Friday 8 January 2010

Question for Jan 8, 2010

The first of these occured in 1984, the next in 1989, and since then there been a further 21 occasions, the latest occuring in Feb 2008, and arguably the most famous instance occured in Birmingham in 1999. There have been two further instances which are not counted in this list due to the particular rules used. Ten different nations have been involved in this, and this has happened in nine different nations. Similar instances have also occured in variations of this setting. There are two different variations, and there have been two instances in each of those. What am I talking about?

6 comments:

Ankur said...

Tied ODI matches

Dev said...

Live Aid?

PS said...

Tied ODIs.

10 nations, so it would have to be cricket. First instance in 1984 so it would have to do with ODIs.

Rahul said...

Something to do with Rugby? That sport has many variations like Rugby Union which have different rules.

Nikhil said...

This has got be "ties in ODIs". The most famous one being Aus-SA 1999 WC semis.

The Answer said...

The answer is indeed tied ODI matches. The "most famous instance" is the Australia - South Africa semi final in the 1999 world cup, and the variations are test cricket and T20. Congrats to Ankur, PS and Nikhil for the correct answer.