Can you beat for the cricket guru title?

[Jamee999]

Yes and No.

 

[Burpey]

I swoop in.

What do: Norman Gifford, Asif Iqbal, Geoff Cook, Alan Donald and Vikram Solanki have in common that is unique?

Clue please Jamee

 

[Jamee999]

ALL of them achieved it at Lords.

 

[archie mac]

Is it that they took 4 wkts in each innings of a Lord's Test but failed to have their name on the honour board for not taking 5 for?

Is it anything to do with the Lords honour board?

 

[greg]

Man of the match in a losing cause in a Lords final

 

[SJS]

Is it that they took 4 wkts in each innings of a Lord's Test but failed to have their name on the honour board for not taking 5 for?

Is it anything to do with the Lords honour board?

It cant be test matches, Solanki has not played any. I think its a FCC thing but one or more of these players may have achieved it in tests too.

 

[SJS]

Man of the match in a losing cause in a Lords final

I think you got it. I am pretty sure thats it.

 

[SJS]

I think you got it. I am pretty sure thats it.

- Vikram Solanki : C&G Finals 2004
- Norman Gifford : Gillette Cup Finals 1963
- Derby vs Northants : Natwest Finals 2005

I am sure one can find the others.

 

[Jamee999]

It is Man of the Match in a losing cause in the major Cup final (Not B and H or Twenty20).

Well done greg and SJS.

Decide among yourselfs who will go next.

 

[JASON]

Question

The attached picture is of a famous person of a by gone era . Who is he ? What was the famous book he wrote ?

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Question

The attached picture is of a famous person of a by gone era . Who is he ? What was the famous book he wrote ?

Kafka - The Trial.

 

[JASON]

Kafka - The Trial.

No the book was on Cricket !!

This individual was an era after Kafka !!

 

[Pedro Delgado]

No the book was on Cricket !!

This individual was an era after Kafka !!

I'm just playing silly buggers again.

Hmmmm, so it's after 1924...there's a clue.....

I don't know.

 

[JASON]

I'm just playing silly buggers again.

Hmmmm, so it's after 1924...there's a clue.....

I don't know.

Clue 1 - He served in the First World War, before achieving what he did !!

 

[Pratters]

Clue 1 - He served in the First World War, before achieving what he did !!

Neil Harvey?

 

[JASON]

Neil Harvey?

No !

This person never played cricket ! (at least not Test Cricket !!)

Clue 2
He achieved fame with his Poetry !

 

[archie mac]

No !

This person never played cricket ! (at least not Test Cricket !!)

Clue 2
He achieved fame with his Poetry !

Sassoon?

 

[JASON]

Sassoon?

Very close - he was a very close associate and friend of Siegfried Sassoon!!

 

[SJS]

Very close - he was a very close associate and friend of Siegfried Sassoon!!

Rupert Brooke

 

[JASON]

Rupert Brooke

Afraid not !

Clue 3
Surname starts in same alphabet though !!