cricket quiz finals

8/12/2019 Cricket Quiz Finals

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W r i t t e n r o u n d ( o n n i c k n a m e s )

I n f i n i t e P o u n c e

L i s t I t

I n f i n i t e P o u n c e

D i f f e r e n t i a l S c o r i n g

I n f i n i t e P o u n c e ( C o n t i n u e d )

Line up:


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Audience

Question

During the last IPL season, X shocked Y during

a post match interview.

Y told X, your dad named you well. To which

X promptly replied, Actually, I was named

after you.

Identify X and Y.


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Audience

Question

Answer


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Audience

Question

Sunil Gavaskar and Sunil Narine


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Cr i cket ing Nickname s


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1) All eight questions are visual in nature.

2) Every answer is the name of an internationalcricketer.

3) 5 points for every correct answer.

4) A 5 point bonus goes to the team(s) with the mostcorrect answers.


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1

This man, a former NBA player, is widely considered to be

one of the greatest ever to have played in another league.Xs coach, during his younger days, thought that they

looked similar.


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The guy in the middle was universally known by a

nickname. What you see is what you get.


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Sitter who is nicknamed

after this legend?


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Which underappreciated genius (inmy opinion, at least) gets hisnickname from this character?


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Probably the only international cricketer

to be nicknamed after a Cluedocharacter. Full name, please.


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And, for the firsttime in acricket quiz


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Which cricketer, with a nose to match

Cleopatra's, is nicknamed after -


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Answers


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This man, a former NBA player, is widely considered to be

one of the greatest ever to have played in another league.Xs coach, during his younger days, thought that they

looked similar.


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Andrew Roy Symonds; after Leroy Loggins.


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The guy in the middle was universally known by a

nickname. What you see is what you get.


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Tich Freeman; Tich being a generic British

slang for anyone who is tiny.


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Sitter who is nicknamed

after this legend?


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Andrew Freddie Flintoff; after Fred Flintstone.


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Which underappreciated genius (inmy opinion, at least) gets hisnickname from this character?


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Eddie Bunter Barlow; after Billy Bunter.


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Probably the only international cricketer

to be nicknamed after a Cluedocharacter. Full name, please.


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Phil Colonel Mustard; after Colonel Mustard.


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And, for the firsttime in acricket quiz


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Scott Miley Styris; after Miley Cyrus


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Vivian Smokin' Joe Richards; after Joe Frazier.


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Which cricketer, with a nose to match

Cleopatra's, is nicknamed after -


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Bill the Phantom Lawry; after the Phantom.


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In f in i te Pounce

(C lockwise)


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1) Fourteen questions, each one for 10 points.

2) On the pounce, a correct answer fetches +10,but a wrong one gets you -10. You can pounceon your direct question.

3) In case no one answers a question (oreveryone pounces), the next direct goes to the

same team.

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Matthew Hayden at Hamilton in 2007.Sachin Tendulkar at ______ 2009.Robin Smith at Birmingham in 1993.

Tillakaratne Dilshan at ______ in 2012.Kevin OBrien at Nairobi in 2007.

These are some of the instances of a recordfor various countries. Who holds the worldrecord? And what record is it?


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Answer

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Charles Coventry. Highest score in a losing cause.

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Click to add textThis is an excerpt, by X, from the foreword to a

famous cricket book.

Cricketers are supposed to be simple, evengung-ho, in sexual matters as in everything

else. And yet cricket and most cricketers has its dark secrets, its skeletons.

a) Name X, the person who wrote theforeword. [5]

b) Name the book. Maybe I will be generous

with the title... [5]


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Answer

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Peter Roebuck

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Having had to wait till the age of 32 before he

debuted in Tests, X found instant successwhen he did. He reached 100 wickets in 28Tests, just behind Grimmett and Ajmalamongst all 30+ year old debutants.

X's son, Y, made a name as one of the bestEnglish T20 bowlers before his career

stagnated in 2008 and he was out of all majorcricket....until he made an unexpectedappearance for Royal Challengers Bangalore in2010. Identify X and Y.


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Answer

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Dilip Doshi and Nayan Doshi.

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Leptospermum scoparium is a tree native

to Australia and New Zealand that isoften called tea tree, because CaptainCook used the leaves to brew an

infusion. Its Maori name, normally theword for it in both Australia and NZ,lends its name to a cricket ground.

Which ground?

[Pic of the tree in the following slide.]

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Answer

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Manuka Oval, Canberra

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In 2001, the ICC made it mandatory forall Test umpires to be from neutralnations. Who was the last umpire

to have been officially nominated(ignore emergencies where theThird Umpire had to step in) to

umpire a Test in his home nation?

And which Test? [No part points.]


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Ian Gould. During one of the rare neutral

Tests.

Pakistan vs. Australiaat Leeds, in 2010.

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Only two post-World War II bowlers

classified as chinaman bowlershave taken 10fors. One is

obviously Paul Adams, so who isthe other?

[Ignore bowlers like JohnnyWardle, who used a canny mix of

orthodox and wrist spin.]


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Answer

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Michael Bevan; against West Indies, in

1997.

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In March 2012, Calcutta University

announced that it would be awardinga posthumous degree to Bina Das

(along with one to Pritilata

Waddedar). Bina Das was denied herdegree due to a 1932 event.

You find her story in many historyschoolbooks, but why does she

feature in a cricket quiz?


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Answer

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She was the person

who shot atStanley Jackson,the Governor of

Bengal; althoughhe escapedunhurt.

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Lines written by Rudyard Kipling:

Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro,____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____The poor little street-bred people that vapour and fume and brag,

They are lifting their heads in the stillness to yelp at the English Flag!

The modified version of the blanked out line is one of themost quoted lines in the game. What?


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Answer

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What do they know of cricket who only

cricket know?

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I haven't been on _____ yet, so I can't really tell you.

This was the sarcastic reply given by anAustralian selector when questioned about theteam line up during Ashes 2009. It was a

reference to a bizarre controversy that surelyhappened for the first time in international cricket.

a) Name the selector, who shares his last name withthe cricketer involved. [5]

b) What was the issue? [5]


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Answer

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Merv Hughes was the selector. Phil Hughes's Twitterfeed announced his dropping from the side, whichrevealed some plans and left the Australiansfurious.

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The man pictured here, X, is the holder of a record

that he created during his Test career, whichlasted between 1983 and 1990.

He was in the news

throughout the summer of2011, as Y equalled it andfinally broke it in April 2012.

However, currently X is thesole owner of the recordyet again. X and Y, please.


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Answer

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X = Eldine Baptiste; Y = Tim Bresnan. Baptiste

holds The record for a 100% career Test record;he played 10 Tests and won all of them.

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The Player of the Tournament trophy

at the Hong Kong Sixes is namedafter a person who isn't a cricketlegend, by any means.

He played just 2 Tests and 20ODIs for his country, with moderatesuccess, but spent some timegrowing up in Hong Kong. Who is

this cricketer?


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Answer

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Ben Hollioake

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X played under the captaincy of Y in the

2006 U19 World Cup. By the time Yfinally made his international debut, inAugust 2012, X and Y were playing for

different national teams.

In an ironic twist of fate, Y removed X

with just his third ball in internationalcricket.

Identify the Once Brothers.


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Answer

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X = Craig Kieswetter; Y = Dean Elgar

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England's legendary glovesman Godfrey

Evans found employment in another fieldafter his retirement.

But an infamous mistake during hissubsiquent career left him and his director,Ron Pollard, red faced as the companylost 15,000. It was unexpected, as

something hadn't happened since 1894.

What was Godfrey Evans's mistake?


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Godfrey Evans was the cricket expert for

Ladbrokes during the 1981 Ashes;hence the 500-1 was his doing.

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Amongst Indians, who makes this list

exhaustive, with respect to a 1983 feat.

Also identify both the cricketers shown

here.


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Answer

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Balwinder Sandhu. The great spoilsports of Indian

bowlingthe people who took one wicket everytime a bowler finished on a 9for.

The other two are Vasant Ranjane

and Chandu Borde.


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1) There are nine possible answers to the statementthat will soon be given.

2) Each correct answer gets you 3 points.

3) A 3 point bonus goes to the team(s) that get ALLnine correct.


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There are 9 Test cricketers with the

last name of Patel. Name all of them.


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Answers


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Answers


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Jasu Patel

Brijesh PatelRashid Patel

Parthiv Patel

Munaf Patel

Deepak Patel

Jeetan Patel

Min Patel

Samit Patel

India New Zealand England


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In f in i te Pounce

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Although the stat was mostly ignored by

the mainstream media, keen eyed cricketfans were quick to point

out that Jonathan Trott

had broken thisgentlemans 48 year old

Record in the Auckland

Test of this year.

Identify and explain, please.


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Answer

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Vijay Manjrekar, who earlier held the record

for most Test runs without hitting a six.

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The gentleman on the left is David Coltart, a

prominent human rights activist. Although cricket

fans worldwide dont immediately associate him with

it, he was behind something that will forever beremembered in World Cup history. What did he do?


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He gave the idea (at least partially) for the

black armband protestthat effectively ended

the careers of Flower

and Olonga.

[In case people missed it,

thats Mugabe on the right,

in the previous slide.]

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This was the match was when X debuted for Ireland

as one of their first ever overseas players.

[Scorecard follows.]

In fact, people still talk of X's legendary exploits in

Irish club cricket in the 1980s, where he was so

succesful that they ended up banning overseas

players in Section 2 cricket! Identify this player, whohumorously self-styled himself as the Don of

Dhaka.

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Answer

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Raman Lamba

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One on the wandering Twenty20 players

The first person to have scored three T20hundreds in the various leagues that havemushroomed across the world, was ironically,a man who never played single internationalT20.

Besides playing in three officially sanctioned

leagues, he also gained fame in India forwinning the Player of the Tournament awardduring the inaugural ICL season. Who is thisT20 legend?


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Answer

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Ian Harvey

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Many a Australian batting prodigy of the

post-war era has been hailed as the "NewBradman". But this New Bradman (X), afantastic batsman in his own right, was

dropped for good just at the age of 28despite averaging 45.55.

In 1963, in another part of the world, Y'sparents thought of a very cheeky way to

name him after X, and he went on to play 9Tests in the 1980s. Identify X and Y.


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Norm ONeill. Anil Dalpatsparents were thegeniuses who realized that the perfectly acceptable

Subcontinental name Anil sounds like ONeill.

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Identify this cricketer, who holds the recordfor most runs conceded in an innings.

In the modern era, he isoften mentioned in

cricketing culture becausehe lends his name toone of the most popular

video blogs on cricket.


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No batsman has ever scored fourconsecutive ODI 100s. But X cameheartbreakingly close to it at theWillowmoore Park in 2002. He was on

96* with 6 runs required to win, whenY bowled 5 wides and X was ultimatelystranded on 97*.

Identify X and this ultimate killjoy.


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Herschelle Gibbs and Alok Kapali.


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Differential Scoring


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Ten written questions. The points that youscore depend on the number of teams that

get a question correct.

1/2 teams with the correct answer = 20 points.3/4 teams with the correct answer = 15 points.

5/6 teams with the correct answer = 10 points.

7/8 teams with the correct answer = 5 points.

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In September 2002, X was named to play

for Border against Free State in EastLondon. A farce ensued because hewas playing in the Champions Trophy

in Sri Lanka and wasn't even in thecity when the match started!

What happened as a result of this hasbeen a favourite in sports quizzingconnects. Identify X and explain.

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The Guardian did something unique by

publishing, in book form, the completeover-by-over onlinecommentary for aseries. The title is a

reference to at least oneof William the Conquerorand Arthur Mailey.

But why the 766?

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Identify this cricketer who has been breaking

a few barriersrecently, and creditsBishan Singh Bedi

for his rise.

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Chris Gayle, with his innings of 63*against Sri Lanka in June 2009, became

the only person in international T20 cricket

to do what?

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O f th lt h f i k t b


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One of the cult heroes of cricket, but

a fine Test batsman, too.

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Although Rest Days had long been

considered unnecessary inEngland (thanks to people realisinghow much money could be made),

they made sporadic appearancesat one Sunday per summer in

Tests held in July, till 1996.

Why?

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Th j 8 i f hi 7 b h


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There are just 8 instances of this. 7 were by the

people shown here. Who did it the one other time,and what did he do?

Colin Cowdrey

Javed Miandad

Gordon Greenidge

Alec Stewart

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Ricky Ponting

Graeme Smith

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O f th t bl ODI t h


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One of the most memorable ODI matches

between Pakistan and India was playedon 30th September, 1997. It was marredby crowd trouble as Indian players werefrequently pelted by stones, and thePakistan innings was called off in the48th over.

But with 8 runs required from the lastover of the Indian chase, who hit a sixoff Saqlain Mushtaq to ensure the win?

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In May 2011, this match from the Lincolnshire

Premier League made it to national papers inEngland.

It would have been unremarkable for mostcricket followers (not many of us follow the

LPL), had it not been for the innings of 128,

which is considered to be a worldwide first.

Identify the player. [The scorecard follows.]

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U ffi i l it X ill d i


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Unofficial as it was, X will go down in

history as the first Indian to score a Testton, with his 148 in a 1926 Testagainst the MCC at Bombay.

Unfortunately when India finally playedits first official Test in 1932, X, now allof 40 but showing no signs of slowing

down, was considered too old to tourand he missed out on a Test cap thatwas probably deserved.


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I S t b 2002 X d t l


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In September 2002, X was named to play

for Border against Free State in EastLondon. A farce ensued because hewas playing in the Champions Trophyin Sri Lanka and wasn't even in thecity when the match started!

What happened as a result of this hasbeen a favourite in sports quizzingconnects. Identify X and explain.

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Vasbert Drakes is dismissed Timed Out.

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Th G di did thi i b


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The Guardian did something unique bypublishing, in book form, the completeover-by-over onlinecommentary for aseries. The title is a

reference to at least oneof William the Conquerorand Arthur Mailey.

But why the 766?

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Runs scored by Alastair Cook in Ashes 2010/11.

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a few barriersrecently, and creditsBishan Singh Bedifor his rise.

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Parvez Rasool

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Chris Gayle, with his innings of 63*

against Sri Lanka in June 2009, became

the only person in international T20

cricket to do what?

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That is the only instance of a playercarrying the bat in international T20.

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One of the cult heroes of cricket but


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One of the cult heroes of cricket, but

a fine Test batsman, too.

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Colin Bland

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considered unnecessary inEngland (thanks to people realisinghow much money could be made),

they made sporadic appearancesat one Sunday per summer in

Tests held in July, till 1996.

Why?

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Mens finals of the Championships.

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There are just 8 instances of this 7 were by the


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There are just 8 instances of this. 7 were by the

people shown here. Who did it the one other time,and what did he do?

Colin Cowdrey

Javed Miandad

Gordon Greenidge

Alec Stewart

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Ricky Ponting

Graeme Smith

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Ricky Ponting yet again. Those are people


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Ricky Ponting yet again. Those are people

who have scored 100s in their 100thTest, and

Punter did it twice.

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One of the most memorable ODI matches


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One of the most memorable ODI matchesbetween Pakistan and India was playedon 30th September, 1997. It was marredby crowd trouble as Indian players werefrequently pelted by stones, and thePakistan innings was called off in the48th over.

But with 8 runs required from the lastover of the Indian chase, who hit a sixoff Saqlain Mushtaq to ensure the win?

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Rajesh Chauhan

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In May 2011, this match from the Lincolnshire

Premier League made it to national papers inEngland.

It would have been unremarkable for mostcricket followers (not many of us follow the

LPL), had it not been for the innings of 128,

which is considered to be a worldwide first.

Identify the player. [The scorecard follows.]

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Unofficial as it was X will go down in


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Unofficial as it was, X will go down inhistory as the first Indian to score a Testton, with his 148 in a 1926 Testagainst the MCC at Bombay.

Unfortunately when India finally playedits first official Test in 1932, X, now allof 40 but showing no signs of slowing

down, was considered too old to tourand he missed out on a Test cap thatwas probably deserved.

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D. B. Deodhar


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Kim Hughes breaks down during his resignation


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