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For our Cricket knowing members, taken from University Challenge on BBC 2...

"If a cricket team are bowled out, each on the first ball, who is the only one left "not out" at the end of the innings..."

Answers on a postcard please...

The umpire?

The umpire?

Not including the Umpires, fielding team, or tea lady/boy (or both)

The number 2 batsman?

Where's Eric Cantona when you need him? He would have sorted this out in no time... KIAAAAIA! Now they're all out!

The number 2 batsman?

Logical thinking, but "wide" (groan) of the mark...

the guy in at number 7 or is this one of those trick questions?

the guy in at number 7 or is this one of those trick questions?

Very, very close... In fact you made me run through the whole thing again as I thought you may be right!

If all the batsmen in an innings are out, bowled first ball, the remaining not out batsmen will be number 8.

Fall of wickets:
Over1: 1,3,4,5,6,7
Over2: 2,9,10,11

If all the batsmen in an innings are out, bowled first ball, the remaining not out batsmen will be number 8.

Fall of wickets:
Over1: 1,3,4,5,6,7
Over2: 2,9,10,11

Quite right HBK and welcome to SimV...

As you stated:



Ball 1: Strikers end, 1, other end 2
Ball 2: Strikers end, 3, other end 2
Ball 3: Strikers end, 4, other end 2
Ball 4: Strikers end, 5, other end 2
Ball 5: Strikers end, 6, other end 2
Ball 6: Strikers end, 7, other end 2

"Over"...

Ball 7: Strikers end, 2, other end 8
Ball 8: Strikers end, 9, other end 8
Ball 9: Strikers end, 10, other end 8
Ball 10: Strikers end, 11, other end 8

So number 8 is the last man, bearing in mine the man at the striker's end is out each time...

good job hbk. Completly forgot to count number 11, not that it would have mattered