Trivial yet interesting

[Pratters]

Cricket has a lot of trivia and the trivial associated with it. A lot of it is extremely interesting.

Cricket's Do you know and stuff..

Would be fun..

What some cricketers love to drink :-

Jack Russell - tea!
Salil Ankola - Pina Colada
S.Tendulkar - ice-cold water
D.Gough - budweiser beer from the bottle
Shahid Afridi - Orange Juice
Anil Kumble - Mango juice
Shane Warne - Midori and lemonade
Aamer Sohail - Fruit ****tail
Wasim Akram - daab (coconut water)
Lara - Orange Juice with Angostura bitters

 

[Josh]

Budweiser Is ****!!

 

[BoyBrumby]

Shane Warne - Midori and lemonade

Midori? What's that then?

 

[Pratters]

Midori? What's that then?

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=midori&meta=

Lemon liqueur. Sounds yuck already.

 

[Ferd]

Midori is green and really sweet.

 

[twctopcat]

Midori is green and really sweet.

Girls drink. Warney prob drinks it to watch his weight....

 

[Pratters]

Some freaky bowling analysis :-

32-27-5-0

India offie Nadkarni bowled 27 consecutive maidens in succession and establisehd a world record during the test between India and England in Madras 1964

0-0-4-0

John Kelly bowled his first ball a no ball which was hit for a four against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1955

1-1-0-0

Not very unusual? In an unofficial test against the kiwis, J.H.Human bowled 6 wides each of which were hit for fours. The scoring sheet was indeed flattering.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Some freaky bowling analysis :-

32-27-5-0

India offie Nadkarni bowled 27 consecutive maidens in succession and establisehd a world record during the test between India and England in Madras 1964

Jesus! I've seen some dull passages of play, but my God! You'd have to be a real connoisseur or a masochist to enjoy that!

 

[biased indian]

SJS had a thread similar to this if i remember correctly

 

[Pratters]

SJS had a thread similar to this if i remember correctly

Am unaware.

 

[twctopcat]

SJS strange,funny,bizarre i think, good thread with lots of interesting cricketing tales from the wise one SJS!

 

[Pratters]

SJS strange,funny,bizarre i think, good thread with lots of interesting cricketing tales from the wise one SJS!

That one was on specific incidents.

This is cricket trivia. Not the same IMO.

 

[Pratters]

Since no one is posting any new trivia, here goes another..

Cricketers more well known by their initials (try thinking about their first names!) :-

W.G.Grace
C.K.Nayudu - Cotarri Kanakaya Nayudu
C.B.Fry
C.D.Gopinath
S.Venkataraghvan
C.S.Nayudu
W.V.Raman - Woorkeri.V.Raman
M.L.Jaisimha
J.T.Brown
F.T.Mann
V.B.Chandrasekhar
E.A.S.Prasanna - Erappalli Prasanna
V.V.S.Laxman - Vangipurrapu Venka Sai Laxman!

 

[BoyBrumby]

Since no one is posting any new trivia, here goes another..

Cricketers more well known by their initials (try thinking about their first names!) :-

W.G.Grace
C.K.Nayudu - Cotarri Kanakaya Nayudu
C.B.Fry
C.D.Gopinath
S.Venkataraghvan
C.S.Nayudu
W.V.Raman - Woorkeri.V.Raman
M.L.Jaisimha
J.T.Brown
F.T.Mann
V.B.Chandrasekhar
E.A.S.Prasanna - Erappalli Prasanna
V.V.S.Laxman - Vangipurrapu Venka Sai Laxman!

Coupla England skippers you coulda had too:

JWHT Douglas AKA Johnny
MJK Smith AKA Mike

Apropos of nothing I know of two famous authors who’ve played FC cricket: creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (10 games for MCC, 231 runs @ 19.25, 1 wicket @ 50) & “Waiting For Godot” playwright Samuel Beckett, who played two FC games for Dublin University (both against Northants) where he scored 35 runs @ 8.75 & went wicketless for 64 runs. He also won the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature, making him cricket’s only Nobel Laureate.

 

[marc71178]

J.H.Human bowled 6 wides each of which were hit for fours.

Hmm, I must say I find this one doubtful...

 

[Pratters]

Hmm, I must say I find this one doubtful...

I took it off a reputed cricket book of facts, and though its unlikely, I find it more astounding than doubtful

 

[marc71178]

So how exactly is a wide hit for 4 then?

 

[twctopcat]

That one was on specific incidents.

This is cricket trivia. Not the same IMO.

Don't shoot the messenger!

 

[Pratters]

So how exactly is a wide hit for 4 then?

I am wondering the same thing.

Its written the bowler was indeed hit for the fours in an unofficial test.

Yes it does seem impossible. Maybe some one knows some thing on the incident but you cant hit a 4 off a possible wide and not get runs on the batter and bowler's analysis.

 

[Pratters]

Don't shoot the messenger!

Any why would we waste bullets?