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How"s Stat

The How"s Statters

Hello and welcome to 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.

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00:24:40

S3. E2. - Don't look back in Upul Tharanga

How"s Stat ·

2025/10/16

The T20 quiz action keeps coming; this time, Dave poses the questions with an Oasis theme. Will Lee or Gary end up with the victors in this pun-heavy episode?The rounds are:1) ShakerLaker (Guess the spinner from the rhyming clue)2) Shiv Forever (Name the 2nd-highest male test run-scorer from each nation)3) Don't look back in Upul Tharanga (Name non-English male ODI players who made their debut as close to 2005 as possible, but not before)4) An impromptu Champagne Super-Over (How many ODI runs

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00:23:12

S3.E1. - Mock the Everton Weekes

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2025/09/18

After the tense fifth test, things are a little more relaxed as the pod returns to a T20 format. Lee is in the chair, as Gary takes on Dave with a frankly ridiculous opening encounter, followed by two excellent pun-based rounds. The rounds are:1) Different Gravy (Can you name Antiguan legend Gravy's most used fancy dress outfits?)2) Mock the Everton Weekes (Who has scored three or more consecutive test hundreds?)3) I can't believe it's not Buttler (Name England's top T20i cap

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00:46:02

S2. E14. - Through the Rob Key-hole

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2025/09/01

It's finally here! After weeks of anticipation, the thrilling climax of the test series between Dave and Gary has dropped. Question-master Lee sets some fiendish rounds from the 2020's with the usual high-quality puns. Who will win out and claim this historic test series? We don't want to reveal any spoilers, but let's just say, it goes down to the wire...After our regular How's Stat opener, the rounds are:1) Strike rate it lucky (Who has the best strike rate for test bats with over 5,000 runs)2)

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00:39:59

S2. E13. - The Crystal Maize-Based Snacks

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2025/08/13

In this special episode, we welcome Theo Laycock-Van Spyk from football trivia podcast Career We Go to join us for a mix of cricketing questions. Lee is in the chair as question master as Theo takes on regular podders Gary and Dave. After our regular How's Stat opener, the rounds are:1) Career We go (Guess the cricketer from their career path)2) Crystal Maize-based snack (Guess the Hundred franchise from their sponsor)3) Official Mast-not (Name the XI's from the 2015 ODI World Cup final)If

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00:25:40

S2.E12. - Broad Games

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2025/07/16

As people can't get enough of T20, we've got another short-form episode for your listening pleasure. Dave is the question-master as Lee and Gary take on each other in this highly competitive bilateral white-ball encounter. The three rounds are:1) Broad Game (Who can come up with the Test Match cricketer whose surname has the highest scrabble score)2) A Stirling effort (Name the player with the most t20 appearances from given countries)3) A word of Shane Warne-ing (Who can name the top 10 leading ODI

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00:17:42

S2.E11 - Capoeira Dev

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2025/07/04

As Lee is coaching in Brazil, here's a special T20 squeezed in before the vital final test. Inspired by his environs, Lee puts together a South American themed T20 for Dave and Gary. Who will win this battle in a new cricketing frontier?The two rounds are:1) Ethan Samba (Various questions about Brazil)2) Capoeira Dev (Which South American countries are affiliated to the ICC?)As always we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say

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00:48:24

S2.E10. - Would I lie to Yu-vraj Singh?

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2025/06/16

Tantalisingly poised at 2-1 to Gary, this pod features the fourth test match in this hotly contested series. Can pre-series favourite Dave bounce back to force the series into a fifth and final match? Lee is the question master, this time focusing on the 2010s. Tune in to see who wins.Rounds for this episode are:1) How's Stat (Name the four players from their stats and guess the link)2) Ready, Steady, Alistair Cook (Who had the most runs in the 2010, and what was their average?)3) Would I lie to

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00:27:45

S2.E9. - Straight Outta Compton

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2025/06/10

We're joined by renowned football commentator, broadcaster, and cricket-lover Peter Drury who makes his How's Stat debut. Pitted against regular co-host Gary Shankland, the two are subjected to various niche test match questions set by Dave Terrace. In a close affair, who's random cricket knowledge 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) Straight Outta Compton (Guess the cricketer from their other sporting

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00:48:00

S2.E8. - Going for Ian Gould

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2025/04/11

The 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)3) Going for Ian

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01:01:25

S2.E7. - World Cricket Show Pod Off!

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2025/03/26

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

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00:42:15

S2.E6 - Take me Wally Grout

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2025/03/05

Its 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

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00:16:45

S2.E5 - Doolally Mullally

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2025/02/24

This 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

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00:45:18

S2.E4 - Opportunity Quinton de Kocks

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2025/02/18

The 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

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00:17:02

S2.E3 - Pyjama-rama

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2025/02/11

In 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

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00:12:20

S2.E2 - 14 - Wong

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2025/02/05

In 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

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00:45:13

S2.E1 - Connect Four Runs

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2025/01/14

We'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:

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00:56:45

S1.E6 - You Melvyn Betts

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2024/12/24

The 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 Men (an ill-fated attempt to integrate

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00:52:48

S1. E5. - Makhigher or Tikolower

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2024/12/07

In 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

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00:49:57

S1. E4. - Give us a Klusener

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2024/11/08

As 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

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00:34:56

S1. E3. - Kiwi Go

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2024/10/07

For 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) Day five - Finders Keepers

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