A Bit of Trivia

[vcs]

Ambrose?

 

[aussie tragic]

Any consolation, I would have picked Lillee, who along with Marshall, McGrath and Garner are not even in the top 20

 

[aussie tragic]

Ambrose?

17th

 

[aussie tragic]

So in summary,

1. Murali - 167 wkts bowled
2. Anderson - 117 wkts
3. Warne - 115 wkts
4. ???? - 103 wkts
=5. ???? - 102 wkts
=5. Akram - 102 wkts
=5. Younis- 102 wkts
8. Lindwall - 98 wkts
9. ???? - 96 wkts
10. Kumble - 94 wkts

 

[vcs]

I guess we've eliminated a lot of the options by now. Stuart Broad?

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

I remember Lindwall has taken a particularly high % of his wickets bowled, though his total is a lot lower than these guys. Does he make the list?

 

[aussie tragic]

@Red_Ink_Squid, Ray Lindwall comes in at #8

 

[aussie tragic]

I guess we've eliminated a lot of the options by now. Stuart Broad?

14th

 

[Malcolm]

Imran? Kapil? Hadlee?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Fred.

 

[aussie tragic]

Imran? Kapil? Hadlee?

Imran #9, Hadlee 11, Dev 15

 

[aussie tragic]

Fred.

Yes, Freddie Trueman with 103 wkts still has the 4th most wkts bowled

Note: Lindwall with 42.98% has the highest % wkts bowled

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Brian Johnston once asked Fred in commentary how he and Statham got such a high percentage of clean bowled and he replied “By aiming at the stumps”.

 

[aussie tragic]

Brian Johnston once asked Fred in commentary how he and Statham got such a high percentage of clean bowled and he replied “By aiming at the stumps”.

Statham the forgotten/unknown bowler as he is =5th with 102 wkts bowled, but 2nd best % bowled behind Lindwall (40.48%)

 

[Coronis]

Which test player played against Australia whilst helping set the record for most consecutive test wins, and also played against Australia when they broke that record?

 

[honestbharani]

VVS Laxman?

 

[vcs]

Courtney Walsh

 

[honestbharani]

ah, I misunderstood the question..

yeah Walsh seems like the answer.

 

[Coronis]

Courtney Walsh

Nailed it. Pretty much bookended his career between two of the greatest teams of all time.

 

[honestbharani]

I was thinking of the two crazy runs that Aus had of winning 16 games on the trot before being stopped by India and figured Laxman figured in both. But then so did Dravid, Ganguly, Kumble I guess.