2. in 2017, Who Became the First Double-Barrelled Cricketer to Play for England Since Norman ‘Mandy’ Mitchell-Innes in 1935
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ROUND 1 1. Who won BBC Sports Personality of the Year last December? 2. In 2017, who became the first double-barrelled cricketer to play for England since Norman ‘Mandy’ Mitchell-Innes in 1935. 3. In 1900, while playing for the MCC against London County, this man, more famous for creating a world famous fictional detective, took his only first-class wicket; the wicket of W.G. Grace. Who was the bowler? 4. In 2005, who was the first cricketer to win Strictly Come Dancing? 5. And two years earlier, in 2003, which cricketer was only the second winner of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here? 6. Don Bradman is the only Australian batsman to score a hundred centuries in first-class cricket. Viv Richards is the only West Indian. Who is the only Pakistani? 7. In February 2019, Chris Gayle hit his 477th six in international cricket, a new record, beating the 476 sixes struck by whom? 8. Anya Shrubsole took six wickets as England bowled out India in the World Cup Final at Lord’s. Two further wickets fell to run outs. Which left- arm spinner, a woman who has only been dismissed herself once in her entire international career, took the other two wickets? 9. Who wrote the following words in a national newspaper in 2017: “Mason Crane has an unforgettable name and this winter became the fist English spinner to play in the Sheffield Shield since....well, me actually.” 10. Who in 2009 was the first woman ever to be selected by Wisden Cricketers Almanack as a Cricketer of the Year? ROUND 2 - PICTURE ROUND NAME THE BOWLERS FROM THEIR SILHOUETTES ROUND 3 1. The lowest first-class total to contain a century was recorded in 1981 when Nottinghamshire scored 143 against Hampshire. Which South African born Notts batsman, who died in 2015 scored 105 that day? 2. Marnus Labuschagne, the leading scorer of Test runs in 2019, was born in which country? 3. In 1999, while playing for England against New Zealand at Edgbaston, Alex Tudor set the England record for the highest score by a nightwatchman with 99 not out. Whose record, which had stood for more than 66 years, did he break? 4. There were two centenary test matches between England and Australia; one at Melbourne in 1977, the other at Lord’s in 1980. Who was the only Englishman who played in both? 5. Two England cricketers have played in five Ashes winning series. Ian Botham is one. Who is the other? 6. In November 2010, who became the first man ever to take a hat-trick in a test on his birthday? 7. Who is the only Australian batsman to score more first-class runs than Sir Donald Bradman? He made 28,382 of them before retiring in 2009. 8. Speaking of the Don, was Donald Bradman ever out in the nineties in a Test match? 9. Who was chosen as one of Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year in 2013, 74 years after his grandfather? 10. Which Englishman has scored the most runs in Test cricket without making a double hundred? ROUND 4 - PICTURE ROUND NAME THE GROUNDS 1 2 3 4 5 6 ROUND 5 1. In the 200-year history of the Eton vs Harrow cricket match, there has only ever been one hat-trick. Who, more famous now as a commentator, was its third victim? 2. ‘Cricket is greater than sex, though sex isn’t too bad either.’ Words spoken by which winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature? 3. In 1900 a cricket team called Devon County Wanderers embarked on a tour of Paris and surrounding areas, during the course of which they recorded which unique achievement that has never been repeated? 4. Who is the only man to have captained England and appeared in a film with Elizabeth Taylor? 5. Who played his only test for Australia in 2009 at the age of 35? He bowled 18 overs of leg-spin, conceded 149 runs and failed to take a wicket. 6. According to Sir Len Hutton this man, who struck his fis ball in test cricket for four, made “batting look as easy as drinking tea.” The man about whom Sir Len spoke these words said “it’s hard work making batting look effortless.” Who is this man? 7. In the 2015 Ashes series, which Australian was the only player to be voted Man of the Match on two separate occasions? 8. Which prolific Australian woman all rounder missed the World T20 Final with injury but did get to watch her American namesake perform in the pre-match entertainment? 9. Geoffrey Boycott never lets us forget that he scored his hundredth hundred at Headingley against Australia in 1977. He was the second person to reach one hundred 100s that year. Which Surrey batsman had done it earlier that season in a county match? 10. While at Cambridge University this Essex and England all rounder was an extra in the film Chariots Of Fire. He ended up with a first-class batting average of 28.26 and a bowling average of 28.26. Who is he?.