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Quiz - What you talking 'bout Willis?

The walking cadaver of SkySports has spent most of this week taking revenge on the side that ended his career in 1984 by banging on about how awful the West Indies are at the moment.  We've managed to halt his vitriolic yet still soporific flow long enough for him to pose a few questions in his own inimitable style.

"What I'm talking 'bout is the former Lancashire player who is currently captain if the Italy cricket team.  Who is he?

I'm also keen to be talkin' bout the diminuitive former India batsman who is not too happy with the idea of Dav Whatmore being in charge of the national team.

What I'm finally talking 'bout is club crests - to which team does this one belong?"

Answers after the jump...

Joe Scuderi

Sunil Gavaskar

Northants

What you talking 'bout Willis?

Once again we have managed to drag Bob away from talking glass eyes to sleep so that he can give us a few posers about our beloved game, as we ask What You Talking 'bout Willis?

"What I'm talking 'bout is the bowler with the record for the most five-fors in an innings.

I'm also talking 'bout is Karnataka, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Surrey.  Which currently still-playing legend's career is this?

Finally, what I'm talking 'bout is the last time Lancashire won the County Championship, it was in 1950 and it was shared with which other team?  Also, as a bonus, when did the Red Rose county last win it outright?"

Answers after the cut, let us know how you fared Googlyfolk..

Muttiah Muralitharan - 57 (and counting)

Anil Kumble

Surrey.  Lancashire last won it outright in 1934.

Googly Quiz - What you talking 'bout Willis?

We've once again interrupted Bob's soporific and incessant droning to ask him what he's talking 'bout.

"What I'm talking 'bout is the player in the current West Indies squad with the highest batting average, who is that?

What I'm also taking 'bout is Fred Trueman, and specifically how many hat-ticks he bowled in his career.

Finally, what I'm talking 'bout is the England player who scored an unexpected and encouraging 33 against Essex a fortnight ago."

Answers after the click...

Shivnarine Chanderpaul - 44.60

4

Monty Panesar

Googly Quiz - What you talking 'bout Willis?

Once again we attempt to decipher what the Sky Sports worker drone and all round misery guts is banging on about in our weekly quiz.

"What I'm talking 'bout is the West Indies bowler with the best average of all, who is he?

I'm also talking 'bout the top three run-scorers in tests in 2006,  who were they?

Finally, what I'm talking 'bout is a left-arm spinner born in 1953 who played mainly for Gloucestershire, then Somerset and Durham before retiring in 1994.  He now holds two very important roles in English cricket. Who he?"

Follow link for answers, and let us know how you got on.

Malcolm Marshall, 20.94  (Just ahead of Joel Garner, 20.97)

Mohammad Yousuf (1788 @ 99.33), Kevin Pietersen (1343 @ 53.72), Ricky Ponting (1333 @ 88.86)

David Graveney.  He is Chairman of the Professional Cricketers Association and Chair of England Selectors.

Googly quiz - What you talking 'bout Willis?

Welcome to the first installment of The Googly's very own quiz game - What you talking 'bout Willis?  The quiz that brings sporting trivia, cricket and a Diff'rent Strokes reference together: a heady mix I'm sure you'll agree. Each week, Sky Sports pundit and slumber-inducing charisma vacuum Bob Willis will be here to offer you a poser or two as we ask "What you talking 'bout Willis"?

"What I'm talking 'bout this week is the first England player to score a century in each innings of a test in the West Indies,  who was it and when did he do it?

I'm also talking 'bout the county player who is third on the 'most career centuries list: non-retired players', behind Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash.  Who is he?"

Follow the link for the answers.

Alec Stewart, Kensington Oval, April 1994

Hampshire's John Crawley, with 52 career centuries.  Hick has a whopping 132, and Ramps has 89.

Googly Quiz - What you talking 'bout Willis?

We've once again interrupted Bob's soporific and incessant droning to ask him what he's talking 'bout.

"What I'm talking 'bout is the player in the current West Indies squad with the highest batting average, who is that?

What I'm also taking 'bout is Fred Trueman, and specifically how many hat-ticks he bowled in his career.

Finally, what I'm talking 'bout is the England player who scored an unexpected and encouraging 33 against Essex a fortnight ago."

Answers after the click...

Shivnarine Chanderpaul - 44.60

4

Monty Panesar

Googly Quiz - What you talking 'bout Willis?

Once again we attempt to decipher what the Sky Sports worker drone and all round misery guts is banging on about in our weekly quiz.

"What I'm talking 'bout is the West Indies bowler with the best average of all, who is he?

I'm also talking 'bout the top three run-scorers in tests in 2006,  who were they?

Finally, what I'm talking 'bout is a left-arm spinner born in 1953 who played mainly for Gloucestershire, then Somerset and Durham before retiring in 1994.  He now holds two very important roles in English cricket. Who he?"

Follow link for answers, and let us know how you got on.

Malcolm Marshall, 20.94  (Just ahead of Joel Garner, 20.97)

Mohammad Yousuf (1788 @ 99.33), Kevin Pietersen (1343 @ 53.72), Ricky Ponting (1333 @ 88.86)

David Graveney.  He is Chairman of the Professional Cricketers Association and Chair of England Selectors.

Googly quiz - What you talking 'bout Willis?

Welcome to the first installment of The Googly's very own quiz game - What you talking 'bout Willis?  The quiz that brings sporting trivia, cricket and a Diff'rent Strokes reference together: a heady mix I'm sure you'll agree. Each week, Sky Sports pundit and slumber-inducing charisma vacuum Bob Willis will be here to offer you a poser or two as we ask "What you talking 'bout Willis"?

"What I'm talking 'bout this week is the first England player to score a century in each innings of a test in the West Indies,  who was it and when did he do it?

I'm also talking 'bout the county player who is third on the 'most career centuries list: non-retired players', behind Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash.  Who is he?"

Follow the link for the answers.

Alec Stewart, Kensington Oval, April 1994

Hampshire's John Crawley, with 52 career centuries.  Hick has a whopping 132, and Ramps has 89.