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Irish Cricket Quiz: April 2004

The competition will close on 3 May, with prizes being given to the first two correct entries drawn.

  1. Who is the only English batsman to score a half century while batting at number 11?
  2. Who last season became the first bowler in 5 years�to take 100 wickets in the English County Championship?
  3. Their surnames are the same - Australian Test fast bowler of the late 70's/early 80's who played in 38 Tests. Current Australian slow left arm bowler who has played in 4 Tests to date.
  4. Who was the first overseas batsman to score 3 Test centuries at Lords?
  5. Which England Test cricketer's father and grandfather played for the West Indies?
  6. What connects Johnny Briggs, Clarrie Grimmett, Fred Trueman, Richard Hadlee, and Courtney Walsh?
  7. In the 1996 Cricket World Cup there were a total of 6 players with the first name Steve/Stephen. Name 5 of them.
  8. Who scored 26 runs in a single over during a Test Match in 2001, and who was the bowler? �
  9. Who are the 2 West Indians who have achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets and scoring a half century during a One Day International game?
  10. Which pair have opened the bowling together in the most Test Matches? They have done so 53 times.

The answers to last month's quiz were as follows:

  1. 1975
  2. Kerry Packer
  3. Rodney Marsh
  4. Zaheer Abbas
  5. Denis Compton & Bill Edrich
  6. 1992
  7. Walcott, Weekes and Worrell
  8. Robin Jackman
  9. Lawrence Rowe
  10. GR Vishwanath

Well done to all those who entered the March Quiz. The winners were Dr Sarah Preston, Michael Foster, Shankar Athreya, Oisin Marsh, Kevin Gallagher, Sam Magill.


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