Re: The 2011 Trivia Thread (III)

[skully]

Not bananas I was thinking of, Skulls. My other favoured fruit in a cricketing context.

Wrong fruit, ol' fruit.

My point about your no. 12 entry is a matter of definition. I actually had it at no. 1 in terms of the largest margin between runs made for the 1st wicket and the team batting second's total.

And obviously knowing the answers is a major assist, but all of your clues are spot on and not particularly difficult to decipher. Nicely played.

[skully]

An argument could easily be raised that this one should be at the top of your list.

12) An insect on vehicle gets a fruity delivery at rally's end

B Fruitfly and "Banana" van Carr, stand of 432 in the Deshi capital, 2012?

C'mon Pete. An insect on a vehicle. Car____!!

[lardbucket]

cardungbeetle?

[PeterCS]

Carscarab & "Plum" Warner, fazackerly.

[skully]

And "Car" is not spelled with a "C"

[lardbucket]

not car lid ibadulla then?

[skully]

Silly sausage. Anywho, this is AD's fun, not mine to spoil.

His list is both accurate and well hinted at.

[lardbucket]

I'm leaving it for others also, but permit me the occasional distraction

[PeterCS]

Not Mohammad Volvo Kharrotfly and Ahmed Strabiri Dhakhiri, surely?

[skully]

I'm leaving it for others also, but permit me the occasional distraction

You are permitted, as if you needed permission, Mr Distracty Distractor. :welcome:

[lardbucket]

Not Mohammad Volvo Kharrotfly and Ahmed Strabiri Dhakhiri, surely?

I'll have a Hiqiri Dhakiri, doc

[Allan D]

Not bananas I was thinking of, Skulls. My other favoured fruit in a cricketing context.

Wrong fruit, ol' fruit.

My point about your no. 12 entry is a matter of definition. I actually had it at no. 1 in terms of the largest margin between runs made for the 1st wicket and the team batting second's total.

And obviously knowing the answers is a major assist, but all of your clues are spot on and not particularly difficult to decipher. Nicely played.

I see where you're coming from but I went by, as Cricinfo does, partnerships rather than wicket falls. There were actually 3 separate partnerships for the 1st wicket in this match. If they had got 6 more runs and gone past Mankad & Roy's then record it would not have been treated as an opening partnership for record purposes as 4 batsmen took part but I see I should have worded the question better.

[skully]

You get my drift, AD. As I said, a matter of definition.

Either way, the game makes your list.

[lardbucket]

kar new reds?

[Allan D]

That would be the canny lad fram South Shields, Andy Stoddart.

Oval 1893

Aye.I once got ribbed unmercifully on this forum for saying he had shot himself "ironically"! What I meant was that it was not far from his greatest triumphs for Middlesex and England. It is curious how the two matches on the same ground, although 7 years apart, were so similar.:


1) 204 - V.H.Mankad & P.Roy (413/1) v. NZ (209), Madras (Chennai), January 1956
2) 159 - G.C.Smith & N.D.McKenzie (415/1) v. BD (259), Chittagong, February - March 2008
3) 131 - W.A.Brown & J.W.H.Fingleton (233/1) v. SA (102), Cape Town, January 1936
4) Most runs & most wickets come to the table
5)116 - G.C.Smith & H.H.Gibbs (368/1) v. Pakistan (252), Cape Town, January 2003
6) Top tonner & Tyke favourite give Yarpie runaround in Chamberlain hideout.
7) 102 - W.G.Grace & W.H.Scotton (170/1) v. Australia (68), The Oval, August 1886.
8 ) 90 - P.E.Richardson & M.C.Cowdrey (174/1) v. Australia (84), Old Trafford, July 1956.
9) 74 - G.R.Marsh & M.A,Taylor (329/1) v. England (255), Trent Bridge, August 1989.
10) 65 - J.L.Langer & M.L.Hayden (219/1) v. SA (154), SCG, January 2002
11) 60 - W.G.Grace & A.E.Stoddart (151/1) v. Australia (91), The Oval, August 1893.
12) An insect on vehicle gets a fruity delivery at rally's end
13) 55 - M.A.Taylor & M.J.Slater (260/1) v. England (205), Lord's, June 1993.

[Allan D]

You get my drift, AD. As I said, a matter of definition.

Either way, the game makes your list.

Only just, on the basis of partnership. Mightily so in the case of wickets. The rest obviously did both openers a bit of good!

[skully]

Perhaps give it a footnote (noting when the 1st wicket fell) once Petey works out which insect is sitting on the kar.

[Allan D]

kar new reds?

Right first 3 letters - now added an aspirant stick insect and you're obviously correct! His partner should have been a bowler not a batsman if his surname is anything to go by!

[skully]

And additional clue for Aussies is "roll him down the theatre isle".

Dunno if you have them in Engulund?

[Allan D]

Perhaps give it a footnote (noting when the 1st wicket fell) once Petey works out which insect is sitting on the kar.

The second bit is the hard part. This pair should have shown up at The Oval today. They would have been welcomed with open arms. It wasn't that long ago they were putting the opposition to the sword!

[lardbucket]

Peter is putting the insect before the horseless carriage

[Allan D]

And additional clue for Aussies is "roll him down the theatre isle".

Dunno if you have them in Engulund?

Doubt it, we're not that advanced here.

[PeterCS]

Dinner's Karflea and Was 'im Outspan in 2007.

TICKS ARE BLOODY WELL NOT INSECTS! GET IT RIGHT FFS!

[skully]

Peter is putting the insect before the horseless carriage

He gets a"cross" in the box for doing that. He should be looking for the opposite.

[lardbucket]

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