Quiz Draft

[Himannv]

An observation made not infrequently by Himannv's buddies towards the end of their "bro-dates"

Played.

 

[morgieb]

1. Which bowler bowled Bradman out for 0 in his final Test? Eric Hollies

2. Against which team did Herchelle Gibbs hit six sixes in an over? Daan van Bunge

3. Which county's ground features in a poem by John Arlott? Gloucester

4. Who was the first West Indian cricketer to be knighted? Frank Worrell

5. Which England captain got into a dispute with umpire Shakoor Rana in Faisalabad? Bob Willis

6. After Fred Trueman became the first player to get 300 Test wickets, who was the first to beat his record? Lance Gibbs

7. Where did Sachin Tendulkar score his first Test century? (City or ground name) Leeds

8. Which England bowler refused to use Jardine's "Bodyline" tactics on the 1932-33 tour? Gubby Allen

9. Geoff Griffin took a hat-trick for South Africa in his second Test at Lord's. Why didn't he play Tests again? Chucker.

10. The last ground to see an abandoned Test match is named after which cricketer?

Tie-breaker: Not including extras, how many runs have been scored in "World T20" tournaments? 7750

ftr.

 

[morgieb]

1. Michaelf7777777 - 10/10 (23,777)
2. Spikey - 10/10 (10,000)
3. honestbharani - 8/10 (24,000)
4. KingKallis - 8/10 (25,000)
5. zaremba - 7/10 (20,000)
6. Pothas - 7/10 (19,000)
7. GingerFurbal - 7/10 (24,300)
8. kyear2 - 7/10 (6,000)
9. rvd619323 - 6/10 (19,200)
10. marc71178 - 6/10 (10,000)
11. Himannv - 6/10 (8,000)
12. weeman27bob - 5/10 (22,000)
13. Eds - 5/10 (24,990)
14. Blakus - 5/10 (12,000)
15. Somerset - 4/10 (22,500)
16. Agent Nationaux - 3/10 (50,000)
17. morgieb - 4/10 (7,750)
18. Cabinet96 - Na

????

 

[Howe_zat]

Shouldn't I be #16, not #17? I got 4, AN got 3.

Yes fine

 

[Spikey]

it's all falling apart

 

[kingkallis]

I'll pick in 10

 

[kingkallis]

I'll pick Clive Lloyd

CricZo XI

1. Sir Jack Hobbs
2.
3.
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Clive Lloyd *
6. Alan Knott ( + )
7.
8.
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Shane Bond
11.

 

[kyear2]

Time to give Lillee an opening partner. Ian Bishop. At his best there have been few better

 

[zaremba]

Good pick.

For me, Ted Dexter please

 

[kyear2]

Team thus far.
1) Barry Richards
2)
3) Neil Harvey
4) Rahul Dravid
5) Garry Sobers
6)
7)
8)
9) Dennis Lillee
10) Ian Bishop
11)

 

[zaremba]

The Who Needs Imran Anyway XI

1.
2. CB Fry
3. Ted Dexter (c)
4. Ranji
5.
6.
7. Matt Prior (w)
8. Maurice Tate
9. John Snow
10.
11.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

I'm back to being last again. Morgieb and Howe ruined my fleeting moment of happiness. It's a conspiracy

 

[Agent Nationaux]

The Tug-O-War XI

1.
2.
3. Rohan Kanhai
4. Jack Kallis
5. Steve Waugh (c)
6. Ken Barrington
7.
8.
9. Wasim Akram
10.
11.

 

[honestbharani]

Honest Hunks:


-
-
Sir Don Bradman (c)
Sir Clyde Walcott (wk)
-
Aubrey Faulkner
-
-
Hugh Trumble
Waqar Younis
Neil Adcock

 

[morgieb]

Under-rated ****s featuring Imran Khan

1.
2. Herb Sutcliffe
3.
4. Dave Nourse
5. Everton Weekes
6.
7. Imran Khan
8.
9.
10. Joel Garner
11.

 

[Pothas]

Stan McCabe

 

[Spikey]

Pothas I will kill you

 

[Somerset]

honestbharani - 2.67
KingKallis - 3.17
GingerFurball - 4.00
Michaelf7777777 - 4.33
kyear2 - 5.50
Spikey - 6.33
morgieb - 7.67
rvd619323 - 9.00
Pothas - 9.67
Eds - 11.17
zaremba - 11.17
weeman27bob - 11.33
marc71178 - 12.00
Blakus - 13.33
Somerset - 13.50
Himannv - 13.67
Agent Nationaux - 15.50
Cabinet96 - 16.67

Not surprised to be so low down the pecking order - I actually thought my trivia knowledge was pretty good going into this! Still pleased with the way my team is taking shape regardless.

 

[Himannv]

Stan McCabe

Ah, was hoping he would come down to me.

 

[Furball]

Shoaib Akhtar