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Can you beat for the cricket guru title?
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SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Okay to settle this one.Deja moo said:
Even if my answer to Tapioca's question is correct, I dont get to ask.
Deja Moo can ask next but the correct answer will ony get an alpplause but not the right to ask a question.
The Bryce will take his 'original' right to ask a question and the answer to that will decide on the continuation of the GURU TITLE.
OKAY ??
Answer to Tapioca's question -Re oldest breakable record must be - oldest Test Debutant - being James Southerton at 49 years 119 days.Tapioca said:
Also WE Midwinter - first Englishman to play for Australia. (subsequently played 4 Tests for England between his tests for Australia.
or is it something to do with MCG being the inaugural Test ground ?
Anyway here is something about Billy Midwinter from Wisden cricinfo player page of interest-
Billy Midwinter, who played Test cricket for both England and Australia, was a sound batsman and useful medium-pacer, was born in Gloucestershire, but after emigrating he made his Test debut against England, in the inaugural Test at Melbourne in 1876-77. He played eight Tests for Australia, either side of his four appearances for England, which came in Australia in 1881-82. Midwinter was famously kidnapped by WG Grace in 1878, when he was due to play for Australia against Middlesex, but was instead taken to play for Gloucestershire against Surrey at The Oval
. He suffered mental problems after the death of his wife and two children, and died in an asylum in Melbourne in 1890. Martin Williamson
Who's turn is it to ask next question Tapioca or Deja Moo ?
I suspect Deja Moo now gets his turn.
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Southerton's is the oldest breakable record. It is unlikely to be broken, but at the same time we have a recent 47 (or so) year old ODI debutant in Nolan Clarke.
Bannerman's is the record for %. The next two in that list are Slater (123/184 in 1998/9 Ashes) and Laxman 167/26?
Who is next ?
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Re MCG, Midwinter etc - the question specifically excluded 'first something' sort of records.
Bannerman's is the record for %. The next two in that list are Slater (123/184 in 1998/9 Ashes) and Laxman 167/26?
Who is next ?
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Re MCG, Midwinter etc - the question specifically excluded 'first something' sort of records.
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biased indian
International Coach
What the hell is happennig 
pls stick to the rules and only one question and one person asking a question at a time pls
pls stick to the rules and only one question and one person asking a question at a time pls
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Cricket Web Green Member
Harbhajan--147.0--26--424---16---2.88--26.50--55.16
Kumble-----135.3--20--399---18---2.94--22.17--45.16
warne------102.3--17--318---10---3.10--31.80--61.50
Horrific/Doubtful out given aganist
INDIA - 4 **** Australia- 2
only outs are taken into consideration as its difficult to see every single decision made by the umpires (all figures after the 2nd test)
Which of these is the question
Harbhajan--147.0--26--424---16---2.88--26.50--55.16
Kumble-----135.3--20--399---18---2.94--22.17--45.16
warne------102.3--17--318---10---3.10--31.80--61.50
Horrific/Doubtful out given aganist
INDIA - 4 **** Australia- 2
only outs are taken into consideration as its difficult to see every single decision made by the umpires (all figures after the 2nd test)
Which of these is the question
Deja moo
International Captain
All right.....I'm taking my turn now.....
Here goes. Whoever gets all 3 correct gets to ask the next question. In case no one gets all 3 right within 24 hours, the first to get 2 correct gets a turn to ask his question:
1)7 bowlers from this country have taken test match hat-tricks . 6 of them played for the same first class team in the domestic competition. Which first class team are we talking about ?
2)5 umpires officiated in this test match , including the twelfth man from one of the teams . Which test are we talking about , and who was that only 12th man to ever officiate as an umpire in the same match ?
3)Who was the first number 11 to score a First class century ?
Here goes. Whoever gets all 3 correct gets to ask the next question. In case no one gets all 3 right within 24 hours, the first to get 2 correct gets a turn to ask his question:
1)7 bowlers from this country have taken test match hat-tricks . 6 of them played for the same first class team in the domestic competition. Which first class team are we talking about ?
2)5 umpires officiated in this test match , including the twelfth man from one of the teams . Which test are we talking about , and who was that only 12th man to ever officiate as an umpire in the same match ?
3)Who was the first number 11 to score a First class century ?
Since 24 hours have passed after the posting of the answers and Deja Moo has not come back to confirm the answers, I am going ahead with the next question. (assuming all three answers to be correct)JASON said:
(Deja Moo, please confirm this when you next visit this thread.)
Question -
In the first Test of the current India v Australia Test series, Glen Mcgrath achieved a minor landmark/record . What was it ?
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Correct.Ferd said:
Glenn McGrath topped the tally of bowlers to inflict most ducks in Test cricket when he won a LBW shout against Aakash Chopra in his favour in first innings. It was 80th time McGrath was returning a batsman back to pavilion without letting him open his account.
He moved ahead of West Indian Courtney Walsh and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram, who had dismissed 79 batsmen on duck. At the end of this Test, McGrath has taken his tally to 82 ducks from 98 matches.
Ferd, over to you for next question.
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SJS
Hall of Fame Member
It has never bene done !Ferd said:
PS : Just to clarify.
Carrying the bat through the innings means :
1. the batsman opened the innings
2. he played right through AND remained unbeaten (not retired hurt or ill)
3. All other batsmen in the team available to bat (other than any retired or ill) were out
4. The innings was not incomplete ie wickets were left due to any reason (declared, won, time ran out, weather intervened etc)
Ferd, I agree with SJS has not ever been done!!SJS said:It has never bene done !
PS : Just to clarify.
Carrying the bat through the innings means :
1. the batsman opened the innings
2. he played right through AND remained unbeaten (not retired hurt or ill)
3. All other batsmen in the team available to bat (other than any retired or ill) were out
4. The innings was not incomplete ie wickets were left due to any reason (declared, won, time ran out, weather intervened etc)
But I wonder this instance where it came close to being done was what you had in mind.
Arthur Morris being last out for Australia, and Len Hutton carrying his bat through for England.
The Ashes, 1950/51, 4th Test
Australia v England
Adelaide Oval
2,3,5,6,7,8 February 1951 (6-day match)
Result: Australia won by 274 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 4-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: AN Barlow and AF ****s
Test Debuts: JW Burke (Aus); R Tattersall (Eng).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 254/3 (Morris 140*, Miller 24*)
Day 2: Australia 371, England 96/2 (Hutton 56*, Compton 5*)
Day 3: England 272, Australia 34/1 (Archer 12*, Hassett 5*)
Day 4: Australia 285/5 (Burke 37*, Johnson 1*)
Day 5: Australia 403/8d, England 114/3 (Simpson 23*, Sheppard 6*)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
KA Archer c Compton b Bedser 0 2 3 0 0
AR Morris b Tattersall 206 462 23 0
*AL Hassett c Evans b Wright 43 144 1 1
RN Harvey b Bedser 43 99 3 0
KR Miller c Brown b Wright 44 87 4 0
JW Burke b Tattersall 12 35 1 0
IWG Johnson c Evans b Bedser 16 57 2 0
RR Lindwall lbw b Wright 1 11 0 0
+D Tallon b Tattersall 1 6 0 0
WA Johnston c Hutton b Wright 0 5 0 0
JB Iverson not out 0 6 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) 5
Total (all out, 96.5 overs) 371
FoW: 1-0 (Archer), 2-95 (Hassett), 3-205 (Harvey),
4-281 (Miller), 5-310 (Burke), 6-357 (Johnson),
7-363 (Lindwall), 8-366 (Tallon), 9-367 (Johnston),
10-371 (Morris).
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 26 4 74 3
Warr 16 2 63 0
Wright 25 1 99 4
Tattersall 25.5 5 95 3
Brown 3 0 24 0
Compton 1 0 11 0
England 1st innings R M 4 6
L Hutton not out 156 370 11 0
C Washbrook c Iverson b Lindwall 2 9 0 0
RT Simpson b Johnston 29 88 1 0
DCS Compton c Tallon b Lindwall 5 30 0 0
DS Sheppard b Iverson 9 60 0 0
*FR Brown b Miller 16 37 0 0
+TG Evans c Burke b Johnston 13 46 0 0
AV Bedser lbw b Iverson 7 5 1 0
R Tattersall c Harvey b Iverson 0 4 0 0
JJ Warr b Johnston 0 10 0 0
DVP Wright lbw b Lindwall 14 62 1 0
Extras (b 15, lb 5, nb 1) 21
Total (all out, 92.3 overs) 272
FoW: 1-7 (Washbrook), 2-80 (Simpson), 3-96 (Compton),
4-132 (Sheppard), 5-161 (Brown), 6-195 (Evans),
7-206 (Bedser), 8-214 (Tattersall), 9-219 (Warr),
10-272 (Wright).
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 13.3 0 51 3
Miller 13 2 36 1
Johnson 15 2 38 0
Iverson 26 4 68 3
Johnston 25 4 58 3
Australia 2nd innings R M 4 6
KA Archer c Bedser b Tattersall 32 115 2 0
AR Morris run out 16 28 2 0
*AL Hassett lbw b Wright 31 97 1 1
RN Harvey b Brown 68 108 9 0
KR Miller b Wright 99 207 8 0
JW Burke not out 101 245 9 0
IWG Johnson c Evans b Warr 3 40 0 0
RR Lindwall run out 31 56 5 0
+D Tallon c Hutton b Compton 5 22 0 0
WA Johnston not out 9 21 1 0
Extras (b 7, lb 1) 8
Total (8 wickets declared, 101.6 overs) 403
DNB: JB Iverson.
FoW: 1-26 (Morris), 2-79 (Archer), 3-95 (Hassett),
4-194 (Harvey), 5-281 (Miller), 6-297 (Johnson),
7-367 (Lindwall), 8-378 (Tallon).
Bowling O M R W
Bedser 25 6 62 0
Warr 21 0 76 1
Wright 21 2 109 2
Tattersall 27 2 116 1
Brown 3 1 14 1
Compton 4.6 1 18 1
England 2nd innings (target: 503 runs) R M B 4 6
L Hutton c sub b Johnston 45 90 5 0
C Washbrook lbw b Johnston 31 115 0 1
RT Simpson c Burke b Johnston 61 148 7 0
DCS Compton c sub b Johnston 0 1 2 0 0
DS Sheppard lbw b Miller 41 194 3 0
+TG Evans c Johnson b Miller 21 38 2 0
AV Bedser c Morris b Miller 0 1 0 0
R Tattersall c Morris b Johnson 6 21 1 0
JJ Warr b Johnson 0 6 0 0
DVP Wright not out 0 3 0 0
*FR Brown absent hurt -
Extras (b 15, lb 3, w 2, nb 3) 23
Total (all out, 78.6 overs) 228
FoW: 1-74 (Hutton), 2-90 (Washbrook), 3-90 (Compton),
4-181 (Simpson), 5-221 (Evans), 6-221 (Bedser),
7-228 (Sheppard), 8-228 (Tattersall), 9-228 (Warr).
Bowling O M R W
Lindwall 10 2 35 0
Miller 13 4 27 3
Johnson 25.6 6 63 2
Johnston 27 4 73 4
Burke 3 1 7 0
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