MIDDLESEX CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2014

Darren Gosling sets a tough quiz where you may have to rely on brain power rather than Internet feeds.  A miniscule prize awaits the winner. The deadline 4th January 2015. Good luck,

1 England's highest Test runs scorer without a hundred (2nd and 3rd on the list are also Middx players) 3 POINTS

2 Last England opener to score hundreds in consecutive Tests

3 Last England opener to score a hundred in an ODI v Aussies

4 There are 2 England Test cricketers with 50+ caps not to be awarded the Wisden Cricketer of the Year one has an association at Lord's the other has played for Middlesex.

5 Last England player to score a hundred in both innings of a Test match

6 Twelfth man for England down under in the final Test of the 5-0 defeat in 2007

7 First player to score ODI hundreds for two different countries

8 Bowler off whom JT Murray took his 1,500th dismissal

9 England's most capped Middlesex born Test player

10 Scorer of Middlesex's first century in one day cricket

11 He has no Test caps but took two catches in a Test match in the 90's as a sub fielder, who is he?

12 In 2014 what feat in County Cricket (and last achieved by which Middlesex player) occurred for the first time in 38 years? 2 POINTS

13 Holder of the most consecutive County Championship appearances for Middlesex

14 Ground on which Paul Downton suffered his unfortunate eye injury in 1990

15 Who were the only two non-playing squad members during the Stanford Series in 2008? 2 POINTS

16 What links Paul Weekes, Richard Johnson and Steve Finn?

17 Andrew Strauss took only two Championship wickets for Middlesex, who were his victims? 2 POINTS

18 The last Middlesex cricketer to make an appearance in the Football League

19 At Trent Bridge in 2004, Lance Klusener took 22 off the last over to clinch victory for Middlesex - who was the unfortunate bowler?

20 Who has the highest batting strike rate for Middlesex in T20 cricket?

21 Scorer of the season's earliest ever first class century on 31st March

22 What feat, first achieved by Mark Ramprakash in 2003 has only been repeated by two cricketers since? 3 POINTS

23 Player who in 2002 took Middlesex's final wicket and scored our final run in the Benson & Hedges Cup

24 What in 2003 was uniquely significant about Middlesex's Championship side? 3 POINTS

25 Who took 3 wickets in his first 20 balls on his Test debut?

26 Ground on which Neil Dexter made his first appearance in a Middlesex shirt

27 In 2001 Phil Tufnell became the last Middx bowler to take 1,000 first class wickets - who was his 1,000th victim?

28 Justin Langer was clean bowled for just 1 run in his final ever appearance at Lords, who claimed his wicket?

29 Only player to have captained England at cricket and rugby

30 Who connects Mark Benson, Peter Moores, Peter Bowler & Neil Burns and why?

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31 Who in May 2006 moved to a 50 overnight?