Can you beat for the cricket guru title?

[Tapioca]

Tests - 1981, the South Africa - England timeless test in 1938/39.

ODIs, it was 664 - Sri Lanka 349, Pakistan 315. Has it been bettered ?

 

[Tapioca]

Oh, no. 695, India v Pakistan this year.

 

[Mr Casson]

Aye. Over to you.

 

[Tapioca]

He scored a hundred in his second one day match, and also in his second test match. He also took 5 WI in his first test match.

Who is he ?

 

[Deja moo]

Shahid Afridi ??

 

[Tapioca]

Afridi it is.

5/33 against Australia on debut, 141 at Chennai in his second test, and ofcourse the 37 ball hundred in second ODI, after not batting in the first.

 

[Deja moo]

Okay....



How long did the shortest ever test match last ?

Who is the only batsman to be given out for obstructing the field ?

Who is the only Indian test cricketer to have played Sheffield shield cricket ?

 

[SJS]

Okay....



How long did the shortest ever test match last ?

Who is the only batsman to be given out for obstructing the field ?

Who is the only Indian test cricketer to have played Sheffield shield cricket ?

Answer to second and third : Hutton and Bedi ?

 

[Deja moo]

2) Hutton is right

Bedi is wrong.

 

[SJS]

2) Hutton is right

Bedi is wrong.

Oh yes. Rusi Surti

 

[chris.hinton]

was the first question 2 days

 

[Deja moo]

much shorter than that....it wasnt a completed match .

 

[SJS]

For the first, the fifth test at Melbourne between Australia and South Africa 1931-32

 

[Deja moo]

how long did it last ?

Surti is right

 

[SJS]

For the first.

5th test at Melbourne between Australia and South Africa 1931-32

 

[chris.hinton]

how about England vs West Indies in 2000

 

[Deja moo]

^ how long did it last ? ( I'm not saying youre right )

Let me clarify....shortest match means least amount of time spent playing on the field , not necessarily with a result .

Clue: lasted less than a session in terms of cumulative minutes .

 

[SJS]

how long did it last ?

Surti is right

109 overs.

 

[Deja moo]

^ no .

 

[SJS]

^ no .

England vs Australia at Lords 1888 ?

It ended on the second day