Can you beat for the cricket guru title?

[JASON]

OK, here's an easy one.

Question
This happened twice in the history of Test Cricket in 1884 and 1980.
What was it ?

 

[Burpey]

eleven bowlers in an innings?

 

[JASON]

eleven bowlers in an innings?

Too easy for you wasn't it !! OK your question now.

 

[JASON]

Question

A cricketer who took 5 wickets on Test Debut, and a batting average of 46. Never to play Test cricket again . Who is he? Why did he not play again ?

 

[social]

Question

A cricketer who took 5 wickets on Test Debut, and a batting average of 46. Never to play Test cricket again . Who is he? Why did he not play again ?

Tony Dodemaide

 

[Dasa]

OK, here's an easy one.

Question
This happened twice in the history of Test Cricket in 1884 and 1980.
What was it ?

Also happened in 2002 - India vs West Indies 4th Test.

 

[Dasa]

Question

A cricketer who took 5 wickets on Test Debut, and a batting average of 46. Never to play Test cricket again . Who is he? Why did he not play again ?

Mick Malone. Didn't play again because he'd signed up for World Series Cricket.
If this is correct, can someone else take the question?

 

[JASON]

Tony Dodemaide

Dodemaide played 10 Tests and has a batting average 22 odd.

 

[JASON]

Also happened in 2002 - India vs West Indies 4th Test.

Thanks for the correction, Mate.

Don't know whats happening to me, but lately all the questions I keep posting, the answers I come up with are being proven wrong !!

 

[JASON]

Mick Malone. Didn't play again because he'd signed up for World Series Cricket.
If this is correct, can someone else take the question?

Correct.

 

[JASON]

OK here's another question - Probably easy for some.

Question

A captain who asked one of his openers to run the other out , Was knighted (reason uncertain - quite possibly for services to cricket)
by appearance a favourite of cricket caricaturists (short Plumpy), was not considered to be a player worthy of First class standard let alone Test standard !!

Who is he ?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Sir Henry "Shrimp" Leveson Gower?

 

[JASON]

Sir Henry "Shrimp" Leveson Gower?

No. But a very good thought !!

 

[deeps]

inzimam ul haq asking Salman butt to run the big man out, so that he cld get bak to eating some biriani?

 

[JASON]

inzimam ul haq asking Salman butt to run the big man out, so that he cld get bak to eating some biriani?

Another brilliant thought but not the right answer.

 

[Jamee999]

Someone chasing a target wanting someone to score his 1000th(sic) run?

 

[JASON]

Someone chasing a target wanting someone to score his 1000th(sic) run?

No

 

[Jamee999]

No-ones gonna get it.

 

[JASON]

No-ones gonna get it.

OK here's a clue -

He was one of the earliest Captains of his country and it was before the 50s.

 

[JASON]

OK here's another clue,

He was not English