New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:40 am
I think I edited 13 on the previous page as you answered.
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- 13. Maybe Shahid Afridi
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:42 am
Whoops - I didn't spot the edit either. Correct! 
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:47 am
Here as mentioned above are the "visual answers" - so anyone who wants can see who it was. I won't yet show the "missing" answers ...
In many cases, the "quiz picture" was extracted from the bigger picture (of the player) which is now shown below, under the spoilers.
Otherwise, I'll now add such a "bigger picture" of the player, demonstrating either the grip in question, or the release of the ball from that grip.
I think, quiz apart, this collection is a quite interesting study in spinners' grips.
Answer 1 (two pics)
Answers 2 & 3
Answer 4 (two pics)
In many cases, the "quiz picture" was extracted from the bigger picture (of the player) which is now shown below, under the spoilers.
Otherwise, I'll now add such a "bigger picture" of the player, demonstrating either the grip in question, or the release of the ball from that grip.
I think, quiz apart, this collection is a quite interesting study in spinners' grips.
Answer 1 (two pics)
- Spoiler:
Ajantha Mendis. I won't add the diagram of the "carrom ball", which looks a lot like the Iverson/Gleeson model to me (see 16, 17)
Answers 2 & 3
- Spoiler:
Shane Warne - strong fingers rather than particularly long.
Paul Adams. Frog in a blender - and like Froggy Thomson, it seems the effectiveness wore off a bit once the batsmen got used to the bloody shock of the sight.
Answer 4 (two pics)
- Spoiler:
Danny Vettori. He should wear a longer shirt, with that high hop ..........
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:48 am
"Visual answers" (continued)
Answer 5 (two pics)
Answer 6 (two pics)
Answer 8 (two pics)
Answers 9, 10
Answer 5 (two pics)
- Spoiler:
Jim Laker. Big fingers, powerful grip, demonstrated with a tennis ball later.
Answer 6 (two pics)
- Spoiler:
Abdul Qadir. Exaggerated cocking of the wrist for extra "whip" ..........
Answer 8 (two pics)
- Spoiler:
Muttiah Muralitharan.
Answers 9, 10
- Spoiler:
Stuart MacGill. A poor man's Qadir?
Simon Katich. Fingers wrapped so far around the seam, it's a surprise he can release it at all.
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:50 am
"Visual answers" (continued)
Answer 11 (two pics)
Answers 13, 14
Answers 16, 17
Answers 18, 19
Answer 11 (two pics)
- Spoiler:
Anil Kumble. Very high "open" arm, you would think makes it easier to pick?
Answers 13, 14
- Spoiler:
Shahid Afridi
Richie Benaud - very long fingers! (Sadly invisible here - look back to the question pics)
Answers 16, 17
- Spoiler:
Jack Iverson, with that "spring-loaded" middle finger option
John Gleeson, clearly an inheritor of that mantle. The middle finger has sprung.
Answers 18, 19
- Spoiler:
Bernard Bosanquet, associated with the invention of the googly. Not sure he is not keeping his secrets from the camera in this very posed pose.
Clarrie Grimmett, very round arm, but high trajectory. Lobbing tricky grenades. He was 44 in this pic, but hours out in the sun without slip, slap, slop as they used to do, and travelling from one country to another and from state to state until he was able to make a living presumably added cares and years to his face as well!
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:53 am
So outstanding are 7, 12, 15 and 22?
Two Poms, one Indian, and one (earlier and deceased) Aussie?
Two Poms, one Indian, and one (earlier and deceased) Aussie?
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:55 am
That's right.
Do you want any further clues? I think this quiz has probably lived long enough!
Do you want any further clues? I think this quiz has probably lived long enough!
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:56 am
PeterCS wrote:15
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- 15. Maybe Mon-tay? The stuff on his wrist seems familiar.
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:57 am
"Visual answers" (continued & concluded - leaving out only the unidentified pics 7, 12, 15, 22)
Answers 20, 21
Answers 23, 24
Answers 20, 21
- Spoiler:
Alf Valentine, victorious spinner with Ramadhin in England, 1950
Bishen Bedi, with the stately wheeling delivery.
Answers 23, 24
- Spoiler:
"Tiger" O'Reilly, spinner famously with the mentality of a fast bowler, and a grip to match.
Lance Gibbs, here still twirling his offbreaks for the kids in 2008
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:59 am
skully wrote:PeterCS wrote:15
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Horribly familiar of late perhaps, for an Aussie.
But you've done a JGK now! He's OB, not SLA!
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:11 am
Clues if needed
7
12
15
22
7
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- An unfortunate man in cricket, even more unfortunate in life. *whistles*
12
- Spoiler:
- This answers Q26.
15
- Spoiler:
- Not lacking in confidence, or (his name suggests) in grace either.
22
- Spoiler:
- Probably not at the top of Roy's Christmas card list.
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:12 am
Is 7 left-arm orthodox? Still alive? English?
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- 7. Maybe Phil Edmonds?
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:13 am
You've asked the first question already.
No (or not usually, though left-arm), no, and no.
And no.
No (or not usually, though left-arm), no, and no.
And no.
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:14 am
Based on your clue...PeterCS wrote:22 (two pics)
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- 22. Bhajji.
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:15 am
Yeah got in while you were putting your clues up.PeterCS wrote:You've asked the first question already.
No (or not usually, though left-arm), no, and no.
And no.
So is 7 a dead Aussie?
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:16 am
22:
That's him. Ladylike arms. No comment on attitude. ...
7:
That's right. See recent clue above (7/8 mins ago), if needed.
That's him. Ladylike arms. No comment on attitude. ...
7:
That's right. See recent clue above (7/8 mins ago), if needed.
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:17 am
Is 7...
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- Chuck Fleetwood-Smith?
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:19 am
Leaving only the two Poms out in the cold (typical ...! )
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:23 am
So 2 Englishmen...
The odd one out? Hmm. He doesn't spin it?PeterCS wrote:12
- Spoiler:
- 12. Maybe Gashley Piles?
PeterCS wrote:15
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- 15. Swanny?
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:24 am
15: correct.
Q 26 asked who was the odd man out ....
Q 26 asked who was the odd man out ....
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:28 am
I have to get to bed, so I'll roll the last four visuals, including the last one that's bugging ya!
Night!
Visual Answer 7
Visual Answers 12
Visual Answer 15
Visual Answer 22 (two pics)
Night!
Visual Answer 7
- Spoiler:
The ill-fated "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith.
Visual Answers 12
- Spoiler:
Holly Colvin - this answers Question 26 about who is the odd man out. She does have a lovely arm!
Visual Answer 15
- Spoiler:
Graeme Swann, with more wrist bling than an East London market
Visual Answer 22 (two pics)
- Spoiler:
Harbhajan Singh. Looks like he is made of rubber in one of these.
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by skully Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:29 am
Never would've got 12 in 100 years!!
Excellent Quiz, Pete.
Excellent Quiz, Pete.
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Re: New Picture Quiz: "Get a grip"
by PeterCS Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:36 am
All exaggerated (strictly cricketing) desires aside, Colvin is quite often the star of the England Women. She again won the Player of the Series award against Oz in the summer.
As I said, I think the most interesting part of the quiz is not my job of selecting, downloading/scanning, cropping, editing, uploading and posting, but the study in grips across a very wide range of times, countries and styles.
But I'm glad you (and for a while, JGK) enjoyed the trip.
As I said, I think the most interesting part of the quiz is not my job of selecting, downloading/scanning, cropping, editing, uploading and posting, but the study in grips across a very wide range of times, countries and styles.
But I'm glad you (and for a while, JGK) enjoyed the trip.
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