Quiz Draft

[Spikey]

I just noticed Kallis is gone. bummer

 

[zaremba]

Seems I was marked wrong for "Launceston" on the basis that I didn't name the (only) ground in Launceston. Feeling tearful, humiliated and distressed. Still I doubt either blakus or rcd will nick the player I want this round so I will suck it up.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah, in hindsight I really should've allowed the town (a few people said Canberra as well), but after I'd gone ahead and specified the question as asking for the ground name in the thread I couldn't really go back on that.

 

[Furball]

Furball a machine on the tie breaker.

Happy with that though, expected much worse.

Got lucky with that, had been looking at the top run scorers after Dravid retired. Got a bit lucky with the Murali question as I had been wondering recently who the 800th was.

edit: BC Lara

 

[Furball]

Have changed pick if no-one objects.

 

[kyear2]

Denis Lillee (young tearaway edition), as furball has changed his pick.

Team thus far:
Gary Sobers
Denis Lillee

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Sachin Tendulkar for my next pick please

Charter 77 So Far

Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar

 

[Spikey]

Ian Botham


Gilchrist
Botham

 

[G.I.Joe]

Would have scored 5/10, ftr.

 

[Jarquis]

Would've had 8 as I thought the 26+ over asked for both and I could only name Johnson.

 

[Cabinet96]

Really should've got number 2. Disappointed I didn't. For question 5 I was stuck between Northern Territory Cricket Ground and NTCA, and I went for the wrong one. Oh well.

 

[Howe_zat]

Have just corrected an error in the order - rvd619323 did better than Blakus on the tie-breaker but was incorrectly listed behind him.

 

[kingkallis]

Sorry guys, I was travelling so couldnt pick. Will pick in 10...

 

[kingkallis]

I'll take Sir Jack Hobbs as my 2nd pick...

Sir Jack Hobbs
Malcolm Marshall

 

[ankitj]

Surprised at how far off some guesses on the tie breaker were.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I am really bad at this quiz draft.

 

[weeman27bob]

In hindsight, I never, ever make the right picks in drafts, and I'm sure this'll be more of the same.

Fred Trueman

 

[Furball]

How many rounds we doing?

 

[kyear2]

I was guessing 11 or 12. Should get much more interesting as we get further along when all the ATG's are off the board.

 

[honestbharani]

1. Which bowler took 9/86 at the MCG in 1979, with the last seven wickets falling for one run? ~ Sarfraz Nawaz

2. Four batsmen have hit 26 or more off an over of Test cricket. Brian Lara and Shahid Afridi are two, name one of the other two. ~ Mitchell Johnson or Craig McMillan

3. In what year was Pakistan's first Test? ~ 1952

4. Which bowler has conceded the most Test runs? ~ Anil Kumble

5. Name an Australian cricket ground to have hosted internationals but not Tests. ~ Any of Manuka Oval, Lavington Sports Ground, Harrup Park, Berri Oval, NTCA Ground, TCA Ground, Devonport Oval, Eastern Oval, Docklands Stadium (aka Telstra Dome) or the ANZ Stadium (aka Stadium Australia)

6. Why did the last ever "timeless" Test at Durban end in a draw? ~ The visitors (England) had to catch their boat home

7. Which Sussex and England batsman scored 154 on Test debut in 1896? ~ KS Ranjitsinhiji

8. Who said: "Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended."? ~ George Bernard Shaw

9. Who hit the first Test triple-century? ~ Andy Sandham

10. Who was Murali's 800th Test wicket? ~ Pragyan Ojha

Tie-Breaker: How many career runs have been scored between the top three Test run-scorers? ~ 41,958

mate.. how did you consider that second question? Did we have to get BOTH right?