E: 10/03 Win a Slazenger V100 TAS G3 cricket bat

thingamaBob

ALL OUT CRICKET clicky


1. Which flowery fast bowler was part of the West Indies' bowling attack during the 2000 series in England?
Answer: Franklyn Rose

2. At which formerly rose-related cricket ground is John Crawley’s 311* a club record?
Answer: The Rose Bowl, Southampton

3. Which Pakistani legend, who had an unsuccessful spell as a Yorkshire overseas player in 2007, was on the wrong end of Jonty Rhodes’ famous ‘superman’ run-out in 1994? (Seen in the main image above)
Answer: Inzamam-ul-Haq

4. Which Somerset hero skippered the county to their first ever silverware in 1979 and played nine Tests for England between 1977 and 1981?
Answer: Brian Rose

5. And which talented allrounder played for Somerset from 1987-2002 and shares the world-record for the fastest List A hundred?
Answer: Graham Rose

6. Lancashire’s David Hughes claimed the Red Rose club’s appearances record when he retired in 1991 after turning out a respectable 455 times. In what year did he make his debut?
Answer: 1967

7. Across the Pennines, Yorkshire’s history books boast the world-record holder for first-class appearances, a monstrous 1,100 in a 32-year career at the club. What was his name?
Answer: Wilfred Rhodes

8. Which architect of England’s antipodean miseries this winter holds the record individual batting score in a Roses game, biffing 252 from 288 deliveries in 2001?
Answer: Darren Lehman

9. Everybody associates Roses fixtures with Yorkshire and Lancashire but which county’s badge is actually composed of both a red and white rose?
Answer: Northamptonshire

10. To celebrate Sachin Tendulkar’s penultimate Test in November 2013, how many kilograms of rose petals did the Bengali cricket authorities propose should be showered on the ‘Little Master’ during India’s second innings at Eden Gardens?
Answer: 199kg

These are what I believe to be the correct answers but please feel free to disagree and offer alternatives.

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NIVVYDOH

lol. I have played with 2 and against 3 of the guys mentioned in those questions. Ah! Brings back memories. Need a new bat though so, I'll give it a go.