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da betsul： Steven Lynch13-Sep-2016I have a memory of being at an Essex game when my Dad said, “Son, this is the greatest batsman in the world coming in to bat!” Result: Sobers c Smith b Boyce 0 – and me wondering what the fuss was about. Did I imagine this? asked Will Elsom from England
I’ve looked back at all Garry Sobers’ appearances against Essex, and they include two ducks – both at Chelmsford in the Sunday League, in 1969 (on the first day of its first season) and in 1971. But I’m afraid Sobers was run out both times, in 1971 from the first ball he faced. Keith Boyce played in both matches – he also made a duck in the first one – but Neil Smith wasn’t with Essex then (his first games for them were in 1973), and the only time he faced Sobers for Essex was in 1974 … he didn’t catch him then either. I suppose it’s possible that you went to some sort of benefit match, in which case we wouldn’t have the scores on record – but I think it would have been a disappointment to the crowd (and the beneficiary!) if Sir Garry had got out for a duck in such a game!I noticed that Ken Higgs, who died recently, had a very good Test bowling average. Where does he stand among England players? asked Chris Budgett from England
The former Lancashire and Leicestershire seamer Ken Higgs, who died last week aged 79, took 71 wickets in his 15 Tests, at an average of 20.74. Of bowlers who have taken 70 or more wickets for England, only two who played after the First World War have better averages: express bowler Frank Tyson took 76 wickets at 18.56, and slow left-armer Johnny Wardle 102 at 20.39. The overall list, on which Higgs is eighth, is headed by the Surrey fast-medium bowler George Lohmann, who took 122 wickets at just 10.75 runs apiece in 18 Tests between 1886 and 1896. Higgs was remembered by David Hopps in this affectionate tribute after his death.How many batsmen have been part of two Test hat-tricks? asked James Cooper from England
The most notable name on this particular list is that of the South African wicketkeeper Tommy Ward, who completed a king pair by being the third victim in both of the Australian legspinner Jimmy Matthews’ hat-tricks at Old Trafford during the 1912 Triangular Tournament. Oddly, those were Matthews’ only six wickets in the match! Two other people have been part of two separate Test hat-tricks. Stuart MacGill was the middle victim of both Darren Gough’s for England in Sydney in 1998-99, and Jermaine Lawson’s for West Indies in Bridgetown in 2002-03. And the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Romesh Kaluwitharana was the first to fall in Wasim Akram’s hat-trick in Karachi in 1998-99, and in Abdul Razzaq’s in Galle, also for Pakistan, a year later. I recently read about a double near-miss on this front: in Auckland in 1954-55, in the match in which New Zealand were all out for 26 – the lowest total in all Tests – their legspinner Alex Moir came in on a hat-trick in both innings, after Bob Appleyard had inflicted a king pair on Ian Colquhoun. Moir survived both, so Appleyard never did perform the feat. For the full list of Test hat-tricks, complete with the victims, click here.MS Dhoni scored 212 runs without being dismissed in an ODI series in 2011 – a record for a series involving five or more games•Associated PressImad Wasim scored 153 runs without being dismissed in Pakistan’s recent one-day series against England – was this a record? asked Shaon from Bangladesh
Imad Wasim, who missed one of the matches through injury, did indeed score 153 runs in four not-out innings in Pakistan’s recent one-day series against England. The record for a series involving five or more matches, though, is 212 runs – by MS Dhoni for India at home to England in October 2011, when his scores were 87, 35, 15 and 75, all not out (he did not bat in one match). The Australian batsman Damien Martyn scored 158 runs in five not-out innings – rounding it off with 116 not out in Auckland – in a six-match series in New Zealand in 1999-2000. Aravinda de Silva scored 334 runs without being dismissed in Sri Lanka’s four matches of a quadrangular series at home in 1996, while Javed Miandad made 234 without getting out – including two centuries – in Pakistan’s four-match home series against India in 1982-83.Virender Sehwag scored 55 in both innings in a match against West Indies in November 2011. Is this the highest such double? asked Dineshwaran from India
Virender Sehwag’s double in that match in Delhi in 2011-12, while quite unusual, is not the highest in a Test – it’s actually 13th on the list. On top is Duleep Mendis, who made 105 in each innings for Sri Lanka against India in Madras (now Chennai) in 1982-83, while Misbah-ul-Haq followed 101 with a very rapid 101 not out for Pakistan against Australia in Abu Dhabi in 2014-15. Alvin Kallicharran comes next, with twin 80s for West Indies against England at The Oval in 1973. One of the most famous such doubles was performed by the West Indian captain Frank Worrell in the Tied Test against Australia in Brisbane in 1960-61: he was caught by Wally Grout off Alan Davidson for 65 in both innings. In all there have been 22 instances of a batsman making two identical scores of 50 or above in a Test. Sehwag’s is the highest such double for India, though: next comes Sachin Tendulkar’s brace of 52s against Pakistan in Kolkata in 2004-05. Sehwag also made 47 in both innings against Australia at Adelaide in 2003-04.I remember Inzamam-ul-Haq getting out for obstructing the field against India. How many such instances have there been? asked Vinod from India
The instance you’re referring to occurred in Peshawar in February 2006. “He blocked a return from Raina with his bat while standing a couple of yards out of his crease,” reported Wisden, which added: “Afterwards Inzamam wrote indignantly: ‘Such not very common laws need to be explained properly and in detail,’ but after more than 100 Tests and 350 one-day internationals, he might have known about this one.” At the time Inzamam was the third batsman to be given out obstructing the field in a one-day international; there have been three more since, most recently Ben Stokes, for England against Australia at Lord’s last year. There was also one such dismissal in a Test – by England’s Len Hutton against South Africa at The Oval in 1951. For the full list of unusual dismissals in Tests, click here, and for a similar list for one-day internationals, click here.Send in your questions using our feedback form.