Q921
Who still owes Anton Ferreira money? WillE (talk) 17:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Is this bet-related? Ray Jennings? Ovshake (talk) 11:20, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
Bob Willis ? Sumant81 (talk) 17:57, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
From the same match I'd guess Asif Din. Ovshake (talk) 09:55, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Can you tell me WHERE you picked up the incident? I'd love to OWN the book... Ovshake (talk) 13:21, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Q922
I've discovered a question by accident so I'll jump in. This is a statistical curio across the whole of Test history. The previous highest was 57 and set in a match in 1964/65, and the new high is more than double that and set in the recent Perth Test between Australia and South Africa. Quite by coincidence, second place on the list was subsequently achieved in the same series in Sydney, and is exactly half of the Perth record. What is it? --Travis Basevi (talk) 16:07, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Q923
There were 2 changes done to this scorecard after the match was finished.It is of course now in its finalized state.What were the changes made? Sumant81 (talk) 06:00, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
According to the cricinfo report, "Australia were declared victors by the VJD method". The scorecard shows Aus A won by the D-L method. So I guess the method and margin of victory were changed after the match was over? --Roberry (talk) 16:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Q924
Taking Q922 as my inspiration - what career record is held by Herbie Collins at 74. David Houghton (69) and Darren Lehmann (64) are the only others with a total over 50. The leading active player is Brad Haddin at 31. --Roberry (talk) 19:50, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
It is to do with partnerships (obviously) - that is kind of close but at the same time not close at all. --Roberry (talk) 02:45, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
If that is the case, it'd be interesting, since it won't have an opener on the list! Ovshake (talk) 05:00, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
I wasn't looking for anything like that - but if you are correct then that is quite some coincidence, although I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. I was thinking of something much more straightforward. If no-one has it by the morning I will try adding a clue --Roberry (talk) 05:21, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
The zero-run partnerships answer was kind of close. Try something similar to that. We already know what the numbers respresent (number of partnerships), but we still need why these particular players --Roberry (talk) 15:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Most partnerships with NO zero-run partnership? Haddin didn't have any... Ovshake (talk) 18:25, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
That is correct. These are the most partnerships in a career without ever having a zero-run partnership. The next question is yours to ask --Roberry (talk) 20:06, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
Q925
The probability of what has been calculated by a Professor of History at the University of Manitoba and a Professor of Physics at Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University as approximately (0.021)^3, or 0.000009261? Ovshake (talk) 04:54, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Nice answers. :-) Hint: One of the parameters was based on a telephone directory. Ovshake (talk) 07:31, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Just a thought - 3.986 million balls shouldn't be the divisor. We should be looking at all possible three-ball sets BY THE SAME BOWLER IN THE SAME MATCH. Ovshake (talk) 12:00, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Stretching the hint a bit further... the parameter I mentioned earlier was based on a Barbadian telephone directory. Ovshake (talk) 14:09, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
You're incredibly close. The Ws are relevant, just think where the telephone directory comes in. Ovshake (talk) 14:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
I see this wasn't the best of questions, and is going nowhere in particular. This is regarding the Ws, and is given by (0.3 x 0.07)^3. Till 2000-01 30% West Indian test cricketers hailed from Barbados, and as per the Barbadian telephone directory in the same season, 7% surnames started with a W. So the probability is basically that of three cricketers whose surnames begin with the same alphabet and an area that small turn out for the national team (and rule their batting for a decade or thereabouts; interestingly, West Indies also begins with a W). Ovshake (talk) 17:27, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
I think I should give this to Sumant81 for mentioning the Ws. He wasn't accurate, but you can't do much better in response to a question this vague. Ovshake (talk) 17:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Q926
Only 11 players have achieved this.The highest for this ODI record is 8399 and held by a England Player and the lowest is 1773 held by a Bangladesh player.Both the highest and lowest were coincidentally set in 2006.The record for the lowest was missed earlier this month by 26.That should be enough clues.Identify who missed the record. Sumant81 (talk) 19:15, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
Q927
What's this team all about then? James Marshall, Faisal Iqbal, Dwayne Bravo, Xavier Marshall, Kevin Pietersen, Jacques Rudolph, Michael Hussey, Ravi Bopara, Lance Klusener, Somachandra de Silva, Tapash Baisya. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:16, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Desmond Haynes, Farokh Engineer, Mohinder Amarnath, Neil Harvey, Mohammad Yousuf, Sourav Ganguly, Denis Compton, Noel McGregor, Collie Smith, Dwayne Bravo, James Kelly. As a clue to get started, they're the eleven players who've achieved something twice and no one has currently achieved the feat more than that. And there's no particular reason why the team is so batsman-heavy, in fact I would have guessed it would be the other way around. --Travis Basevi (talk) 11:55, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Wrong place, I know, but RIP Bearders. WillE (talk) 16:05, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Further clue. The long retired players are set in stone with 2. Players like Yousuf and Ganguly who'll probably never play a Test again can only stay the same or go down to 1 or even 0. Current players like Bravo could go up or down, even within the same match. --Travis Basevi (talk) 12:04, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Anything to do with 99s and 199s (or 90s and 190s)? Ovshake (talk) 08:01, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Salman Butt is another one involved like Bell. --Travis Basevi (talk) 15:03, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
I thought someone might have clicked with the connection between Bell and Butt. There's another 173 similar players, but only 22 relate to the original XI listed. --Travis Basevi (talk) 09:13, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
No, nothing like that, purely statistical. Jean-Paul Duminy is the latest addition to Bell and Butt's group of 173, although he has nothing to do with the original XI. --Travis Basevi (talk) 23:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Apologies if it's led anyone on the wrong track, but it's a group of 175 including Bell and Butt (I originally said "another 173 players").
Anyway, you're both on the right track, although it has nothing to do with partnerships, nor really to do with age - although I guess the fact that Bell, Butt and Duminy have long careers ahead of them (Bell excepted?) increases the chances of change. I think people are looking too deep though, try to see something pretty obvious that Bell, Butt and Duminy all have in common. Any of them or other current players could drop out of the list of 175 as soon as their next Test, and they'd in turn affect the corresponding player in a list of 164 (which includes the original XI who appear twice to balance the 175) but who doesn't need to be playing in the same match. --Travis Basevi (talk) 12:43, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Nope, the pairs are by definition not on the same side. The common stat is on each player's wiki profile. I'm going to have to resort to charades again soon. --Travis Basevi (talk) 18:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Ok - there are 22 players who have been the victim of a players only Test wicket twice . If one of those current players takes another wicket, then they will have been have been the victim only once . Or not at all. Example: Desmond Haynes was the only Test victim for both Yashpal Sharma and Margashayam Venkataramana—MDCollins (talk) 23:50, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
Hooray, yes, they're the 11 players who are solitary Test wicket for two bowlers. Ganguly could slide off the list if Butt or Waddington Mwayenga take another wicket. Yousuf is counting on Bell not taking another as Mark Richardson has hung up his whites. And so on. Cheers, MDC, over to you, I need a rest. --Travis Basevi (talk) 00:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Good question, and more importantly, good and relevant hints. Heartiest congratulations for cracking it... Ovshake (talk) 06:34, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Q928
OK - a not-so-toughie to "speed" things up. The fastest over in cricketing history is claimed by whom? Where and how long did it take (approximately)?—MDCollins (talk) 13:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
That's the badger.—MDColl
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