Can you beat for the cricket guru title?

[SJS]

Adelaide Oval, January 1921

New South Wales 354 & 770 beat
South Australia 265 & 171

by 638 runs

Do you know why NSW didnt declare ?

Because they couldnt ! Declaratons were not allowed in that season !!

 

[JASON]

Question

This unique record is unlikely to be equalled because it requires a unique combination of things to come together!! It has only happened once in Wellington in NZ. What record is it ?

Bryce you should know it !!

Clue - it's a slight variation of a record which requires a unique combination !!

 

[SJS]

Question

This unique record is unlikely to be equalled because it requires a unique combination of things to come together!! It has happened in Wellington in NZ. What record is it ?

Bryce you should know it !!

Change in format if you agree ?
Q1. Is it a test match record?

 

[JASON]

Change in format if you agree ?
Q1. Is it a test match record?

Yes

 

[SJS]

Q2. Is it a batting record ?

 

[JASON]

Question

This unique record is unlikely to be equalled because it requires a unique combination of things to come together!! It has only happened once in Wellington in NZ. What record is it ?
Q1. Is it a test match record ? Yes

Q2. Is it a batting record ?

Q 2 Is it a batting record ?Yes.

 

[SJS]

January 1991.

Martin Crowe(299) and Arvinda De Silva(267), both made the highest test scores by their respective countries in the same test match.

De Silva's recoed has since been overtaken by Jayasuriya.

 

[JASON]

January 1991.

Martin Crowe(299) and Arvinda De Silva(267), both made the highest test scores by their respective countries in the same test match.

De Silva's recoed has since been overtaken by Jayasuriya.

Q 3 Is it Two batsmen making their highest score for their countries (ie Martin Crowe and Aravinda De Silva) ? No

 

[SJS]

Q4. Was it achieved by a single individual ?

 

[JASON]

Q4. Was it achieved by a single individual ?

Q 4 Was the record achieved by a single individual ? No.

 

[SJS]

Two players of the same side, both brothers, scoring hundreds in both innings of the same test match.

Greg Chappell 247 no and 133
Ian Chappell 145 and 121

at the Basin Reserve in March 1974

 

[JASON]

Two players of the same side, both brothers, scoring hundreds in both innings of the same test match.

Greg Chappell 247 no and 133
Ian Chappell 145 and 121

at the Basin Reserve in March 1974

Correct !! Well Done !!

I doubt if it will ever get equalled !! Two brothers both scoring Century in each innings of the same Test Match!!

 

[SJS]

Correct !! Well Done !!

I doubt if it will ever get equalled !! Two brothers both scoring Century in each innings of the same Test Match!!

Extremely unlikely.

BTW, what I stated earlier about Crowe's and DeSilva's records was also at Wellington and , I dont think in the post WW 2 period at least this has ever happened. I was quite sure I had got it

 

[SJS]

Grimmett and Arthur Mailey are both Australians and both leg spinners. What else is common between them ?

 

[Tapioca]

Grimmett was a calligrapher, Mailey (among other things) a cartoonist.

Mailey, in 1921, took 10 for 66 in an innings in England. (When asked about it later, he said that he could have taken 10 for 37, but it wouldn't have sounded as good). Nine years later Grimmett took 10 for 37 while touring England. AFAIK, they are the only Aussies to take 10 in England.

Am I on the right track ?

 

[SJS]

Grimmett was a calligrapher, Mailey (among other things) a cartoonist.

Mailey, in 1921, took 10 for 66 in an innings in England. (When asked about it later, he said that he could have taken 10 for 37, but I wouldn't have sounded as good). Nine years later Grimmett took 10 for 37 while touring England. AFAIK, they are the only Aussies to take 10 in England.

Am I on the right track ?

Brilliant. So I will restate my question

Grimmett and Arthur Mailey are both Australians, both leg spinners, both have taken 10 wickets inj an innings in England and both are artists (Grimmett a calligrapher and Mailey a cartoonist). What else is common between them ?

 

[biased indian]

Brilliant. So I will restate my question

Grimmett and Arthur Mailey are both Australians, both leg spinners, both have taken 10 wickets inj an innings in England and both are artists (Grimmett a calligrapher and Mailey a cartoonist). What else is common between them ?

both played thier debut test match at sydney!!!

 

[JASON]

Brilliant. So I will restate my question

Grimmett and Arthur Mailey are both Australians, both leg spinners, both have taken 10 wickets inj an innings in England and both are artists (Grimmett a calligrapher and Mailey a cartoonist). What else is common between them ?

They have both got some of the most expensive match bowling analysis in the history of Test Cricket on record !!

Mailey is the bigger culprit of the two in this regard having been regarded as "the millionaire" spinner !!(having 4 entries in the record of bowlers having conceded greater than 250 runs in a Match). 7/308 Australia v England Sydney 1924/5, 10/302 v England Adelaide 1920/1, 9/266 v England at the Oval 1926, 6/259 v England Adelaide 1924/5.

Clarrie Grimmett [generally regarded the 'Miser'(ly) Spinner with a career economy of 2.16] still gets 2 entries in the category of bowlers conceding over 250 runs in a match. 9/298 v England at the exhibition Ground Brisbane, Nov/Dec 1928, 8/272 v England at Lord's 1930.

 

[SJS]

They have both got some of the most expensive match bowling analysis in the history of Test Cricket on record !!

Mailey is the bigger culprit of the two in this regard having been regarded as "the millionaire" spinner !!(having 4 entries in the record of bowlers having conceded greater than 250 runs in a Match). 7/308 Australia v England Sydney 1924/5, 10/302 v England Adelaide 1920/1, 9/266 v England at the Oval 1926, 6/259 v England Adelaide 1924/5.

Clarrie Grimmett [generally regarded the 'Miser'(ly) Spinner with a career economy of 2.16] still gets 2 entries in the category of bowlers conceding over 250 runs in a match. 9/298 v England at the exhibition Ground Brisbane, Nov/Dec 1928, 8/272 v England at Lord's 1930.

Well. You are on the right track. Close enough to get it in one more try though thats not the exact answer.

They both have a world record which is the reason for this commonality.

What is that record ?

 

[JASON]

Well. You are on the right track. Close enough to get it in one more try though thats not the exact answer.

They both have a world record which is the reason for this commonality.

What is that record ?

Most balls bowled in a test Match ?