How's Stat

Gary is back in the question chair, as we fire out another meaningless T20 encounter. Three rounds of mainly test-match trivia and some word play await our avid listeners. The round names are:Round 1 - Holding out for a heroRound 2 - No block-bustersRound 3 - Scrambled SinglesAs always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game hereInstagram: @hows_stat_podBluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!

We're back in our PJ's again as Dave sets a frankly ridiculous T20 quiz. We plumb new depths with some absurd rounds, which will most likely be consigned to the annals of history. Will Lee or Gary come out on top in this spicy T20 encounter?The round names are:Round 1 - T20 QuestionsRound 2 - Quinton De Kock-BustersRound 3 - Spelling Brett LeeAs always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game hereInstagram: @hows_stat_podBluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!

We kick off this year with our shorter quiz format, which revisits the most recent Ashes series. Whilst it might induce mild PTSD in English listeners, Dave and Gary take on Lee's twenty-point challenge, with the usual array of incompetence, punning and mirth. We hope you play along and let us know how you go! The round names are:Round 1 - They're still Gabbering on with the same old nonsenseRound 2 - Head and ShouldersRound 3 - You Bet-hellAs always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our How's Stat challenge game hereInstagram: @hows_stat_podBluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!

In a first for How's Stat, Dave and Gary take on two guests in a head-to-head format. As it's Ashes season, we welcome two ardent Ozzies and veterans of the European Cricket League commentary box Andrew Ryan and Vinny 'Mr Maximo' Sandhu.Each team has come armed with three rounds of 10. Who will win out in this, the real Ashes (Quiz)?Round names include:- Media-ocre- Waugh, huh! What are they good for?- Unskilled immigration- Outside sledge- David Gravy-trainTune in to this bumper pod to see takes home Ashes bragging rights!As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game hereInstagram: @hows_stat_podBluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!

For this special podcast, we welcome Jonny, Ivan and Lawrie from the Pads and Pints podcast. They take on Lee in an every man for themself battle in the test arena. Will Lee keep his trivia crown or is there a new badger in the sett? The rounds are:1) How's Stat (Name the player, with a link)2) We need to talk about Kevin (Which first names have had multiple english test players in the 2000s)3) I'm sorry I've gone for a few (Name the bowler from the expensive spell, sent in by listener Will Reynolds)4) This quiz Khan't last forever (Name the sides when England hosted Pakistan at the Oval in 1996)As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com.You can find more about Pads and Pints on their instagram and YouTube channels.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game hereInstagram: @hows_stat_podBluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!

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 did Upul Tharanga get?)As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game hereInstagram: @hows_stat_podBluesky: @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease rate, review, and subscribe on your preferred podcast platform, and thanks for listening!

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) Through the Rob Key-hole (Name the cricketer from the description of their childhood)3) Shivnarine Chander-RuPaul's Drag Race (Which test batters have more than 30 test 100s?)4) First World Problems (Can you recall the XI's from the first World Test Championship final played between New Zealand and India?)As always, we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello at howsstatpod@gmail.com.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game herePlease follow up on our social channels:Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_podBlue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease subscribe, rate, and review on your favourite podcast platform. Thanks for listening!

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 wicket takers without dropping points). As always we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello on howsstatpod@gmail.com.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the 10% discount code is 'stat'.We have a new YouTube channel! Check out pod snippets and our new How's Stat challenge game herePlease follow up on our social channels:Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_podBlue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcast platform. Thanks for listening!

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 Yu-vraj Singh? (Can you name the top six hitters from test cricket history?)4) 8 out of 10 Katichs (various stats from the 2010s)5) Wish you were here (Name the XIs from the 2017 Women's World Cup final)As always we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello on howsstatpod@gmail.com.Want a How's Stat T-shirt? You're in luck! Our friends at Bluefintees have created our first merchandise. You can buy it here: the discount code for 10% off is 'stat'.Please follow up on our social channels:Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_podBlue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcast platform. Thanks for listening.

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 Gould (Guess the umpire from the clues in the shortest time)4) Uptown Top Boyd Rankin (Name players who have played for two nations)5) Super series test match (Guess the XIs from the 2005 Australia v Rest of the World XI)As always we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello on howsstatpod@gmail.com.Please follow up on our social channels:Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_podBlue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcast platform. Thanks for listening.

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 makers in the 90s)3) Ian Bell-y Addicts (From the iconic commentary, name the player and commentator)4) Take me Wally Grout (Name the odd one out of the four cricketers)5) Opportunity Great Test Match Knocks (Name the XI's from Brian Lara's 400 test match)As always we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello on howsstatpod@gmail.com.Please follow up on our social channels:Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_podBlue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialPlease subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcast platform. Thanks for listening.

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 Dale Steyn. (Decide whether players are better or worse than the South African speedster in various test categories)4) Opportunity Quinton de Kocks (Name the wicket keepers who have captained their country in a test match)5) We are the Champions Trophy (Name the XI's from the most recent Champions Trophy final, India v Pakistan in 2017)As always we hope you enjoy the pod and play along. Please drop us an email with round suggestions, comments or just to say hello on howsstatpod@gmail.com.Please follow up on our social channels:Instagram/Threads - @Hows_that_podBlue Sky - @hows-stat-pod.bsky.socialAs always, please subscribe, rate and review on your favourite podcast platform.