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Rajiv Radhakrishnan, UK
Strauss scored a century on Test debut and a century on his debut as captain (both at Lord's). Has anyone else done this?
No one else has achieved this double at Lord's and only one player, Greg Chappell, had previously achieved it anywhere. Having celebrated his debut by scoring 108 v England at Perth in 1970-71, Chappell marked his first appearance as Australia's captain by scoring 123 and 109 not out v West Indies at Brisbane in 1975-76.
Andrew Strauss is the 23rd player to score a century in his first Test as captain and the third to so for England after Archie MacLaren (v Australia at Sydney in 1897-98) and Allan Lamb (v West Indies at Bridgetown in 1989-90).
Ashley Bedson, England
On the first day of the recent Lords Test v Pakistan, much was made about the first innings of England having no leg byes, but I saw umpire Taufel call 'No Ball' and then signal leg byes after the ball had hit the batsman's pads and they ran a single.
I am a fully qualified ACU&S Umpire and I know you cannot have leg byes after a no ball. It must be byes or runs, depending on whether the batsman hits the ball or not. My question is: did the scorers right Mr Taufel's wrong?
There was no wrong to right! I refer you to Law 26, note 2 (b) Leg Byes. 'The runs... shall (i) if the delivery is not a No Ball, be scored as Leg byes. (ii) If No ball has been called, be scored together with the penalty for the No ball as No ball extras'.
Leg byes can only be scored from a fair delivery. Byes and leg byes off no balls are recorded as no ball extras. Byes off a wide are recorded as wide extras. No balls and wides take precedence over both types of bye.
The instance you noted occurred off the sixth ball of the ninth over (Mohammad Sami's fifth) of England's first innings. The no ball called by Simon Taufel hit the pads of Andrew Strauss and a run was taken. Taufel did indeed signal a leg bye and the scorers correctly recorded 2 no balls (penalty plus run).
Mike North, UK
When was the last time England finished a day's play with two not out century-makers?
Prior to the opening day (13 July) of the Lord's Test v Pakistan which ended with Alistair Cook (101) and Paul Collingwood (109) both not out, England's previous instance occurred on 6 July 1996. Then the third day of the Third Test against India at Trent Bridge ended with Michael Atherton not out 145 and Nasser Hussain not out 107.
Jeremy Stobart, UK
How many double declarations have England had against Pakistan?
Prior to England's double declaration at Lord's (528-9 and 296-8) the only instance by either side in 63 Tests occurred at Lahore in November 2000. Having batted into the third day, England declared at 480 for 8 and dismissed Pakistan for 401 after lunch on the fifth day. They declared at 3.56pm to abort a moribund match 30 minutes early.
Victoria Marlow, Dorset, England
Please are you able to tell me where I can get a full fixture list for all second eleven games of all counties in England? My husband and I will be boating on the canals next summer and hope to take in as many 2nd team games as possible.
I publish them in the 'Playfair Cricket Annual' and obtain them from the ECB. They are not usually available until January or February when you should be able to find them on the ECB's website.
Gordon Whitfield, UK
My Dad used to make constant reference to a treble hat-trick he had witnessed as a boy. The bowler was an Ellesmere College boy who was playing in a village game at Hanmer in Flintshire (on the Shropshire/Wales border near Ellesmere) in the late 20s or early 30s. Have you come across any reference to this particular instance or anything like it?
I can offer two instances of bowlers taking nine wickets with successive balls but neither occurred in England. Paul Hugo achieved it in February 1931 while playing for Smithfield School against Aliwal North in South Africa. His feat was equalled by Stephen Fleming in December 1967 for Marlborough College 'A' against Bohally Intermediate at Blenheim in New Zealand.
Philip Keeble, England
Has any team scored 500 or more in the first innings in a Test and lost?
Yes, there have been eight instances of sides winning after conceding at least 500 runs in the first innings. Six of them occurred in Australia, including four at Melbourne. England have won two of those eight Tests, including the very first instance, at Sydney in 1894-95, when they became the first side to gain a victory after following on. Having scored 325 and 437 in reply to Australia's 586, they dismissed their hosts for 166 to win by 10 runs.
England also won by seven wickets with three minutes to spare at Port-of-Spain in 1967-68 when West Indies (526-7 declared and 92-2 declared) set them a target of 215 in 165 minutes.
Will Harris and Colin Webb, England
Does Strauss's recent century at Lord's make it the first time four separate Englishmen have scored centuries in the same Test? There's a round of drinks riding on this!
Against Australia at Trent Bridge in June 1938, four England batsmen (Charles Barnett, Len Hutton, Eddie Paynter and Denis Compton contributed hundreds to England's only innings (658 for 8 declared).
Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton, Robin Smith scored hundreds in England's first innings against India at Old Trafford in August 1990, before Allan Lamb added another in the second. Mine's a sauvignon blanc, please!
Paul Garwood, UK
Andrew Strauss has now scored, I believe, eight Test hundreds. Is it true that only Bradman has scored a similar number in fewer Tests?
Strauss has now scored 2311 runs, including nine hundreds, in 28 Tests. The Don scored 3849 runs, including 15 hundreds in his first 28 Tests. Neil Harvey (11) and Denis Compton, Everton Weekes and Arthur Morris (10 each) had exceeded Strauss's tally at a similar stage.
If the number of innings (53) is compared, Bradman had scored more than twice the current England captain's aggregates: 4854 runs with 19 hundreds. Six others (the four listed above plus Herbert Sutcliffe and Clyde Walcott) had scored ten or more centuries at that stage.
David, Ripon, England
Reading something recently about Bert Ironmonger, the Aussie left-armer with a very respectable average of 17 something, I noticed he lived until he was nearly 90. Quite a lot of players seem to live a long time and I wondered how many former Test players have scored a century - in years that is?
Good to hear from Ripon where my Maltamaniacs used to play on rest days of Headingley Tests. 'Dainty' Ironmonger took 74 wickets at a cost of 17.97 runs apiece in his 14 Tests.
No Test cricketer has lived 100 years. The nearest was The Mackinnon of Mackinnon whose Test career encompassed just three days (the Melbourne Test of January 1879). Francis Mackinnon, the 35th Chief of his Clan, died at his Morayshire home (Drumduan in Forres) in 1947 at the age of 98 years 324 days. He appeared in 78 matches for Kent (1875-85) and was the Club's president in 1889.
Peter Jackson, UK
Can you name bowlers making their debut for England over 40 years of age?
Of the four cricketers who played their first match for England after their 40th birthday, only two were specialist bowlers, Paul Kinneir and Harry Lee being batsmen. The first, and oldest bowler was James Southerton who was 49 years 119 days old when he began the inaugural Test, against Australia at Melbourne in March 1877. A right-handed round-arm slow bowler, he was the first Test cricketer to die.
The other was Rockley Wilson (41 years 337 days), a right-arm slow bowler who could spin the ball either way and who made his only appearance against Australia at Sydney in 1920-21.
Steve Tucker, England
Does an appeal have to be for a specific type of dismissal, i.e. a catch or an lbw? During the recent Lord's Test the TMS commentator thought that Pakistan were appealing for a catch but Gus Fraser thought it was out lbw.
An appeal covers all ways of being out - Law 27, note 4.
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