https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwylqp9k80ko
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max.it
On 17/06/2026 12:07, max.it wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwylqp9k80ko
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I got 15. I see that their "correct" answers include _Jamie_ Cox - oops!
On 18/06/2026 07:53, David North wrote:
On 17/06/2026 12:07, max.it wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwylqp9k80ko
I gave up on 0.
max.it
I got 15. I see that their "correct" answers include _Jamie_ Cox - oops!
It was good to see Sonny Baker getting a couple of wickets, especially
after his less-than-successful white-ball appearances for England. It's >surprising that there have been more Test cricketers called Sonny (3,
the others being Moloney of NZ and Ramadhin of WI) than Baker (2, the
other being Lionel of WI), although AFAIK he is the first to have Sonny
on his birth certificate.
On Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:17:57 +0100, David North <nospam@lane-farm.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
On 18/06/2026 07:53, David North wrote:In the style of the 'around Britain quiz', you might end up with
On 17/06/2026 12:07, max.it wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cwylqp9k80ko
I gave up on 0.
max.it
I got 15. I see that their "correct" answers include _Jamie_ Cox - oops!
It was good to see Sonny Baker getting a couple of wickets, especially
after his less-than-successful white-ball appearances for England. It's
surprising that there have been more Test cricketers called Sonny (3,
the others being Moloney of NZ and Ramadhin of WI) than Baker (2, the
other being Lionel of WI), although AFAIK he is the first to have Sonny
on his birth certificate.
Raphael Ravenscroft. Though I can't think of how to word the question.
While we're on the subject of names, I don't suppose England have ever >previously fielded 6 players with different first names beginning with J (or any
other specific letter for that matter).
In article <n9irhkF8mbdU1@mid.individual.net>, David North <nospam@lane- farm.fsnet.co.uk> writes
<snip>
While we're on the subject of names, I don't suppose England have ever
previously fielded 6 players with different first names beginning with J (or any
other specific letter for that matter).
And in spite of that, I think all six names are different.
A different curiosity about this match has been that the first four NZ batters and the first three for England have all been left-handers. I
suspect it may be unique for the first three on both sides in a Test to
be lefties.
On 18/06/2026 19:52, John Hall wrote:
In article <n9irhkF8mbdU1@mid.individual.net>, David North <nospam@lane-any
farm.fsnet.co.uk> writes
<snip>
While we're on the subject of names, I don't suppose England have ever
previously fielded 6 players with different first names beginning with J (or
other specific letter for that matter).
And in spite of that, I think all six names are different.
A different curiosity about this match has been that the first four NZ
batters and the first three for England have all been left-handers. I
suspect it may be unique for the first three on both sides in a Test to
be lefties.
That's easier to check.
In the 2006 Eng v SL series, England's top 3 in all 3 Tests was
Trescothick, Strauss and Cook. In the 1st Test, SL's top 3 was Mubarak, >Tharanga and Sangakkara, and they replaced Mubarak with Vandort for the
2nd and 3rd Tests.
Also:
Mirpur 2008/09, Bangladesh (Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Zunaed Siddique)
v SL (Vandort, Warnapura, Sangakkara)
Mirpur 2012/13, Bangladesh (Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Shahriar
Nafees) v WI (Gayle, Kieran Powell, Darren Bravo)
Mirpur 2017, Bangladesh (Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes) v >Australia (Warner, Renshaw, Khawaja). In Bangladesh's 2nd innings,
Taijul Islam, also LH, went in as nightwatchman at #3, so 7 batsmen
batted in the top 3, all LH.
At Durban in 2004/05, England's top 3 was Trescothick, Strauss and
Butcher. SA's was Smith, Gibbs (RH) and Rudolph, but Boje went in as >nightwatchman at #3 in the 2nd innings, so they had 3 LHs in the top 3
in the match, but not in the same innings.
At Chennai in 2004/05, Australia's top 3 was Langer, Hayden and Katich,
and Gilchrist went in at #3 in the 2nd innings. India's top 3 was Yuvraj >Singh, Sehwag (RH), Irfan Pathan, so 6 LHs in the top 3 in the match,
but 4 on one side and 2 on the other.
However, in all of the above matches, the "proper" #4 on both sides was
RH, so the top 3 on one side and the top 4 on the other in their normal >order in the current match is a first.
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