December 3, 2002

Name: Ashish Shenoy
Question: In the 4th ODI between India & West Indies, 5 of the W.Indian bowlers conceded more than 60 runs in the match off their quota of overs. Is this a record or what? Is there a comparable record that you would like to enlighten us with?

Answer1: This is a record. Though, there have been several other cases of four bowlers conceding 60+ runs in an ODI innings.

Name: Mohan Gopalakrishnan
Question: Can you tell me how many Indians who have played 20 or more Tests have not scored a duck in Test cricket?

Answer2: The distinction goes to Brijesh Patel who after playing in 21 Tests has never registered a duck. Incidentally only 68 Indian players have appeared in 20 or more Tests.

Name: S.SRINIVASAN
Question: Which batting pair have together scored the maximum runs in the last over [50th over] in an ODI.

Answer3: Allan Lamb scored 18 runs off the 50th over from Australian Bruce Reid at Sydney on 22-1-1987 to win the match for England with one ball to spare. This is the maximum number of runs scored in the last over by any team to win a ODI match.

Name: Parijat
Question: Wicket keepers are rarely given chance to captain their sides. Can you please list the 3 most successful wicket-keeper captains and their records (Win/Losses, Runs scored and No. of Dismissals) in Tests.

Answer4: Most successful keeper-captains:

Captain	For	M	W	L	D	T	%win
FCM Alexander	WI	18	7	4	7	0	38.89
PW Sherwell	SA	13	5	6	2	0	38.46
Moin Khan	Pak	13	4	2	7	0	30.77

Top battting performances by keeper-captains (aggregating 400-plus runs):

	For	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50
A Flower	Zim	16	30	5	1232	156	49.28	3	7
AJ Stewart	Eng	12	24	3	781	164	37.19	1	3
FCM Alexander	WI	18	24	3	466	70	22.19	-	2
Moin Khan	Pak	13	17	1	438	70	27.38	-	2
PW Sherwell	SA	13	22	4	427	115	23.72	1	1

Name: Karthik
Question: I would want to know the list of bowlers who on maximum occasions have taken 2 or more wickets in an over. I request you a top 10 list of such bowlers in both formats of the game.

Answer 5: It is not possible to list such bowlers. For this record, we need to check the scoresheets of every single international match, which would not be possible.

Name: Jenna
Question: Where did cricket originate from?

Answer6: There are different theories in respect to the origins of cricket. It is said no one really invented cricket. Like almost everything else cricket was evolved. The first probable reference to the game appears some time during the 15th century. Recently a Frenchman has claimed that cricket was played in France much before it began in Britain.

Name: Swapnil Linge
Question: Who used the helmet as a batsman in Tests. Also give me details about the match and the year.

Answer7: Australian Graeme Yallop first used the helmet against the West Indies at Brigdetown in March 1978.

Name: Sundar Rajan
Question: Can you please tell me what is Ganguly's record against left-arm spinners (runs scored, at what rate, and how often he has got out to a left-arm spinner)? I am particularly interested in ODI's, with any other info being a bonus.

Answer8: Ganguly has been dismissed by six left arm slow bowlers on 8 occasions in Test matches.
They are: Zimbabwe's Ray Price & Grant Flower (twice each) and New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya, South Africans Niky Boje & Paul Adams are the left arm slow bowlers have claimed his wicket.

In ODIs, Ganguly has been dismissed by nine left arm slow bowlers on 13 occasions.
They are:
England's Ashley Giles (3 times),
New Zealand's Daniel Vettori (twice),
Zimbabwe's Dirk Viljoen (twice),
Pakistan's Mohammad Hussain & Aamir Sohail, Australian Michael Bevan and South African Niky Boje, Zimbabwean Grant Flower, Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya - all once each - are the others to claim Ganguly's wickets in ODIs.

Name: venugopal.m.t
Question: How many wickets K N Ananthapadmanabhan took in first class matches for Kerala?

Answer9: Before the start of this season, KA Ananthapadmanabhan in 70 Ranji Trophy matches has taken 245 wickets (avg. 27.57) for Kerala.

Name: Nina Joshi
Question: Excluding the all-rounders who were captains (Kapil Dev, Imran Khan etc), could you list for me the players who have simultaneously worn the 3 caps of Wicketkeeper-Captain-Specialist Batsman; like for example Adam Gilchrist, Rahul Dravid, Andy Flower to name a few in the recent times? It would also be interesting to know if anyone has worn more than 3 caps in a single match.

Answer10: Other than Adam Gilchrist, Rahul Dravid and Andy Flower, England's Alec Stewart and South Africa's Mark Boucher would also fall into this category.