CricTrivia

I noticed that in a Test in Sri Lanka in 1994, Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram bowled throughout an all-out innings of 71. How often has this happened, and what's the highest total involved?

The match you're talking about was the third Test, in Kandy, in August 1994: Wasim Akram took 4 for 32 in 14.2 overs, and Waqar Younis 6 for 24 in 14. There has been one similar instance of two bowlers operating unchanged throughout a completed innings since: in Port-of-Spain in 1998-99, Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie bowled throughout West Indies' second innings of 51. In all, it has happened 24 times in Tests, although only six of those instances have come since 1912. The highest total that has featured just two bowlers was also the first such instance - England's 133 in Sydney in 1881-82, when "Joey" Palmer took 7 for 68 in 58 (four-ball) overs, and Edwin Evans 3 for 64 from 57.

Which Test cricketer is nicknamed "Scooter"?

I think the man you're after is the South African opener Herschelle Gibbs, who has now played 90 Tests and almost 250 one-day internationals. Gibbs made his first-class debut (and scored 77) for Western Province B in 1990-91, when he was only 16, still at school, and too young to drive. Some of his team-mates joked that since he didn't have a car they'd have to buy him a scooter to get to matches... and the name stuck.

What is the highest Test partnership that was ended by a run-out?

The biggest one in Tests was the stand of 446 between Conrad Hunte and Garry Sobers for West Indies against Pakistan in Kingston in 1957-58. Hunte had made 260: Sobers went on to break the then-Test record, finishing with 365 not out. Hunte later admitted that he was distracted by the thought of breaking the world-record second-wicket partnership (451 at the time) and tried a quick single, thinking that the fielders would be exhausted - but the man who picked the ball up at mid-on and threw the stumps down was a fresh substitute,Ijaz Butt (now the Pakistan board's president)