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[Tapioca]

Who was the first US president to watch a cricket Test Match ?

Which Test did he watch and where ?

Eisenhower. Karachi, 1959-60, Aus v Pak.

He left, making some comment about the slow nature of the game.

 

[JASON]

Eisenhower. Karachi, 1959-60, Aus v Pak.

He left, making some comment about the slow nature of the game.

Correct.

Over to you for next question .


( three cheers to Dubya !! )

 

[Tapioca]

President Zia ul Haq watched India - Pakistan tests atleast twice. He famously came to Jaipur too watch Gavaskar's 10000th run, instead saw him score a first ball duck.

Why did Zia attend the Lahore test of 1984/5 ?

A hint will be added in a couple of hours, if it stays unanswered.

 

[JASON]

President Zia ul Haq watched India - Pakistan tests atleast twice. He famously came to Jaipur too watch Gavaskar's 10000th run, instead saw him score a first ball duck.

Why did Zia attend the Lahore test of 1984/5 ?

A hint will be added in a couple of hours, if it stays unanswered.

It was Gavaskar's 100th Test , and General Zia was keeping a promise to Gavaskar that he will be present personally. (Apparently he cancelled all his appointments to be there for Sunil Gavaskar's 100 hundredth Test !!)

 

[Tapioca]

Back to you

 

[SJS]

It was Gavaskar's 100th Test , and General Zia was keeping a promise to Gavaskar that he will be present personally. (Apparently he cancelled all his appointments to be there for Sunil Gavaskar's 100 hundredth Test !!)[/QUOTE]

100 hundredth test ??

Thats a helluva lot of test matches

 

[JASON]

Question -

Member of a great team of the past .
A full forward for St. Kilda in Aussie rules, scored 52 goals to top Saints goal kicking tally in a particular year, scored his only Test century against South Africa (with 101) . Scored 80 and took 3 wickets in 2 innings against India on Test Debut. Was a Victorian Country Liberal Party Member of Parliament later.

 

[SJS]

Sam Loxton.

 

[JASON]

Sam Loxton.

Didn't take you too long, despite my futile attempts to disguise the question !!

Over to you !!

 

[SJS]

What came earlier in cricket ..leg spin or off spin ?

PS : We are talking of right handed bowlers bowling to right handed batsmen

Since it has only two possible answers, one of the first two ansers will make it. To avoid that I am adding this rider.

Provide evidence of your answer OR name the bowler recorded in cricket history as the first to bowl the second type of spin.

 

[Tapioca]

Leg spin.

In the days of the underarm bowling, it was the natural way to bowl. On the other hand, offbreak was 'invented' c.1791 by a 'farmer named Lambert' who played for Hambledon.

 

[SJS]

Leg spin.

In the days of the underarm bowling, it was the natural way to bowl. On the other hand, offbreak was 'invented' c.1791 by a 'farmer named Lambert' who played for Hambledon.

Well done.

His name was Lamborne and not Lambert though Nyren has wrongly recorded it as Lambert. He was also called the Little Farmer.

Incidentally the words 'break' and 'spin' were not used then, it was actually called 'twist'

Your turn.

 

[Tapioca]

Who is being described here by Neville Cardus ?

Flight was his secret. Flight and curving length. Now faster, now lower. Now higher, now lower. Every ball like every other ball, yet somehow unlike. Each over in collusion with the rest, part of a plot; Each ball a decoy, a spy sent out to get the lie of the land. Some balls simple, some complex; some easy, some difficult. And one of them - ah, which ? - the master ball.

Sligtly different versions of this exist.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Hedley Verity?

 

[Tapioca]

No

 

[biased indian]

Wilfred Rhodes

 

[Jamee999]

Laker?

 

[Tapioca]

Wilfred Rhodes

Tha's got it.

 

[Tapioca]

What happened to the biased one ?

 

[biased indian]

Name the two similar records held by Wasim Akram and shane warne in ODI and Test cricket respectevely???