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?

Cricket Quiz # 7

Q – Who holds the record for being the only cricketer to have scored more than 5000+ runs, taken 100+ wickets, 100+ catches and having received 100+ caps in both forms of the game?

Q - Who was the first Pakistani batsman to score a century against India on Indian soil in a one day international?

Q – Which are the only two cricket teams have been dismissed twice in the same day of a test match?

Q – The first ball of the first world cup was bowled by…….

Q – He was among the first of the genuinely fast, fast bowlers and he bowled the last over of the first ever tied test match. Who? (Ref Picture on left)

for interesting discussions on cricket, debates on india's world cup cricket team and more, click here

for quiz answer, click here ( answers are normally uploaded within 2 days). happy quizzing

Cricket World Cup Quiz

Cricket Quiz # 1

Q.1 England has done it thrice, Australia twice, India, Pakistan & West Indies once each while Sri Lanka is the only team to have never done it. With respect to the Cricket World Cups, what are we talking about?

Q.2 In which World Cup did India play Pakistan for the first time?

Q.3 What happened when India played East Africa in the 1975 World Cup, something which had never happened before in the history of One-day Cricket?

Q.4 The bowler who sent down the maximum number of wides and no ball ( 60 in all) also ended up becoming the highest wicket taker in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Who?

Q.5 Clive Lloyd captained West Indies in the first 2 World Cups? Who did the honours for the West Indies in the 1983 edition?

Q.6 Connect the 2 pairs of cricketers: Shaukat Dukanwala - Salim Raza ( UAE ) & Sunil Gavaskar - Chetan Sharma ( India )

Q.7 Who won the Cricket World Cup's first Man of the Series award?

Q.8 One Scot player scored more runs than any England player in the 1999 World Cup!! Can you recall his name?

Q. 9 P, P, P, R, B, W are the initials of something ( which was stopped after the 1996 World Cup) in the chronological order. What are we talking about?

Q.10 Which non-wicket keeper has taken the maximum number of catches in the Cricket World Cups?

*****
Click here for the answers