CRICKET QUIZ DURING THE BREAKS IN THE 3RD TEST

[magpie in the 80's]

q13 the great dk lilee

incorrect

[magpie in the 80's]

JUST 3 TO GO

[Scooby]

Q6 - Gundappa Viswanath or Roger Binny..

[magpie in the 80's]

Q6 - Gundappa Viswanath or Roger Binny..

both incorrect

[Hondo]

6 - Ravi Shastri

[Ian]

Q2 Bapu Nadkarni, v England
Q5 1987 World Cup against New Zealand (103no)...........CORRECT
Q9 Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi
Q10 M H Mankad & P Roy........CORRECT

OTHER 2 INCORRECT

are you sure re: Q2 ???


from http://content-www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/329512.html

The most successive maiden overs in a Test is 21, by the Indian slow left-armer Bapu Nadkarni, in the first Test against England in Madras in 1963-64, when his overall figures were an astonishing 32-27-5-0. Nadkarni bowled 131 successive dot-balls in that spell, but that didn't break the Test record, which remains 137,

from http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16012008/28/man-nicknamed-death.html

The most successive maiden overs in a Test is 21, by the Indian slow left-armer Bapu Nadkarni, in the first Test against England in Madras in 1963-64, when his overall figures were an astonishing 32-27-5-0.

from http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2742/stories/20041016008700600.htm

Though the left-armer Bapu Nadkarni created a niche for himself in the gallery of spinners with a phenomenal spell of 21 successive maidens in a Test in 1964 against England,

[Ian]

Q6 Ravi Shastri
Q9 Nawab of Pataudi

[Pup]

Q.13- Dennis Lillee

incorrect

Are you sure that is wrong? I was nearly positive

[spell_check]

Q.13- Dennis Lillee

incorrect

Are you sure that is wrong? I was nearly positive

I reakon Lillee was the third to get to 300, after Trueman and Lance Gibbs. Gibbs went one or two wickets past Trueman, finished on 309, then Lillee went past that.

[rogernumber10]

6 - Ravi Shastri

[Pup]

Q.13- Dennis Lillee

incorrect

Are you sure that is wrong? I was nearly positive

I reakon Lillee was the third to get to 300, after Trueman and Lance Gibbs. Gibbs went one or two wickets past Trueman, finished on 309, then Lillee went past that.

Ah silly me. I was thinking fastest to 300..

[magpie in the 80's]

6 - Ravi Shastri

CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

IAN

Q2 SORRY MATE YOU WERE CORRECT.
I HAVE HIS INTIALS DOWN AS R.G. NADKARNI AND SAW BAPU AND SAID INCORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

Q6 Ravi Shastri................CORRECT
Q9 Nawab of Pataudi............INCORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

6 - Ravi Shastri

CORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

DOWN TO JUST ONE

[Ian]

Q9 Amar Singh

[magpie in the 80's]

Q9 Amar Singh

INCORRECT

[locky801]

Q9. Who was the first Indian to be featured as Cricketer of the Year in "Wisden" ?


A9 Ranjit Singhji

[magpie in the 80's]

Q9. Who was the first Indian to be featured as Cricketer of the Year in "Wisden" ?


A9 Ranjit Singhji

CORRECT