Can you beat for the cricket guru title?

[Dasa]

^Nope, not the one I'm looking for. Something only he has done in first class cricket (as far as I know).

 

[krishneelz]

is it something to do with the amount of boundries he hit

 

[Dasa]

No. You were on the right track with the first answer.

 

[krishneelz]

ok a double century and twice missing out on a hat-trick

 

[JASON]

Krishneelz , Mate you were on the right track, only just off the mark.Roller is the only player in the history of First Class Cricket anywhere to have taken a hat trick and scored a double century in the same game.


In all fairness I think you deserve to ask the next question since you got it more or less.

BTW , Krishneelz you have got the best avatar Mate.
Its bloody Cool Man.

 

[krishneelz]

Awsome Jason dude... We need some dudes like you here out in sydney.

So thanks to Jason I have the honour of asking the next question

who was the only wicket keeper to stump Sir Donald Bradman?


and this ones for you jason

Bhausahib Nimbalkar(India) was on 443*, with one day to go in a first-class match, just 9 short of the then world record 452* held by Bradman, but was unable to play on the final day, because he had to go and get married.

Funny but sad eh

 

[SJS]

Bhausahib Nimbalkar(India) was on 443*, with one day to go in a first-class match, just 9 short of the then world record 452* held by Bradman, but was unable to play on the final day, because he had to go and get married.

Funny but sad eh

Sorry to disappoint you Krish. This story has gained currency but isnt true. The fact is that Kathiawad, the opponents, once they realised Nimbalkar would make a world record, decided not to take the field since they did not want to get into the record book for negative reasons.

Don was never stumped in tests so it must have been in a first class game

 

[JASON]

Awsome Jason dude... We need some dudes like you here out in sydney.

So thanks to Jason I have the honour of asking the next question

who was the only wicket keeper to stump Sir Donald Bradman?

George Duckworth,off the bowling of Hedley Verity, during the Australian tour of 1934 playing for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Australia.

 

[SJS]

I have been able to find one instance of Bradman being stumped, by Duckworth off verity for 132 in 1934 playing for Australia vs HDG Levenson-Gower XI.

Considering that he was stumped 11 times in first class games in his career, I doubt if Duckworth stumped him everytime.

For example in 1927-28 he was stumped in the game against Victoria in the sheffield shield. Probably his first such dismissal in first class cricket.

Sheffield Shield, 1927/28
New South Wales v Victoria
Sydney Cricket Ground
26,27,28,30,31 January 1928 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: New South Wales
Umpires: WG French and AC Jones
Balls per over: 8

Close of play:

Day 1: New South Wales 349/7 (Oldfield 18*, Nicholls 39*)
Day 2: New South Wales 533, Victoria 158/1 (Woodfull 74*, Hendry 73*)
Day 3: Victoria 422, New South Wales 0/0 (Phillips 0*, Jackson 0*)
Day 4: New South Wales 353/8 (Bradman 134*, Mailey 11*)
New South Wales 1st innings
JM Gregory lbw b Morton 12
A Jackson c Hendry b a'Beckett 11
TJE Andrews c & b Morton 4
*AF Kippax b a'Beckett 134
JG Morgan b Blackie 110
DG Bradman st Ellis b Blackie 7
NE Phillips lbw b a'Beckett 0
+WAS Oldfield c sub (AJW Lansdown) b a'Beckett 101
CO Nicholls b a'Beckett 110
AA Mailey b a'Beckett 12
RLA McNamee not out 8
Extras (b 16, lb 1, w 1, nb 6) 24
Total (all out, 123.6 overs, 476 mins) 533

FoW: 1-25, 2-25, 3-31, 4-276, 5-290,
6-291, 7-291, 8-495, 9-510, 10-533.

 

[SJS]

All of Don's stumpings :

KEEPER (Team- Season)

- AT Hack (S Australia 1927-28)
- JL Ellis (Victoria-1927-28)
- Duckworth (Leverson-Gower XI-1934)
- D. Tallon (Queensland – 36-37)
- OI Lovelock ( W Australia 37-38)
- A Wood (Yorkshire – 1938)
- HG Davies (Glamorgan – 1938)
- EA Baker (Victoria 46-47) 1st innings
- EA Baker (Victoria 46-47) 2nd innings
- PK Sen (India 47-48)
- EH Edrich (Lancashire – 1948)

 

[JASON]

It appears from SJS's comments above, that this question is erroneous. Since Krishneelz has not come back to acknowledge the correct answer, I will go ahead and ask the next question.


Question -

Who was the only bowler to claim Bradman's wicket 'hit wicket' in tests ?I believe there is only one other instance that Bradman was out hitwicket in a FC match. When, Where ? ( I could be wrong on the second part)

Answer to question in bold wins. (should be an easy one for SJS )

 

[SJS]

It appears from SJS's comments above, that this question is erroneous. Since Krishneelz has not come back to acknowledge the correct answer, I will go ahead and ask the next question.


Question -

Who was the only bowler to claim Bradman's wicket 'hit wicket' in tests ?I believe there is only one other instance that Bradman was out hitwicket in a FC match. When, Where ? ( I could be wrong on the second part)

Answer to question in bold wins. (should be an easy one for SJS )

Yes. Thats an easy one. Lala Amarnath had him hit wicket for 185 in the first test at Brisbane in Dec 1947. It was the Don's 101st first class hundred having got the century of centuries a couple of weeks earlier also against the hapless Indians

 

[JASON]

Yes. Thats an easy one. Lala Amarnath had him hit wicket for 185 in the first test at Brisbane in Dec 1947. It was the Don's 101st first class hundred having got the century of centuries a couple of weeks earlier also against the hapless Indians

Correct . I am not sure about the second part, but it has been claimed that Don Bradman's only other instance of being out hit wicket was in Sri Lanka(then Ceylon) in this match-

Australia in Ceylon, 1929-30
Ceylon v Australians
Colombo Cricket Club, Colombo
3 April 1930 (1-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Australians
Umpires: AC Amath and WS Flindall


Australians innings
WH Ponsford c van Geyzel b Kelaart 62
SJ McCabe c Horan b Siedle 20
DG Bradman hit wicket b Joseph 40
*WM Woodfull c Kelaart b Horan 54
VY Richardson c de Silva b Kelaart 6
AG Fairfax c Horan b Kelaart 19
EL A'Beckett b Kelaart 10
TW Wall c Gunasekera b Joseph 5
A Hurwood b Kelaart 10
WAS Oldfield not out 1
+CW Walker b Kelaart 4
Extras 2
Total (all out, 77.5 overs) 233

FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-233.

Bowling O M R W
Horan 21 4 73 1
Gunasekera 7 2 31 0
Siedle 12 0 38 1
Kelaart 29.5 4 65 6
Brindley 3 1 10 0
Joseph 5 0 14 2




Over to you for next question.

 

[SJS]

Correct . I am not sure about the second part, but it has been claimed that Don Bradman's only other instance of being out hit wicket was in Sri Lanka(then Ceylon) in this match-

Australia in Ceylon, 1929-30
Ceylon v Australians
Colombo Cricket Club, Colombo
3 April 1930 (1-day match)

Over to you for next question.

Yes thats right. Sunce this match is not considered a first class game nor listed under second class or First Grade games, I couldnt locate it even in The Bradman Albums which list all his innings.

next question shortly

 

[SJS]

Here is an interesting one.

Which is the most 'undesirable' maiden over ever bowled ??

 

[marc71178]

Something from back when no balls and wides did't go against the bowlers anaylsis I guess, but wouldn't know when.

 

[SJS]

Something from back when no balls and wides did't go against the bowlers anaylsis I guess, but wouldn't know when.

\Yes from those times.

In 1935-56, MCC's vs NZLand at Dunedin, JH Human bowled 30 balls in one over !!

24 normal deliveries and an assortment of 24 wides and no balls. He wasnt scored off in the over so it was a maiden in those days

You can ask next Marc.

 

[marc71178]

Which bowler conceded the most runs scored in an over (in any form of Cricket) by the first ICC ODI player of the year?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Alex Tudor?

 

[Paid The Umpire]

Not sure what you mean by the question but here goes:

S. Jayasuriya has twice scored 30 off an over versus both A. Sohail and C. Harris (although A. Sohail had a noball in his over)