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THE BRADMAN PUZZLE

Here is a world class cricket puzzle from the well-

known astrophysicist Sir Arthur Eddington , based on an

'imaginary scoreboard'. He introduced Bradman to it in 1930

( which Bradman refers to in his book The Art of Cricket .

AN IMAGINARY SCOREBOARD

CLUES:

1. The batsmen scored only in

singles and 4s.

2. All of them were clean bowled.

No one was caught or run out.

There were no no balls or 'short'

runs.

3. Speedwell and Tosswell

bowled 6 and 7 overs
respectively at a stretch.

4. Pitchwell opened the

bowling, with Speedwell

coming in at the other end
QUESTIONS
for the next over.
1. Which bowler dismissed which batsmen?
5. The overs were of 6 balls each.
2. Who was not out?

3. What were the fall of wickets?

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