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rogernumber10 wrote:Four - Once (the series when Waugh and Gillespie ran into each other)
Six - Cancelled because of the dodgy pitch which was dangerous

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4) Correct
6) Incorrect - that match was a couple of years earlier in Kingston

rogernumber10 wrote:

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4) Correct
6) Incorrect - that match was a couple of years earlier in Kingston

Bummer
Bob Simpson for highest first test century

Malcolm Marshall as one of the lamented late five

BJ Ernest wrote:10. Im thinkin maybe Jonty Rhodes. A few runouts or something?

Be interesting to see who they are or why!

rogernumber10 wrote:If you wiped out Simpson, that doesn't leave me many options apart from probably Andy Sandham. But I must admit I thought his triple was a second Test ton of the two he made, not the first. I'm going Sandham.

magpie in the 80's wrote:hansie cronje would have to be one for Q1

spell_check wrote:1) Name the five players to have played Test cricket after 1990 that have passed away since then* Malcolm Marshall, [color=#FF0000]Hansie Cronje, Tertias Bosch[/color]

2) Out of the 11 times Steve Waugh sent in the opposition after winning the toss in a Test match, how many were lost?

3) What is the highest maiden Test century, and who scored it?

4) How many Test Series have Sri Lanka won against Australia? Once

5) What do the ODI players Ken Rutherford, Wayne Larkins, Nantie Hayward, Kiran More and Graeme Labrooy have in common?

6) What was unique about the England vs West Indies 2nd Test in 2000?

7) Batting for South Australia, Barry Richards famously made 300 in one day against Western Australia in 1970/71. Who was the not out batsman when he was eventually dismissed?

8 ) Which West Indian player scored a century on Test debut, but never played another Test? Andy Ganteaume

9) How many balls were there per over in the first ever Test match in 1876/77? Four

10) Which player in a one day international in 2001 was awarded MOTM; despite not scoring a run, taking a wicket, or holding a catch?

*Note - there are 5 that I could come up with, if you can name anymore, you have stumped Spelly!

rogernumber10 wrote:Young Bangladeshi teenager killed in a car crash earlier this year. No idea on his name though

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rogernumber10 wrote:Young Bangladeshi teenager killed in a car crash earlier this year. No idea on his name though

I reckon you are thinking of Sajjadul Hasan. He only played first class cricket.

And Tertius Bosch is another of the 5, Tassie.

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rogernumber10 wrote:Young Bangladeshi teenager killed in a car crash earlier this year. No idea on his name though

I reckon you are thinking of Sajjadul Hasan. He only played first class cricket.

And Tertius Bosch is another of the 5, Tassie.

Edit: You are right, roger, Manjural Islam Rana was killed in the same accident as Hasan. I didn't check up on that as I thought he only played first class cricket. You have stumped me!

magpie in the 80's wrote:admit to reading through my cricket books was it one of the W.I. lowest 1st score innings 54?