Cricketing Brain Teaser...

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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...

[Woodlouse2002]

The umpire?

[C]

The umpire?

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

[Craig.]

The number 2 batsman?

[Omag 2.0]

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

[C]

The number 2 batsman?

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

[Craig.]

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

[C]

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!

[HBK]

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

[C]

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...

[Craig.]

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