10 New Bouncers

It's been quite a while since I posted a new cricket quiz here. Had been busy with a lot of stuff, and this place got neglected, but no longer. Here's a completely fresh set of interesting cricket questions that will sure tickle your interest back in this blog. Hope you will enjoy this, and start visiting this place again, regularly.

The first of our 10 bouncers today:

Question 1.
Recently Shikhar Dhawan created a new record (in the India vs Australia 3rd Test 2013) for the fastest century by any batsman on debut. Whose record did Dhawan break?

Question 2.
How many batsmen have scored two triple centuries or more in Test cricket? Has any batsman scored more than two? If yes, who?

Question 3.
Who holds the record for the highest score on debut? Hint: Dhawan didn't even get close

Question 4.
Which were the four semi-finalists of the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa?

Question 5.
Who was the first international cricketer to endorse a brand? Which brand?

Question 6.
On a cricket field, what is a cow's corner?

Question 7.
Identify this cricketer.

Hint: If you don't know look closer. You may know him through his association with some famous cricketers.

Question 8.
In which year did Sachin Tendulkar make his test debut?

Question 9.
What is the role of the fourth umpire during a cricket match? Is there something called a fifth umpire as well?

Question 10.
Who bowled the last over of the 2007 World Twenty20 that India won?

World Cup Quiz

Q1. Which team's batsman faced the first ball of the first World Cup?

Q.2 Where was the 1987 India vs England semi-final held? Who won the match?

Q.3 India won the inaugural ICC World Twenty20. Who was the man of the match in the final against Pakistan?

Q.4 He was the only member of India's World Cup winning 1983 squad who didn't play a single match during the tournament? Identify him.

Q.5 Which team beat India by the narrowest margin of 1 run, once each in the two consecutive World Cups in 1987 and 1992?

Q.6 Which team has never lost a World Cup Final?

Q.7 Who were the chief sponsors of the 1992 World Cup co-hosted by Australia and 1992?

Q.8 The 'rain rule' used during the 1992 World Cup invited a lot of flak and criticism, and was correctly removed immediately after, finally giving way to the Duckworth-Lewis method. Can you briefly tell us what the rain rule was?

IPL Quiz

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Cradle Sports seems to be fast emerging as the biggest patron of quizzing this side of the Vindhyas. This time they have joined hands with Manav Rachna University and Hindustan Times - HT Pace to organize another Inter-School Quiz. The dates are 17th, 18th and 19th November. The event has been christened "MIND SPORT". The details are as follows:

Mind Sport will be held across multiple venues, with the Gurgaon and the Faridabad Chapter being held through the First two days with the winners of the respective chapters contesting in the Finals to be held in Delhi.

The details of the date, time and venue is mentioned hereunder:

GURGAON CHAPTER

Date: 17/11/2009
Venue: EPICENTER, Apparel House, Sector – 44, Gurgaon
Registration Time: 08:30 am

The Gurgaon chapter will be open to participants from Gurgaon and neighbouring areas.


FARIDABAD CHAPTER

Date: 18/11/2009
Venue: RJS School, Eros Garden, Suraj Kund Road, Faridabad
Registration Time: 08:30 am

The Chapter to be held at RJS School, Faridabad will be open to participants from Faridabad and neighboring areas.


DELHI CHAPTER


Date: 19/11/2009
Venue: Shri Satya Sai Auditorium, 8, Pragati ViharLodhi Road H.O.Delhi -110003
Registration Time: 08:30 am

The Delhi chapter will be open to participants from Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad.









EVENT FORMAT

The quiz will be general in nature with multiple rounds on Sports.

The Quiz across the Gurgaon and the Faridabad chapter will be conducted in the following manner:

- A written elimination round followed by a 12 team semi final and subsequently the Top 6 teams qualify for the finals.
- The Top 2 teams directly qualify for the regional semi finals to be held in Delhi.
- The Semi Finals and the Finals will be the On Stage rounds.

The Delhi Chapter of the Quiz will be conducted in the following manner:
- A written elimination round whereby the top 8 teams are identified.
- The identified 8 teams along with the 4 winners from the Gurgaon and the Faridabad chapter to compete in the Regional Semi Finals
- The Top 6 teams to qualify for the Finals.
- The Regional Semi Finals and the Regional Finals will be an On Stage Round.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
An Institution can send unlimited number of entries.
A maximum of four members per team are allowed.
There is no registration fee.
The entries can be mailed to mindsport@cradlesports.com or posted to Cradle Sports, M – 18, Sector – 11, Noida 201301.
Entries can also be sent by FAX on 0120 2520803.
Last date of Registration is 10th November 2009.
For further details, contact: Arindam Bhattacharya at 9312600283 or Nishant Kaul at 9958580155.

The "Money in Cricket" Quiz

Q.1 IPL: Which player with a base price of $ 1.35 millions was finally snapped up by an IPL team for $ 1.55 millions ?

Q.2 Which cricketer was declared by the Forbes magazine as the world's first "10 million dollars a year" man?

Q.3 Which former cricketer who also played football at the highest level is widely believed to be the first cricket player ever to sign a commercial contract to endorse a consumer product? Can you also identify this well-known brand which has still maintained its links with the game?

Q.4 Which two Australian cricketers got embroiled in a sports betting scandal when they were found betting on the opposition to win at the odds of 500-1?

Q.5 And the final question is my favourite type - fill up the blank.

You will find below a question followed by a table of odds as published on the famous betting site, Ladbrokes during the just concluded Ashes Series. All you need to do is fill up the blank in the question:

Who will be the _______ Ashes victim?
10/1 Andrew Flintoff
10/1 Brad Haddin
12/1 Paul Collingwood
12/1 Matthew Prior
12/1 Stuart Broad
12/1 Marcus North
12/1 Mitchell Johnson
12/1 Graham Swann
14/1 Mike Hussey
14/1 Michael Clarke
16/1 Jonathan Trott
16/1 Ian Bell
16/1 Brett Lee
16/1 Peter Siddle
16/1 Nathan Hauritz
16/1 Ben Hilfenhaus
16/1 James Anderson
16/1 Graham Onions
16/1 Steve Harmison
16/1 Ricky Ponting
20/1 Andrew Strauss
20/1 Alistair Cook
20/1 Stuart Watson
20/1 Phil Hughes
20/1 Simon Katich

The Ashes Quiz

q#1. England scored 45 runs in the 1st Innings of the Sydney Test (start date: 28 January 1887), Australia scored 63 runs in the 1st Innings of the Oval Test (start date: 28 August 1882), England score 75 runs in the 1st Innings of the Melbourne Test (start date: 29 December 1894). Amongst England vs Australia tests these are the lowest 1st Innings totals ................ ( complete the sentence).

q#2. Who is next on the list of highest run aggregators in England vs Australia tests after the great Sir Don Bradman?

q#3. Shane Warne, Denniss Lilee and Glenn Mc Grath lead the pack of leading wicket takers in the Ashes. Who leads the list for England?

q#4. He once famously said that "the aim of English cricket, is in fact, mainly, to beat Australia.". Can you identify this English bowler (picture on left)?

q#5. During the 1885 Ashes, what cricket term was used for the first time in test cricket?

Quiz at Narsee Monjee, Mumbai

Cradle Sports, headed by Arindam Bhattacharya who is a big quiz lover himself seems to be fast becoming the new big patron of quizzing in this country.

After the recently organised School and Open Quizzes at the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi, Cradle Sports alongwith AAG is sponsoring a set of quizzes at the Narsee Monjee (NMIMS) B-School in Mumbai.

DETAILS

VENUE : NMIMS

DATE : 8TH MARCH 2009

TIME : 4PM onwards

QUIZZES( Open to All)

- Sports & Entertainment Quiz

- Corporate Quiz

Sponsors :AAG & CRADLE SPORTS

OBJECTIVE : To support the mind sport called Quizzing and actively promote a culture of Sports Awareness and Literacy thru' Sports Quizzes...........

To register or for enquiries, contact Arindam on 9312600283 ( Delhi)

Open General Quiz in Delhi

After the mega success of the Cricket Quiz last year, Cradle Sports is organising another quiz soon - there is an open general quiz on 16th January in Delhi - the venue being Siri Fort Auditorium. There will be a special round on Animation & Gaming / Sports / Cartoons.

The title sponsors for the quiz which has been christened as AAGMAN is AAG (Academy of Animation & Gaming) and the presenting sponsor is Hamdard's Rogan Badaam Shirin. Renowned quizmaster and speaker Pornob Mukherjee is expected to be the quizmaster, and that should add a lot of zing to the quiz.

If you are interested in participating, you can contact Mr Arindam Bhattacharya at +91 9312600283 or Mr Aniruddh Sharma at +91 9999772096.

On the same day, Cradle Sports alongwith AAG is also organizing an Inter-School Quiz at the same venue. The time for the same is 8:30 am. You may contact the same numbers as above for any information on the school quiz too.

Cricketing Coincidences

Q 1. These two Indian cricketers made their Ranji debuts on the same day for the same team. What's more, they later went on to get married on exactly the same day. Who are they?

Q.2 Can you point out the biggest coincidence between the Inaugural Test and the Centenary Test (Melbourne, 1976-77) ?

Q.3 On 5th September 1999 a unique coincidence took place in an ODI game between India and the West Indies in Singapore. The players involved were West Indies opener Wavell Hinds who was making his debut and the Indian opener Sadagoppan Ramesh. What was this very strange coincidence?

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A coincidence this?!!

Year 1981
1. Prince Charles got married
2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes
4. Pope Died
5. A year later (1982) Italy won the Football World Cup
6. A year later from that (1983) India won the cricket world Cup!!!

Year 2005
1. Prince Charles got married
2. Liverpool crowned Champions of Europe
3. Australia lost the Ashes
4. Pope Died
5. A year later (2006) Italy won the Football World Cup
6. A year later(2007) India win a Cricket World Cup

Cricket Quiz in Delhi

Cradle Sports is organizing an Open Cricket Quiz called "Khelega Kya?" at the FICCI Auditorium, New Delhi on the 23rd September, 2008 from 12 pm onwards.

Cash prizes worth Rs. 1 lac are up for grabs!!!

Teams of three members are invited. Third member will be Super-Sub. (remember that defunct but interesting rule?!)

For more details, visit www.cradlesports.com or call Arindam at +9312600283.( local for Delhi/Noida/Gurgaon/Faridabad)

I plan to be there, what about you?

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Cradle is also organizing an Inter-School Quiz at the same venue the next day (24th, FICCI). School kids from over 100 schools in the Delhi NCR region are slated to participated. Should be one noisy affair that!
For queries, call the same number as above.

"Cricketers & Women" Quiz

Q.1 "So where the bloody hell are you?", she enquired once, in an advertisement for Tourism Australia. Test cricketer Michael Clarke reportedly proposed to her with a $200,000 diamond ring. The duo is slated to be married next year. Just give us the name of this stunning beauty - for confirmation, see Pic 1!

Q.2 (pic 2) She is Minki Van Der Westhuizen, South African swim-suit model, arguably the pretties thing to have ever happened to any cricketer. Which cricket captain am I jealously talking about?








Q.3 Fill in the blank.
" ___________ blew our minds," claimed a young female MTV presenter, Coralie Eichholtz . "He was so fit. I'd give him top marks for more than satisfying us." ( Report in the British tabloid, The News of the World, year: 2006)



Q.4 Which corporate sponsor of the West Indies cricket team blasted the Caribbean players for "having more telephone numbers of women than runs" after the team's abject surrender in the 2005 VB Series?


Q.5 She is Cindy, former Miss South Africa (pic 3). Who is she married to?

1983 World Cup (Silver Jubilee) Cricket Quiz

( On your left is an artist's impression of the Turnbridge Wells Cricket Ground, much famous for Kapil's fabulous knock of 175*)


Q.1
The average number of wides per match increased from 4.64 in the 1979 cricket World Cup to 9.59 in the 1983 edition. Why?

Q.2
Which spinner made his limited overs debut in this World Cup bamboozling NewZealand with his haul of 4 for 21. In the next match he improved on his debut performance, taking 5 wickets for 44 runs, and helping his team win the match by 11 runs. Who are we talking about?

Q.3
How many matches did eventual winners India win in all in the 1983 cup?

Q.4
Who co-umpired the final along with the revered DickyBird?

Q.5
On your left is a famous image from the 1983 World Cup final match between India and the West Indies. Kapil Dev is trying to clear long on - does he or does he not? Who is the bowler?

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?

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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?

Benson & Hedges Cricket World Cup - 1992

1. Five players who played in the 1992 Cup can be seen in action in the current World Cup (2007, just in case someone reaches here through google 4 years or more later!). Tendulkar, Jayasuriya, Lara, Inzamam and _____ ?

2. "I have never ever seen more happening on a single delivery of a cricket match". The Oz captain, Allan Border made this statement overwhelmed by the happenings on the last ball of a very exciting match. What was he referring to?
( this are not his exact words, but rephrased from memory)

3. Which team finished fifth in the overall standings after the preliminary stage? (they missed out by a single point)

4. "Born Cape Town, 28 April 1968. LHB, occasional RSM or OB, WK. First-class career since 1986/87, 83 matches".
This is an extract from the description of a player who participated in the 1992 World Cup. Who could it be?

5. He gave no byes, took no catches, didn't effect any stumpings but was involved in the winning run-out and this was his first and only appearance in the World Cup as the wicket keeper. Who?

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