Cricket Thread. Only Mad Dogs And Englishmen

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

 

Hamza Ali , a 20 year old Hampshire prospect, drowns..http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/36488232

 

Rotten week to be an Ali

fixed it for you.

[YoungWillz 21,025]

Donald Carr, English Test cricketer and the first ever Scavenger Hunt DP hit, dies aged 89. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/1025733.html

 

Edit: Also on the DDP, he is mentioned in the Telegraph at the moment, but I'll await a better static source as it is included in the live coverage of ENGvSRI

[YoungWillz 21,025]

Donald Carr, English Test cricketer and the first ever Scavenger Hunt DP hit, dies aged 89. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/1025733.html

 

Edit: Also on the DDP, he is mentioned in the Telegraph at the moment, but I'll await a better static source as it is included in the live coverage of ENGvSRI

 

Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-3637620/Former-England-captain-cricket-administrator-Donald-Carr-dies-89.html

[msc 18,437]

Michael Carberry, 35, diagnosed with cancer.

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

Michael Carberry, 35, diagnosed with cancer.

that's what you get when you mix cranburys with Cadburys. You get cancer.

[gcreptile 10,964]

Former Pakistani Test cricket captain Hanif Mohammed hospitalised with respiratory problems:

 

http://www.firstpost.com/sports/former-pakistan-cricketer-hanif-mohammad-hospitalised-after-respiratory-problems-2927110.html

 

His situation is probably lethal because of his lung cancer that is spreading. He wasn't picked in the Scavenger Deadpool.

[John Kettley 49]

Reports on cricinfo that Hanif Mohammad has died

[Grim Up North 3,725]

Hanif Mohammad dies aged 81

Hanif Mohammad, the former Pakistan batsman who held the record for the highest first-class score for 45 years, has died aged 81. Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013, he was admitted to a Karachi hospital this week with respiratory problems. He is most famous for making 499 for Karachi in Pakistani domestic cricket in 1959, a record which stood until Brian Lara's 501 not out for Warwickshire.

Hanif - nicknamed the 'Little Master' long before Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar came along - also scored 337 to help Pakistan save the Barbados Test against West Indies in 1958. It was the then highest Test score and, at 16 hours and 10 minutes, remains the longest Test innings in history.

Born in pre-Partition India, Hanif scored 3,915 runs at an average of 43.98 in 55 Tests for Pakistan from 1952 to 1969.

2 things stand out other than the obvious 499 (he was run out too I think).

1) 16 hours in a Test - that's 8 sessions of play or more than half the match.

2) Lung cancer since 2013 - shit he wasn't even on my radar.

[Bibliogryphon 9,570]

 

Hanif Mohammad dies aged 81

Hanif Mohammad, the former Pakistan batsman who held the record for the highest first-class score for 45 years, has died aged 81. Diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013, he was admitted to a Karachi hospital this week with respiratory problems. He is most famous for making 499 for Karachi in Pakistani domestic cricket in 1959, a record which stood until Brian Lara's 501 not out for Warwickshire.

Hanif - nicknamed the 'Little Master' long before Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar came along - also scored 337 to help Pakistan save the Barbados Test against West Indies in 1958. It was the then highest Test score and, at 16 hours and 10 minutes, remains the longest Test innings in history.

Born in pre-Partition India, Hanif scored 3,915 runs at an average of 43.98 in 55 Tests for Pakistan from 1952 to 1969.

2 things stand out other than the obvious 499 (he was run out too I think).

1) 16 hours in a Test - that's 8 sessions of play or more than half the match.

2) Lung cancer since 2013 - shit he wasn't even on my radar.

 

 

Was not even a Scavenger Hunt Bingo pick....

[Grim Up North 3,725]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jan/10/hanif-mohammad-run-out-499

 

Yep he was - although his explanation that he only went for the second because he thought he was on 496 due to a scoreboard error doesn't actually make sense because if he had only run the single even on 498 he would not have been on strike for the last ball of the day so they still couldn't have declared (or if they had he would have been stuck on 499 not out).

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Subrata Banerjee, the former international umpire, died at the age of 71 in Kolkata. Banerjee officiated in men's and women's international matches, as well as in age group tournaments, and stood in a women's Test match.

SC

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/1048167.html

[YoungWillz 21,025]

Australian Test cricketer Len Maddocks has died aged 90. http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/pageitem.aspx?id=131460&id2=1&eID=3&entityID=3

 

I know I and a couple of others had him on the Scavenger Hunt, so hopefully this link is enough to count for that.

 

Edit: A better one: http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/1053191.html

[YoungWillz 21,025]

Andy Ganteaume, the former West Indies and Trinidad & Tobago wicketkeeper-batsman, has died at the age of 95. He passed away on Wednesday in Santa Margarita, St Augustine, T&T. Ganteaume was West Indies' oldest living Test cricketer, and the world's second oldest, behind South Africa's Lindsay Tuckett.

SC

http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/973485.html

 

Of note here is the name of the oldest living cricket player *grabs notebook and pencil*

 

Lindsay Tuckett has died at 97. http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1054687.html

 

A unique on the DDP awaiting obit.

[time 8,591]

Ken Higgs, Lancs, Leics & England bowler, reportedly dead at 79.

[Dr_T 254]

As reported in the Hooroo Mate forum, Max Walker has died aged 68. Another dismissal from the Channel 9 commentary box. Tony Greig, Richie Benaud, Frank Tyson, Max Walker all within a few years. I think Keith Stackpole, Bill Lawry and Ian Chappell might find it difficult to increase their life insurance now.

[Death Impends 7,956]

Australian cricketer and DDP pick John Gleeson dead at 78. First QO comes via SkySports.

[Dr_T 254]

Johnny Gleeson is a hit for my DDP team, Pity Da Foolz. I was watching the Boxing Day Test and Ian Chappell said something like "I'd like to say hello to my old mate Johnny Gleeson in Tamworth. He hasn't been in the best of health lately ....." I could never find anything saying exactly what it was (still don't know what he died of), but I thought it would be more than just the sniffles to get the shout out during the cricket coverage.

[msc 18,437]

Former Glamorgan coach John Derrick has unspecified form of brain tumour, the club are fundraising for him.

[YoungWillz 21,025]

Former South African Test cricketer Trevor Goddard has died aged 85. http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1068971.html

 

Not a Scavenger Hunt or DDP pick.

[Grim Up North 3,725]

Barry Lloyd Dead at 63

[YoungWillz 21,025]

Another SA Test cricketer Sid O'Linn, has died aged 89. http://www.supersport.com/cricket/domestic-cricket/news/161212/Former_SA_cricketer_OLinn_dies

 

Not a Scavenger Hunt pick. Apparently he also played footie for Charlton Athletic.

 

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_O'Linn

[Bibliogryphon 9,570]

Another SA Test cricketer Sid O'Linn, has died aged 89. http://www.supersport.com/cricket/domestic-cricket/news/161212/Former_SA_cricketer_OLinn_dies

 

Not a Scavenger Hunt pick. Apparently he also played footie for Charlton Athletic.

 

Wiki: You check so I don't have to. Thanks

[Pistol Knight 49]

I see John Manners, the oldest living first class cricketer is 102 not out. He failed to walk back to the pavilion for me during Maryports Dead Pool last Winter. Hopefully he will declare this time around.

[YoungWillz 21,025]

Pakistan cricketer Imtiaz Ahmed has died aged 88. http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1074904.html

 

Scavenger Hunt pick.

[Dr_T 254]

This year during the Boxing Day test, Bill Lawry said a special hello to former Australian captain, Bob Simpson who was "doing it a bit tough health wise". Can't find any details but it was enough for me to include Simpson in my DDP team. I think there's a very good chance he'll be a unique pick. Similar strategy worked well for me last year when Ian Chappell put a similar shout out to Johnny Gleeson.