I am a big cricket trivia buff. Are the rest of you. This is something we can do to occupy our time during matches.
The first is a simple one.
Name the bowler that nailed Bradman in his final Test match.

I know the answer, but only because I googled...is that cheating?! :D

Ye Bobbie it is. thanks for playing in any case. I will give you something a little more recent.

Who was first batsman in the past 25 years to have twice scored three centuries in a single Ashes series?

This will surprise you.  Steve Smith has also done it.

Nah - it will be Slats. His Ashes record is dynamic. 

I was hoping Cook or Vaughan had some something similar to stump you back ;) But they never made the big runs at home. 

Yep mate. I actually meant for this thread to be Ashes only as my knowledge of international cricket is poor compared to yourself. 

Okay - who is the only person with the surname Broad to actively play a massive role in winning Eng v Aus tests in Australia. Clue - this is mostly Ashes, but not only Ashes tests...

Chris Broad.. Stuart's father. Chris Broad equalled Jack Hobbs and Wally Hammond by scoring centuries in three successive Ashes Tests.
 Or is this a trick question.

nah - you got it :) Your turn

True or false - Bradman was never dismissed hit wicket.

false.

Correct! Just the once, vs India. Brisbane 1948

Forgiven.. the man was 40 years of age.

Ok Bobbie and Paddles.
Who was Australia’s leading run-scorer in the 2013 Ashes series? That was in England.

Isn't that the series when Ashton Agar got close to a ton? And Clarke, Watson and Smith all went big? It's got to be one of those 3. I think Clarke got at least one duck.

That is the one. Holed out for 98. It is out of those three you mentioned Bobbie.

I'm going with Watson, then. Clarke got the duck and Smith is too obvious. :p

Yep the oft maligned Shane Watson. Now what a surprise that is.

There you go. Often seen as simply a basher.
Ok - which player internationally since 1970 has scored the most runs in a test series? If that’s too easy, when and where?

Such a bad record, he took 6 tests to do it, and barely scored more runs than Gooch in 3 tests vs India...

Tubby Taylor '89 Ashes comes to mind .. about 850 runs for the 6 match series. Steve Smith tho posted 774 from the past Ashes from only 4 matches.  Was never all that good at maths but I reckon that is the better of the two performances.. even tho his aggregate falls behind Taylors. 

Was that in India? Any runs scored there should be worth double.

Correct! 839 from 6. Also Viv Richards vs England 1976 - 829 from 4 and Lara vs England 93/94 - 798 from 5.

Nah England in 1990 - Gooch scored a tripple and a second 100 in the one match, think it was the one Dev hit 4 6s in a row to avoid the follow on. It was the middle of Gooch's career peak. 

Nice work Mr Gooch. I have a photo of me with Gooch and Gatting from their 94/95 Ashes tour. Signed by Gatting, who kept wanting to make me cups of tea.

Really.

Ok a new one. A tuffie.
Name the only man who has taken a hat-trick and made a half-century in an Ashes Test.
I'll have a crack: Monty Noble.

Forget that one. Was William Bates (1883) Must be a Pom.
Ok this is easier name the only post war cricketers to take an Ashes hat trick. There are three. Only one is a great.

While we are pondering that, here is another one that I heard on the podcast Cricket Unfiltered. What are the worst bowling figures you can come up with?

Warnie 

You got the great. Any ideas for the other two. Clue: One an Aussie.. in the 2000s..the other a nuggety  Northern Englishman..the 90s.

0-250 is pretty shocking.