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Precambrian · 18-01-2009, 07:38 AM

Of late quite a few errors have crept into the answers.

I checked two Ask the Spider Questions, in #45 and #47, and found them to be incorrect.

1. Who was the bowler to take wicket of his last ball in tests? (#45)
The answer ignored McGrath.

2. Who played most number of tests before he became captain?
Answered incorrectly as Steve Waugh (111 tests) when it is actually Anil Kumble (118).

Not nitpicking, but just a friendly suggestion to improve the quality of a superb website.

biased indian · 18-01-2009, 10:09 PM

one doubt is the cricketweb best viewed in IE only

because in my FF if i take the Stat spider main page all the flags of the countries are shown under the menu bar on the Right side ..in IE its coming ok

James · 19-01-2009, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Precambrian

Of late quite a few errors have crept into the answers.

I checked two Ask the Spider Questions, in #45 and #47, and found them to be incorrect.

1. Who was the bowler to take wicket of his last ball in tests? (#45)
The answer ignored McGrath.

2. Who played most number of tests before he became captain?
Answered incorrectly as Steve Waugh (111 tests) when it is actually Anil Kumble (118).

Not nitpicking, but just a friendly suggestion to improve the quality of a superb website.

Thanks for the feedback.

Quote:

Originally Posted by biased indian

one doubt is the cricketweb best viewed in IE only

because in my FF if i take the Stat spider main page all the flags of the countries are shown under the menu bar on the Right side ..in IE its coming ok

Works fine in Fire Fox for me. Can you screen-print what you're seeing?

Goughy · 19-01-2009, 02:14 PM

Yeah, a quick look at the comments shows most are about noticing errors (sometimes incorrectly but mostly pointing out real erors)

An example of one is,

"Q: Who waited longest in terms of matches to score a century?

A: Depending on whether you mean the longest wait from debut to maiden century or the most consecutive games between centuries, the answer is Shaun Pollock (whose first came in his 51st game - and he almost immediately scored another) or Adam Parore, who played 56 games between his two Test centuries. "

Well, as stated, Jason Gillespie didnt score a ton until his 71st Test so you would expect his inclusion.

Who are the team? Is it he same guys as before? Is there a fact checking system?

I think its a great idea and has been done well, but to be acclaimed as expert then all the questions need to be answered correctly. Too many slips leads to a credibility issue.

Jakester1288 · 19-01-2009, 02:51 PM

I have never had a major problem with Chrome.

Smudge · 19-01-2009, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goughy

Yeah, a quick look at the comments shows most are about noticing errors (sometimes incorrectly but mostly pointing out real erors)

An example of one is,

"Q: Who waited longest in terms of matches to score a century?

A: Depending on whether you mean the longest wait from debut to maiden century or the most consecutive games between centuries, the answer is Shaun Pollock (whose first came in his 51st game - and he almost immediately scored another) or Adam Parore, who played 56 games between his two Test centuries. "

Well, as stated, Jason Gillespie didnt score a ton until his 71st Test so you would expect his inclusion.

Not to mention Anil Kumble... 17 years and 118 matches.

James · 19-01-2009, 05:20 PM

This weeks has just been posted.

Goughy · 20-01-2009, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

This weeks has just been posted.

Re: The SCG answer this week:

There are places where the cricket dimensions are listed. The cricinfo SCG page is one place. It is listed as 156 x 154 m.

Ive seen others list it as 159 x 155 m as well.

biased indian · 20-01-2009, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

Works fine in Fire Fox for me. Can you screen-print what you're seeing?

At your service .....

pls find the attachment

and found one more thing in the stat page of india it says kirmani has the most catches for india when dravid has 20 more catches than kirmani

James · 20-01-2009, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by biased indian

At your service .....

pls find the attachment

and found one more thing in the stat page of india it says kirmani has the most catches for india when dravid has 20 more catches than kirmani

Thanks for the screen-print.

What version of Firefox are you using? I'm using 3.0.5 and it's displaying ok.

biased indian · 20-01-2009, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by James

Thanks for the screen-print.

What version of Firefox are you using? I'm using 3.0.5 and it's displaying ok.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081029 Firefox/2.0.0.18

is it older one ???

Precambrian · 20-01-2009, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by biased indian

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081029 Firefox/2.0.0.18

is it older one ???

Yes.

This is the latest version

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.4

You can update it by pressing "Check for Updates" in Help

James · 20-01-2009, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by biased indian

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.18) Gecko/20081029 Firefox/2.0.0.18

is it older one ???

You're using a way old version of Firefox. Firefox 2.0 was released in 2006.

As Precambrian said, I would suggest you upgrade your browser.

18-01-2009, 07:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
Precambrian Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rahmaniverse Posts: 7,358	Ask the spider Of late quite a few errors have crept into the answers. I checked two Ask the Spider Questions, in #45 and #47, and found them to be incorrect. 1. Who was the bowler to take wicket of his last ball in tests? (#45) The answer ignored McGrath. 2. Who played most number of tests before he became captain? Answered incorrectly as Steve Waugh (111 tests) when it is actually Anil Kumble (118). Not nitpicking, but just a friendly suggestion to improve the quality of a superb website.

18-01-2009, 10:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
biased indian International Coach Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: office Posts: 10,972	one doubt is the cricketweb best viewed in IE only because in my FF if i take the Stat spider main page all the flags of the countries are shown under the menu bar on the Right side ..in IE its coming ok __________________ Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. RIP Craigos Avatar Courtesy Indian team that toured England in 2011 & GF

19-01-2009, 02:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Goughy International Coach Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: All Over Posts: 14,636	Yeah, a quick look at the comments shows most are about noticing errors (sometimes incorrectly but mostly pointing out real erors) An example of one is, "Q: Who waited longest in terms of matches to score a century? A: Depending on whether you mean the longest wait from debut to maiden century or the most consecutive games between centuries, the answer is Shaun Pollock (whose first came in his 51st game - and he almost immediately scored another) or Adam Parore, who played 56 games between his two Test centuries. " Well, as stated, Jason Gillespie didnt score a ton until his 71st Test so you would expect his inclusion. Who are the team? Is it he same guys as before? Is there a fact checking system? I think its a great idea and has been done well, but to be acclaimed as expert then all the questions need to be answered correctly. Too many slips leads to a credibility issue. __________________ If I only just posted the above post, please wait 5 mins before replying as there is bound to be edits West Robham Rabid Wolves Caedere lemma quod eat lemma Happy Birthday! (easier than using Birthday threads) Email and MSN- Goughy at cricketmail dot net Last edited by Goughy; 19-01-2009 at 02:51 PM.

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