The World's 1st IPL Quiz!! (self-assumed)

q#1. "Yet how paradoxical it is, and how delightful, that Bangalore, a city that has leapt to global prominence on the back of work outsourced by America, is now itself outsourcing from America — outsourcing glamour, no less. " - This is an excerpt from a NewYork Times Op/Ed column. Can you guess what exactly is being discussed ?

q#2. He has worked in various administrative and marketing capacities with Cricket NSW, the Melbourne Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's and New Zealand Cricket. In partnership with Shane Lee, he established two sports marketing organisations - Sporting Frontiers India and Sporting Frontiers Cricket. Who is he and how is he connected to the Indian Premier League?

q#3. They are initiating an exciting partnership between Liverpool FC and the All India Football Federation (AIFF), aimed at developing soccer in India. They also own one of the IPL teams. Name the organisation.

q#4. "A charging bull" is the logo of which IPL team?

q#5. "To be the most successful and entertaining franchise in the league" is their mission. Who are they?

India-England One-Dayers: Cricket Quiz # 25

Q.1 On 13th July 1974, India made its One-Day International Debut. Who was India's captain in this match against England?

Q.2 When did India beat England for the first time in an ODI? In which city is the venue of this match - 'Burlton Park' located?

Q.3 In the 1983 World Cup Semi-Final against England, it is a well know fact that Jimmy Amarnath was the man-of-the-match. Who was the highest individual scorer for India?

Q.4 In the 1989 Nehru Cup match between the two teams, there was an unlikely hero. Promoted much up the order to no.4 by captain Krish Srikkanth, he won the match for India with a brilliant unbeaten century. Who?

Q.5 Tendulkar captained India against England in just one One-Day. His opposite captain in the match was the first captain in the world to win a 'Twenty20 Cup'. Who?

For a list of websites providing Live Streaming Cricket action for the India-England One-day Series 2007, click here.

Cricket Quiz # 24 ( Books & Authors)

Q.1 Identify this nobel laureate ( left pic ) who once famously said, "I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing God ever created on earth, certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either."

Q.2 Which famous writer, also a fine sportsman, once claimed the wicket of the great W G Grace, a feat which inspired him to write a poem on the subject?

Q.3 "Silence of the Heart", a melancholy book about cricket deals with a very specific but sad suject. What was David Frith's book all about?

Q.4 "A bat, indeed, can look an entirely different instrument in different hands. With Grace it was a rod of correction, for to him bad bowling was a deviation from moral order; Ranjitsinhji turned a bat into a wand, passing it before the eyes of the foe till they followed him in a trance along his processional way....". This is an extract from which of Neville Cardus' masterpiece?

Q.5 Who authored "The Summer Game" ?

Cricket Quiz - General

It's been a long, long time now since i posted my last quiz. Though I did come here more than a couple of times to break the break, somehow the right questions refused to form. ( this being amongst the other mis-consequences of the last World Cup!!) So i finally decided to break the ice the easier way. Presenting 5 non-original (but good) questions to tickle your cricket-brain. Cheers!

Q.1 Chaminda Vaas just scored his first century in his 97th Test - is this a record? And who holds the record for ODIs ? ( posted by Manesh Rawal from Delhi on Cricinfo.com )

Q.2 This man of many accomplishments was also the first Jew to lead a team in International Cricket. Name him. ( Cricinfo magazine, Oct 2004)

Q.3 Who is the only man to have scored two centuries in his 100th test? ( Cricinfo magazine, Jan 2007)

Q.4 He is the only man to have taken a hat-trick at Lord's. Strangely enough, he is also the only man to have been no-balled for throwing at Lord's. Who? ( Re-worded, Cricinfo magazine, Feb 2007)

Q.5 At a function for World Series Cricket, media mogul Kerry Packer once suggested that he put on a tie. After he replied infamously "I don't wear ties," Packer told him "You'll put one on for me, son.". Who is the player in question here? All of us have heard him commentating.

( from the archives of this blog)

And this to leave you in good humour, just in case you didn't appreciate the bouncers!

"It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don’t wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game. "
- Bryson, humorist and travel writer

2003: World Cup in South Africa

question no.1

After scoring a very quick hundred in the 8th World Cup in South Africa, he went on to claim 17 wickets in a single first class match the next year। Who?

question no.2

Which two players were involved in the black arm-band protest against what they called the "death of democracy"?

question no.3

Which Namibian who took 5 wickets against England, played in the Rugby World Cup held in the same year?

question no.4

Who is Rickey Ponting shaking hands with? ( refer picture on top)

question no.5

Who took the highest number of wickets to set up a new World Cup Record? How many?

England 99: The VIIth Cricket World Cup

q.1 Identify the country which released this stamp to commerorate 'England 99"?

q.2 Fill up the blanks.

With Wasim Akram and ________ ________ acting out the role of the orchestra on the Titanic, playing on valiantly as the ship went down, Mark Waugh and Darren Lehmann began to pick off the remaining runs at will, with Lehmann driving pleasantly through the covers to leave Australia needing under ten for victory........ A ridiculous _______ ________ by some Pakistani _________ was fortunately dealt with quickly and Darren Lehmann thrashed ______ _______'s _______ ball of the 20th over to the point boundary to post the winning runs for Australia and a well deserved, if thoroughly anti-climactic victory.

q.3 His average of 140.50 was the highest of the World Cup? Whose? ( Can you recall who were the other 2 guys to average over 100? )

q.4 Which all countries co-hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup 1999?

q.5 "Shane Warne was the highest wicket taker of the tournament." Is that statement completely true?

The 1996 World Cup Quiz

( The comments/answers have now been released. The percentage of correct answers this time is very, very high! Guess i need to raise the toughness level in the next quiz)

q.1

what happened on leap year's day?

q.2

aravinda d'silva was the highest run aggregator for the eventual champions, Sri Lanka. Who was second best?

q.3

p,p,p,r,b & w. This series (of initials) ended with this World Cup in the Indian subcontinent. What are we talking about?

q.4

kumble ended up as the highest wicket taker but his best in an innings was just 3/29. Somone else with match figures of 5/21 took the honours there. Who?

q.5

which lankan batsman survived one run out chance and 3 dropped catches in the final?

Additonal question/s:

q.6

who was the 47 year old Dutch opener, the oldest player in the tournament, who had scored 159 for Barbados against Mike Denness' touring party 22 years ago?