The Cricketer Magazine – June 2018

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THE QUIZ by Jamie Crawley

FROM THE MONTH...

 Shane Watson scored a matchwinning
117 from just 57 deliveries in the
IPL fi nal, despite failing to score o
his fi rst how many balls?

 Who was named MVP for
this year’s IPL tournament?

 AB de Villiers retired as one of only
three men with Test and ODI averages
of 50-plus. Who are the other two?

 Mohammad Abbas took how
many wickets for Pakistan in the fi rst
Test against England at Lord’s?

 Defeat at Lord’s meant England had
gone how many Test without a victory?

 Alastair Cook made his 154th
consecutive Test appearance in
the second Test at Headingley.
Whose record did he break?

 What was unique about Sam Curran’s
dismissal for 20 at Headingley?

 Which Essex man recorded his
highest-ever List A score with a score
of 160 in the Royal London Cup?

 Which two men recorded the highest
ever Yorkshire partnership for the 2nd
wicket in their match against Lancashire?

 Calum McLeod signed a T20

Blast deal with which county after

his heroics at Edinburgh?

FROM THE ANNALS OF HISTORY...

 Who is Zimbabwe’s leading

wicket-taker in Test cricket?

 Glenn McGrath made his only

Test half-century against whom?

 Which former Kent player

made his only Test century against

the West Indies in 2004?

 Which county did Jonathan

Agnew play for?

 Who is Pakistan’s leading

Test run-scorer?

 What was Phil DeFreitas’ nickname?

 In the 2005 Ashes, who was both

Glenn McGrath’s 500th and Shane

Warne’s 600th Test victim?

 The Freedom Trophy is awarded

to the winner of Test series

between which two countries?

 The Oval hosted its 100th Test

in 2017. How many grounds had

reached this milestone previously?

 In what year was West

Indies’ fi rst Test match?

JUN 2228

SATURDAY England Women

v South Africa Women

T20 L SS 12:30

England W v

New Zealand W T20

L SS 17:30

West Indies v Sri Lanka

3rd Test D1 L SS 21:00

SUNDAY England v Australia

5th ODI L SS 10:30 R R4

LW and 5 Live Sports Xtra

West Indies v Sri Lanka

3rd Test D2 L SS 21:00

MONDAY West Indies v

Sri Lanka 3rd Test D3

L SS 21:00

TUESDAY West Indies v

Sri Lanka 3rd Test D4

L SS 21:00

WEDNESDAY Ireland v India

1st T20 L SS 15:55

England v Australia T20

L SS 18:00

West Indies v Sri Lanka

3rd Test D5 L SS 21:00

THURSDAY South Africa W v

New Zealand W T20

L SS 12:55

England W v New

Zealand W T20

L SS 17:30

JUN 29JUL 5

FRIDAY Ireland v India 2nd

T20 L SS 15:55

SATURDAY Royal London

Final TBC v TBC

L SS 10:30

SUNDAY Women’s T20 Tri-

Series Final TBC v TBC

L SS 14:30

TUESDAY England v India 1st

T20 L SS 17:00 R R4 LW

and 5 Live Sports Xtra

WEDNESDAY T20 Blast –

Notts v Warks L SS 18:00

THURSDAY T20 Blast –

Middlesex v Surrey

L SS 18:00

JUL 612

FRIDAY England v India 2nd

T20 L SS 17:00 R R4 LW

and 5 Live Sports Xtra

SATURDAY England W v

New Zealand W 1st ODI

L SS 10:30

SUNDAY England v India 3rd

T20 L SS 13:30 R R4 LW

and 5 Live Sports Xtra

TUESDAY England W v

New Zealand W 2nd

ODI L SS 12:30

WEDNESDAY T20 Blast -

Gloucs v Kent L SS 18:00

THURSDAY England v India

1st ODI L SS 12:00 R R4

LW and 5 Live Sports Xtra

JUL 1319

FRIDAY England W v

New Zealand W 3rd ODI

L SS 13:30

SATURDAY England v India

2nd ODI L SS 10:30 R R4

LW and 5 Live Sports Xtra

SUNDAY T20 Blast – Worcs

v Yorks L SS 12:30

TUESDAY England v India 3rd

ODI L SS 12:00 R R4 LW

and 5 Live Sports Xtra

WEDNESDAY T20 Blast –

Leics v Lancs L SS 18:00

THURSDAY T20 Blast –

Northants v Derbs

L SS 18:00

MISSING LINK

Last 5 England batsmen

to score centuries as

openers: Alastair Cook,

Keaton Jennings, Adam

Lyth, Sam Robson,

Joe Root

THE QUIZ

Sunil Narine, 2 10, 1

Virat Kohli and Joe 3

Allan 6 8, 5 8, 4 Root,

It was on his 7 Border,

Varun 8 20th birthday,

Adam Lyth 9 Chopra,

and David Willey,

11 Derbyshire, 10

New 12 Heath Streak,

Robert Key, 13 Zealand,

15 Leicestershire, 14

D a  y , 16 Younis Khan,

Marcus Trescothick, 17

India and South 18

3 (Lord’s 19 Africa,

192820 MCG, SCG),

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