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20 minutes ago

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An interesting tidbit.

Kenneth Burn, Australia’s 56th Test cricketer, made his Test debut during the 1890 tour of England.

Though Burn was one of Tasmania's most prolific batsmen at the club level in the 19th century, he was selected as a wicketkeeper for the tour.

In a twist that raised eyebrows, Burn admitted only after boarding the ship to England that he had never kept wickets before—a selection decision later described as farcical.

Despite the controversy, Burn represented Australia in two Test matches during his career.

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55 minutes ago

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Can you name the cricketers who have made their test debut whilst playing first class cricket for Tasmania since 1980

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1 days ago

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Can you name the players who have bowled left arm spin for Australia in test cricket since 2000?

The players must have at least bowled an over in test cricket for Australia since 2000.

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1 days ago

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Can you name the first grade premiership winning captains in Queensland Premier Cricket since 2010-11

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1500/cricconnect-quizzes/blog/2745/queensland-premier-cricket-first-grade-premiership-winning-captains-since-2010-11

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2 days ago

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Can you name the NSW wicket keepers selected to play Sheffield Shield since 1990?

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1500/cricconnect-quizzes/blog/2743/can-you-name-the-nsw-wicket-keepers-selected-to-play-sheffield-shield-since-1990

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2 weeks ago

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Select Your Best Test Cricket Team and Win $1,000 AUD!
Think you can create the ultimate Test cricket team? Here’s your chance to win $1,000 AUD by picking your best Test XI, following these simple rules:

1. Team Composition:
- Your team can only include a maximum of Two players from any one Test-playing nation.
- Select 11 players in batting order to form a balanced cricket team of batters, bowlers and a wicket keeper. Please nominate your wicket keeper.

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- You can only select players you’ve personally seen play a Test match live or on television.
- For instance, if you were born in 1970, players like Don Bradman are ineligible.

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- To participate, you must be a registered user on CricConnect.
- Register by providing your full name, email address, and password. Validate your email address, then publish your team in the answer section under this competition post.
- Teams published solely on CricConnect’s social media pages will not be considered.

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- Entries close at 12:00 pm AEST on 31st January 2025.

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Start brainstorming your best Test team and submit your entry for a chance to win!

Have fun.

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5 months ago

Vicky Goyal

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MyClubtap empowers grassroots sporting clubs, leagues, and tournaments to easily create and manage their own fantasy leagues. This innovative platform not only opens up a new digital avenue for fundraising but also enhances engagement with family, friends, and fans. It fosters mentoring opportunities within the clubs and provides a fresh way to promote local sponsors.

As a game of skill, MyClubtap gives fans of sports clubs, leagues, and tournaments a unique opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge by creating fantasy teams featuring real local players. Fans can score fantasy points based on the actual on-field performances of these players and compete with other fans and followers in a battle for bragging rights, banter, and exciting prizes.

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7 months ago

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As of 2 July 2024, 16 England cricketers have played 100 or more test matches.

Only one batter who has played more than 100 test matches averaged less than 40.

Alec Stewart, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Botham, and Ben Stokes all averaged less than 40 but are obviously considered all-rounders with their wicket keeping and bowling.

Can you name the England Test batter who averaged less than 40?

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8 months ago

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Can you name the players, from one to five, who scored the most runs in first-class cricket? One being the most runs.

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9 months ago

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The Olly Cooley Medal is awarded to the best first grade player of the Western Australia Premier Cricket season.

In the 48 seasons since Tony Mann from Midland Guildford Cricket Club won the inaugural Olly Cooley for the 1976-77 season, which premier cricket club has had the most players who have won the prestigious Olly Cooley Medal?

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9 months ago

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The Bill O’Reilly Medal is awarded to the best first grade player of the NSW Premier Cricket season.

In the 57 seasons since Bob Simpson won the inaugural Bill O’Reilly for the 1967-68 season, which premier cricket club has had the most players who have won the prestigious Bill O’Reilly Medal?

Hint – there are 3 clubs with the same number of Bill O’Reilly Medalists

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9 months ago

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The Peter Burge Medal is awarded to the best first grade player of the Queensland Premier Cricket season.

In the 33 seasons since Harley Hammelman from South Brisbane Cricket Club and Robert McGhee from Toombul District Cricket Club were joint winners for the inaugural Peter Burge for the 1990-91 season, which premier cricket club has had the most players who have won the prestigious Peter Burge Medal?

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9 months ago

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The Jack Ryder Medal is awarded to the best first grade player of the Victoria Premier Cricket season.

In the 52 seasons since Ron Bird from Collingwood Cricket Club won the inaugural Jack Ryder Medal for the 1972-73 season which premier cricket club has had the most players who have won the prestigious Jack Ryder Medal?

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9 months ago

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The Australian Men’s Test Cricket team has had 47 Test captains since Dave Gregory was Australia’s first captain in the first test match v England in Melbourne in March 1877.

Only 2 of the 47 captains were born in Queensland and played first class cricket for Queensland.

Can you name the 2 players?

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10 months ago

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CricConnect Crossword - 18 March 2024

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1500/cricconnect-crossword/blog/2054/cricconnect-crossword-18-march-2024

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10 months ago

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Can you name the wicket keepers who have played first class cricket (Sheffield Shield) for NSW since the start of the 1970-71 cricket season?

We have the following wicket keepers and keen to see if we have missed any.

Greg Dyer
Phil Emery
Matthew Gilkes
Craig Glassock
Brad Haddin
Baxter Holt
Jay Lenton
David Moore
Peter Nevill
Ray Phillips
Nathan Pilon
Steve Rixon
Daniel Smith
Brian Taber
Kerry Thompson

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10 months ago

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Can you name the wicket keepers who have played first class cricket (Sheffield Shield) for Queensland since the start of the 1970-71 cricket season?

We have the following wicket keepers and keen to see if we have missed any.

Peter Anderson
John Bell
Peter Drinnen
Gavin Fitness
Chris Hartley
Ian Healy
John Maclean
Jimmy Peirson
Ray Phillips
Wade Seccombe

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11 months ago

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First class cricket families in Australia.

Here’s a list we’ve compiled of the father and sons/daughters who have played first class cricket in Australia.

We may well have missed a few more so please if you know of other father and sons/daughters who've played first class cricket in Australian please share in the answers below.


Geoff Marsh - father (WA)
Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Marsh - sons (WA)

Peter Faulkner - father (Tasmania)
James Faulkner - son (Tasmania)

Sam Trimble - father (Qld)
Glenn Trimble - son (Qld)

Terry MacGill - father (WA)
Stuart MacGill - son (WA and NSW)

Ian Brayshaw - father (WA)
James Brayshaw - son (WA and Sth A)

Rod Marsh - father (WA)
Dan Marsh - son (Sth A and Tas)

Norm O’Neill - father (NSW)
Mark O’Neill - son (WA and NSW)

Alec Marks - father (NSW)
Neil Marks - son (NSW)

James Sutherland - father (Vic)
Will Sutherland - son and Annabelle Sutherland - daughter (Vic)

Craig McDermott - father (Qld)
Alistair McDermott - son (Qld) and Ben McDermott - son (Qld and Tas)

Darren Lehmann - father (Sth A and VIC)
Jake Lehmann - son (Sth A)

Wayne Broad - father (Qld)
Ryan Broad - son (Qld)

Steve Nikitaras - father (NSW and WA)
Blake Nikitaras - son (NSW)

Ned Gregory – father (NSW)
Syd Gregory – son (NSW)

Trevor Laughlin- father (Vic)
Ben Laughlin - son (Qld and Tas)

Richard Stobo - father (NSW)
Charlie Stobo - son (NSW and WA)

John Rogers - father (NSW)
Chris Rogers - son (WA and VIC)

Bruce Doolan - father (Tas)
Alex Doolan - son (Tas)

Len Maddocks - father ((Tas and VIC)
Ian Maddocks - son (Vic)

Bob Blewett - father (Sth A)
Greg Blewett - son (Sth A)

Jeff Hammond - father (Sth A)
Ashley Hammond - son (Sth A)

Dean Sayers - father (Sth A)
Chadd Sayers - son (Sth A)

Murray Goodwin - father (WA)
Jayden Goodwin - son (WA)

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11 months ago

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Queensland and NSW are playing the last Sheffield Shield game of the 2023-24 season with NSW still a chance to make the final.

Over the years there's been many first class cricketers who have played for both Queensland NSW,

Here's our list of players so far. If you know of others please let us know.

Allan Border
Peter Clifford
Peter Forrest
Nathan Hauritz
Scott Henry
Usman Khawaja
Ray Phillips
Len Richardson
Greg Rowell
Gurinder Sandhu
Peter Taylor
Jeff Thomson
Shane Watson
Dirk Wellham

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11 months ago

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CricConnect Crossword - 8 March 2024

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/1500/cricconnect-crossword/blog/2036/cricconnect-crossword-8-march-2024

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