Are you a cricket guru?

[IanG]

Here's one that's a real stumper and I have no idea what the answer is. It came from a Tony Greig Show Podcast.

Who is the only player to play in both football and cricket world cups?

 

[willvillain]

Rudie van Vuuren. Played for Namibia. It's crazy, he's like a doctor or a lawyer or something as well. He is superman! Except he isn't that good at either rugby or cricket haha.

 

[hineyrulz]

Thats right he played in 2 world cups in the same year for different sports, good effort even if he was crap at both.

 

[IanG]

That's who I was thinking of too but what threw me was the word Football.

 

[Sanchez]

who has scored the second most test runs for england

 

[NK Arsenal]

alec stewart?

 

[hineyrulz]

Yeah i think it's Alec stewart.

 

[Sanchez]

stewart is right

 

[President Lee]

Name the batsman at the non-striker's end when the underarm delivery was bowled.

 

[Sanchez]

coney?

 

[President Lee]

coney?

No.

 

[MKEB...]

Bruce Edgar

 

[President Lee]

Edgar is correct

 

[MKEB...]

one for the trainspotters...

name the three highest batting partnerships in test cricket.

 

[hineyrulz]

didn't Sanga's and Jaywardene hit around 500 against SA a while ago?

 

[willvillain]

didn't Sanga's and Jaywardene hit around 500 against SA a while ago?

That's my guess as well, but i thought they managed to go past 600... Either way, that's got to be one of the top three.

This is probably more (bitter) heart than head, but surely Laxman/Dravid's partnership against Australia will be up there as well.

 

[JJ]

I think the Sri Lankan one is #1 - Sangakarra and Jayawardene made 620 odd
Andrew Jones and Martin Crowe against Sri Lanka still #2?
I think jayasuriya and Mahanama had a very big one too...

If I am right, Sri Lanka would be involved in all 3...

 

[MKEB...]

2 of the three so far

 

[MKEB...]

Actually that is all three, I forgot about one

 

[IanG]

Oh BTW that question that Tony Greig posed in his podcast.
Who is the only player to have played both World Cup Football & World Cup Cricket.
Apparently the answer was Viv Richards. He apparently played soccer for Antigua