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[edit] Q741

There are two cricketers in question here,although I am sure if you get one you can get the other. X did not score a run and did not take a wicket in his debut test match .X followed that up with a similar performance in his debut ODI as well.Unsurprisingly,he never played a test or an ODI again.

Y is another cricket who never scored a run , albeit he took a lucky wicket in a losing cause in his debut test match.Y made his debut along with X in the ODI and followed a similar career path.He never featured in a test or ODI again.

Just identify X and Y . Sumant81 (talk) 08:51, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

x: Rashid Patel y: Margashayam Venkataramana Abeer.ag (talk) 09:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Bingo,30 mins to crack that,a bit too easy perhaps :).. Sumant81 (talk) 09:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

who will archive from 720 to 740? 195.189.142.172 (talk) 10:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Added to archive ,questions on this page start from 741.Hope this is fine Sumant81 (talk) 10:40, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
No ! Where are my points :-(((( Tintin 10:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Done! Points updated. Sumant81 (talk) 11:22, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
New question?Ovshake (talk) 02:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q742

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/indvrsa/engine/current/match/332912.html This match was statistically significant as soon as the first ball had been bowled. Why?

Was it the 1000000th ball in test cricket. .?195.189.142.158 (talk) 07:06, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

No.Abeer.ag. There was nothing special about that ball, I meant it was significant instantly. (talk) 07:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Probably not the answer as it has nothing to do with the first ball, but it was India's worst defeat for 50 years—Australia beat them by an innings and 127 runs in Delhi in 1959. It was also SAF's biggest win against India in India. Moondyne 09:19, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

No, not the answer... its got nothing to do with the first ball in particular.Abeer.ag (talk) 11:03, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Was it played at the 100th venue used for Test cricket? Jonesy (talk) 11:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
It was a very experienced XI by India, no one had played less than 13 Tests. But any records for sum of career matches and runs were at least topped by the previous Test in which Tendulkar played. Getting warm though? --Travis Basevi (talk) 17:52, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
It can't be anything to do with the no. of matches played (gross, by a player, by a team, at a ground etc), since then the match would've been significant as soon as the toss was done. So it has to be something with respect to the ball. Ovshake (talk) 22:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Jonesy is the closest, though it has nothing to do with the venue. And there was nothing special about the ball.. all I meant was that the match was significant regardless of what runs were scored, or wickets taken, or what the result was. The answer is something to do with test cricket in India in general.Abeer.ag (talk) 05:30, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

it was the 27th state where cricket is hosted in india, perhaps this. . ?91.203.96.24 (talk) 06:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

The previous test at Chennai was the 100th drawn test in India. Anything related to that? Say... the first time a test was played in India with 100 drawn tests already... (which is true, but I'm sure isn't what you have in mind)Ovshake (talk) 15:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Now come on, give us some clues, who do you think we are ? Bill frindell?? :P 195.189.143.59 (talk) 15:32, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

OK. Its got something to do with the timing of the match....Abeer.ag (talk) 18:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
The first test in India starting in April?Ovshake (talk) 19:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Yeah.. guess I gave too much away with that hint.Abeer.ag (talk) 20:15, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Back to square one - how to start a new question?Ovshake (talk) 01:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q743

The second name on the list is Raju and the third is Khan. Who's the first?Ovshake (talk) 03:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Is it something to do with the names themselves,rather than their cricket performances? Sumant81 (talk) 09:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, these are the first three names in a long sequence. Raju and Khan are known by other names. Once you identify who Raju and Khan are, the list and the first person on the list are both obvious.Ovshake (talk)

i think the answer must be VVS Laxman.Ash28kumar (talk) 10:57, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Not quite. Try to guess the sequence to begin with. Once you do that, the first name is that of a legend. There are some really big names on the sequence as well.Ovshake (talk) 19:38, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

C. K. Nayudu. Johnlp (talk) 20:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

It indeed is. The Colonel was succeeded as India's test captain by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Vijayananda Gajapathi Raju aka Vizzy and Iftikhar Ali Khan aka The Nawab of Pataudi sr.Ovshake (talk) 21:41, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q744

Whose bowling action culminated, in the delivery stride, in a leap that was described as "like a man at a bus that is nearly leaving him behind"? Johnlp (talk) 06:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Sohail Tanvir? :-) (wouldn't have been a laugh if someone had said it about him...) Ovshake (talk) 13:13, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
No, not him. An all-rounder, but from a different era and with a different style (though the cricketer in question is still around, more than 40 years after retiring). Johnlp (talk) 18:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Mike Procter?Ovshake (talk) 20:26, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
No, but you're heading in the right direction time-wise and, to some degree, in bowling style. Johnlp (talk) 20:30, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Tony Greig?Ovshake (talk) 20:48, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Can't be him, he hadn't retired forty years back. Ritchie Benaud?Ovshake (talk) 20:49, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
No and no. More Procter-ish than Benaud-ish in terms of pace, particularly in his early career, when he could be decidedly fast... though rarely credited as such! Johnlp (talk) 21:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
My dad always used to say that Ted Dexter was very slippery as youngster - just a guess, though. WillE (talk) 21:59, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
No, but the closest yet. About half a generation older... Johnlp (talk) 22:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Alan Davidson?Ovshake (talk) 01:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Hang on - Fred Titmus had a weird way of walking... surely it can't be him?Ovshake (talk) 01:05, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
No and No. Not sure how many more clues I can give. I feel you're simmering when you should be... Johnlp (talk) 06:49, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Johnny Hayes or Bob Blair?91.203.96.14 (talk) 11:18, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Still no. Long-term listeners of TMS might have found a clue in my last entry earlier today. Johnlp (talk) 11:34, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Bill Edrich? 164.36.38.240 (talk) 11:36, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
And no again. We'd have assembled quite a useful team with the wrong answers... Johnlp (talk) 11:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

The only player I can think of that fits the clues and hasn't been mentioned is Trevor Bailey --Roberry (talk) 15:55, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Hurrah. Well done. The comment was made by Neville Cardus. The Boil in his youth was really quite a demon bowler, with a shock of black curly hair and this strange leaping delivery. Over to you. Johnlp (talk) 16:15, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q745

If the 2nd XI is made up of G.Boycott, G.A.Gooch, R.T.Ponting, B.C.Lara, M.Azharuddin, A.W.Greig, I.A.Healy, Kapil Dev, C.E.L.Ambrose, B.S.Bedi, and G.D.McGrath, who represent the 1st XI, and why? --Roberry (talk) 18:40, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Has to be something related to batting positions.Ovshake (talk) 19:17, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Yes, it would line up perfectly with most Test runs at each position except for the number 8 which is Warne, Vaas, Pollock then Kapil. Incidentally that first XI would be Gavaskar, Hayden, Dravid, Tendulkar, Waugh, Tillakaratne (Waugh is also the topscorer at 6 and Greig is 3rd), Gilchrist, Warne, Vettori, Waqar, Murali. So assuming there's not a fly in the ointment, it must be something uncannily closely related. --Travis Basevi (talk) 23:16, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Tried some stuff, like most runs at home etc, but they don't work.Ovshake (talk) 00:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Travis, you are correct - it is the players with the highest total runs by batting position. Who would have thought that one innings would make so much difference. I had Kapil batting at #8 in this match [1] rather than at #7. And Waugh obviously couldn't have 2 spots in the team, hence Tony Greig's inclusion in the 2nd best team. Well spotted and the next question is all yours --Roberry (talk) 03:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Q746

What does this diagram of numbers represent? --Travis Basevi (talk) 11:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

        6
        45
15  13 26
       1
How relevant is the diagram? I mean, would it have mattered, had it not been a diagram, and had it looked like

6
45
15 13 26
1 ?Ovshake (talk) 13:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Their position in the pre-formatted text is an important but not essential clue. --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:02, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Since the highest number is 6 (or is the highest number 45?), could this be someones scoring strokes in an innings? --Roberry (talk) 16:10, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

A nice spot, but that's only a coincidence. It is six numbers ranging from 1 to 45. --Travis Basevi (talk) 16:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

OK, it's something to do with First-class cricket, and here is the equivalent for List A, which needs to be spread out a little more because there's eight numbers this time:

           7

           9
11    2   0
         4       3
         3

Not sure if that really helps anyone, or whether I was just indulging myself by plotting it out... --Travis Basevi (talk) 22:26, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Travis, I know I shouldn't be speaking for others, but I think your estimation of us is a tad higher than what it should be.Ovshake (talk) 00:58, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
I have no idea but I'll be using the six numbers for x-lotto this week. --Roisterer (talk) 01:39, 12 June 2008 (UTC)