Five Days in White Flannels

Five Days in White Flannels A trivia book on Test cricket

by Sailesh S. Radha

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First published by AuthorHouse 4/16/2009 ISBN: 978-1-4389-2469-4 (sc)

Printed in the United States of America Bloomington, Indiana This book is printed on acid-free paper.

To: Lord Guruvayoorappan, my wife Vidya, my 6-yr old and ‘Chak De India’ fanatic Abhimanyu, daddy, mummy & My high school classmate and quizzing partner for years, Narayan (1972 – 2006), who is having a hearty laugh at me from somewhere up in the heaven & National Public School (Bangalore), India; NIT (Warangal), India; University of South Carolina (Moore School of Business), USA; The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (Tufts University, USA)

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Word from the Author …

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Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Ooh ah – Glenn McGrath Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 “No Cummins. No goings.”

Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 “Well bowled, Harold!”

Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Lillee caught Willey bowled Dilley Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Flannelled Fools Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 “Dowe Shalt Not Bowl” Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 v

At 10 for 2, I have done it for you‌ Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 The Rat Who Joined a Sinking Ship Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

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Word from the Author …

This trivia book is dedicated to all those Indian youngsters of the eighties who followed cricket like a religion, and thus have nostalgic memories of having followed it initially on All India Radio & the BBC, and later on, on Doordarshan. Back then in India, when you were leafing through the stations on the radio during an Indian Test series, one sure would chance upon the signature commentary of Suresh Saraiyya in his baritone voice “Gavaskar 28 not out, Amarnath 18 not out, India 87 for 2 … a forward short-leg, three slips and a gully for Holding. From the Pattabhiraman end, right-arm over the wicket …” Those were the good old days.

With proliferation of one day internationals and now, the newer T20, none of the matches stick out exactly for ‘Where were you when Kennedy was assassinated’ moment. For example, I could still reel out statistics and imagery of Gavaskar’s innings of 236 not out in Chennai back in 1983 or for that matter Kapil Dev’s magnificent innings with Vengsarkar against New Zealand in the 1985 Benson & Hedges World championship series.

In honor of Test cricket, this book takes you through some vignettes – a narrative tagged with a question, some typical trivia questions and some cryptic questions. As you will notice, the cryptic ones are slightly different from the rest. In that the readers will have to use the cryptic clue along with the caption attached to it to answer.

These various formats will take you through the landscape of Test history and will definitely tickle your brains. So, happy answering!

As for myself, I am your average MBA with a graduate degree in economics and international relations from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, dabbling in asset management for now. I still aspire to be the next best thing that happened to the Indian economy after Dr. Manmohan Singh and Mr. P.Chidambaram. And for my wildest dream – watching a thrilling Test between India and England at Lord’s sipping numerous cups of Indian ‘Chai’ with Wisden’s Almanack in tow.

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“Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen.”

- Robert Mugabe, Head of State of Zimbabwe

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Questions 1. In the 1981-82 Test between Australia and Pakistan at Perth, now famous for the spat between Lillee and Miandad, Pakistan were bundled out for 62 runs in the first innings, after 21.2 overs. At one point, Pakistan was 26 for 8 before this famous bowler flashed a breezy 26 to be the only batsman in the team to get into double figures. Who was the bowler?

2. The spectacular Blue Mountain, home of the world famous Blue Mountain Coffee forms a picturesque and spectacular backdrop to this stadium. Name the stadium. This is simple!

3. Graham Thorpe made a famous but rather dry Test century at Lahore in 2000-01. What is unique about that century?

4. In a rare act of humility, an Indian player stepped down in favour of S.Venktaraghavan, since the exclusion of the off-spinner from the playing XI caused much brouhaha among the fans. Who was the modest cricketer?

5. What took place on the second day, a rest day, of the second Test between New Zealand and Zimbabwe in 1991-92?

6. How is ‘Peter the Cat’ associated with cricket?

7. This cricketer played a Test for England in which he captained the team. He also appeared in dozens of Hollywood flicks including Morning Glory, The Prisoner of Zenda, and The Adventures of Mark Twain in the 1930s and 1940s. Who was that cricketer?

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8. In the first Test at Headingley in 1956, during the second innings, India’s score read zero for four with the fall of Vijay Manjrekar’s wicket. The chief architect of this downfall was Fred Trueman. Now, name the three batsmen who were already back in the pavilion.

9. In the second Test against South Africa at Cape Town in 1888-89, Aubrey Smith, the Captain, did not play due to injuries. A young cricketer, who was playing in his second Test match, captained the English team in his place. After the Test series, this young man stayed back to form a stock-brokering firm with Smith. He later travelled to Rhodesia with Cecil Rhode’s pioneer column where he died after a fall from a cart. He was buried in a coffin made of whiskey cases. Identify the cricketer. Tragic, isn’t it?

10. Walt Disney named this cartoon character after watching Don Bradman get out for a duck during the Australian tour of North America in 1932. Name the character.

11. In the Brisbane Test during the 1932-33 Test series, which ailing cricketer, defying doctors, got out of his sick-bed and went to bat to lend support to England’s crumbling first innings? He even refused the Australian Captain Bill Woodfull’s offer of a runner.

12. Which Australian great died of Bright’s disease at the age of 37? Of course, a cricketer!

13. In the first Test of the 1985-86 series between Australia and New Zealand at Brisbane, Richard Hadlee achieved a unique distinction to brag about.

What? The scoreboard definitely would have revealed the answer.

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14. The 1984-85 series between India and England started on such an inauspicious note that it came close to be called off. Why? 15. This cricketer’s first names were Cottari Kanakaiya.

Who are we talking about?

16. What’s the good phrase?

A batsman in the top of the batting order who does well only on pitches of no help to the bowlers.

17. Victor Trumper, Charles Macartney, Don Bradman and ______. Fill in the blank to complete the list, as identified with an accomplishment.

18. He is most remembered for his role in England’s first Test defeat at Brisbane in 1990-91. He was hurriedly called up as a substitute and took two catches – one a blinder to dismiss Alec Stewart, as England collapsed at the total of 114 in the second innings.

His presence in the field was controversial because Carl Rackemann was the 12th man. Being the best gully fielder in Australia at the time, he was preferred to the not-so-sure pair of hands of Rackemann. Who was this brilliant fielder?

19. E.M.Grace and W.G.Grace, Hanif Mohammad and _______, and Sunil Wettimuny and _____. Fill in the blanks to complete the pattern.

20. In his 119-Test career, wicket keeper Ian Healy missed only one Test because of an injury, the third Test between Australia and Pakistan at Lahore in 199495. Who replaced him for the Test?

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21. ‘Mad-Max’.

This Sri Lankan cricketer got to his maiden Test century with a six off Imran Khan.

22. He captained England in one Test and was injured in the game and played no further Tests. His ascendancy to the captaincy had more to do with his famous dad and a Chairman of selectors, Peter May, who happened to be his Godfather. In fact an attendant at Headingley refused him entry into the car park during the Test he was Captain because the attendant did not recognise him. Who is the ‘He’ in question?

23. B.C.Booth, a former Australian Captain played field hockey for Australia in which edition of the Olympics? Clue: The answer can be deduced from the question.

24. Duleep Mendis belongs to a band of cricketers who have scored a ton in each innings of a Test. He scored centuries in both innings of a Test match against India at Madras in 1982-83. What is unique about those tons?

25. Who stroked a stylish 50 on debut at The Oval in 1992, which gained him a five-pound bill from Geoffrey Boycott, who bet that the former would not pass 35? Serves Boycott right.

26. What is common to Javed Miandad and Herbert Sutcliffe as far as Test batting averages are concerned?

27. Which South African bowler’s first names were Petrus Stephanus? Sounds Romanesque!

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28. What was developed on a billiards table during a game of billiards fives or ‘twisty grab’?

29. What is the claim to notoriety of Trevor Guy, who owed up to his deed after 27 years, in 1998, when he answered an ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) appeal?

30. What unusual deed from his entire Test career did Steve Waugh execute at the third Test between Pakistan and Australia at Lahore in 1988-89?

31. “I was given the moniker ‘stingray’ during my playing days. I died from the effects of chronic cirrhosis of the liver, while sitting in a chair at a pharmacist in Speightstown, Barbados in 1996. Who am I?” 32. Lance Cairns carried a wooden club, rather than a bat, with cutaway shoulders and bearing the name ____.

What name? Can you believe that the first Test that Cairns saw was his debut Test!

33. What distinguished feat did Ali Naqvi and Azhar Mahmood achieve at the Rawalpindi Test against South Africa in 1997-98?

34. Which English cricketer was named after Neil Harvey?

35. Which Englishman made a derisive statement “We’ll make them grovel” - about the West Indies cricket team, just before their 1976 tour of England, that later came back to haunt him and his team?

36. Name the author/wife of a cricketer who made the following uncomplimentary remark about Botham - “I have always been physically frightened of people whose bodyweight in kilos is higher than their IQ.”

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37. What is common to C.D.Gopinath and Vijay Merchant? Of course, they were Test cricketers.

38. “Captaincy is 90 percent luck and 10 percent skill.”

Who said this? Guess wildly.

39. This founder of a cricket magazine had his ashes spread over Lord’s when he died in 1963. Who are we talking about?

40. Swoop.

Was the moniker he earned from his mates at Somerset about his fielding at mid-on.

41. He was the first keeper in history to cross 500 runs in a Test series. Name the stumper.

42. Which Australian fast bowler as a child would play in the street along which Bill O’Reilly walked home, in the hope of catching the great man’s eye? I tried that with Prasanna and it did not work.

43. Who missed a stumping at Karachi in 1994-95 gifting Pakistan four bye-runs and a series-winning onewicket Test victory?

44.Name the Test umpire who witnessed Brian Lara’s 375, Mike Atherton’s 185 not out at Johannesburg and Courtney Walsh’s 500 th Test wicket.

45. How is Florence Morphy immortalised in cricket?

46.The first Test between India and New Zealand in 1969-70 was switched from this city to Bombay (Mumbai now) because of serious rioting. It would be another fourteen years before this city made its Test debut. Which is the city?

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47. This maverick batsman is unfortunately best remembered for the undignified end to his Test career. He declared himself unfit for the third Test against Australia at Sydney during the 1972-73 series with a back injury, following a heated altercation with Denniss Lillee in the previous Test at Melbourne.

With Lillee seeking revenge at Sydney, Pakistan’s management was sceptical about his injury and sent him home for indiscipline. Who was the Pakistani cricketer?

48. Who came out of retirement at the age of 41, to aid Packer-series depleted Australia to face India and West Indies.

49. Northamptonshire and England cricketer David Steele once persuaded a ______ to reward him in kind in his benefit season for every run he scored.

Persuaded whom?

50. In his penultimate Test, he scored 201. After one more game, he was history because Gooch was back in the England squad. Who are we talking about?

51. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, when West Indies was at the height of their prowess, this cricketer without fail used to be called to do Test duty for England when they faced the West Indies in a Test series. This fearless Englishman played 15 of his 26 Tests against the West Indies. Do you have his name?

52. He was a high quality swing bowler who could not get his foothold in Test cricket due to his consistent injuries and stiff competition from some of his illustrious contemporaries like McGrath and Gillespie. He would go down in history as one of the highly under-rated bowlers from Australia. On his debut, he took a hat trick 9

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at Rawalpindi in 1994-95, but he missed taking another hat trick at Adelaide in 1999-2000 when Shane Warne floored a straightforward catch at slip. He ended his career with seventy-five Test wickets at an average of 25.89 in twenty Tests. Who was this bowler?

53. J.C.W.MacBryan.

Runs, wickets and catches this South African registered against his name on the scorecard, during the rainwashed Test match against England at Old Trafford in 1924. The Test match was the only one of his career.

54. This cricket commentator once managed to hold up a series of international flights, when he realised that cleaners in Colombo had mistaken a draft chapter of his book, The Packer Affair, for rubbish. Who was the cricket commentator?

55. This West Indian great died in a Florida hospital on September 10, 1989, aged 68, as a result of being shot five times and beaten about the head by intruders to his Port-of-Spain home. He had retired from cricket when his predecessor, John Goddard, was brought to replace him as Captain on the West Indies tour to England in 1957. In 1974, he went on to become the President of the West Indies Board of Cricket Control.

Who is the West Indies Captain in question?

56. “I once had my wife erase the videotape of a soft dismissal while batting in a Test because I did not want my son to see me as a coward. Later, I fulfilled my long-held ambition to open a green grocery. Who am I?” A very queer character, it looks like.

57. If Gary Sobers award is given to the best batsman in a West Indies-Australia series, Alan Davidson award to

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the best bowler, Joe Solomon to the best fielder, then to whom is the Norman O’Neill award given to?

58. Jack Fingelton, the celebrated cricket writer, ended his career at The Oval in 1938 against England rather sadly. He sustained a leg injury during the carnage that was inflicted on Australia by England when the latter accumulated 903 for 7 in the first innings and consequently Jack could not take part in both the Australian innings. This Test was more memorable for a great innings from an Englishman. Who was this Englishman and what did he do?

59. Learie Constantine, the West Indian cricketer, fought one of the historic cases against colour prejudice when he won damages from The Imperial Hotel in London for failing to ... What did the Hotel fail to do?

60. Ambidextrous.

This former English cricketer bats left-handed, bowls right-arm, deals cards with his left hand, hammers a nail with the right and brushes his teeth with either.

61. What unique distinction does Anil Dalpat hold for Pakistan?

62. If you answered the previous query, then you should be able to tell us the second Hindu to play for Pakistan.

63. Three pair of brothers played in the first Test match between Zimbabwe and New Zealand at Harare in 1997-98. They were – Andy and Grant Flower, Gavin and John Rennie, and Bryan and Paul Strang. However, the 12th man of the Zimbabwe squad was a cousin of another member of the playing XI. Who were they?

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64. Ken Burns was selected as a reserve keeper for the 1890 Australian tour of England, but it was discovered on board the ship that he… He went onto play in couple of Tests on that tour as a specialist batsman, despite his first class batting average at that time being 10.14.

What was discovered about him on board the ship?

65. This cricketer captained South Africa to its first Test and series win in England and was a Captain in all the ten Test matches he played for South Africa. Who was that cricketer?

66. Kepler Wessels has played Test cricket for Australia and South Africa. He is the only Test player to have scored 1000 Test runs and centuries for two countries.

He also holds another remarkable distinction that is related to his two-country Test career. What?

67. The ‘ball of the century’ from Shane Warne castled Mike Gatting for zilch in the England first innings of the first Test at Old Trafford in 1993. Actually, it was not Mike Gatting’s turn to bat at all, but an unusual and a comic circumstance forced him to come to the crease to face the ‘blonde bombshell’. What was the circumstance?

68. Summoned from his _______ at the last minute to take the place of Leyland, who was stricken by lumbago, in the Test against South Africa at Leeds in 1935, Arthur Mitchell took over three hours to score a valuable 58 in the first innings. However, in the second, sent in first with D. Smith, made 72 in less than two hours and helped in an opening stand of 128. Summoned from where?

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broke several long-standing Test records. Denis Lindsay, John Redmond, David Hookes and Azharduddin jointly held one among the Test records that were broken that day. What was the record they held?

70. In the fourth Test between Australia and England in the 1974-75 Ashes series, the Captain of the English squad dropped himself from the playing XI due to a poor run with the bat in the series. As things would unfold, the stand-in Captain was hit on the ribs the first ball he faced from Lillee and ended up in the hospital.

He however returned, scoring 50 and 33 in the game.

Who was the stand-in Captain?

71. Which legendary West Indian fast bowler started out his career as a batsman-wicket keeper?

72. What was common to Max Walker and Lance Cairns with respect to their bowling?

73. In 1896, this cricketer was not included in the Test at Lord’s, to play the visiting Australians, by Lord Hawke on the pretext that only England born should play for England. Who was the cricketer?

74. Continuing with the previous vignette - he was picked for the Old Trafford Test after he was not included in the squad at Lord’s earlier. How come the sea change?

75. It was so cold in the first Test between England and New Zealand at Edgbaston in 1965 that hot coffee was served instead of the customary drinks during drinks on the second day of the Test. This legendary batsman was stuck at 85 for twenty overs before making 137 in seven hours aiding England to their 9-wicket victory.

However, the selectors dropped him for the next Test for that slow batting. Who was the batsman?

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76. This ground is perhaps believed to be the site of demise of Sobers as Captain, when he set England 215 to win, which they won handily with the loss of three wickets.

Name the ground.

77. Why was play held up for ten minutes before lunch on the second day of the first Test of the 1979-80 Ashes Test at Perth?

78. He was the British Home Secretary who officially requested the England Cricket Council to withdraw its invitation to South Africa to tour England in 1970. Who is the ‘He’ in question?

79. In an India-West Indies Test, the umpire gave this batsman out LBW when two runs short of his century.

The umpire also happened to be his uncle. Name the unlucky batsman.

80. Mark Taylor, after reaching 334 in a Test against Pakistan at Peshawar in 1998, declared the Australian innings closed. It was a selfless decision because he spurned the opportunity to assume the mantle of highest Test score by an Australian, which then was under the name of Bradman at 334 and also a shot at Brian Lara’s then highest Test score of 375. Do you know Mark’s exact reason for doing so?

81. Which Indian cricketer was nicknamed ‘Rhubarb’?

82. This young recruit to the Nottinghamshire playing staff, who was not destined to play first-class cricket, fielded as a substitute for England’s Basil D’Oliveira and caught Pakistan’s Asif Iqbal during the Nottingham Test in 1967. Name the unknown recruit.

83. What appropriate nickname was given to Ray Bright, the former Australian spinner?

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84. Name the only woman to appear in Wisden Cricketer’s Alamnack, in the 140 years or so of existence.

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Answers 1. Safraz Nawaz.

2. Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.

3. He made that century with only two boundaries. G.P Thorpe’s 118 from that knock is the second highest innings so far in Tests containing just two boundaries, surpassed only by P.A. Gibb’s (England) 120 against South Africa in 1938-39.

4. Subroto Guha, the left-arm seamer.

5. The second one-day international match of the oneday series between the two teams was played. This was the first time that a one-day international match has interrupted a Test.

6. ‘Peter the cat’ was a popular cricket watcher at Lord’s - where he spent 12 of his 14 years. His obituary in Wisden said - “his sleek, black form could often be seen prowling on the field of play when the crowds were biggest”.

7. Aubrey Smith. He played against South Africa at Port Elizabeth in 1888-89. He was knighted in 1944 for his services to Anglo-American amity.

8. Pankaj Roy, D.K .Gaekwad, and M.K.Mantri.

9. Monty Bowden, England’s youngest Captain at the age of 23.

10. Donald Duck. Walt Disney was a keen cricket fan and a member of the Hollywood Cricket Club.

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11. Eddie Paynter. He batted for nearly four hours to score a valuable 83.

12. Victor Trumper in 1915.

13. He was listed on the scoreboard for all the 10 dismissals in the Australian first innings – took nine wickets and a catch, thereby having a hand in the remaining dismissal too. He took the first eight wickets to fall in the innings and with tailenders in to bat – he should have been able to wrap the rest. However, a debutante Vaughan Brown put paid to his plans by taking the 9th wicket that of Geoff Lawson caught by Hadlee himself.

Moreover, Brown repaid that favor later by taking the catch of Bob Holland to present Hadlee his 9th wicket.

To my knowledge, only Laker and Kumble can boast of such a distinction, with their 10 wickets in an innings.

14. Four weeks into the tour by the English visitors, the British deputy high commissioner of Western India, Percy Norris, was shot dead the morning after hosting a reception for the tour party.

15. C.K.Nayadu.

16. Flat-track bully.

17. Majid Khan. And he completes the list of batsmen, so far, who have scored a century before lunch on the first day of a Test.

18. Peter Cantrell. He never earned a Test cap for Australia but went on to debut for Netherlands in the 1996 World Cup. 19. Sadiq Mohammad and Mithra Wettimuny respectively – these cricketers complete the list of pairs of brothers to open in Tests.

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20. Phil Emery.

21. Aravinda De Silva, the ‘Mad-Max’, against Pakistan at Faislabad in 1985-86.

22. Chris Cowdrey (son of Colin Cowdrey). He captained England against West Indies in 1988 at Headingley.

23. 1956 Melbourne Olympics.

24. They were of identical scores – 105.

25. Rashid Latif.

26. Their averages never fell below 50 during their Test careers.

27. Fannie de Villiers.

28.The Googly, by B.J.T.Bosanquet.

29. Trevor Guy was the Australian cricket fan who sparked off crowd trouble at Sydney during the 197071 Ashes Test when he leaned across the boundary fence and grabbed John Snow by the shirt in retaliation for felling Terry Jenner with a lethal bouncer. In the ensuing crowd trouble, Ray Illingworth walked off the field with his players and caused the play to be suspended. Guy owed up to his deed in 1998, when he answered an ABC radio appeal for the man who grabbed the shirt of Snow on that day.

30. He opened the bowling for Australia in both the innings.

31. Keith Boyce of West Indies.

32. Excalibur.

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33. The first pair of debutantes and the only one so far, to score centuries in the same innings.

34.Neil Harvey Fairbrother. His mother was a fan of Neil Harvey.

35. Tony Greig. His team lost the series 3-0.

36. Frances Edmonds, wife of cricketer Phil Edmonds.

37. After their playing days, they became Sheriffs, of Chennai and Mumbai respectively.

38. Richie Benaud. He was of the opinion that one should not be a Captain without that 10 percent.

39. Phelam Warner, considered the Prime Minister of British cricket and founder of the magazine Cricketer.

40. Sunil Gavaskar.

41. Budhi Kunderam during home series against England in 1963-64. He did not play much for India because of stiff competition from Farokh Engineer, who was a better keeper.

42. Ray Lindwall.

43. Ian Healy, who failed to take a difficult stumping chance offered by Inzamam ul Haq off Shane Warne.

44.Darrell Hair.

45. Florence Morphy was one among the women who presented English cricket Captain Ivo Bligh with the ‘Ashes of English Cricket’ in 1883 and she later married Ivo Bligh. It was she who presented the urn 19

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containing the ‘Ashes’ to the MCC in 1927, which now adorns the Memorial Gallery at Lord’s. Thus, she was immortalized with cricket following her association with the “Ashes”.

46.Ahmedabad. It hosted its first Test when West Indies visited India in 1983-84.

47. Saeed Ahmed – the brother of controversial Younis Ahmed.

48. Bobby Simpson.

49. A butcher. Steele finished with 1756 lamb chops – one for each run he scored that season.

50. Graeme Fowler.

51. Peter Willey, who later went on to become an umpire.

52. Damien Fleming. He would have been in the starting XI consistently for any other Test team.

53. 0 runs, 0 wickets and 0 catches. Otherwise, I would not have gone through the trouble of asking you this question.

54. Henry Bloefeld.

55. Jeff Stollmeyer.

56. Rodney Hogg.

57. Outstanding individual performance of the series.

58. Len Hutton and he scored 364 not out, the highest Test score then and therefore, the Test was aptly named ‘Hutton’s Test’.

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59. The Imperial Hotel failed to receive and lodge him.

60. David Gower.

61. He was the first Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan.

62. Danish Kaneira who happens to be a cousin of Anil Dalpat.

63. Guy Whitall and 12th man Andy Whitall.

64.He had never kept wickets in his life. How did the selectors miss that!

65. Herby Wade.

66. He scored a century in his debut innings for both the countries against England.

67. The next man to be in, Robin Smith, was in the toilet.

68. His Garden.

69. They held the record for the consecutive boundaries hit by a batsman and their record was registered at five boundaries. Macmillan emulated them by hitting seven consecutive boundaries.

70. John Edrich.

71. Wesley Hall.

72. They both bowled off their wrong foot.

73. Ranjitsinhji, the first Indian born cricketer to play for England.

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74. The second Test was played at Old Trafford, where the selection of the team rested with the Lancashire committee. The Lancashire selectors did not subscribe to the views held by Lord Harris and invited Ranji to play.

75. Ken Barrington.

76. Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain.

77. Denniss Lillee kept insisting that he wanted to use his aluminum bat. But the umpires forced him to abandon the idea.

78. Jim Callaghan who later went onto become Prime Minister.

79. Clyde Walcott and his uncle was Harold Walcott.

The dismissal in question was witnessed during the second Test at Bridgetown in 1953.

80. He wished to remain side by side in the record books with Bradman, regarded by many, as the world’s greatest ever batsman.

81. S.Venkatraghavan. Foreign cricketers could not pronounce his name and the closest they came to get his name right or rather wrong was with the unintelligible murmur ‘Rhubarb’.

82. Alan Bull.

83. Candles.

84. Martha Grace, mother of Dr. W.G.Grace, F.G.Grace and E.M.Grace.

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Ooh ah – Glenn McGrath -

A chant that used to go up in Australian stadiums when Glenn McGrath was bowling well.

Cricket lovely Cricket, At Lord’s where I saw it; Cricket lovely Cricket, At Lord’s where I saw it; Yardley tried his best But Goddard won the Test.

They gave the crowd plenty fun; Second Test and West Indies won.

Chorus: With those two little pals of mine Ramadhin and Valentine.

- The Victory Calypso, by Lord Beginner, immortalizing the 1950 West Indies victory over England at Lord’s for the first time.

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The Rat Who Joined a Sinking Ship -Read further to know more about this Australian newspaper caption, which came out many years ago.

“It was a cheerful sight to see: but what made it so valuable in the sight of the Captain of the School eleven was, that he there saw his young hands shaking off their shyness… the strangers entered into it all, and threw away their cigars, and danced and shouted like boys, while old Mr. Aislabie stood by looking on in his white hat, leaning on a bat, in benevolent enjoyment…”

- Tom Brown’s Schooldays, Thomas Hughes.

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Questions 1. This South African wicket keeper was the first South African to appear in fifty Test matches and the only one to do so before the isolation era. Name the keeper.

2. 1902.

He played his only Test at Old Trafford on his birthday that year and put his name on it for wrong reasons – dropped a vital catch before being the last man to be out in the match, which Australia won by just three runs.

3. Chris Old in the 1978 Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston took four wickets in five balls to return a figure of seven for 50 in the Pakistan first innings.

Astonishingly, that spell did not have a hat trick. Can you recall anybody achieving a similar feat?

4. Frank Tyson was a Durham University graduate who quoted Shakespeare and Wordsworth to batsmen. In seventeen Tests, he took 76 wickets at an average of 18. What epithet was given to him during his playing days?

5. Martin McCague.

Oh boy! On his debut for England in 1993 in an Ashes Test, the Australian newspapers got so fired up that they called him, an Aussie turned Pom, this.

6. At lunch on day five of the Mumbai Test in March 2006, Andrew Flintoff is supposed to have inspired his team by playing ________ on Matthew Hoggard’s ipod. Immediately after, his men took 7 wickets for 25 201

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runs to take the Test and draw the series. Fill in the blank with the name of the inspiring tune.

7. In the thrilling 1979-80 Delhi Test between India and Pakistan, Dilip Doshi was given run out and the stand-in Captain Majid Khan retracted the appeal to avoid a potential riot in the stadium. Under what circumstance was Doshi given run out?

8. He played his first three Tests as Abdul Hafeez and later added his family name to his name. How do we better know this cricketer as?

9. Who named his daughter Sydney after scoring his maiden ton at the Sydney Cricket Ground?

10. What do cricketers do when they are not playing cricket?

Michael Holding wrote them to earn his living while he was not playing Test cricket.

11. What is the popular name given to an attempt at a cut, shot or drive that hits the bottom or inside edge of the bat and goes into the area behind square leg?

12. On his debut in the 1974-75 Bangalore Test, Greenidge made 93 and 107. Actually, he played in the Test (and in fact the whole series) to fill the breach left by a Guyanese opener who had to drop out due to a car crash just before the tour. Name the opener.

13. Early 19th century innovation.

Developed by Christina Willes, the sister of Kent player John Willes, because she found it very difficult to bowl with her voluminous skirts.

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14. Think back to your ratio and proportion classes of your primary school math, and answer the following: Sydney hill : Sydney :: Bay 13 : ________ 15. W.G.Grace gave this piece of advice to Captains: “When you win the toss, bat. If you are in doubt, think about it, then bat. If you have very big doubts, consult a _____ and then bat.” Whom should you consult?

16. Borrowing some math concepts, answer the following: Bradman : ‘The Boy from Bowral’ :: ________: ‘The Boy from Mosman’ 17. “It was an incredibly dramatic moment, and it was so silent in the ground when he walked back to the pavilion that you could almost hear his footsteps.” - The words of an English cricketer recalling the dismissal of Don Bradman for a duck in his final innings by Eric Hollies.

Identify the English Cricketer.

18. The year was 1983, and the Wisden honorees that year were - Imran Khan, T.E. Jesty, Kallicharran, Malcolm Marshall and … Add a name to make the list complete.

19. 1956 was his Annus Mirabilis.

He received a total of 190 Pounds from printing company Thomas De La Rue for this performance.

20. These two cricketers started a modern trend among bowlers by cutting a hole in the landing boot (left boot for a right-hand bowler and vice-versa for the left-

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hand bowler) to avoid serious damage to the toenail.

Identify the cricketers in question.

21. “Gaffer’s” finest hour came at Bridgetown in 1993-94 when he scored a century in each innings of the Test to allow his side to be the first to defeat West Indies in Barbados in 59 years. Who is ‘Gaffer’?

22. Shoaib Akthar’s mother nearly threw him out of his house for having an alleged affair with an Indian actress. Who was the actress?

23. Channel 9 of Australia first showed the duck, which appears on TV when a batsman gets out without scoring a run, during the Packer days. What is the name of the duck?

24. A victory was denied for Australia in 1978 as spectators rioted and invaded the field after West Indian Vanburn Holder was given out with still 38 balls and just 1 wicket remaining on the fifth day.

Identify the ground.

25. Who dubbed Kapil Dev ‘The Haryana Hurricane’?

26. A painter at heart.

To list a few, this cricketer’s works include - ‘We Will Remember Them’ and ‘The Greatest Raid of All’.

27. Why was Graemme Swann fined £250 by his team management during the fifth Test between England and South Africa in 1999-2000?

28. The final day of the third Test between England and New Zealand in Wellington 1991-92 was witness to a gruesome accident, when this bowler coming into bowl busts his kneecap. The echoes of cries of his 204

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pain were heard all around the ground. The spectators said the splitting of his knee was like a pistol shot.

The injury ended his Test career and more or less his first-class career. Who was the unfortunate bowler?

29. Name the cricketer who said - “When riches were spread in front of me to tempt me away to South Africa, I always said no. However, Goochie went and took the money. I can’t pretend it doesn’t hurt to be beaten by someone who didn’t always put his country first.”

30. Vijay Madhavji Thakersey is popularly known as ________.

31. Took up cricket to slim down.

At 12, this Indian cricketer did so.

32. Geoff Boycott was once quoted as saying: “If you offer me _____ and a century for England, I’d take the century each time.” Fill in the blank with the other choice on offer.

33. W.G.Grace was once asked who he would most like to have in his team and he simply said, “Give me Arthur”.

Arthur who?

34.Mrs. Virginia May and Mrs. Lal Johnson had their husbands and fathers play Test cricket. You may now have guessed the names of their husbands. Nevertheless, what I need is the names of their fathers?

35. ZED, considered the shortest title among autobiographies of cricketers, belongs to _________.

36. What connection does Australian cricketer Ken Archer have with baseball?

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37. D.P.R. Maloney, the New Zealand cricketer, died at a young age of 32, in 1942, in a famous battle that occurred in World War II. Which battle?

38. J.C.W.MacBryan had an outrightly inconspicuous Test career, but he was an Olympic gold medal winner in the 1920 Antwerp games. Care to give the name of the sport that he was gold medalist in.

39. How was the company Oxychem Ltd., associated with cricket?

40. Pataudi Jr : ‘Tiger’ :: ______ : ‘Panther’.

41. Read this interesting anecdote and identify the protagonist referred to as ‘Aggers’ to whom the double entendre in the anecdote is attributed.

During a Test match between England and West Indies in 1991, England’s Ian Botham lost his balance in avoiding a bouncer from Curtly Ambrose. Realizing he was dangerously close to his stumps, Botham tried to step over the wicket but dislodged a bail with his thigh.

In discussing Botham’s dismissal at the end of the day’s play, this Test Match Special commentator muttered to his colleague Brian Johnston that Botham “couldn’t quite get his leg over.” What followed was some 90 seconds of unforgettable radio, with Johnston giggling helplessly and fuming, “Aggers, for goodness’ sake, stop it.”

42. Cotar Ramaswami has been missing since he wandered out of his home in Madras (Chennai now) in 1985. No body has ever been found. In the Wisden Almanack, how he is listed?

43. Hat trick on debut.

He performed one to take the wickets of Javed Miandad, Wasim Raja and Intikhab Alam at Lahore in 1976.

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44.Jahangir Khan played four Tests for India, but he is more famous for slaying a sparrow while bowling for this team against MCC at Lord’s in 1936. The bird, which is on display, stuffed, at the Lord’s museum was supposed to have been felled by a ball, in flight, from Khan. For which team was he playing?

45. Jehangir Khan Saga continues… His son Majid Khan captained Pakistan in the seventies. While two of his nephews also played cricket for Pakistan. Who were they?

46.This is a genius question: Briggs, ______, Trueman, Hadlee, Walsh, Warne, and Warne. Fill in the blank to complete this list.

47. Have you heard of anybody who has collected dreams as part of his/her hobby! However, a cricketer is known to have had that hobby. Name the cricketer.

48. Gerald Campion played this fictional character from 1952 to 1961 in a BBC television series. Moreover, the South-African all-rounder Eddie Barlow was nickednamed after this character. Identify the fictitious character.

49. The book From a Window at Lord’s by E.H.Sewell was about a certain ‘Ashes’ series played in Australia. The author penned the book sitting in England, without seeing a single ball being bowled in Australia. Tell us the edition of the ‘Ashes’ series the book was written about.

50. Which cricketer was given the name Louis Rohan Duleep, after cricketers Rohan Kanhai and Duleepsinhji, by his cricket loving parents?

51. Where on the cricket field is the ‘Greig Point’?

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52. ‘Ollie’, named after Oliver Hardy the great American comedian, died in 1990. However, his budding Test career had ended in 1969 when he lost his left eye in a car accident. Who is ‘Ollie’?

53. In Cricket, what is the popular name of ‘Scone theory’?

54.Jaivishwa is the middle name of Sunil Gavaskar’s son, Rohan Gavaskar, and it was taken after two Indian cricketers. Dissect the middle name to obtain their names.

55. He went to Australia as an understudy to J.K Irani, but fine performances on the tour saw him make his Test debut midway through the series. From then on, he remained the first choice Indian wicket keeper for five years. Who was the keeper?

56. Geoff Boycott.

His return to Test cricket in the 1977 ‘Ashes’ Test at Trent Bridge, after a hiatus of 30 odd Tests, marked the debut of another controversial cricketer.

57. De La Rue Company provides formula to print tickets that are issued by this cricket ground in order to prevent ticket forgery, a common thing at sports events. The company’s other claim to fame is that it prints Bank of England notes. Identify the ground in question.

58. In 1914, he hit the great J.W.H.T Douglas for four sixes while scoring a remarkable 178 not out for Worcestershire against Essex. Unfortunately, in World War I, he lost his right arm below the elbow and his cricket career was cut short. However, he remained in the game and became very famous. Who is this introduction about?

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59. Dave Gregory led Australia to victory in the inaugural Test match, against England in 1876-77, to become the first winning Captain in international cricket. In the same match, his brother, E.J.Gregory, won his only cap and earned a first to his credit. What first did he earn?

60. In the 1972 Ashes series, Derek Underwood’s 10 wickets on a sub-standard pitch made England prevail over Australia in the fourth Test at Headingley. An outbreak of a fungus was blamed for the sub-standard wicket. Do you by any chance know the name of the fungus? This is a toughie!

61. To which Australian cricketer did making a Test debut mean putting his gear beside Lillee’s?

62. Mick Jagger became a fan of cricket after watching which fast bowler run into bowl?

63. On watching Azharuddin play a particular shot, cricket writer John Woodcock commented – “People have often asked me to define perfection in sport. This is it.” What is the shot being praised?

64.World XI at one end and Ilford 2nd XI at the other.

Was how a certain English cricketer once described this country’s bowling attack.

65. A week before the first Test between Pakistan and West Indies in 1993, four members of the Pakistan Cricket team were charged with constructive possession of Marijuana by the authorities at St. George, Grenada, where they were playing a tour game. Even though the charges were dropped, the Pakistan team refused to carry on with the tour. However, the last minute patch up at lunch on the originally slotted first day 209

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of the Test, between the team and the West Indies Cricket authorities resulted in Pakistan agreeing to continue with the tour. As a result, the first Test was delayed by a day. Where was the Test being played?

66. Identify the four protagonists in the previous vignette.

67. ‘Fifer’ in cricket is the abbreviated form of representing five or more wickets taken by a bowler in an innings, considered a very good performance. For example, a bowler who takes five wickets and concedes 46 runs is said to have figures of “5 for 46”. ‘Fifer’ is also known as ‘Michelle’, in honor of an actress. Which actress?

68. New Zealand coach John Bracewell once called this cricketer ‘flat track bully’. Which cricketer?

69. Discern the sequence with respect to a mode of dismissal in cricket.

WR Endean 1956/57; AMJ Hilditch 1978/79; Mohsin Khan 1982/83; DL Haynes 1983/84; GA Gooch 1993; SR Waugh 2000/01;MP Vaughan 2001/02.

70. The ground hosted a single Test match in 1902, against Australia, which England lost by 143 runs.

The defeat of England was blamed on the poor light at the ground; a product of smoke emitted by local factories. Attendances were poor, and the experiment was never repeated. Identify the ground.

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earned him four years of jail time ending his teaching and umpiring career. At the time of his arrest, he had stood in 33 Tests, more than any other Australian umpire had. Identify the umpire.

72. During England’s 1961 visit, this cricketer’s teammate Kripal Singh invited the receptionist at Delhi’s Imperial Hotel for a drink, but she took exception and lodged a complaint against the occupants in room seven. The Indian board dropped him for the West Indies tour for “failing to prevent his colleague from making the call”. In another incident, a fellow player also accused him of theft. As a result, the 32-year-old never played for India again and he moved to Trinidad thereafter. Who are we talking about?

73. Which famous cricket coach went to prison for sixand-a-half years for stealing his employer’s funds to pay off his gambling debts and wrote about it in his book Over the Top? 74. This famous West Indian middle-order batsman began his Test career as a wicket keeper. However, after three Tests, he was relieved of his keeping duties

by Franz Alexander. Name the batsman.

75. Guard of honor.

Was what he received from the players whilst he was receiving a standing ovation from the crowd, as England took on India in a Test at Lord’s in 1996.

76. On this cricketer’s tombstone are inscribed the epithets – “keen cricketer, unselfish friend, worthy hero, loyal disciple, happy warrior.” His life was cut short in an accident at the age of 26. Name the Jamaican hero.

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77. What is unusual about the 1970-71 Ashes series in terms of the length of the series?

78. W.G. Grace once waxed eloquently about a cricketer with this poetic tribute – “He turned the old onestringed instrument into a many-chorded lyre.” Who was he referring to?

79. Until 2003, the cover of this book had the woodcut image of two Victorian men playing cricket in top hats and tight trousers. In 2003, Michael Vaughan became the first real person to appear on the front cover of this book. Which book?

80. If Lamb’s Tales is the autobiography of Allan Lamb, then which cricketer penned his autobiography to be titled Lambs to the Slaughter.

81. Dennis Compton and which other cricketer together formed the ‘Middlesex Twins’?

82. Which cricketer begins his book All Round View with the following line: “Both my parents come from Pathan landowning families…”

83. MCC : Michael Colin Cowdrey :: AIR : __________ 84. Which Indian actress acted opposite Sandeep Patil and Syed Kirimani in the movie Kabi Ajnabi?

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Answers 1. Johnny Waite.

2. Fred Tate, father of legendary Maurice Tate. The Test match was christened ‘Tate’s match’.

3. Wasim Akram against West Indies at Lahore, 199091 and Maurice Allom against New Zealand at Christchurch, 1929-30.

4. Typhoon.

5. ‘The rat who joined a sinking ship.’

6. Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’.

7. He was given run out while leaving the crease to complain about the shadow of a tree on the pitch to the umpire.

8. A.H. Kardar.

9. Brian Lara after his knock of 277 at SCG in 1992-93.

10. Computer programs. Michael Holding used to be a computer programmer.

11. French Cut. Also known as Harrow drive, Chinese cut and Surrey drive.

12. Len Baichan. That fatal crash gave an opportunity for Greenidge to settle in the West Indies team as an opener, and therefore Baichan never found a regular place in the squad henceforth. That is fate for you there.

13. Roundarm bowling.

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14. Melbourne. Bay 13 and Sydney hill are places for beer, barracking and fun for cricket lovers.

15. Colleague.

16. Allan Border.

17. Dennis Compton.

18. Kapil Dev. The list comprises the 1983 Wisden Five Cricketers of the Year.

19. Jim Laker for his 19 wickets (10 Pounds per wicket) in the Ashes Test, now known as the Laker’s Test, at Old Trafford in 1956.

20. Derek Pringle and Andy Caddick.

21. Alec Stewart.

22. Sonali Bendre.

23. Daddles.

24. Sabina Park, Jamaica.

25. ‘Guinness Book of World Records.’

26. Jack Russell, the eccentric former England wicket keeper.

27. He overslept and therefore, missed the team bus.

28. David Lawrence.

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29. Ian Botham, after Gooch beat him to the selector’s job in 1996.

30. Vijay Merchant.

31. Bishen Singh Bedi.

32. Raquel Welch.

33. Arthur Shrewsbury one of the greatest batsmen during the last decade of the 19th Century.

34. Mrs. Virginia May’s (wife of Peter May) father Harold Gilligan captained England in two Tests against New Zealand in 1930; and Mrs. Lal Johnson’s (wife of Ian Johnson) father Dr. Roy Parks played one Test for Australia in 1920-21.

35. Zaheer Abbas.

36. He is one of the few cricketers to be offered a baseball contract in America.

37. Battle of El Alamein.

38. Field Hockey.

39. It was the company formed by the rebel English cricketers who toured South Africa during their sporting isolation.

40. Chandu Borde. ‘Tiger’ and ‘Panther’ are their nicknames respectively.

41. Jonathan Agnew. The episode has gone down in cricket folklore as the ‘legover’ incident.

42. Presumed dead.

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43. Peter.J.Petherick of New Zealand.

44. Cambridge.

45. Javed Burki and Imran Khan.

46. Clarie Grimmett. The sequence lists the names of bowlers, who were the first in Test cricket to achieve the milestones of 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700 wickets respectively. In other words, Grimmett was the first cricketer to claim 200 wickets in Tests.

47. Mike Brearley. Not surprising, for the person has a degree in moral sciences from Cambridge.

48. Frank Richards’ Billy Bunter.

49. 1936-37 series.

50. L.R.D Mendis, the former Sri Lankan Captain.

51. Silly point. Tony Greig who was brilliant at that position during his playing days popularized it.

52. Colin Milburn.

53. Bodyline. ‘Scone’ refers to the head in Aussie. Douglas Jardine the architect preferred the polished name – The Fast Leg Theory.

54. Jaivishwa was taken after M.L. Jaisimha and G.R.Vishwanath. Rohan of course was taken after the famed West Indian cricketer Rohan Kanhai.

55. P.K.Sen, during the 1947-48 Indian tour of Australia.

56. Ian Botham.

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57. Lord’s.

58. Frank Chester, the renowned English umpire, who stood in 48 Tests.

59. He became the first to be out duck, caught by Greenwood off Lillywhite, in Test cricket.

60. Fusarium Oxysporum.

61. Greg Matthews, the joker of the Australian squads of the mid eighties.

62. Dennis Lillee.

63. The paddle shot.

64. New Zealand. Of course, the world eleven he was referring to was none other than Richard Hadlee.

65. At Port-of-Spain.

66. Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mushtaq Ahmed and Aaqib Javed.

67. ‘Michelle’ in honor of Michelle Pfeiffer (pronounced fifer – got it).

68. Graeme Hick. He could dominate county cricket but could not get a grip on Test cricket.

69. All were given out ‘handled the ball’ in Tests.

70. Bramall Lane at Sheffield, England.

71. Steve Randall.

72. Subash Gupte, the great leg-spinner from India.

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73. Terry Jenner, Shane Warne’s coach.

74. Rohan Kanhai.

75. Dickie Bird - as the Lord’s Test was the last Test of his career as an umpire.

76. O’Neil Smith, popularly known as ‘Collie’.

77. After the third Test was abandoned in Melbourne, another Test was added to the itinerary to be played at Melbourne later. Thus by extending the series from six Tests to seven Tests, it became the only 7Test series in Test history so far.

78. Ranjithsinhji.

79. Wisden Cricketers Almanack.

80. Graham Yallop, former Australian Captain.

81. Bill Edrich.

82. Imran Khan.

83. Asif Iqbal Rizvi.

84. Poonam Dhillon.

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