Can you beat for the cricket guru title?

[SJS]

Should I wait for him to confirm or go to my question - reproduced here -

Question

Only 3 Cricketers in the history of Test Cricket have held catches of their own Team Mates while fielding as substitute fielders for the opposition .
Who are they ?

Clue they are all from one country !! (sort of ) Now that's a clue !!

I think you should wait for him. From my research the two fielders who hold the world record for the maximum catches by a substitute firlder (in tests) is four by Gursharan Singh and Younis Khan.

So better wait mate !

 

[Burpey]

Taking two catches in their debut match. I am sure there are many others who did that but I cant find anything else ??

No

 

[Burpey]

Record for substitute catches ?

Yep

 

[JASON]

OK guys lets revert to my question above then .

 

[SJS]

Yep

You mean Strudwick held the record, which was broken by Haroon Rashid and then broken by Gursharan ??

 

[Burpey]

No ... they all hold the record (to my knowledge it hasn't been broken)

 

[SJS]

No ... they all hold the record (to my knowledge it hasn't been broken)

An extraordinary feat:
Five centuries in Pakistan's first innings score of 546 for 3 wickets declared in August 2001, equalled the world record for most centuries in a Test innings. In Australia's total of 758 for 8 declared vs. West Indies at Kingston in 1954-55, five batsmen had recorded hundreds.
Younis Khan in Bangladesh's second innings of 148 in August 2001, took four catches as substitute fielder - a record.

 

[Burpey]

An extraordinary feat:
Five centuries in Pakistan's first innings score of 546 for 3 wickets declared in August 2001, equalled the world record for most centuries in a Test innings. In Australia's total of 758 for 8 declared vs. West Indies at Kingston in 1954-55, five batsmen had recorded hundreds.
Younis Khan in Bangladesh's second innings of 148 in August 2001, took four catches as substitute fielder - a record.

You have proven me wrong ... my apologies

 

[Somerset]

An extraordinary feat:
Five centuries in Pakistan's first innings score of 546 for 3 wickets declared in August 2001, equalled the world record for most centuries in a Test innings. In Australia's total of 758 for 8 declared vs. West Indies at Kingston in 1954-55, five batsmen had recorded hundreds.
Younis Khan in Bangladesh's second innings of 148 in August 2001, took four catches as substitute fielder - a record.

Wow, Younis must've been busy. Really that's an incredible statistic for someone who wasn't even in the Pakistani XI!

I guess it's back to Jason's question then? *groan*

 

[SJS]

Wow, Younis must've been busy. Really that's an incredible statistic for someone who wasn't even in the Pakistani XI!

I guess it's back to Jason's question then? *groan*

Sorry. I cut and pasted from a report which creates confusion. But the facts are correct. The sub catcher in B Desh'a second innings in the score card below is Younis Khan


2001-2002 Asian Championship - 1st Test
Multan Cricket Stadium (29/08/2001 - Pakistan v Bangladesh)

Toss: Bangladesh
Result: Pakistan Won by an Innings and 264 Runs
Man of Match: D Kaneria

Bangladesh (1st Innings)
Total All Out 134
41.1 overs @ 3.26 rpo


Pakistan (1st Innings)
Total 3 wickets declared 546
114.5 overs @ 4.75 rpo


Bangladesh (2nd Innings)
R BF 4 6
Javed Omar c Abdul Razzaq b Waqar Younis 4 17 0 0
Mehrab Hossain c Rashid Latif b Waqar Younis 9 18 1 0
Habibul Bashar not out 56 97 5 0
Aminul Islam c subb Kaneria 18 40 2 0
Akram Khan c sub b Kaneria 8 21 1 0
Naimuir Rahman (c) c sub b Kaneria 4 16 0 0
Khaled Mashud (k) c & b Kaneria 0 1 0 0
Enamul Haque c Yousuf Youhana b Kaneria 7 7 1 0
Hasibul Hussain c sub b Kaneria 31 23 4 1
Mohammed Sharif c Rashid Latif b Waqar Younis 3 7 0 0
Manjural Islam b Waqar Younis 2 3 0 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 3) 6
Total All Out 148
41.1 overs @ 3.60 rpo

 

[JASON]

Because I want the thread to move along I will give another clue - They were all Aussies and the catches were made in the 1880's . I will be offline soon , so will check answers tomorrow!!

 

[Burpey]

WL Murdoch, GF Vernon, and AH Jarvis

 

[Burpey]

WL Murdoch, GF Vernon, and AH Jarvis

Sorry, it's Murdoch, Jarvis, and CTB Turner, not Vernon

 

[SJS]

Sorry, it's Murdoch, Jarvis, and CTB Turner, not Vernon

Now, where did you find that bit of info ??

 

[Burpey]

From cricinfo : CTB Turner emulated WL Murdoch and AH Jarvis by holding a catch while substituting for the opposition.

I am sure this is correct so I will post a question seeing Jason will be gone for a while

 

[Somerset]

Now, where did you find that bit of info ??

I looked around and couldn't find anything either. Where did you find that Burkley?!

 

[Burpey]

Now, where did you find that bit of info ??

I have a book with the scorecard of every Test from 1877 to 1984 - I just flicked through the 1880s looking at Australian scorecards

 

[Somerset]

I have a book with the scorecard of every Test from 1877 to 1984 - I just flicked through the 1880s looking at Australian scorecards

Ah, that would certainly help. How long ago did that book come out just out of interest?

 

[Burpey]

Ah, that would certainly help. How long ago did that book come out just out of interest?

It's called 'The Wisden Book of Test Cricket', published in 1985

 

[Burpey]

What was Viv Richards the first (and to my knowledge the only) person to achieve in an ODI?