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Q1221

What did Suresh Raina become only the fourth person to do today? Ovshake (talk) 15:44, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Score a test debut century in presence of SRT :) ?? The others being Amre,Ganguly,Sehwag Sumant81 (talk) 17:19, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome. :D What do you mean by "in presence", though? Being in the same team? Because Dravid was at the other end for Ganguly, and More for Amre, if I remember correctly. And no, it isn't what I had meant. Ovshake (talk) 18:29, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hint 1: The second and the third instances were achieved earlier this year, and the first one in 2007. Ovshake (talk) 18:27, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Century in all forms of International cricket, i.e. Test, ODI and T20. Boonee

Precisely. Your turn, Boonee. Ovshake (talk) 06:42, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q1222

Name the man who converted his first six Test Fifties into Centuries. Boonee

I was thinking of Neil Harvey, but he had a 56* after his fourth. Ovshake (talk) 06:12, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not even Everton Weekes, whose five hundreds were followed by a 90 run out. Ovshake (talk) 06:18, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

But it holds for George Headley. Ovshake (talk) 06:25, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, George Headley it is. Boonee

Q1223

Which cricketer has won the man-of-the match award in 75% of the ODIs his team has lost? Ovshake (talk) 21:56, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The South Australian Dutch Player Tom Cooper Sumant81 (talk) 03:53, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Over to you. He has done it thrice in four defeats. Ovshake (talk) 05:59, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm - I think I misinterpreted the question, but haven't the Netherlands lost 30 matches? That threw me off track somewhat. Looking at it now, I see you meant his team, as in the team when he was on the field, not his team - the team was representing. So they have lost 4 times in his 7 matches, not his country's 55 matches (30 defeats). No wonder I couldn't find it - the closest teams I could find were the Asian/African composite XIs who lost 4 times in total (usually to the Australians).—User:MDCollins (talk) 21:27, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sumant, will you? Ovshake (talk) 13:13, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

sorry been delayed by too much work Sumant81 (talk) 18:36, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q1224

Who ends of this ordered list as of today James Southerton,Fred Grace,George Coulthard,Fred Morley....____ ?Sumant81 (talk) 18:36, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Tindill? The others being the first, second, third and fourth Test players to die? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 22:14, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct,A rather macabre list for a change,order of deaths of test cricketers. Sumant81 (talk) 03:13, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q1225

Which Test occurrence has taken place over 30 times, and last occurred in two consecutive games in 1984? It should have happened in this game as well, but didn't [1]. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 14:37, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A test match ending before the rest day? Since rest days were dispensed with a while ago, the 2001 test seems to indicate an exception and possible the reason for this question... VasuVR (talk, contribs) 15:47, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that there was a rest day in that match (the most recent Test match to have one) is only tangentially related to the answer. While Zimbabwe circa 2001 weren't a great Test team, it would have been a bit cruel of me to suggest that Sri Lanka "should have" beaten them before the rest day! AllylViolinPudding (talk) 09:16, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, one of the two matches in 1984, when this event last happened, didn't have a rest day. This is the next most recent match where the event should have happened but didn't: [2]. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 09:28, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Play on New Year's Day?—User:MDCollins (talk) 09:32, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This was the last match where play took place on January 1st: [3]. However, you are very, very close to the right answer. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 10:11, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Basically a test match happening on NewYears Eve and NewYears or across 2 calendar years ? Sumant81 (talk) 10:19, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes; Test matches spread across two years is what I was looking for. I'll give it to Sumant, although I acknowledge that MDCollins came very near to the answer. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 10:40, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thought about doing this question while looking up the players who played alongside Tendulkar on his Test debut, and seeing that Mohammad Azharuddin made his debut in a Test starting on the 31st December 1984. Tendulkar has not only outlasted every player who played with him on debut (not that surprising, since he was only 16 at the time), but he has outlasted even the most recent retiree (Azharuddin) by over ten years! AllylViolinPudding (talk) 10:55, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well done Sumant - didn't get back on to check after I had a pop, so good steal!!—User:MDCollins (talk) 22:57, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

can someone take over..Sumant81 (talk) 05:36, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q1226

I may as well jump in here then... What is the connection between the cricketing equivalent of Lord Lucan and a Test cricketer who may also be dead (maybe not) with a batting average of exactly 10.00?—User:MDCollins (talk) 15:47, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Bingham, the 7th of Lord of Lucan did vanish mysteriously, and his death hasn't been confirmed as of now, hence the title is still assigned to him. Ralph Legall is the cricketer you mean, and his death hasn't been confirmed yet either. Is that what you mean? I'm confused, since you've mentioned all of it in the question itself barring the cricketer's name. That really cannot be the answer. :D Ovshake (talk) 16:54, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You're 1/3 of the way there (player 2). Not looking for Bingham/Lucan per se, but "the cricketing equivalent", i.e. a <clue>Test</clue> cricketer who may also have done a disappearing act. You have the got second Test cricketer (averaging 10.00) - they are linked by another connection (i.e. apart from obvious are they alive/missing/disappeared/dead point?).—User:MDCollins (talk) 19:36, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still confused, but are you talking about Cotar Ramaswami, who also left home mysteriously in 1985 and is presumed dead? He and Legall have both represented their countries in test cricket and Davis Cup tennis (Legall had represented Trinidad) - is that what you're after? Ovshake (talk) 19:41, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There you go - it was actually the Davis Cup connection I was thinking about - as far as I know they are the only 2 players to play Test cricket/Davis Cup. The fact that they are both missing/died in unexplained circumstances was merely an interesting co-incidence.—User:MDCollins (talk) 20:50, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, did you not hear about the Abductors of Representatives in Both Test Cricket and Davis Cup Tennis (ARBTCDCT)? Ovshake (talk) 06:33, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q1227

Okay, here's an XI of test matches. Find the link. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Ovshake (talk) 06:31, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hint 1: A closer look at the duplicates might give it away. Ovshake (talk) 09:20, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hint 2: These are most recent matches where *something* has happened. Ovshake (talk) 12:59, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The numbers of the Test match correspond to some event occurring at that batting position in the match, do they? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 14:45, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, hold on, I think I have it: in match 1, both teams used a different No.1 batsman in each innings; in match 2, both teams used different batsmen at No.2 in each innings, and so on. It appears to be the case in each of the XI matches. So is it the last match where four players played at each batting position in a single Test match? AllylViolinPudding (talk) 14:53, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely. The nth test on the list is the most recent occasion that had four men batting at the nth position in the match. It's all yours, with your musical and gastronomic H₂C=CH-CH₂ appendages. Ovshake (talk) 15:30, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q1228

This is a list of twelve Test players, who correspond (as grouped) to an immediately recognisable top ten of Test players. In order: Monty Panesar, Mark Greatbatch, Glenn McGrath, Brian McMillan, Ravi Shastri, Winston Davis, John Dyson and Wasim Bari, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee, Heath Streak, Inzamam-ul-Haq. Despite the number of tail-enders on this list, they are each on this list due to their batting performances... AllylViolinPudding (talk) 16:11, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hint 1: When I say 'batting performances', it's not due to the number of runs they scored, or their batting averages. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 09:48, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hint 2: Instead, it's a question of survival. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 12:45, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is it successful last wicket partnerships? Monty saved Cardiff etc. Bit befuddled by Dyson's combination with Wasim Bari, mind. WillE (talk) 21:53, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dyson and Wasim Bari did not combine with each other; I may not have been very clear above! Each player holds a survival record which matches up to a player in a very recognisable top ten. Where there are two people listed (Dyson and Bari, Gilchrist and Lee), they share the record numerically equally. If I told you what the corresponding top ten was, I think it might make it trivially easy. But if people struggle overnight, I'll say which top ten list it is in a few hours. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 23:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, also, it's not connected to partnerships, or the last wicket to fall. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 23:36, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hint 3: The names correspond to the top ten wicket takers in Test cricket. So...

1. Muttiah Muralitharan - Monty Panesar

2. Shane Warne - Mark Greatbatch

3. Anil Kumble - Glenn McGrath

4. Glenn McGrath - Brian McMillan

5. Courtney Walsh - Ravi Shastri

6. Kapil Dev - Winston Davis

7. Richard Hadlee - John Dyson and Wasim Bari

8. Shaun Pollock - Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee

9. Wasim Akram - Heath Streak

10. Curtly Ambrose - Inzamam-ul-Haq

Find out how these pairs relate to each other. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 09:30, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Top 10 wicket takers in Test cricket - batsman who "survived" batting against them the most times.—User:MDCollins (talk) 09:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, that's it. Monty's resistance against Muralitharan came up in one of the many statistical analyses of Murali's career [4], and piqued my interest about the corresponding batsman for other great bowlers. Go ahead, MD. AllylViolinPudding (talk) 10:38, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Q1229

Thanks. What do these numbers represent:

7/55; 7/40; 6/53; 5/50; 7/87; 6/66; 5/36; 3/120. —User:MDCollins (talk) 21:30, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proper fractions. :D Ovshake (talk) 00:32, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Look like bowling figures to me. Harrias ^talk 06:32, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, whose/which/what bowling figures? The next in the series will occur in 31 Tests time.—User:MDCollins (talk) 09:57, 12 August 2010 (UTC) The best bowling the in the 1st, 250th, 500th, 750th, 1000th, 1250th, 1500th and 1750th match? How did you locate the scorecards? Abeer.ag (talk) 11:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::Look like bowling figures to me. '''[[User:Harrias|<font color="#00cc33">Harrias</font>]]''' <sup>[[User_talk:Harrias|<font color="#009900">talk</font>]]</sup> 06:32, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 Yes, whose/which/what bowling figures? The next in the series will occur in 31 Tests time.&mdash;[[User:MDCollins]] ([[User talk:MDCollins|talk]]) 09:57, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
+The best bowling the in the 1st, 250th, 500th, 750th, 1000th, 1250th, 1500th and 1750th match? How did you locate the scorecards? [[User:Abeer.ag|Abeer.ag]] ([[User talk:Abeer.ag|talk]]) 11:36, 12 August 2010 (UTC)