Cricket Quiz

By Jeremy Horne
June 16 2002

QUIZ: NO. 3 (week beginning 30/6)

Ok then, time to but you’re cricket brains on for this week’s selection of questions. Good Luck!

CRICKET:
1. Andrew Flintoff scored the quickest ever one day 50 by an England batsman at Trent Bridge on Thursday. How many balls did it take?
2. Who scored a new ground record of 315 at New Road this week? (He’ll be playing against us next- aghhh!)
3. Which New Zealand All-Rounder scored his maiden test century this week?
4. Which England player was fined after comments raised in the press about Ruchira Perera’s action?
5. Who inflicted a shock defeat on England in their Nat West series warm up match earlier this week?

MIDDLESEX:
6. Which 2 players hit a career best score during their partnership of 320 against Glamorgan?
7. Which Middlesex player celebrated his 19th birthday on Wednesday?
8. Middlesex are the only unbeaten team in Division 2 of this years county championship, but who are the only unbeaten team in division 1?
9. Which Middlesex player made an appearance at Lords this week whilst playing for another team?
10. And what match was this in?

Answers next week.

Last week’s answers:
1. Lancashire
2. 4
3. Alex Tudor
4. Highest run aggregate in a match (867), Highest individual score (Ali Brown’s 268), Most expensive bowling (Darren Thomas for 9-0-108-3) and Highest team total (Surrey’s 438-5).
5. Sanath Jayasuria
6. Stephen Fleming
7. Paul Weekes
8. Graham Rose (although Middlesex now have revenge after the signing of Ian Jones)
9. Ben Scott
10. Mike Gatting

DID YOU KNOW?

The last time Middlesex beat Sussex in a one-day game was on April 29th 1998 in the Benson and Hedges cup group stages. On that day Keith Brown won the gold Award for his Superb 114. Paul Weekes also had a good match, scoring 66 not out and taking 3-42. The only players who played in this fixture that are still at Middlesex today are Weekes, Shah, Nash and Bloomfield.

Team: Brown, Langer, Ramprakash, Pooley, Shah, Weekes, Nash, Johnson, Hewitt, Angus Fraser and Bloomfield.