time for the results, and what value it turned out to have.

Firstly, Round 1 Answers:

1. Who hit the record first class score in 1923, and went on to break his own record in 1927? ~ Bill Ponsford

2. Which county have both Glenn McGrath and Imran Khan played for? ~ Worcestershire

3. Harry Calder has a unique distiction among the Wisden Cricketer of the Year winners - what is it? ~ He never played First Class cricket

4. At Leeds in 1952, India were reduced to 0/4 in the second innings. Name one of those four dismissed. ~ Any of Pankaj Roy, Datta Gaekwad, M.K. Mantri or Vijay Manjrekar. (Hazare played, but batted at #6.)

5. What does the G stand for in MG Bevan? ~ Gwyl

6. In what country and in what year were 8-ball overs last used in Test cricket? ~ Australia, 1979

7. Where in England did Kapil Dev score his one-day 175*? ~ Tunbridge Wells

8. Which cricketer has played the most Test matches without ever being dismissed? ~ Aizaz Cheema

9. Who bowled the first ODI delivery? ~ Garth McKenzie

10. "As for his cricketing ability ... well, if I only had half of it, I never would have been worried about bowling against a team which had eleven Bradmans". Who was Bill O'Reilly talking about? ~ Chuck Fleetwood-Smith

Tie-breaker: How many wickets have been taken in Tests? ~ 60,099

 

[Howe_zat]

Which means we have our Round 1 drafting order:

1. honestbharani - 7/10 (TB 52,000)
2. kyear2 - 7/10 (TB 71,085)
3. morgieb - 7/10 (TB 18,000)
4. KingKallis - 7/10 (TB 17,000)
5. GingerFurball - 6/10 (TB 30,500)
6. marc71178 - 5/10 (TB 73,258)
7. Spikey - 4/10 (TB 72, 812)
8. weeman27bob - 3/10 (TB 57,000)
9. rvd619323 - 3/10 (TB 63,261)
10. Pothas - 3/10 (TB 70,000)
11. Eds - 3/10 (TB 75,000)
12. Michaelf7777777 - 2/10 (TB 7,777)
13. Somerset - 1/10 (TB 61,000)
14. Blakus - 1/10 (TB 50,699)
15. Cabinet96 - 0/10 (TB 73,000)
16. Agent Nationaux - 0/10 (TB 100,000)
17. zaremba - N/A
18. z-man - N/A

The last two have just been shunted to the bottom for now. I've changed my mind about giving them a sheep, as it'll ruin the teams and provide no motivation for continuing. If I don't hear anything from either of them by the time the draft gets to them, I'll just remove them from play.

 

[morgieb]

7/10. Awesome.

 

[Howe_zat]

"Best" answers this round:

Eds - 8 ball overs were not used last in England in 1945. There wasn't much cricket that summer.

Spikey - Kapil Dev did indeed score his 175* at "some little piss ant ground no-one cares about", but your answer wasn't specific enough.

AN - given the celebrated 2000th Test took place last year, it's unlikely that nearly 50 wickets per Test have been taken.

 

[Spikey]

as if Aizaz Cheema isn't "Some little piss **** no-one cares about"

 

[Dan]

Got a lot closer to the total wickets taken than I thought.

Dire apart from that though.

 

[weeman27bob]

I'll take 8th place there. Not at all bad.

 

[Himannv]

Would have only 2 right answers if I was playing this ftr.

 

[Blakus]

Woeful. At least I got 1, Nowhere near getting any of the rest

 

[Furball]

Haha, I can't believe I got the average of 15 wickets per team per Test spot on then forgot to double it.

 

[NUFAN]

There is absolutely no way Morgie got 7 without any help.

 

[Howe_zat]

Haha, I can't believe I got the average of 15 wickets per team per Test spot on then forgot to double it.

That's pretty special.

 

[morgieb]

There is absolutely no way Morgie got 7 without any help.

You're not the only one that thought that. I'm smarter at cricket trivia than people think. I do read a **** load about cricket.

 

[Spikey]

the great thing about this draft is that if you're not happy about how you're going, you can just accuse someone of cheating

 

[NUFAN]

You're not the only one that thought that. I'm smarter at cricket trivia than people think. I do read a **** load about cricket.

Fair enough. Well done then.

Did you get the Cheema one correct? If anyone did, well done!

 

[Howe_zat]

No-one got the Cheema one correct, which I thought was weird because people kept talking about his record during the Pakistan-England series in January. It's his record by a sizeable margin too, six matches with the next best only two or three.

 

[Jarquis]

I would've got 4. Ponsford, Worcestershie, Never play FC cricket, Cheema.