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How's StatS2.E8. - Going for Ian GouldThe crucial third game of the series is upon us. The sun is shining and cricket has started in the UK, so both Dave and Gary are in buoyant moods. This test will focus on cricket in the noughties, a seminal era for test cricket but how much will they remember and who will come out on top?The rounds for this episode are:1) How's Stat (Name the four players from their stats and guess the link)2) Noughties but Nice Gary (Name the players with 15 or more test 100's in the noughties)2025-04-1148 minHow's StatS2.E7. - World Cricket Show Pod Off!We have ourselves a cricket pod-off! In a special one-off four-day test, we are joined by Adam and Tony from the excellent World Cricket Show Podcast (the world's oldest cricket podcast). The two Guernsey-based cricket gurus took on our own Gary and Lee in this team trivia challenge. Listen to find out who won and how Adam and Tony got on in their Masterblaster mind challenge.The rounds are:How’s Stat (guess the linked cricketers from the stats).The Brad Wheal of Fortune (questions on associate cricket).Stewart’s Enquiry (who can...2025-03-261h 01How's StatS2.E6 - Take me Wally GroutIts the second game of the test series between Gary and Dave, with Gary leading 1-0. Lee's questions focus on the 90's this episode, an era dear to our hearts. Who will come out the victor in this test? A victory for Gary leaves him in a dominant position in the series, whereas Dave will want to get a test win on the board.The rounds for this episode are:1) How's Stat (Name the four players from their stats and guess the link)2) Victor Top Trumpers (Name the top test match appearance makers i...2025-03-0542 minHow's StatS2.E5 - Doolally MullallyThis is the final t20 special in our less than serious mini-series. Dave is in the chair, as Gary and Lee battle it out in this light-hearted affair. Who will be able to handle the pressure, especially with a frankly ludicrous denouement. The rounds for this episode are:1) The Multan Sultans of Swing (Guess the country from the franchise names)2) Name the twelve (Test your memory of the 2010 World T20 triumph for England)3) Doolally Mullally (Get the 90s England test cricketer from the rhyming phrase).As always we hope yo...2025-02-2416 minHow's StatS2.E4 - Opportunity Quinton de KocksThe pod returns to the more familiar environment of nostalgic test cricket in the first battle of the series. Lee is the question master as Gary looks to rebound against bookies favourite Dave. In this nail-biting, low-scoring encounter who will come out on top and how will you do at home?The rounds for this episode are:1) How's Stat (Name the players - linked by a theme - by their stats). 2) Ryan Top-Ten Doeschate (Name the top 10 test run scorers and wicket takers from the 1980s)3) Dale or no Dale Steyn. (De...2025-02-1845 minHow's StatS2.E3 - Pyjama-ramaIn the second of the T20 round robin tournament shoehorned into the podding schedule Gary makes his quizmaster debut. Dave and Lee fight it out on a seemingly stodgy wicket in this low scoring but enthralling affair. The rounds for this episode are:1) Pyjama-rama (Name the players from the first ever T20, Australia v New Zealand, in 2005). 2) Flower Power (Match the averages to the different formats in Andy Flower's career)3) Where's Stat (Name the city by the cricket stadium)As always we hope you enjoy the pod and play along.Please dro...2025-02-1117 minHow's StatS2.E2 - 14 to WongIn this short form pod, we embrace the modern game with a quickfire T20 style quiz. Much like many English players in the mid-noughties, Dave and Gary may be fish out of water as they struggle with the up-tempo nature of the quiz, but who will come out on top? Lee takes over questioning duty as a precursor for his test match series later in the year. The rounds for this episode are:1) Ramesh Powar-play (Can you name any six of the top 20 six-hitters in the history of test cricket?)2) 14-to-Wong (Name the to...2025-02-0512 minHow's StatS2.E1 - Connect Four RunsWe've filled a gap in the schedule with a cameo appearance from Pete Lamb, Gloucestershire Cricket Club's Head of Community. He is pitted against Lee in an ODI special, with questions from Dave (Gary is keeping his powder dry for the red ball stuff, Mark Butcher style). How will Pete do against the wily Lee, and perhaps more pertinently, will he beat a score of four in the Masterblaster round?
The rounds for this episode are:
Round one - How's Stat (Name the cricketer from the stats)
Round two: Connect four runs (Name t...2025-01-1445 minHow's StatS1.E6 - You Melvyn BettsThe final test of the series is, as per 90s cricket tradition, a dead rubber. Both Lee and Gary can play fast and loose, as we return to the UK to test their more local cricket knowledge. See who comes out on top, and play along yourself in this slice of nostalgic (largely) English cricket trivia.
The rounds for this episode are:
Day one - How's Stat (Name the cricketer from the stats)
Day two - The Hundred (but not as we know it)
Day three - No County for Old M...2024-12-2456 minHow's StatS1. E5. - Makhigher or TikolowerIn a return to five-day cricket action, can Lee take an unassailable 3-1 lead against Gary in the series? The odds are stacked against Gary as for this episode we head south to the cricketing hotbed of Africa (where Lee is currently working...in cricket).
The rounds for this episode are:
Day one - How's Stat (Name the cricketer from the stats)
Day two - Makhigher or Tikolower (a simple game of higher or lower with two titans of African cricket)
Day three - Never mind the Pollocks (guess the African cr...2024-12-0752 minHow's StatS1. E4. - Give us a KlusenerAs is the modern way, we’re changing up the format mid-series to don the pyjamas for a one-day showdown. Gary is off on hols (and is a red-ball specialist) so we mix things up with Lee asking the questions. Dave’s opponent is our first guest statter, friend of the pod, voice of the European cricket league and proud Australian: Andy ‘Rhino’ Ryan. Will Rhino be able to catch Dave cold in his first appearance answering questions?
Lee’s rounds are:
1) How’s stat (but with ODI numbers)
2) Give us a Klusener (Identify the...2024-11-0849 minHow's StatS1. E3. - Kiwi GoFor the crucial third test of the series we head Down Under to the cricketing hotbeds of Australia and New Zealand. Lee is leading 2-0, can he clinch the series or is there life in Gary yet? Dave poses the following rounds:
Day one - How's Stat (Name the cricketer from the stats)
Day two - Home or Away (Choose from Test or T20 questions)
Day three - Remember the names (Recall the line up from a 2005 ODI Ashes encounter)
Day four - Kiwi Go (New Zealand cricketing trivia)
Da...2024-10-0734 minHow's StatS1. E2. - Not a Dickie BirdIn this episode we travel to the sub-continent for the second test of the How's Stat trivia series between Gary and Lee; Dave is once again posing the questions.
The rundown for test two is:
Day one - How's Stat (Name the cricketer from the stats)
Day two - Shreyas Iyer or Lower (Test your knowledge of Indian batting averages)
Day three - Not a Dickie Bird (Name the umpires to have stood in the most tests)
Day four - Remember the names (Recall the line up from a s...2024-09-2542 min
How's StatS1. E1. - That's NumberWongHello and welcome to episode one of How's Stat, the nostalgic cricket trivia podcast. Join us each month to try your hand at the various cricketing quizzes focusing on stats, characters and a certain West Indian allrounder. Episode one will kick off a five match test series between Gary and Lee, with Dave posing the questions with some tenuous pun-based round names.
This month we have:
Day one - How's Stat (name the cricketer from the stats)
Day two - Lara Lara Runs (name the top test run scorer per West Indian country)
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