An Over of Questions?

Question

Here is an over of Bouncers & Yorkers, How well can you do?

1st Ball is a loosener;

What's common to these players? - Jack Fingleton (Aus), Alan Melville (RSA), Sir Everton Weekes (WI), Rahul Dravid (Ind)

2nd Ball is a yorker;

What was a Yorker called before it was called a yorker?

3rd Ball;

Who scored 100’s in both innings of his final test match

4th Ball;

Name a player who scored hundreds in both innings of his hundredth match.

5th Ball;

Name players who scored 100s in First INNINGS & Last INNINGS of test career (played more than 1 inns unlike Andrew Gordon Ganteaume - http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/51874.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=innings )

6th Ball;

Which test cricketer played more than 40 matches, averages more than 40, but never was on a winning side?

Answer 1

hmmmmmmmmmm............

interesting question!!!!!!!!!!

do u know the answer ben???

Answer 2

1 defensive players

2 bunt

3 azeruddin

4 ponting

5 greg chappel

6 andy flover

Answer 3

1. I know this one for sure - They are the only batsman to have scored 4 successive centuries(test).......I am sure..........

2. I don't know.............toe cruncher maybe........I just know that this term was derived from "to pull yorshire".

3. ??

4. Ricky Ponting ......

5.

6.

Answer 4

1. They have all scored 4 consecutive 100's in test matches

2. Bunt (Changed to Tice)

3. Charles Albert George Russell vs South Africa at Durban

4. Ricky Ponting is the only player to do this vs South Africa at Sydney

5. Greg Chappell & Mohammed Azharuddin

6. Bert Sutcliffe of New Zealand

EDIT-

No.2- Tice

Bunt was a guess to be honest

Answer 5

hahaha i love ur style!!!

im just guessing:

umm....

looks like they have been asnwered by Mithrandir

I have a gut feeling that Q2 is MOLE

Answer 6

1. All elegant batsman!

2.Toe Cruncher

3.Sunil Gavaskar

4.Ricky Ponting

5.Greg Chappell

6.Andy Flower

Answer 7

Shot 1: All of them have scored 4 100s in 4 consecutive innings.

Shot 2: You've got me yorked on this

Shot 3: CAG Russel (England) scored 140 and 111 in his final test against SA.

Shot 4 :Ricky Ponting with 120 and 143 in his 100th test-against SA again in 2006.

Shot 5: RA Duff 104 and 146 in his first and last tests respectively, WH Ponsford with 110 and 266 and GS Chappell wih 108 and 182.(all that I could find)

Shot 6: Bert Sutcliffe of NZ-played 42 tests, had an average of 40.10, and NZ never won any of those 42 matches!!!!

I'll have to look up shot 5 also.

Have to move.You got me on this one, Ben.