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[Tapioca]

Pringle it was. Your turn yet again

 

[JASON]

Pringle it was. Your turn yet again

This question is a trivia on Sir Donald Bradman's cricketing career !!

Question -

In which country does Sir Donald Bradman hold the record still after nearly seven decades, for the highest number of runs scored in a domestic season in that country (with a whopping 2958 runs at an average of 134.45) ?
In what country does Sir Donald Bradman have an average of only 20.00 ?

These I believe are the only two countries that Sir Don played any cricket outside of Australia and England .

 

[Ferd]

first one Canada?
second Scotland or Ireland?

 

[JASON]

first one Canada?
second Scotland or Ireland?

Half the answer is correct!!

Since the second part is the more difficult one. (would love to give it to you ,But can't)

Congratulations to Port Adelaide BTW.

 

[biased indian]

the second one is FIJI

 

[JASON]

the second one is FIJI

Nope!!


(Clue -long journeys by between Australia and England)

 

[biased indian]

These I believe are the only two countries that Sir Don played any cricket outside of Australia and England .

i thought u might be correct on the above part thats y i gave FIJI

he also has played in USA is it the answer

 

[Ferd]

Gibraltar?

 

[JASON]

i thought u might be correct on the above part thats y i gave FIJI

he also has played in USA is it the answer

I didn't know he played in the USA also, well in that case this country is the third country outside of Australia and United Kingdom (including Scotland) that he has played in.

Clue - Test playing country

Gibraltar?

I didn't think Ships from Australia stopped in Gibraltar on their way to England. Nor do I think Cricket is big in Gibraltar!!

 

[biased indian]

I didn't know he played in the USA also, well in that case this country is the third country outside of Australia and United Kingdom (including Scotland) that he has played in.

u r wrong on that count mate

he has played in Canada,USA,FIJI and the one u r saying
that will make it the fourth country

 

[biased indian]

srilanka

 

[Ferd]

South Africa perhaps?
(Bradman was to play a game in Fiji but it was cancelled due to rain)

EDIT: On second thoughts I believe it is the above-mentioned Sri Lanka

 

[JASON]

Srilanka

That's the one !! Phew !! Here's the score card for the doubters !! Played 1 game (1 innings) out for 20 . Average 20.00

Over to you .


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Ceylon v Australia
Australia in Ceylon 1947/48
Venue Colombo Cricket Club Ground on 27 March 1948
Balls per over 6
Toss Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result Match drawn
Umpires DS de Soysa, HEW de Zylva



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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s
SG Barnes retired out 49
WA Brown lbw b Coomaraswamy 3
*DG Bradman c de Kretser b Heyn 20
KR Miller c Gunasekera b de Kretser 46 3 1
RN Harvey c Jayawickreme b Coomaraswamy 8
RA Hamence b Coomaraswamy 0
SJE Loxton c Rodrigo b de Kretser 34 1
+RA Saggers b Coomaraswamy 6
IWG Johnson not out 2
DT Ring not out 6
ERH Toshack did not bat
Extras 10
Total (8 wickets, declared, 60.1 overs) 184
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Brown), 2-68, 3-86, 4-106, 5-106, 6-144, 7-173, 8-178
Ceylon bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls
Allen 13.1 2 33 0 - -
Coomaraswamy 15 2 45 4 - -
Heyn 15 0 43 1 - -
Jayawickreme 5 1 14 0 - -
de Kretser 12 1 39 2 - -

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Ceylon innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s
S Nagendra lbw b Barnes 5
M Rodrigo c and b Johnson 26
FC de Saram not out 7
*M Sathasivam not out 6
SS Jayawickreme did not bat
BR Heyn did not bat
CI Gunasekera did not bat
S Coomaraswamy did not bat
CE Allen did not bat
RL de Kretser did not bat
+B Navaratne did not bat
Extras 2
Total (2 wickets, 19.2 overs) 46
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Nagendra), 2-38
Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls
Miller 2 1 3 0 - -
Loxton 2 1 3 0 - -
Johnson 3 2 6 1 - -
Ring 4.2 1 10 0 - -
Toshack 4 1 16 0 - -
Barnes 4 1 6 1 - -

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Note that although contemporary accounts give 8 wickets down for the Australians, they also give Barnes as ill rather than out.
Rain ended the match early.

 

[biased indian]

During the 1982-83 test series between England and Australia, a pig was let loose onto the Gabba in Brisbane with two of the English players names on it. Which ???????
if any one feels confident about the answer may ask the next question as i wont be around till thursday

 

[Jamee999]

Complete guess: Botham and Brearly

 

[steds]

Ian Botham and Eddie Hemmings

 

[Paid The Umpire]

Ian Botham and Eddie Hemmings

CORRECT!

@ 6:53 GMT

 

[JASON]

Ian Botham and Eddie Hemmings

Steds I think your answer is correct !!
So go ahead and shoot the next question .

(Although there is various reports I have read which say the pig was released at the MCG rather than at the Wollongabba ! There is also one report which says two pigs were released rather than one !! However most reports confirm the names as being Botham and Hemmings !! So We can safely assume your answer to be correct .

Can anyone who knows of this Pig in a pickle story confirm which ground it happened and how many pig/s were released etc. ?

In the meantime in Biased_Indians absence and for the sake of keeping this thread moving Steds please fire your next question !!)

 

[Paid The Umpire]

You haven't got much time left...

 

[Paid The Umpire]

My question...

Name the player has an average above fifty in Test Cricket and an average of ZERO in One Day Cricket...

Hint: Doesn't play anymore.