Quick cricket trivia

Some random trivia relating to some interesting questions have recently heard.

How quickly can these be answered without research?

Who is the only batsman to have scored a six on every day of a test match?

Who is the only test player to have played against four different countries in his first four matches?

How many days of play to qualify for the first question?

Otherwise, every player who's hit a six on the only day a washed-out Test was played ...

I believe there was play on every day, though there was rain about. Yes, just checked, there were rain shortened days, but appears to be play every day.

not Gillespie then

Would it be Ian Chappell's favourite cricketer, at Lords?

Robiul Islam?
Khaled Mashud?
Hasibul Hussain?
Abdur Razzak?
Greg Campbell?
Tony Dodemaide?

Robin Peterson?
Athula Samarasekera?
Harbhajan Singh?
Aashish Kapoor?
Aamer Nazir?
Akram Raza?
Fazl-e-Akbar?
Naved-ul-Hasan?
Rashid Latif?

I think the answer to Q1 must be Kim Hughes. There are very few batsmen who've even batted on 5 days of a Test match; and at least two of them (Boycott and Jaisimha) rarely hit sixes, let alone multiple sixes.

I remember watching the 1980 'Centenary' game and Hughes batted absolutely superbly; rain interruptions ruined what otherwise might have been a great match. Border and Hughes were just carving up the bowlers towards the end of each of Australia's innings.

Rajindra Dhanraj?
Dave Mohammed?
Mahendra Nagamootoo?
Phil Horne?
Dion Nash?




.... and does Shane Watson qualify? One of his first four tests was against the ICC World XI?

WideWally wrote:Robiul Islam?
Khaled Mashud?
Hasibul Hussain?
Abdur Razzak?
Greg Campbell?
Tony Dodemaide?

Lardbarket is correct with his response to the question about the sixes - Kim Hughes is indeed the correct answer.

Wide Wally has hedged his bets a bit, but Tony Dodemaide is the answer to the second question. Wally's brain might have hurt some more to come up with those.

Well done guys!

Red wrote:

WideWally wrote:Robiul Islam?
Khaled Mashud?
Hasibul Hussain?
Abdur Razzak?
Greg Campbell?
Tony Dodemaide?

Lardbarket is correct with his response to the question about the sixes - Kim Hughes is indeed the correct answer.

Wide Wally has hedged his bets a bit, but Tony Dodemaide is the answer to the second question. Wally's brain might have hurt some more to come up with those.

Well done guys!

lardbarket? Are we referring back to the doggy thread?

Red, the second question was -
Who is the only test player to have played against four different countries in his first four matches?

Why are the following not correct?

Greg Campbell's career

Harbhajan Singh's career

Rashid Latif's career

There are probably dozens more.

lardbucket wrote:I think the answer to Q1 must be Kim Hughes. There are very few batsmen who've even batted on 5 days of a Test match; and at least two of them (Boycott and Jaisimha) rarely hit sixes, let alone multiple sixes.

I remember watching the 1980 'Centenary' game and Hughes batted absolutely superbly; rain interruptions ruined what otherwise might have been a great match. Border and Hughes were just carving up the bowlers towards the end of each of Australia's  innings.

Definitely Hughes. It was pretty much the first cricket match I remember watching in depth. I was 8 and remember his cover drive on one knee like it was yesterday.

Woody also got a crab ton in the first dig.

WideWally wrote:Red, the second question was -
Who is the only test player to have played against four different countries in his first four matches?

Why are the following not correct?

Greg Campbell's career

Harbhajan Singh's career

Rashid Latif's career

There are probably dozens more.

Red, welcome to the challenging world of Flaming Bails Trivia Question Asking. To this day I have not perfected it!!! Especially against some pretty damn good cricket knowledgists AND farking huge pedants.

But don't let that discourage you.

WideWally wrote:Red, the second question was -
Who is the only test player to have played against four different countries in his first four matches?

Why are the following not correct?

Greg Campbell's career

Harbhajan Singh's career

Rashid Latif's career

There are probably dozens more.

I am only going on Tony Dodemaide saying he was the only one to do it, but clearly he was wrong! My apologies.

Kim Hughes was adamant regarding his record though.

Dodemaide's first four Tests were also four consecutive Tests played by Australia - which is definitely not the case with 'Uncle Greg' frinst...

skully wrote:

WideWally wrote:Red, the second question was -
Who is the only test player to have played against four different countries in his first four matches?

Why are the following not correct?

Greg Campbell's career

Harbhajan Singh's career

Rashid Latif's career

There are probably dozens more.

Red, welcome to the challenging world of Flaming Bails Trivia Question Asking. To this day I have not perfected it!!! Especially against some pretty damn good cricket knowledgists AND farking huge pedants.

But don't let that discourage you.

The pendants are impressive.

PeterCS wrote:

skully wrote:

WideWally wrote:Red, the second question was -
Who is the only test player to have played against four different countries in his first four matches?

Why are the following not correct?

Greg Campbell's career

Harbhajan Singh's career

Rashid Latif's career

There are probably dozens more.

Red, welcome to the challenging world of Flaming Bails Trivia Question Asking. To this day I have not perfected it!!! Especially against some pretty damn good cricket knowledgists AND farking huge pedants.

But don't let that discourage you.

The pendants are impressive.

Hugely hung.

Red, did you listen to the some hour long interview of Dodemaide on SEN?

nice interview......Dodders is a bloody decent bloke.

Is Dodemaide still connected to Vomit cricket?

skully wrote:Is Dodemaide still connected to Vomit cricket?

yep...bureaucrat, methinks - tho have not checked.

really decent bloke who got the best out of himself as a player - and yes, he had limited talent - he's the first to admit that.

horace wrote:Red, did you listen to the some hour long interview of Dodemaide on SEN?

nice interview......Dodders is a bloody decent bloke.

Oui, I heard some of it.

Blimey - Wally went into overdrive.

It's like seeing a geyser, capped for too long, springing into towering life!