Comments on: Watchful batting and watchable batting https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/ Independent and irreverent cricket writing Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.3 By: sam https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48608 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:36:59 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48608 In reply to Sam.

I don’t like this game.

Did Boon and Bono ever bat together?

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By: daneel https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48577 Sun, 19 May 2013 18:36:52 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48577 In reply to Sam.

This was mentioned on the Guardian OBO yesterday.

“So some more correspondence and pub quiz questions: “How many partnerships in Test history have involved players both of whose surnames used the same letters?” asks Justin Horton. “Root and Trott use only three (I trust readers can work them out) which I’ll speculate is a record low for such a pairing.”

Is Bert moonlighting as Justin Horton?

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By: King Cricket https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48553 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:32:11 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48553 In reply to Sam.

Yes, this really does rank as one of the finest pieces of Test match trivia. It acknowledges a particular match situation whilst simultaenously being of no consequence whatsoever.

It’s a kind of perfection.

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By: Ged Ladd https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48550 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:07:42 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48550 In reply to Sam.

I rather think that you, Sam, have missed the key component of Bert’s challenge, which is the bit about only three letters of the alphabet being in use.

I cannot think of any pairs with the same name who fit that criterion, as names with only three letters of the alphabet are in themselves extremely rare.

But even if you were to find or recall an example of, for example, Peter May bringing in his brother Maurice for one test and the two batting together, I think that would still be missing a couple of additional rarity characteristics:
* Trott and Root are NOT the same name
* neither name has only three letters but both have only three letters of the alphabet.

Magnificent Bert, I am still getting pleasure from the idea and working through all the permutations in my head. Does anyone know what’s been happening in the test match since Bert’s posting?

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By: Sam https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48540 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:14:13 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48540 Bert – you must be discounting the times when players of the same name have batted together. I’m thinking A & B Hollioake, the Bedsers, etc.

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By: Ged Ladd https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48539 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:56:03 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48539 In reply to Bert.

Superb piece of classic loafers’ trivia there, Bert – probably correct yet hard to prove or disprove – and utterly useless information.

I love it – well done.

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By: Bert https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48535 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:16:16 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48535 Only three letters of the alphabet batting for England right now. I reckon that’s a world first, unless one of Peter May’s teammates was actually a woman called Amy in disguise.

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By: sam https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48534 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:16:59 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48534 In reply to Dandy Dan.

All we need now is for the BBC’s Ben Dirs to do a spot of commentary

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By: Dandy Dan https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48533 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:39:16 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48533 BJ Watling

Snigger

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By: Ged https://www.kingcricket.co.uk/watchful-batting-and-watchable-batting/2013/05/16/#comment-48524 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:22:16 +0000 http://www.kingcricket.co.uk/?p=10144#comment-48524 In reply to Deep Cower.

Worth the price of entry alone, it was, to witness Jimmy’s 300th.

That was also the only point in the day when we thought that England might be on top of the match.

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