Little and little known cricketing oddities

[Lillian Thomson]

Did you know that in the 1991 series between England and the West Indies, Richard Illingworth took a wicket with his first ball and his last ball was hit for six?

Unfortunately the little quirk is spoiled a bit because for a long time it looked as though they would be his first and last balls in Test Cricket but he made an unexpected come back against South Africa in 1995.

 

[Burpey]

DK Lillee c Willey b Dilley

 

[GotSpin]

haha good one - two brownie points for yourself

 

[Barney Rubble]

There were a few instances in Durham games of batsmen being c Mustard b Onions last season. That's another name-related coincidence.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

In 1977 Dennis Amiss hit the winning runs in the Second Test against Australia and was dropped for the next Test to make way for the return of Geoff Boycott after three years out of the team. 12 months later Graham Roope hit the winning runs in the First Test against New Zealand and he too was dropped for the next Test to make way for the return of Geoff Boycott who had missed the previous four Tests(3 v Pakerlesstan and 1 v New Zealand)through injury.

 

[Jamee999]

The Durham wicket-keeper is A. Pratt is a good one

 

[Scaly piscine]

DK Lillee c Willey b Dilley

There's a few other unusual things in that match as well.

 

[Autobahn]

There's a few other unusual things in that match as well.

Peter Willey's batting stance?

 

[adharcric]

DK Lillee c Willey b Dilley

how silly ... now, the worrying part of all this is that either
a) you stole this fact from another source, in which case i shouldn't be thanking you for discovering it
OR
b) you have way too much time on your hands and have been looking through scorecard archives for something like a lillee-willey-dilley coincidence

 

[chooka_nick]

DK Lillee c Willey b Dilley

hahahaha Burkey

 

[benchmark00]

It's a famous one...

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

In the underarm incident, Bruce Edgar was at the other end on 102. It is considered to be one of the most overlooked centuries of all time.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Although he played 60 Test Matches over a period of 12 years, Michael Holding never played Test Cricket against Pakistan.

 

[Burpey]

how silly ... now, the worrying part of all this is that either
a) you stole this fact from another source, in which case i shouldn't be thanking you for discovering it
OR
b) you have way too much time on your hands and have been looking through scorecard archives for something like a lillee-willey-dilley coincidence

I don't claim to have discovered it. I was just alerting those who are not aware to it. Lighten up buddy.

 

[adharcric]

I don't claim to have discovered it. I was just alerting those who are not aware to it. Lighten up buddy.

no worries man, i wasnt being serious about it.

 

[Burpey]

no worries man, i wasnt being serious about it.

Ah. That's why this is quite useful

 

[Zinzan]

In the underarm incident, Bruce Edgar was at the other end on 102. It is considered to be one of the most overlooked centuries of all time.

Since the constant mention of the fact in the last 20 odds years, its actually become one talked about hundreds

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

Since the constant mention of the fact in the last 20 odds years, its actually become one talked about hundreds

Hrmm. Quite.

 

[Dissector]

I mentioned this in another thread and it's probably quite well known to Indian fans but in a recent match against Zimbabwe, India dropped three catches off three consecutive balls. What was really amusing was that India had actually caught quite well before then and the commentators were going on about how their fielding had improved.

 

[sqwerty]

The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey.

Nice bit of commentary anyway.