World Cup Trivia

[Turbinator]

Has the 36 got anything to do with the Canada being bowled out for the lowest WC score?

Hey watch what you say about Canada eh!

 

[Natman20]

What is the significance of the following set of numbers:

36, 171, 126, 115, 102, 188, 132 & 49?

Batsman carrying bat through the innings

36* - S Gavaskar (132-3) - against England at Lord's 7.6.1975
171* - G Turner (309-5) - against East Africa at Birmingham on 7.6.1975
126* - G Marsh (251-8) - against New Zealand at Chandergarh on 27.10.1987
102* - Ramiz Raja (220-2) - against West Indies at Melbourne on 23.2.1992
115* - A Flower (312-4) - against Sri Lanka at New Plymouth on 23.2.1992
188* - G Kirsten (321-2) - against U.A.E at Rawalpindi on 16.2.1996
132* - N Johnson (259-6) - against Australia at Lord's on 9.6.1999
172* - C Wishart (340-2) - against Namibia at Harare on 10.2.2003
53* - I Maraj (136-5) - against South Africa at East London on 27.2.2003
103* - M Atapattu (256-6) - against Zimbabwe at East London on 15.3.2003

49* - R Jacobs (110) - against Australia at Manchester on 30.5.1999

 

[Goughy]

Batsman carrying bat through the innings

36* - S Gavaskar (132-3) - against England at Lord's 7.6.1975
171* - G Turner (309-5) - against East Africa at Birmingham on 7.6.1975
126* - G Marsh (251-8) - against New Zealand at Chandergarh on 27.10.1987
102* - Ramiz Raja (220-2) - against West Indies at Melbourne on 23.2.1992
115* - A Flower (312-4) - against Sri Lanka at New Plymouth on 23.2.1992
188* - G Kirsten (321-2) - against U.A.E at Rawalpindi on 16.2.1996
132* - N Johnson (259-6) - against Australia at Lord's on 9.6.1999
172* - C Wishart (340-2) - against Namibia at Harare on 10.2.2003
53* - I Maraj (136-5) - against South Africa at East London on 27.2.2003
103* - M Atapattu (256-6) - against Zimbabwe at East London on 15.3.2003

49* - R Jacobs (110) - against Australia at Manchester on 30.5.1999

Wow, you knew all that without research

 

[Natman20]

Wow, you knew all that without research

I guessed and then researched to see if my answer was correct

 

[Goughy]

I guessed and then researched to see if my answer was correct

I figured that would be it. I was just playing as there was a lot of info listed.

 

[Natman20]

ill carry on then

Who Is the Oldest player to play in a World Cup tournament?
(This may take research)

 

[Goughy]

ill carry on then

Who Is the Oldest player to play in a World Cup tournament?
(This may take research)

Id didnt research this so I dont know if its right. But old Nolan Clarke, the Dutchman from Barbados, would be a good guess.

I remember reading about him a lot in the mid 90s

 

[Natman20]

Id didnt research this so I dont know if its right. But old Nolan Clarke, the Dutchman from Barbados, would be a good guess.

I remember reading about him a lot in the mid 90s

Correct

N Clarke played in the 1996 world cup at the age of 47 years and 257 days old.
Over to you again

 

[Goughy]

Correct

N Clarke played in the 1996 world cup at the age of 47 years and 257 days old.
Over to you again

Hmm. I was hoping it wasnt correct as I didnt want to ask a question

Give me a few mins to think

 

[Goughy]

OK, this could be researched quite easily so Ive changes some min requirement

With min 200 WC runs
Name the top 5 players with the highest career WC batting strike rate

Additional bonus question from the little bit of work Ive done now, how many players have played in all the WCs combined?

 

[PhoenixFire]

Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Adam Gilchrist
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar

 

[Goughy]

Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Adam Gilchrist
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar

1 correct. Should I say which one? or let people try and figure it out?

 

[no1_gangsta_786]

Adam Gilchrist
Sanath Jayasuriya
Chris Gayle
Shahid Afridi
Ricky Ponting

(i have absolutely no clue and be extremely surprised if i got 1 right.)

 

[Goughy]

Adam Gilchrist
Sanath Jayasuriya
Chris Gayle
Shahid Afridi
Ricky Ponting

(i have absolutely no clue and be extremely surprised if i got 1 right.)

0 correct

Interestingly Afridi has only 109 runs from 11 games at an average of 10.9 with a SR of only 87.2

 

[no1_gangsta_786]

Exactly as i thought

 

[oz_fan]

Kapil Dev
Viv Richards
Chris Gayle
Mark Waugh
Lance Klusener

 

[JASON]

OK, this could be researched quite easily so Ive changes some min requirement

With min 200 WC runs
Name the top 5 players with the highest career WC batting strike rate

Additional bonus question from the little bit of work Ive done now, how many players have played in all the WCs combined?

Adam Gilchrist
Saurav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Sanath Jayasuriya
Lance Klusener

 

[Goughy]

Kapil Dev
Viv Richards
Chris Gayle
Mark Waugh
Lance Klusener

2 correct

 

[Goughy]

Adam Gilchrist
Saurav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Sanath Jayasuriya
Lance Klusener

1 correct

 

[Natman20]

J Davison
L Klusner
S Gavaskar
A Symonds
K Dev

This is a really wacky guess