New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

[SJS]

These two 'milestones' are reached by everyone but I am the first test crcketer to achieve both !
Who am I and what are these two 'milestones' ??

 

[Adamc]

These two 'milestones' are reached by everyone but I am the first test crcketer to achieve both !
Who am I and what are these two 'milestones' ??

By the sound of that q I'd guess the answer is the first Test cricketer to die, but I'm too lazy to find out who it is. Am I on the right track (the two 'milestones' being birth and death)?

 

[SJS]

By the sound of that q I'd guess the answer is the first Test cricketer to die, but I'm too lazy to find out who it is. Am I on the right track (the two 'milestones' being birth and death)?

Right on all counts

James Southerton the first test cricketer to be born on 16th Nov 1827 nearly 50 years before the first ever test match) and the first to die on 16th June 1880 (just 4 years and 3 months after the first test.

Your turn.

 

[Adamc]

Right on all counts

James Southerton the first test cricketer to be born on 16th Nov 1827 nearly 50 years before the first ever test match) and the first to die on 16th June 1880 (just 4 years and 3 months after the first test.

Your turn.

Thanks for providing the name of the player for me.

This should be an easy question:

Warren Bardsley holds what unusual record?

 

[SJS]

Thanks for providing the name of the player for me.

This should be an easy question:

Warren Bardsley holds what unusual record?

He was the first batsman ever to score two separate hundreds in a test match. He did so in the beginning of the last century on an Australian tour of England.

 

[Adamc]

Hmm, I'm sure you're correct, not the one I was thinking of though. Probably should've been a bit more specific with the question.

 

[SJS]

He was a member(scored a double century in fact) of the NSW team that scored the highest ever second innings score of 770 against South Africa. He was also, I think, a member of the NSW team that conceded the world record score of 1007 runs !! to Victoria a few years later !!!

Is that it ?

 

[Adamc]

He was a member(scored a double century in fact) of the NSW team that scored the highest ever second innings score of 770 against South Africa. He was also, I think, a member of the NSW team that conceded the world record score of 1007 runs !! to Victoria a few years later !!!

Is that it ?

No, sorry, I definitely should have been more specific. Interesting stat though.

I'll give you a clue to guide you in the right direction - it's to do with Test centuries.

 

[SJS]

No, sorry, I definitely should have been more specific. Interesting stat though.

I'll give you a clue to guide you in the right direction - it's to do with Test centuries.

Highest number of first class centuries by an Australian left hander.

 

[Adamc]

Highest number of first class centuries by an Australian left hander.

Nope - read it again, to do with Test centuries.

 

[SJS]

First batsman ever to score three centuries in consecutive test innings in 1909. The record was equalled by Sutcliffe in 1924 and then others and broken by Fingleton in 1936 when he scored four in a row.

 

[Adamc]

First batsman ever to score three centuries in consecutive test innings in 1909. The record was equalled by Sutcliffe in 1924 and then others and broken by Fingleton in 1936 when he scored four in a row.

SJS, you know too much. That's not the one I was after though! I will tell you the one I was thinking of if you like, unless you want to guess again.

 

[SJS]

SJS, you know too much. That's not the one I was after though! I will tell you the one I was thinking of if you like, unless you want to guess again.

Let me go back to utilising the format as it was meant to

Was it a record he would be happy about ?

 

[SJS]

When he scored 193 at Lords on his 3rd tour of England, it was the highest test score till then at Lords.

 

[Adamc]

Let me go back to utilising the format as it was meant to

Was it a record he would be happy about ?

Hard to say. Normally he might be, but in the circumstances, I would say that he wouldn't be too unhappy about it.

 

[Adamc]

When he scored 193 at Lords on his 3rd tour of England, it was the highest test score till then at Lords.

That's not the record I'm thinking of, but it is related to that innings.

 

[SJS]

Hard to say. Normally he might be, but in the circumstances, I would say that he wouldn't be too unhappy about it.

Has it to do with one of his centuries in England ?

 

[Adamc]

Has it to do with one of his centuries in England ?

See post above.

 

[a massive zebra]

Highest Test score in which a player has carried his bat.

 

[Adamc]

Highest Test score in which a player has carried his bat.

Nope, I think Mark Taylor trumps that comfortably.