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Can you beat for the cricket guru title?
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SJS
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Yes. You are right on both counts.Adamc said:
Its amazing that he bowled only two balls in his ODI career and that too one each is two different matches. The first resulted in him being hit for the four runs India wanted to win and the second was hit for runs too but then the batsmen were run out going for another run and it was the last wicket pair of Zimbabwe. So Sri Lanka won. Need less to say, Mahanama has , probably the highest economy rate of anyone who has bowled in two matches or more
Well done.
Your turn.
biased indian
International Coach
who was the second player to register a score of 150 plus in test cricket??Adamc said:
WG Grace, just pipped Billy Murdoch, in the 4th Test in the history of the game (and the Ashes). Here's the score sheet -biased indian said:
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
EM Grace c Alexander b Bannerman 36 81 94 4 0
WG Grace b Palmer 152 251 294 12 0
AP Lucas b Bannerman 55 109 121 5 0
W Barnes b Alexander 28 50 67 1 0
*Lord Harris c Bonnor b Alexander 52 90 97 7 0
F Penn b Bannerman 23 35 45 3 0
AG Steel c Boyle b Moule 42 50 66 5 0
+Hon.A Lyttelton not out 11 21 32 1 0
GF Grace c Bannerman b Moule 0 2 2 0 0
A Shaw b Moule 0 6 4 0 0
F Morley run out 2 5 9 0 0
Extras (b 8, lb 11) 19
Total (all out, 210.3 overs) 420
FoW: 1-91 (EM Grace), 2-211 (Lucas), 3-269 (Barnes),
4-281 (WG Grace), 5-322 (Penn), 6-404 (Harris),
7-410 (Steel), 8-410 (GF Grace), 9-413 (Shaw),
10-420 (Morley).
Bowling O M R W
Boyle 44 17 71 0
Palmer 70 27 116 1
Alexander 32 10 69 2
Bannerman 50 12 111 3
McDonnell 2 0 11 0
Moule 12.3 4 23 3
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
AC Bannerman b Morley 32 48 54 5 0
*WL Murdoch c Barnes b Steel 0 22 19 0 0
TU Groube b Steel 11 39 44 1 0
PS McDonnell c Barnes b Morley 27 49 41 2 0
J Slight c GF Grace b Morley 11 29 35 1 0
+JM Blackham c & b Morley 0 1 2 0 0
GJ Bonnor c GF Grace b Shaw 2 9 8 0 0
HF Boyle not out 36 53 47 5 0
GE Palmer b Morley 6 17 17 0 0
G Alexander c WG Grace b Steel 6 13 20 0 0
WH Moule c Morley b WG Grace 6 15 14 0 0
Extras (b 9, lb 3) 12
Total (all out, 75.1 overs) 149
FoW: 1-28 (Murdoch), 2-39 (Bannerman), 3-59 (Groube),
4-84 (Slight), 5-84 (Blackham), 6-89 (McDonnell),
7-97 (Bonnor), 8-113 (Palmer), 9-126 (Alexander),
10-149 (Moule).
Bowling O M R W
Morley 32 9 56 5
Steel 29 9 58 3
Shaw 13 5 21 1
WG Grace 1.1 0 2 1
Australia 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4 6
AC Bannerman c Lucas b Shaw 8 7 14 1 0
HF Boyle run out 3 9 7 0 0
*WL Murdoch not out 153 316 358 17 0
TU Groube c Shaw b Morley 0 2 1 0 0
PS McDonnell lbw b WG Grace 43 75 76 9 0
J Slight c Harris b WG Grace 0 2 1 0 0
+JM Blackham c EM Grace b Morley 19 49 54 2 0
GJ Bonnor b Steel 16 23 29 3 0
GE Palmer c & b Steel 4 6 9 1 0
G Alexander c Shaw b Morley 33 56 59 5 0
WH Moule b Barnes 34 90 99 4 0
Extras (b 7, lb 7) 14
Total (all out, 176.3 overs) 327
FoW: 1-8 (Bannerman), 2-13 (Boyle), 3-14 (Groube),
4-97 (McDonnell), 5-101 (Slight), 6-143 (Blackham),
7-181 (Bonnor), 8-187 (Palmer), 9-239 (Alexander),
10-327 (Moule).
Bowling O M R W
Morley 61 30 90 3
Steel 31 6 73 2
Shaw 33 18 42 1
WG Grace 28 10 66 2
Barnes 8.3 3 17 1
Lucas 12 7 23 0
Penn 3 1 2 0
England 2nd innings (target: 57 runs) R M B 4 6
+Hon.A Lyttelton b Palmer 13 25 32 1 0
GF Grace b Palmer 0 15 2 0 0
AP Lucas c Blackham b Palmer 2 12 18 0 0
F Penn not out 27 44 46 3 0
W Barnes c Moule b Boyle 5 14 15 1 0
EM Grace b Boyle 0 1 2 0 0
WG Grace not out 9 17 20 1 0
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (5 wickets, 33.3 overs) 57
DNB: *Lord Harris, AG Steel, A Shaw, F Morley.
FoW: 1-2 (GF Grace), 2-10 (Lucas), 3-22 (Lyttelton),
4-31 (Barnes), 5-31 (EM Grace).
Bowling O M R W
Boyle 17 7 21 2
Palmer 16.3 5 35 3
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WG Grace, who scored England's first Test century, and his brothers EM and GF provided the first instance of three brothers playing the the same Test.
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Question
The Only England cricket captain to star in a film with Elizabeth Taylor, founded the Hollywood cricket club, with stars involved in cricket matches including Nigel Bruce, Laurence Olivier and PG Wodehouse !!
Once had Gubby Allen's visiting MCC tourists stopping over and being in his audience during the filming of "The Prisoner of Zenda" and another England Captain Archie Maclaren in his audience during the filming of "The Four Feathers" .
Who is he ?
The Only England cricket captain to star in a film with Elizabeth Taylor, founded the Hollywood cricket club, with stars involved in cricket matches including Nigel Bruce, Laurence Olivier and PG Wodehouse !!
Once had Gubby Allen's visiting MCC tourists stopping over and being in his audience during the filming of "The Prisoner of Zenda" and another England Captain Archie Maclaren in his audience during the filming of "The Four Feathers" .
Who is he ?
If it's not a particular stroke you are after, then I think this may be the answer -
WG was considered a pioneer in a sense because he advocated and merged the practice before then, of batsmen either adopting forward-play or backward-play throughout their careers !! WG advocated that batsmen merge (and use) both !!
WG was considered a pioneer in a sense because he advocated and merged the practice before then, of batsmen either adopting forward-play or backward-play throughout their careers !! WG advocated that batsmen merge (and use) both !!