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December 23, 2010Posted by Ric Finlay on 12/23/2010 in Test cricket
Know your stats?
Time for a Christmas Quiz on the It Figures blog. All questions apply to Test cricket only. The first three correct entries sent to rfinlay7@bigpond.com will receive a free Tastats cricket compute database.
Following are the ten questions:
1. Which player has taken part in the most partnerships in Test cricket?
2. Who has the highest innings top score in a losing team?
3. Who shares the record for the lowest innings top score in a winning team?
4. Who is the only player to be dismissed for a duck having come in immediately at the conclusion of a partnership of at least 400 runs?
5. What is the highest team score at which three wickets have consecutively fallen for the addition of no runs?
6. What partnership record does Desmond Haynes uniquely hold?
7. Which player fielded in the most consecutive innings without taking a catch?
8. Which player scored most runs in a Test in which his birthday fell?
9. Which player took most wickets after his 40th birthday?
10 What is the highest partnership to end in a run out?
Posted by: Vinish Garg at December 23, 2010 11:00 AM
Quite a tough pick to know answers of all these questions. I guess this quiz will test the readers well.
I need to find 4 answers, keeping my fingers working around on stats. Thank you for the good job!
Posted by: Tarun Jai at December 23, 2010 3:06 PM
So when will the answers come out??
Ric: We will publish them on New Year's Eve. Don't forget, all answers to the email address please - we won't post answers here.
Posted by: Abhishek Mukherjee at December 24, 2010 10:15 AM
I have sent answers to the email address and here. This is a refreshing break from the boring quizzes - this is rather MY TYPE of a quiz. Thanks guys.
Posted by: John Meredith at December 26, 2010 10:00 PM
Some good tough questions, although I must have a slight moan about question 6. It is not specific enough...I could state many partnership records that are unique to Desmond Haynes which are true but not be the one you are looking for, so could you be a little more specific on this question.
Ric: Difficult to say too much more without giving it away and making it too easy, and two people have it correct already. I will say, however, that it applies to a specific match and not his career. And it is unique!!!
Posted by: Ric Finlay at December 27, 2010 11:58 AM
We now have three entrants with ten correct answers each - well done to those three, as well as to many others who submitted answers to the Quiz. I will announce the winners and give the answers later in the week.
Posted by: Vinish Garg at December 27, 2010 2:53 PM
Thanks Ric for the update.
Irrespective of who wins, my congratulations in advance to all those who gave all correct answers. It is a realy tough one.
I tried but could get only 7 correct. My bad!
Posted by: Ric Finlay at December 29, 2010 11:28 PM
Congratulations to all who submitted answers to the Christmas Quiz - many got a majority of the questions correct, which was pleasing to see. Three people excelled by getting all ten questions correct. They are:
Abhishek Mukherjee
John Peeling
Sumant Sankaran
Posted by: Ric Finlay at December 29, 2010 11:54 PM
The Answers:
1. Rahul Dravid
2. Ricky Ponting, 242, v India, Adelaisde, 2003-04
3. Shared by John Blackham v England, The Oval, 1882, and George Lohmann v Australia, Sydney, 1886-87 - 17
4. TM Dilshan v Pakistan, Karachi, 2008-09
5. 614, in the above match
6. To have taken part in 20 partnerships in a Test match, v NZ, Dunedin, 1979-80
7. Peter Richardson of England, 46 innings.
8. EH Hendren, 282, v West Indies, Port-of-Spain, 1929-30
9. Clarrie Grimmett, 96
10. 446, Conrad Hunte and Gary Sobers v Pakistan, Kingston, 1957-58
The three winners will each receive a Tastats cricket computer database, available from www.tastats.com.au
Posted by: Mayanath Mishra at April 6, 2011 2:20 PM
Sir, I would like to know about Sachin ODI centuries and there win percentage i.e how many time India lose in the match in which Sachin scored a century. Please if possible, send me the answer.
Ric: Tendulkar has made 33 centuries in winning teams, 13 in losing teams, 2 in drawn matches.
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Y Anantha Narayanan has over 35 years of IT background. Over the past 15 years, he has been concentrating on Cricket analysis and software development. He has been involved with StumpVision, Wisden, Hallmark Software and his own site www.thirdslip.com during this period.
- David Barry
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David Barry was cricket-starved when teaching English in France, and study of cricket stats was his only way to stay sane. He is now back in Brisbane, Australia, and working towards a PhD in Physics. He once played for the worst team in the G-division of Muscat's cricket league.
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Rajesh After doing an MBA in marketing and working in an advertising agency, S Rajesh decided that his skills might be put to better use by number-crunching on cricket. He hasn’t regretted that decision in the last six years, and edits the Numbers Game column on cricinfo.com every Friday.
- Rajesh Kumar
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Rajesh Kumar A product of Delhi's Shri Ram College of Commerce, Rajesh Kumar pursued cricket statistics at an early age before joining a nationalised bank, where he served for over two decades. He opted for a VRS nine years back, and hasn't regretted that decision. Apart from being a regular contributor to the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack over the years, Rajesh brought out five World Cup editions for Australia's Peter Murray. He has assisted Bill Frindall from 1980 till his death in January 2009 for the publications of various editions of The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, The Guinness Book of Cricket Facts and Feats, The Wisden Book of Cricket Records, Limited-Overs International Cricket and Playfair Cricket Annual.
- Gabriel Rogers
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Gabriel Rogers was born on the ninety-somethingth birthday of Test cricket, and his fate may well have been sealed from that moment. His day-job revolves around medical statistics, and he is interested in applying principles from the field to the analysis of cricket data. Gabriel has spent most of his life in the south-west of England, but has recently moved to Manchester; he hasn't quite worked out yet whether living in a city with a Test ground is adequate compensation for moving away from his beloved Somerset CCC.
- Ric Finlay
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Ric Finlay Having just taken early retirement as a Mathematics teacher in Hobart, Ric Finlay now fully devotes his time to recording cricket, both past and present, for the popular CSW cricket database, along with his colleague David Fitzgerald (www.tastats.com.au). His interest in the game is inversely proportional to his ability as a player, but he did once score a century after being dropped at 3 and running out three of his team-mates. His first memory of international cricket is the 1962-63 MCC tour of Australia, described as one of the most boring ever. Totally fascinated, he was instantly hooked, and has never looked back. Author of three books on cricket of a historical nature, he has provided statistics and scored for radio and television cricket coverage since 1983.
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