Trivia 2018

Kumar Sangakarra as well?

Dravid (6 consecutive Test 50s) also kept wickets in a Test, did he not?

not to mention our very own SandpaperVillain (also a scorer of 6 consecutive Test 50s) who had to keep wicket briefly when subbing for an injured Haddin, v Pakistan

lardbucket wrote:Kumar Sangakarra as well?

Sanga strung together 6 in a row (200*, 222*, 57, 192, 92, 152) but Jayawardene was the keeper in those matches.

Perhaps I should have been explicit: "keeper (while keeping in those Test/s)"

Although of course Flower wasn't keeping while he was batting. But you know what I mean.

skully - I knew that, but the question was 'Test wicket-keepers with more than 5 successive Test 50's', didn't necessarily specify keeping in those matches.

Peter - yes; but I'm only mucking about. Checked out Kanhai as well (he kept in his first 3 Tests). Although Weekes has one stumping in his FC record I'm not certain he kept in a Test.

One of the other Three Ws did, though!

For the first 15 of his 44 Tests.

As 1952 dawned, someone must have said: "We'd better knock this on the head. You've only got 3 centuries and 5 halves in your 22 dismissed innings -at a measly average of 40 or so - we need to focus on proper batting now ..."

And he went on to score 12 more centuries and 11 halves (at a quick tot-up). Career Test average - despite being stymied by the rubbish (av 40 or so) he'd produced batting when also donning the heavier gauntlets, Tests 1-15 - of 56.68.

Sanga and Jaya hold the world record for the highest partnership in a Test innings. Can you name the highest 2nd highest, highest 3rd highest and highest 4th highest partnerships in a Test innings?

Highest partnership in a Test innings down to highest 2nd, 3rd and 4th partnerships in a Test innings:

Highest - 624 runs/2nd wkt – KC Sangakkara/DPM Jayawardene - SL v SAf, Colombo(SSC), 2006

Highest 2nd highest - ?

Highest 3rd highest - ?

Highest 4th highest - ?

To clarify, in the most recent Test SAf v Aus in Jo'burg, SAf made 488 in I1. The highest stand of the innings was 89 (2nd wkt - Markram/Amla), the 2nd highest partnership was 85 (7th - Bavuma/de Kock), the 3rd highest was 76 (9th - Bavuma/Maharaj) and the 4th highest was 53 (1st - Elgar/Markram).

Confusing skulls. Take ten seconds on howstat the way I'm reading it.

Bradman wrote:Confusing skulls.  Take ten seconds on howstat the way I'm reading it.

I don't think Howstat lists "Largest 2nd (or 3rd or 4th) highest partnerships in an innings"

If you list all the 2nd highest partnerships in an innings, what partnership is the largest? Similarly for 3rd and 4th highest stands in an innings.

Rewording for clarity:

Highest partnership in a Test innings down to largest 2nd, 3rd and 4th highest partnerships in a Test innings:

Highest - 624 runs/2nd wkt – KC Sangakkara/DPM Jayawardene - SL v SAf, Colombo(SSC), 2006

Largest 2nd highest - ?

Largest 3rd highest - ?

Largest 4th highest - ?

Ahh! Clarification. Don't mind me. I'm just keeping up the tradition of hassling your somewhat complicated wording.

As a clue, the largest 2nd highest partnership in a Test innings is over 200, largest 3rd is over 150, and 4th over 100.

Was the 624 the test half the team retire

???

Root and Anderson?

Hutton's 300 match?

Bradman wrote:Root and Anderson?

Bradman wrote:Hutton's 300 match?

Nup x 2.

Just throwing up enough arrows under the principle of large numbers.

Furry muff.

Bradman wrote:Hutton's 300 match?

2nd highest stand was 215 (5th wkt - Hutton/Hardstaff jr), which is some way short of the record 2nd highest stand in an innings.

Lara and Sarwan in BCL's 400 match?

Is the 3rd the Bill's at Lords in 1930?

JGK wrote:Lara and Sarwan in BCL's 400 match?

Or Dravid and Viru in Viru's 293?

JGK wrote:

JGK wrote:Lara and Sarwan in BCL's 400 match?

Or Dravid and Viru in Viru's 293?

Or AB and Smith's 245?