Trivia 2018

WideWally wrote:I checked every scorecard through the 60s & couldn't see any examples. I must have missed it unless there was a mistake in the book I used.

I can assure you there IS a scorecard in the 60s that fits the bill.

Hint: "A completed innings" doesn't have to be all 10 wickets. If a team scores the necessary runs to win the match, that innings is deemed completed by virtue of the match finishing.

Extra hints:

Only 2 scores of 100 and 50 in a Test (with 4 completed innings) made by the same player (2 HSs of opposition innings listed):

? - 60s in a losing effort.

? - 80s in a winning effort.

SL (287 & 190) beat SAf (126 & 73), Galle, 2018
SL – FDM Karunaratne 158* & 60 ; SAf – F du Plessis 49 & VD Philander 22*

skully wrote:

WideWally wrote:I checked every scorecard through the 60s & couldn't see any examples. I must have missed it unless there was a mistake in the book I used.

I can assure you there IS a scorecard in the 60s that fits the bill.

Hint:  "A completed innings" doesn't have to be all 10 wickets. If a team scores the necessary runs to win the match, that innings is deemed completed by virtue of the match finishing.

Okay, so I'll assume it is John Reid (NZ) v England in 1962/63.

Surely, the Ulyett match that I mentioned earlier also fits the bill with that definition

W has one. Ulyett's doesn't qualify with the "tweeked to match Karu" Q.

Only 2 scores of 100 and 50 in a Test (with 4 completed innings) made by the same player (2 HSs of opposition innings listed):

NZ (266 & 159) lost to Eng (253 & 173-3), Christchurch, 1962-63
NZ – JR Reid 74 & 100 ; Eng – KF Barrington 47 & 45

? - 80s in a winning effort.

SL (287 & 190) beat SAf (126 & 73), Galle, 2018
SL – FDM Karunaratne 158* & 60 ; SAf – F du Plessis 49 & VD Philander 22*

Bloody hell skulls. were gonna need a clue.

Vengsarkar

was the pigeon fancier involved in the match?

(always looking for Vix involvement)

Wally has the other:

Only 2 scores of 100 and 50 in a Test (with 4 completed innings) made by the same player (2 HSs of opposition innings listed):

NZ (266 & 159) lost to Eng (253 & 173-3), Christchurch, 1962-63
NZ – JR Reid 74 & 100 ; Eng – KF Barrington 47 & 45

Ind (272 & 237) beat Eng (102 & 128), Leeds 1986
Ind – DB Vengsarkar 61 & 102* ; Eng – CWJ Athey 32 & MW Gatting 31*

SL (287 & 190) beat SAf (126 & 73), Galle, 2018
SL – FDM Karunaratne 158* & 60 ; SAf – F du Plessis 49 & VD Philander 22*

One of our learned fellow posters contacted me last week and made the point that Jason Holder had just joined a fairly elite group of men who played 30+ Tests and achieved a batting average above 30 and a bowling average below 30.

Holder's record currently stands at 34 Tests, 1,483 runs at 30.26, 81 wickets at 29.35. He joins 13 others to achieve the feat of 30+ Tests, 1000+ runs @ >30 average, and 50+ wickets @ < 30 average.

Remarkably, of those 14 players, 10 are in the 2000+ runs @ >30, 50+ wkts @ <30 club.

The usual suspects are there - Ashwin, Botham, C.Cairns, Imran, Kapil, Miller, S.Pollock & Rhodes.

Who are the other 2 in the 30+ Tests, 2000+ runs @ >30, 50+ wkts @ <30 club?*






* Please avoid the piss easy Statsguru search that you can do!!

damned good win by the Bannies at Leeds. Always enjoyed watching Vengsarkar bat.

Trevor Goddard?
Asif Iqbal?
Mushtaq Mohammad?

Poor Monty Noble.

Hehehe, I missed Goodard (2516 runs @ 34.46 and took 123 wkts @ 26.22), W. So there is 11 in the 2000 @ >30 + 50 @ <30 club. Well done.

Asif Iqbal was an excellent get (3574/38.86; 53/28.34)

There is one more.

Ah, you added Mushy before my reply. Well done. He was the other.

Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) – 3643/39.97; 79/29.23

Full list of 30+ Tests, 1000+ runs @ > 30, 50+ wkts @ < 30:

R Ashwin (Ind) – 2163 runs at 30.46; 316 wickets at 25.35
Asif Iqbal (Pak) – 3574/38.86; 53/28.34
IT Botham (Eng) – 5200/33.55; 383/28.40
CL Cairns (NZ) – 3320/33.54; 217/29.49
GA Faulkner (SAf) – 1754/40.79; 82/26.59
TL Goddard (SAf) - 2516/34.46; 123/26.22
GE Gomez (WI) – 1243/30.32; 58/27.41
JO Holder (WI) – 1483/30.27; 81/29.36
Imran Khan (Pak) – 3807/37.69; 362/22.81
Kapil Dev (Ind) – 5248/31.05; 434/29.36
KR Miller (Aus) – 2958/36.97; 170/22.98
Mushtaq Mohammad (Pak) – 3643/39.97; 79/29.23
MA Noble (Aus ) – 1997/30.26; 121/25.00
SM Pollock (SAf) – 3781/32.32; 421/23.12
W Rhodes (Eng) – 2325/30.19; 127/26.97

JGK wrote:Poor Monty Noble.

Yes, he was 3 runs short of the "club" with 1997 runs @ 30.26.

Keshav Maharaj became the 13th player to take 8 or more wickets on the 1st day of a Test match (8-116 of 9-124) in the recent 2nd Test SL v SAf at Colombo.

There are 3 players to do better than Maharaj's 8 on Day 1. Who?

The pinger v zimbots.

Sydney Francis v Boks

Aye:

More than 8 wickets on Day 1 of a Test:

?

?

M Muralitharan – 9/51 (9/51) - Zim (234-9) v SL, Kandy, 2001-02

JGK wrote:Sydney Francis v Boks

No, he took 8. Looking for 3 that took 9.

SF Barnes – 8/56 - SAf (160) v Eng, Johannesburg(1), 1913-14

Sorry all. It's late. Hooroo.

Ah, you wanted more wickets, not a better return.

That cuts it down a bit.

Abdul v poms

Gupte v Windies.

Aye:

More than 8 wickets on Day 1 of a Test:

SP Gupte – 9/102 - WI (222) v Ind (24-0), Kanpur, 1958-59

Abdul Qadir – 9/56 - Eng (175) v Pak (13-0), Lahore, 1987-88

M Muralitharan – 9/51 (9/51) - Zim (234-9) v SL, Kandy, 2001-02