Does anyone know any particular reason why footballers who get the virus aren't named, while cricketers are? If it's a privacy issue, shouldn't cricketers also not be named?
Obviously I’m referring to the car journey game, not actual cricket.
I thought it might be a fun twist to the usual name list posts to do one that looks throughout a long period of time. So, here we have the names of the five players who played the most cricket Test matches for England in each decade. It's a fun slice through British society, as the England team has historically cut across class lines. I've included the five common names of each player for each decade (except the 1870s) and then their full names on the line below. When I had any comments about the names, I've put those in as well. While it's obviously a (very) small sample size for each decade, I think it's fun to see the names change over time, with more old-fashioned names at the top of the list, and more contemporary ones towards the bottom.
#1870s - Tom and George
Thomas Emmett, George Ulyett.
There were only three Test matches played in the 1870s, and Tom Emmett and George Ulyett were the only men to represent England in all three of them.
#1880s - George, Billy, Arthur, Dick, Johnny
George Ulyett, William Barnes, Arthur Shrewsbury, Richard Gorton Barlow, John Briggs.
All five were professionals, at a time when the divide between professionals and amateurs in English cricket was still extremely significant. (Shrewsbury would be the last professional to captain England until 1952) I think that them being professionals (and from poorer backgrounds) may explain why only one of them has a middle name, which was more common among the upper classes.
#1890s - Johnny, Archie, Tom, Andrew, Tom
John Briggs, Archibald Campbell MacLaren, Thomas Walter Hayward, Andrew Ernest Stoddart, Thomas Richardson.
#1900s - Dick, Johnny, Len, Wilfred, Tom
Arthur Frederick Augustus Lilley, John Thomas Tyldesley, Leonard Charles Braund, Wilfred Rhodes, Thomas Walter Hayward.
I couldn't find out why AFA Lilley was known as Dick, and I don't want to Google it.
#1910s - Jack, Wilfred, Frank, Sydney, Jack
John Berry Hobbs, Wilfred Rhodes, Frank Edward Woolley, Sydney Francis Barnes, John William Hearne.
Wilfred Rhodes played for England from 1899 to 1930, and is the oldest man to ever play a Test, at 52.
#1920s - Frank, Patsy, Herbert, Jack, Maurice
Frank Edward Woolley, Elias Henry Hendren, Herbert Sutcliffe, John Berry Hobbs, Maurice William Tate.
EH Hendren was universally known as Patsy, apparently because he had Irish ancestry.
#1930s - Walter, Les, Hedley, Maurice, Bob
Walter Reginald Hammond, Leslie Ethelbert
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Saw three kids standing in front of me at the Mumbai airport in morning at security check. My brother was with me and he told me that they're under 19 players. They were flying to Delhi, I asked them if they're coming from world cup to which they replied positively, later followed by where's the cup to which one guy said its in Mumbai office. This conversation went in Punjabi, two guys were skinny, one of them with a bit coloured streak in hair. The third guy was shy and kept on smiling during the conversation. He had a round face. Didn't thought about taking a picture. So can anyone help. I think two of the skinny ones are from Punjab as they were talking to each other in Punjabi.
I was working on this page on the Blade & Soul Wiki and realized I do now know where the name "Cricket" comes from?
The main character is referred to with that name at the beginning by all other students and teachers at the Hongmoon school.
Why is he called "Cricket"? No other student has a nickname other than him. Is that explained later in the game?
Either made up or one you've seen on Twitter, etc. This can include commentary missteps. Other languages acceptable, but please include a translation for those taking a page out of David Warner's book.
My personal favourite is "Sir Donald Breadman".
Shakib would have realistically gone for 10+ crores if he was available the entire tournament but kkr got a bargain for 3 crores. Now BCB decides to let him stay which is perplexing. I believe Punjab and other teams would have gone all in on him and I'm salty. Shakib is a millionaire but I'm not sure he's happy with missing that much money due to the BCB
