Sports Quiz

[Bill James]

All yours legends

 

[Legends of 2017]

What is the most number of consecutive 6's hit by a batsman in an over in One Day Internationals? Who was/were the batsman/batsmen?

 

[jb03]

Jayasuriya - 4?

 

[jb03]

Actually that is probably not right because Pollock also hit 4 in a row

 

[Legends of 2017]

Jayasuriya - 4?

Actually that is probably not right because Pollock also hit 4 in a row

I was going to give the first one right anyway because I wasn't that clear on my question (again!). Jayasuriya actually did it twice as well.
All yours jb

 

[jb03]

Sticking to cricket and ODI, Shahid Afridi leads the all time strike rate, but who is surprisingly second?

 

[Legends of 2017]

Andy Blignaut,Zimbabwe

 

[jb03]

Yep lo1980

 

[Legends of 2017]

Which player has taken the most Test catches, excluding wicketkeepers, in a calendar year?

 

[marella jube]

Mark Waugh ?

 

[Legends of 2017]

no

 

[mk33]

Allan Border

 

[TigerForce]

Hayden

 

[Legends of 2017]

no and no

 

[Ready]

Mark Taylor?

 

[Legends of 2017]

no

 

[Otis]

Javed Miandad

 

[Legends of 2017]

no

 

[jb03]

Ian Chappell

 

[Bill James]

Stephen Flemming  28, what is quite remarkable is that he achieved it in only 10 tests. Some wicketkeepers go at less than 3 dismissals per match.