Trivia 2017

(Dilley 69), still one to find

Chook?

Mr bucket has them (with a lead from Wally)...

Most wickets before first 5-fer in Tests:

69 wickets – GR Dilley (Eng)
5/68 v Aus, Brisbane, 1986-87

67 wkts – BA Reid (Aus)
6/97 v Eng, Melbourne, 1990-91

67 wkts – RAS Lakmal (SL)
5/63 v SAf, Port Elizabeth, 2016-17

Yasir Shah got a bit of tap in the 2nd Test, going for 207 runs off 246 balls = a hefty 5.09 runs per over.

The list of bowlers who bowled at least 200 balls in an innings and conceded at least 5.00 rpo includes such luminaries as Brett Lee, Omari Banks and Ray Price. But who tops the list as the most expensive (i.e. in rpo) over 200 balls-in-an-innings bowler in a Test?

How many overs did Bryce bowl?

18 overs << 200 balls. Oh McCain has the 2nd worse unqualified innings economy rate in a Test innings with 8.27, behind Shahadat Hossain with 8.41.

Kapil

Aye.

Worse innings bowling economy rate (rpo) in Test innings of over 200 balls:

5.60 rpo/232 balls/220 runs – Kapil Dev (Ind)
v Pak (652), Faisalabad, 1982-83

5.19 rpo/216 balls/187 runs – RW Price (Zim)
v Aus (735-6d), Perth, 2003-04

5.18 rpo/204 balls/176 runs – Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
v Pak (679-6d), Lahore, 2005-06

5.11 rpo/228 balls/194 runs – Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)
v Aus (575), Brisbane, 1999-00

5.10 rpo/240 balls/204 runs – OAC Banks (WI)
v Aus (605-9d), Bridgetown, 2002-03

5.09 rpo/237 balls/201 runs – B Lee (Aus)
v Ind (705-7d), Sydney, 2003-04

5.05 rpo/246 balls/207 runs – Yasir Shah (Pak)
v Aus (624-8d), Melbourne, 2016-17

5.00 rpo/204 balls/170 runs – GOB Allen (Eng)
v Aus (702), The Oval, 1934

In the just completed Test in Sydney, both Yasir Shah and Nathan Lyon conceded 100 or more runs in both innings. This has only happened 4 times previously in Tests. When?

Bowlers from each side conceding 100 or more runs in both innings:

?

?

?

?

Aus (538-8d & 241-2d) v Pak (315 & 244), Sydney, 2016-17
Yasir Shah (Pak) – 1/167 & 1/124; NM Lyon (Aus) – 3/115 & 2/100

Freeman and Mailey

Lyon & Ashwin?

Grimmett & Farmer White?

richardson and Giffen

That's the lot.

Bowlers from each side conceding 100 or more runs in both innings:

Aus (414 & 267) v Eng (385 & 298-4), Melbourne(5), 1894-95
T Richardson (Eng) – 3/138 & 6/104; G Giffen (Aus) – 4/130 & 1/106

Aus (450 & 452) v Eng (298 & 411), Sydney(1), 1924-25
AP Freeman (Eng) – 2/124 & 2/134
JM Gregory (Aus) – 5/111 & 2/115; AA Mailey (Aus) – 4/129 & 3/179

Eng (334 & 383) v Aus (369 & 336), Adelaide, 1928-29
CV Grimmett (Aus) – 5/102 & 1/117; JC White (Eng) – 5/130 & 8/126

Aus (572-7d & 251-6d) v Ind (475 & 252-7), Sydney, 2014-15
R Ashwin (Ind) – 1/142 & 4/105; NM Lyon (Aus) – 2/123 & 2/116

Aus (538-8d & 241-2d) v Pak (315 & 244), Sydney, 2016-17
Yasir Shah (Pak) – 1/167 & 1/124; NM Lyon (Aus) – 3/115 & 2/100

Misbah-ul-Haq had a miserable Test series v Aus in the just completed series. Commencing the series, he had an average of 47.79. So bad was his batting, he needed his series high score of 38 in his final innings to get his average for the series above 10 (finishing with 76 runs @ 12.66).

Only 3 times in the history of the game has a player (with a career of at least 25 Tests) gone into a series (of at least 5 innings) with an average of 50 and averaged less than 10. Who?

For players with at least 25 Tests - commencing with >50 Test average then averaging less than 10 in a series (at least 5 innings):

?

?

?

warne's yaap bunny, G S Chappel

Ponting against South Africa in 2012. 2001 is there too, but I don't think he averaged 50 then.

Vinod Kambli when he was found out by the West Indian fast bowlers?

horace wrote:warne's yaap bunny, G S Chappel

Nup. Was averaging 54.77 before WI in 80-81 (86 runs @ 14.33).

tricycle wrote:Ponting against South Africa in 2012. 2001 is there too, but I don't think he averaged 50 then.

Indeed. Drunky was averaging 46.70 going into the 2001 series.

tricycle wrote:Vinod Kambli when he was found out by the West Indian fast bowlers?

Nup, just missed. Was averaging 80.41 before the series v WI (64 runs at 10.66)


For players with at least 25 Tests - commencing with >50 Test average then averaging less than 10 in a series (at least 5 innings):

?

?

RT Ponting – 165 Tests/52.75
Aus v SAf in Aus, 2012-13; 3-5-32-Ave 6.40 (his last three Tests)

.

what a pity Cullinan didnt make the grade

Sorry h, misread your gibberish.

Cullinan was averaging 44.42 prior to the series in which Warnie demolished him (26 runs @ 5.20).

For players with at least 25 Tests - commencing with >50 Test average then averaging less than 10 in a series (at least 5 innings):

?

?

RT Ponting – 165 Tests/52.75
Aus v SAf in Aus, 2012-13; 3-5-32-Ave 6.40 (his last three Tests)

To help you track down the missing 2, here are some that matched Misbah's average of >45 <50 going into a series and had a less than 10 average in a 5 or more innings series:

M Leyland – 26 Tests/45.19
Eng v WI in WI, 1934-35; 3-6-36-Ave 6.00

GC Smith – 114 Tests/49.57
SAf v Aus in SAf, 2013-14; 3-6-Ave 7.50 (his last three Tests)

M Azharuddin – 68 Tests/46.96
Ind v Eng in Eng, 1996; 3-5-42-Ave 8.40

IR Bell – 69 Tests/49.28
Eng v Pak in UAE; 3-6-51-Ave 8.50

CG Greenidge – 100 Tests/46.03
WI v  Pak in Pak, 1990-91; 3-6-58-Ave 9.50

What about one of the Bannies when they toured here in 1999?

Or Inzi any time he toured here.

JGK wrote:What about one of the Bannies when they toured here in 1999?

Or Inzi any time he toured here.

Nup and nup.

There's one that lardy should get almost immediately.