Trivia 2021

One to come.

Captain scoring the only 50 in each all out innings of a Test:

G Rabone (107 & 68) - NZ (230 & 149) v SAf, Durban, 1953/54

PBH May (63 & 53) - Eng (171 & 186) v Aus, Lords, 1956

JR Reid (60 & 142) - NZ (164 & 249) v SAf, Jo'burg, 1961/62

JR Reid (74 & 100) - NZ (266 & 159) v Eng, Christchurch, 1962/63

? - 2000s

JE Root (64 & 109) - Eng (183 & 303) v Ind, Nottingham, 2021

I did look for Hussain/Vaughan examples as seemed quite plausible! Lara perhaps?

Dravid 2006 v Windies

JGK wrote:Dravid 2006 v Windies

Indeed.

Captain scoring the only 50 in each all out innings of a Test:

G Rabone (107 & 68) - NZ (230 & 149) v SAf, Durban, 1953/54

PBH May (63 & 53) - Eng (171 & 186) v Aus, Lords, 1956

JR Reid (60 & 142) - NZ (164 & 249) v SAf, Jo'burg, 1961/62

JR Reid (74 & 100) - NZ (266 & 159) v Eng, Christchurch, 1962/63

RS Dravid – 81 & 68 - Ind (200 & 171) v WI, Kingston, 2006

JE Root (64 & 109) - Eng (183 & 303) v Ind, Nottingham, 2021

With Burns having just fallen for 49 and Root on 48* overnight, what odds on a repeat performance at Lord’s?

Pretty good, I'd reckon

skully wrote:Pretty good, I'd reckon

Looking very good now.

JGK wrote:

skully wrote:Pretty good, I'd reckon

Looking very good now.

Well, he didn’t do it first up as Bairstow sneaked past 50. Extras may do so in this innings!

Does anyone know the record for most consecutive Test innings in which a player was top scorer? Root has done so every innings for England this series so far, but someone must have done more than four in a row?

Incidentally, the last player other than Root to top score for England was… Mark Wood

I've had a quick squizz, beams.

Tried the obvious ones like -

Weekes (5 tons in a row but not all of those were top scores),

Walcott (similar - 5 tons in 6 innings but not all top scores),

Andy Flower ( monopolised scoring for Zimbabwe at various times but no runs of 4 HSs that I can find)

Gooch (the best I could find was 3).

Bradman (3)

So Joe could be up there for the record.

Ah. Seems the record is 5, beams...

Batsmen who top-scored for their sides in five consecutive Test innings.

VS Hazare (Ind)
v WI, 52 of 144, Madras; 40 of 193 & 122 of 355-8, Bombay, 1948-49

EAB Rowan (SAf)
v Eng, 57/91, Manchester; 236/538 & 60/87-0, Leeds; 55/202 & 45/154, The Oval, 1951

IVA Richards (WI)
v Aus, 101/299, Adelaide; 50/160 & 98/326, Melbourne, 1975-76
v Ind, 142/488-9d, Bridgetown; 130/241, Port-of-Spain, 1975-76 (he made 20 in 2nd inn (Lloyd top-scored with 70) then top scored with 177 of 359 in 1st inn of next Test)

BC Lara (WI)
v Eng, 87/216 & 145/314, Manchester;152/417 & 20/42-2, Nottingham;
179/692-8d, The Oval, 1995

GP Thorpe (Eng)
v SL, 46/161-7, Kandy; 113*/249 & 32*/74-6, Colombo (SSC), 2000-01
v Pak, 80/391, Lord’s; 138/357 at Manchester, 2001

AJ Strauss (Eng)
v SAf, 126/425 & 94*/145-3, Port Elizabeth;
25/139 & 136/570-7d Durban; 45/163 at Cape Town, 2004-05

KC Sangakkara (SL)
v BD, 319/587 & 105/305-4d at Chittagong, 2013-14
v Eng, 147/453 & 61/201-9, Lord’s; 79/257 at Leeds, 2014


GA Headley (WI; 1934-35 through 1939 against Eng) had a sequence of six, however it included a ‘dnb’ (five complete and one incomplete innings).

Interesting that none of those examples include four consecutive all-out innings, as Root has just top scored in.

Yeah. Richards was close with all completed (all out) except the 9d-488.

Here’s one for you…

Most Test runs @ average of…
Under 50
Under 45
Under 40
Under 35
Under 30
Under 25 & Under 20 (same player)
Under 15
Under 10
Under 5

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Gooch scored nearly 9000, no?

So he's either the top one or 2nd. I think he averaged low 40s. So I'd say Gooch for under 45.

Gilchrist made nearly 6000 runs at just under 50. Maybe him for the top spot?

Actually, Cook didn't top 50 average, no? He'd have to be the one for under 50.

Atherton and Alec Stewart scored a heap but I reckon averaged under 40.

A mix of know the answer and guesses

Most Test runs @ average of…

Under 50 - Cook
Under 45 - Gooch
Under 40 - Stewart
Under 35 - Kapil Dev
Under 30 - Healy
Under 25 &; Under 20 (same player) - Warne
Under 15 - Murali
Under 10 - Jimmy
Under 5 - Chandrasehkar

Noice.

skully wrote:Noice.

They won't all be right. Am confident with about half at least.

Quite a few are correct. Need replacements for Kapil, Warne, Murali & Chandra.

I cheated!

Under 5 Monty?

embee wrote:

JGK wrote:A mix of know the answer and guesses

Most Test runs @ average of…

Under 50 - Cook
Under 45 - Gooch
Under 40 - Stewart
Under 35 -  Kapil DevBoucher
Under 30 - Healy
Under 25 &; Under 20 (same player) - Warne Lady Di
Under 15 - MuraliHerath
Under 10 - Jimmy
Under 5 - Chandrasehkar

All those correct except <5 which was, as suggested in the previous post, Monty (that’s Panesar, not Joe or Rory Burns…)