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Alec Bedser, a Common card
Sir Alec Victor Bedser was an English professional cricketer, primarily a medium-fast bowler.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 113
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,200
Power 113 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Alec Bedser quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Alec Bedser card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He took 1924 first-class ______ in 485 matches.
Answer
wickets. He took 1924 first-class wickets in 485 matches. From the Alec Bedser article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Brian Jean. Brian Jean 71 · Alec Bedser 66 · Jim Wetherbee 63 · Polish–Czechoslovak confederation 60 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is widely regarded as one of the best English cricketers of the 20th century.
- Bedser played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1939 to 1960 alongside his identical twin brother Eric.
- He took 1924 first-class wickets in 485 matches.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Alec Bedser article was read about 9,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Alec Bedser
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Alec Bedser (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
