magpie in the 80's wrote:Q1. What did Ashley Harvey-Walker hand to the umpire Dickie Bird for safe keeping, during Derbyshire's match against Lancashire at Buxton in 1975? HIS FALSE TEETH
Q2. What unusual double did Leicestershire's Chris Balderstone manage on September 15, 1975? PLAYED CHAMPIONSHIP CRICKET AND LEAGUE FOOTBALL ON THE SAME DAY
Q3. What did Tony Pigott put off to make his England Test debut in New Zealand in 1983-84? HIS MARRIAGE
Q4. What happened to Richard Hadlee before the 1990 Lord's Test against England? HE WAS KNIGHTED
Q5. What was unusual about Merv Hughes's hat-trick for Australia against West Indies at Perth in 1988-89? IT WAS SPREAD OVER 3 DIFFERENT OVERS
Q6. What was unusual about the Australian fast bowler Bruce Reid's first Test wicket against New Zealand, at Wellington in 1985-86? THE BATSMAN WAS HIS COUSIN
Q7. Whose middle names are Alexei McNamara, after Soviet and American politicians (he also has a sister called Golda)? NIXON MCLEAN
Q8. The 1996 Wisden records that "fried calamari stopped play" during a South African domestic match at Paarl in February 1995. What happened? THE BALL LANDED IN THE DEEP FRYER AND WAS UNUSABLE FOR PLAY
Q9. Which country other than Australia did both Mark and Steve Waugh both represent? IRELAND
Q10. What happened to David Steele when he went out to bat on his Test debut in 1975, the first time he had used the home dressing room at Lord's rather than the visitors? WENT DOWN TOO MANY STAIRS AND ENDED UP IN THE BASEMENT TOILETS
Q11. Who played against Brian Lara when he scored his 501 not out, and was West Indies' 12th man when he scored his 375? ANDERSON CUMMINS
Q12. Ken Burn from Tasmania was selected for Australia's 1890 tour of England as a wicketkeeper. What did he tell the management once the team was safely embarked on their voyage? HE HAD NEVER KEPT WICKETS BEFORE
Q13. During the Test at Christchurch in 1967-68 the Indian allrounder Syed Abid Ali was infuriated that New Zealand's Gary Bartlett, who he felt was a blatant chucker, had not been no-balled. What happened next? IMPERSONATED BARTLETT'S BOWLING ACTION AND WAS NO BALLED FOR THROWING HIMSELF DOWN THE WICKET
Q14. What happened to Florence Morphy, one of the "ladies of Melbourne" who presented the original Ashes urn to the Honourable Ivo Bligh, the England captain? SHE MARRIED HIM
Q15. Who averaged over 50 with the bat in his 93-Test career, but played only one-day international, in which he was out for 0? SIR GARFIELD SOBERS
Q16. In test cricket what is Rahul Dravid's highest score? 270
Q17. Name the coach of Sachin R Tendulkar. RAMAKANT ACHREKAR
Q18. Who won the world cup in 1999? AUSTRALIA
Q19. He was the only captain in the '99 world cup to wear a no.5 jersey Who is he? HANSIE CRONJE
Q20. Where did Sourav Ganguly played his first test match? LORDS
Q21. If Sunil Gavaskar's autobiography is 'Sunny Days' what is Kapil Dev's autobiography called? BY GOD'S DECREE
Q22. Which South African cricketer is known as ZULU? LANCE KLUSENER
Q23. During a cricket match, how many pieces of wood are there in the ground? 12= 6 STUMPS, 4 BAILS, 2 BATS
Q24. The late Sir Donald Bradman once said: 'I had a rubber guard around the chest and a thick _______ , that was all.' What's the missing word? PAD
Q25. If every batsman in an innings got out first ball, what should be the number of the batsman shown not out? NO.8
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