Cricket Quiz

1.This is image of Jim Standen. He won County Championship in 1964 for Worcestershire. He also won it 1963. But why was the triumph in 1964 was special in his career?

Ans- He won the FA Cup that year too with Westham Utd. He was the goalkeeper for them in the final. So he had a rare double success.

2. This image is from 1999 World Cup. Lance Klusener is fielding in a group match in the shade of a tree which is well inside the boundary. Just id the ground.

Ans- VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen,The Nederlands.

The match was between Kenya & South Africa.

Many would guessed it as the St. Lawrence Cricket Ground in Canterburry. But that’s wrong.

3. He played his debut Test in 1969 for Pakistan against England in Lahore for a non cricketing reason. He was the student’s leader. So he was selected to protect the Test match from political disturbances. A lawyer by profession, he came in the news again when he was fighting for Salman Butt in spot fixing case. Id him.

Ans- Aftab Gul

4.He was the first professional cricketer from a Dalit descend. Inspite of being a great bowler he never got to play for India for his poor caste.It’s claimed that the character Kachra in Lagaan was influenced from him. Id him.

Ans- Palwankar Baloo

5. If the right & left person hold the record in Test & ODI respectively,then who is the record holder in T20Internationals?

Ans- Sunil Dhaniram of Canada,oldest debutant in T20I.

James Southerton(right)-in TestNolan Clarke(Left)-in ODI

6. X is a Cricket World Cupper. His father Mike was an international Rugby Union player for England. It was the rarest occasion when Mike opened the batting for England with Arthur Milton,an international Footballer for England(2 double internationals) in a Test match against New Zealand in 1958. X’s own brother-in-law is Y,a legend of their country. Id X & Y.

Ans- X=Neil Smith & Y= Olympic Gold medalist Sebastian Coe.Neil Smith is more famous for this image

7. What unique feat did these two bowlers achieve in Tests?

Ans- Only two bowlers to bowl consecutive two overs in Test matches.

Alex Moir(left) & Warwick Armstrong(right).

8.Name the First-Class cricketer of New Zealand who fought & died in world War-1.He has more significant achievement in other field. He won 4 Wimbledon & 2 Australian Open Men’s Singles Title in Tennis.

Ans-Tony Wilding

9. Connect…exhaustive

Ans- Only two cricketers to score centuries in their First & Last matches of their ODI career.

Desmond Haynes & Deniss Amiss.

10.Pakistan toured in UK in 2003. They played a 50 overs’ match against Scotland in that tour. The match was played at Hamilton Crescent Ground,Glasgow on 7th June. Pakistan. Pakistan won the match narrowly by 1 wicket. Two batsmen from Scotland scored Golden Ducks in their innings. Ian Stanger was one of them. The other batsman nicked to keeper Rashid Latif in the bowling of Shabbir Ahmed. Who was he?

Ans- Rahul Sharad Dravid