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New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
burkey_1988 said:
I was a great Zimbabwean cricketer. I hold a batting record for my country. Who am I and what is my record ?

Q1 - Dave Houghton ? Yes
Q2 - Highest score for Zimbabwe in Test cricket ? Not what I am looking for
Q3 - Anything to do with his debut ? No
Q4 - First Zimbabwean test centurion ? No
Q5 - First Zimbabwean to get a golden duck in an ODI ? No
Q6 - First catch by a Zimbabwean in an ODI ? No
Q7 - First Zimbabwean test centurion to coach Derbyshire ? No

Clue - it's a Test record and it's not a 'first to'
Q8. Is it a record to cherish ?
 

Burpey

Cricketer Of The Year
I was a great Zimbabwean cricketer. I hold a batting record for my country. Who am I and what is my record ?

Q1 - Dave Houghton ? Yes
Q2 - Highest score for Zimbabwe in Test cricket ? Not what I am looking for
Q3 - Anything to do with his debut ? No
Q4 - First Zimbabwean test centurion ? No
Q5 - First Zimbabwean to get a golden duck in an ODI ? No
Q6 - First catch by a Zimbabwean in an ODI ? No
Q7 - First Zimbabwean test centurion to coach Derbyshire ? No
Q8 - Is it a record to cherish ? Yes

Clue - it's a Test record and it's not a 'first to'
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
burkey_1988 said:
I was a great Zimbabwean cricketer. I hold a batting record for my country. Who am I and what is my record ?

Q1 - Dave Houghton ? Yes
Q2 - Highest score for Zimbabwe in Test cricket ? Not what I am looking for
Q3 - Anything to do with his debut ? No
Q4 - First Zimbabwean test centurion ? No
Q5 - First Zimbabwean to get a golden duck in an ODI ? No
Q6 - First catch by a Zimbabwean in an ODI ? No
Q7 - First Zimbabwean test centurion to coach Derbyshire ? No
Q8 - Is it a record to cherish ? Yes

Clue - it's a Test record and it's not a 'first to'
Is it related to his 266 against Sri Lanka.
 

Burpey

Cricketer Of The Year
was a great Zimbabwean cricketer. I hold a batting record for my country. Who am I and what is my record ?

Q1 - Dave Houghton ? Yes
Q2 - Highest score for Zimbabwe in Test cricket ? Not what I am looking for
Q3 - Anything to do with his debut ? No
Q4 - First Zimbabwean test centurion ? No
Q5 - First Zimbabwean to get a golden duck in an ODI ? No
Q6 - First catch by a Zimbabwean in an ODI ? No
Q7 - First Zimbabwean test centurion to coach Derbyshire ? No
Q8 - Is it a record to cherish ? Yes
Q9 - Is it related to his 266 against Sri Lanka ? No

Clue - it's a Test record and it's not a 'first to'
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
burkey_1988 said:
was a great Zimbabwean cricketer. I hold a batting record for my country. Who am I and what is my record ?

Q1 - Dave Houghton ? Yes
Q2 - Highest score for Zimbabwe in Test cricket ? Not what I am looking for
Q3 - Anything to do with his debut ? No
Q4 - First Zimbabwean test centurion ? No
Q5 - First Zimbabwean to get a golden duck in an ODI ? No
Q6 - First catch by a Zimbabwean in an ODI ? No
Q7 - First Zimbabwean test centurion to coach Derbyshire ? No
Q8 - Is it a record to cherish ? Yes
Q9 - Is it related to his 266 against Sri Lanka ? No

Clue - it's a Test record and it's not a 'first to'
Is it to do with captaincy ?
 

Burpey

Cricketer Of The Year
I was a great Zimbabwean cricketer. I hold a batting record for my country. Who am I and what is my record ?

Q1 - Dave Houghton ? Yes
Q2 - Highest score for Zimbabwe in Test cricket ? Not what I am looking for
Q3 - Anything to do with his debut ? No
Q4 - First Zimbabwean test centurion ? No
Q5 - First Zimbabwean to get a golden duck in an ODI ? No
Q6 - First catch by a Zimbabwean in an ODI ? No
Q7 - First Zimbabwean test centurion to coach Derbyshire ? No
Q8 - Is it a record to cherish ? Yes
Q9 - Is it related to his 266 against Sri Lanka ? No
Q10 - Is it to do with captaincy ? No

Clues
It's a Test record
It's not a 'first to'
It's to do with not doing something
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
burkey_1988 said:
I was a great Zimbabwean cricketer. I hold a batting record for my country. Who am I and what is my record ?

Q1 - Dave Houghton ? Yes
Q2 - Highest score for Zimbabwe in Test cricket ? Not what I am looking for
Q3 - Anything to do with his debut ? No
Q4 - First Zimbabwean test centurion ? No
Q5 - First Zimbabwean to get a golden duck in an ODI ? No
Q6 - First catch by a Zimbabwean in an ODI ? No
Q7 - First Zimbabwean test centurion to coach Derbyshire ? No
Q8 - Is it a record to cherish ? Yes
Q9 - Is it related to his 266 against Sri Lanka ? No
Q10 - Is it to do with captaincy ? No

Clues
It's a Test record
It's not a 'first to'
It's to do with not doing something
Is it a batting record?

If yes then is it...
He never scored a duck in 22 tests and 36 innings?
 

Burpey

Cricketer Of The Year
SJS said:
Is it a batting record?

If yes then is it...
He never scored a duck in 22 tests and 36 innings?
Yes, correct. He is the Zimbabwean to have had the most innings without scoring a duck. Your tuen SJS
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Here's a simple one.

What's special about this very impressive International XI ?

Alec Stewart (Wicket keeper)
Andy Flower
Lara
Tendulkar
Steve Waugh (Captain)
Fleming
Jayasuriya
Khaled Mashud
Wasim Akram
Pollock
T. Odoyo
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
What's special about this very impressive International XI ?

Alec Stewart (Wicket keeper)
Andy Flower
Lara
Tendulkar
Steve Waugh (Captain)
Fleming
Jayasuriya
Khaled Mashud
Wasim Akram
Pollock
T. Odoyo


Q1 Is it to do with career runs ?.....NO
Q2 Most ODIs for each country ?.....NO (though this may also be true0
Q3 To do with captaining their country ?.....NO
Q4 Most centuries ?.....NO
Q5 Is there any importance of the order that the players that they are in?.....No
 

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