“Well Of Course” edition 6 Finals @soganmageshwar @paap_singer
Transcript
ldquoWell Of Courserdquo edition 6
Finalssoganmageshwarpaap_singer
Agenda
bull Written Round Ibull Clockwise (18 questions)bull Written Round II bull Anti-clockwise (18 questions)bull List It
Written Round I
bull Satish Acharya is a cartoonist from Kundapura He typically covers a lot of current affairs Cricket is a prominent subject on which he has drawn bull So 6 cartoons from Satish bull 10 points for eachbull 10 bonus for getting all 6 right
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Agenda
bull Written Round Ibull Clockwise (18 questions)bull Written Round II bull Anti-clockwise (18 questions)bull List It
Written Round I
bull Satish Acharya is a cartoonist from Kundapura He typically covers a lot of current affairs Cricket is a prominent subject on which he has drawn bull So 6 cartoons from Satish bull 10 points for eachbull 10 bonus for getting all 6 right
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Written Round I
bull Satish Acharya is a cartoonist from Kundapura He typically covers a lot of current affairs Cricket is a prominent subject on which he has drawn bull So 6 cartoons from Satish bull 10 points for eachbull 10 bonus for getting all 6 right
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
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Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
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Answer (12)
7
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Answer (13)
8
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Answer (14)
9
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Answer (15)
10
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Answer (16)
11
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Answer (17)
12
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Answer (18)
13
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Answer (19)
14
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Answer (20)
15
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Answer (21)
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Answer (22)
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Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
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Answer (24)
6 (4)
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Answer (25)
7
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Answer (26)
8 (3)
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Answer (27)
9 (2)
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Answer (28)
10 (4)
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Answer (29)
11 (2)
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Answer (30)
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Answer (31)
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Answer (32)
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Answer (33)
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Answer (34)
16
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Answer (35)
17 (2)
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Answer (36)
18 (2)
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Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull CSK walking out of hotel since they did not allow biriyani from Rayudursquos house bull Dhoni refusing to give Rayudu strike in the only T20 in
England in the 2014 series
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
2 Both want help playing whom
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Younis Khanbull After first test when he scored a double hundred he had
said Zimbabwe should be given more tests They lost the 2nd test to Zimbabwe
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
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1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
4 Who has seen a ghost
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
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1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
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Answer (8)
3
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Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
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Answer (17)
12
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Answer (18)
13
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Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
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Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
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Answer (28)
10 (4)
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Answer (29)
11 (2)
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Answer (30)
12 (2)
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Answer (31)
13 (2)
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Answer (32)
14 (2)
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Answer (33)
15 (2)
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Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
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1
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Answer (7)
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Answer (8)
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Answer (10)
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Answer (11)
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Answer (15)
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Answer (18)
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Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
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X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
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Answer (24)
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Answer (25)
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Answer (26)
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Answer (27)
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Answer (28)
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Answer (29)
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Answer (30)
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Answer (33)
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Answer (34)
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Answer (35)
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Answer (36)
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Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
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End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
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Answer
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Shane Shillingford
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
1
bull Identify this player who has just achieved a feat that only 3 others have achieved so far Photo taken during day 1 of the 3rd test between England and Australia in 1926 bull Also what feat has
he achieved
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull GC Mccartneybull Century before lunch on day 1bull Others ndash Victor Trumper Don Bradman Majid Khan
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
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1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
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Slide 173
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In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
2
bull Kerry Packer was assembling players for WSC He had two national sides ndash Australia and West Indies He decided to create a rest of the world side to compete against them The isolated South Africans were easily available He tried signing Graeme Pollock but reservations were raised by stars Viv Richards and Michael Holdingbull So why did Richards and Holding have a reservation against
Pollock but not against Barry Richards and Mike Procter who were also from South Africa
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
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1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
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Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
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Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
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Answer (31)
13 (2)
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Answer (32)
14 (2)
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Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Graeme Pollock had never played cricket outside of South Africa This meant that he had never played multi-racial cricket bull Proctor and Richards had played county cricket before
playing in the WSC West Indian cricketers had no objections to players who had played multi-racial cricket
3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
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Answer (14)
9
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Answer (15)
10
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Answer (16)
11
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Answer (17)
12
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Answer (18)
13
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Answer (19)
14
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Answer (20)
15
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Answer (21)
16
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Answer (22)
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Answers
18
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Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
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Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
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Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
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Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
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Answer (31)
13 (2)
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Answer (32)
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Answer (33)
15 (2)
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Answer (34)
16
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Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
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3
bull Its 1982 and X wasnt supposed to play the game against Australia but Y pulled out on the evening before the game as the team had just returned from an England tour X took the flight to Hyderabad on the morning of the game and went straight to the groundbull X in only his second ODI didnrsquot take any wickets in his first spell
from the pavilion end he says ldquoBut from the far end when I came back things started to changerdquo He ended the game with 4-32 in 8 overs creating history along the way bull He went on to play only 8 ODIs The story goes that X was at a party
with the touring team Y had wanted the team to leave early but X insisted that he stay behind for more fun And that was it A miffed Y made up his mind and had X droppedbull X Y and the feat achieved in that game
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
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1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull X - Jalal - ud ndash Dinbull Y - Imran Khanbull First ever hat-trick in ODIs
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
4
bull The father was raised in present day Pakistan He grew up as a Hindu in abject poverty but discovered he had a flair for the game He was adopted by the X family a rich Muslim family They never asked him to convert He later went back to present day India and became one of the early legends of the game His son (a first class cricketer) did not include this piece of information in the biography of the fatherbull The X family has many other connections to cricket One of
the members of the family caught the cricket worlds attention in 1987 when he refused to continue play until he received an unconditional apologybull Identify the father and X
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Father ndash Lala Amarnathbull X ndash Rana family Shakoor Rana made the Rana family
famous in 1987
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
5
bull This bowler played all of 4 test matches in his career Things could have gone very differently had this dodgy decision gone his way though As it happened Inzamam ul Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs for the last wicket to take the home team to a memorable victory He is the second highest wicket taker in the Sheffield ShieldPura Cup history behind Clarrie Grimmettbull Who
>
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
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1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
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Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
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Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
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Answer (32)
14 (2)
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Answer (33)
15 (2)
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Answer (34)
16
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Answer (35)
17 (2)
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Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Jo Angel
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
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13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
6
bull Colin Milburn played a couple of seasons of Sheffield cricket for Western Australia In a game against Queensland facing an attack that had 3 international bowlers he smashed 243 while opening the batting including scoring 181 runs between lunch and tea He was particularly savage against X (who had made his international debut a few years earlier) against whom he scored 48 runs from 28 balls Western Australia ended up with 6155 declared and X ended up with figures of 0124 from 21 oversbull X sort of redeemed himself with the bat top scoring for
Queensland with scores of 77 and 49 Milburn sadly met with an accident the following year bull Who is X
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Rusi Surti
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
7
bull Sir Herbert Baker went to India in 1912 and worked with Lutyens His work in India included designing Secretariat Building Parliament House and the bungalows of members of parliament He also designed the two Secretariat buildings flanking Rajpath leading up to Rashtrapathi Bhavanbull But his most famous contribution to cricket was a gift in
1926 which was an apology The construction of a stand was delayed due to a general workers strike The stand bore his name till further redevelopment in 1996 bull What was Bakerrsquos gift
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Father Time
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
8
bull When he played in World Series Cricket X was an instant hit on and off the field He was arguably the worlds quickest bowler at the time with an angled run-up and round-arm slinging action and he possessed one of the most lethal bouncersbull He was known for his legendary duels with fellow countryman Y In
1977 spurred on by the crowd X attacked Y with a barrage of bouncers After a while Y looked at him and said Remember I dont miss X found himself at the batting crease late next afternoon True to his word Y hit him first up The big man went down What followed was an unforgettable passage of play as Y gave it to him over and over X retired hurt in the end and Y took great delight in letting the crowd know what he thought of thembull X never played international cricket but Y holds a certain distinction
in his country X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull X ndash Garth Le Rouxbull Y ndash Clive Rice
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
9
bull West Indies had been bowled out for 265 England though faced a charged up Holding and were shot out for 122 On Day 3 Botham asked Jackman to bowl the first over Jackman broke down sending down the first over with tears down his cheeks bull The gloomy mood was lifted by Geoff Boycott who was the on field captain
for a few minutes bull ldquoJackman was in the middle of an impressive spell The acting captain
strode from deep mid-off halted Jackman as he was beginning a new over and asked for the ball He proceeded to mark out his own run turned his cap around rolled his shoulders swung his arms and ran in And then he stopped in his delivery stride grinned and threw the ball back to Jackmanbull It had the crowd roaring with laughter and lifted the spirit of the team
somewhat from the depths of gloomrdquobull What was the cause of this gloom
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Ken Barrington had passed away the previous night due to a heart attack
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
10
bull End of day 3 ndash ldquoYou are our only hoperdquobull End of day 4 ndash ldquoYou can do itrdquobull End of day 5- ldquoIf you bat till tea tomorrow the match will be
savedrdquo
bull This is a story from the 50rsquos What is this about
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Hanif Mohammadrsquos epic 337bull Abdul Hafeez Kardar Pakistanrsquos captain kept these notes
besides Hanifrsquos bed as a way to encourage the man bull End of day 3 ndash 61bull End of day 4 ndash 161bull End of day 5 ndash 270
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
11
bull Yorkshires overseas pro X had convinced Y a mate from his playing days in Adelaide Victoria and now Yorkshire to ask his sister Andrea to show him around Scarborough X had spent the preceding afternoon drinking with David Boon and he had to work hard to convince Andrea that her knight in shining armour was an overweight cricketer from Australia They did wind up getting married and although X told Andrea his international career was over which would allow him time to look after a family recalls followed he played three Tests and three ODIs against brother-in-law Y and were teammates when Yorkshire were county champions in 2001 bull X and Y
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull X ndash Darren Lehmannbull Y ndash Craig White
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
12
bull Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim or KC Ibrahim played four Tests for India against West Indies in 1948-49 Opening with Vinoo Mankad he scored 85 and 44 but in his next six innings he made only 40 runs and he had retired by the time England toured India in 1951-52 bull A prolific scorer in first class cricket he did something in the
1947-48 season that is still a record in FC cricket but was in jeopardy recently What record and who came close to beating it
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Scoring the most runs without being dismissed KC Ibrahim got 709 bull Adam Voges scored 614 before being dismissed in the
Wellington Test
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
13
bull The design originated in England where John Guy who played 12 tests observed a Newbery bat with what he calls a dry knot - a darker weaker section of the willow - in its shoulder Guy wondered out loud to John Newbery the master bat maker whether the bat would split if a ball hit that dry knot Yes Newbery said the shoulder would fly right off But what could they do about itbull I said What if we shave it So thats what we did Guy
says We shaved the shoulder down and I said I think thats a good idea for a bat Newbery said What would you call it Its got to be something like a _____ I said it felt like a heavy wand He said What about ____ ______ _________ I said Youve hit the nail on the head it sounds greatldquobull Story of a bat What is the name
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Excalibur
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
14
bull Cricketer X represented team 1 and cricketer Y represented team 2 in the inaugural U-19 world cup in 1988 Cricketer Y made his international debut in 1993 whereas X made his debut in 1996bull Cricketer X and Cricketer Y featured in the line up for team 3
together for the first time in a test match in 1999 bull Cricketer Y ended up with more than 200 wickets Cricketer
X didnrsquot play much but was known for his extremely poor batting He once scored 24 in a game against Pakistan after being offered 30 pints if he could score 30 by his coach bull Identify cricketer X and cricketer Y
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull X ndash Alan Mulallybull Y ndash Andy Caddick
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
15
bull There was a myth about cricketer X Xrsquos explanation was ldquoI played with a chronic back injury for most of my career I also perspired heavily when batting which often gave me a stiff neckrdquo bull The myth maybe due to the fact that causation may not be
co-relation but persisted through out his career bull X What myth
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Gordon Greenidgebull He was at his most dangerous
when he limped
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
16
bull The initial experiment was done in a couple of benefit matches Given their low stature it went un-noticed It was again tried in a warm up match and again it attracted no comments They finally decided to use it after confirming that it did not break any rules of cricket or tournament regulations bull When it was finally noticed the umpires not sure of the
legality contacted the match referee who wasnrsquot of much help He contacted ICC who said though not illegal it was unfair bull After the conclusion of the tournament ICC finally made it
illegal bull What is this controversy all about
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald using a earpiece to communicate with Bob Woolmer
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
17
bull BCCI announced a one time payment to all former cricketers Initially a few former cricketers were not beneficiaries Kapil Dev for instance had not officially left ICL Hence was not eligible In the initial ineligible list there were 4 more names ndash Mohinder Amarnath Gundappa Viswanath Syed Kirmani and Dilip Vengsarkar BCCI initially felt that these 4 cricketers were beneficiaries more than once Ultimately all 5 cricketers got the payment bull What reason was being given for BCCI not to pay the 4
cricketers
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answers
bull They had benefit matches in their honour which was organized by BCCI The reason BCCI decided to make these one time payments was because it was difficult to organize benefit matches these days
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
18
bull In response to the night cricket innovation happening in Australia the TCCB wanted to see if night cricket will be popular in England In 1981 they organized a tournament which involved all 17 counties sponsored by Lambert and Butler bull Due to the venues used the competition got reduced to a 7
a side team with 10 overs a side There was never a real cricket feel to these games and TCCB felt that the tournament and night cricket would not work in England bull Where were the games happening and why were these
venues chosen
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Football stadiums as they were the only stadiums in England with floodlights
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Abba ke zamane mein
bull 10 classic picturesbull 10 for correct answersbull +10 bonus for getting all correct
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
bullPlease exchange sheets
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
1Identify this sportsman in another sport giving cricket a try
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Omar Sharif
bull He was a bridge player
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
2
bull Who at what sombre occasion in 1915
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
3
bull Leeds 1930 What just happened bull A 14 year old watched this innings and went on to break the
record 8 years later Who
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
bull Len Hutton scored 364 at the Oval in 1938
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
4
bull X on the receiving end of many run outs runs out Y as the agony on the non striker - CA Davis is all too evident X and Y
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
5
bull Identify these two gentlemen whorsquove just helped England regain the Ashes after 19 years These two are famed for their long partnerships
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
bull This image is from the 5th test of the 1953 Ashes
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
6
bull Identify the god playing cricket
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Eric Clapton
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
7
bull Identify this medium pacer
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Arjuna Ranatunga
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
8
bull Identify both Walking out for a historic test match
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
bull On the occasion of Sri Lankarsquos first test
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
9
bull He invented something in cricket though not named after him directly
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Chinaman
bull Ellis Puss Achong
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
10
bull Identify the man talking to Sardar Patel
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Col CK Nayudu
bull Indiarsquos first test captain
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Anti Clockwise
bull 18 questionsbull +10 on the bouncebull Using Sai Ganesh pounce system ndash 8 pounces through out
the quiz +20 or nothing
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
1
bull Devastated by dropping a vital catch then being last man out in one of the most famous tests of all time Australiarsquos 3 run victory over England in Manchester in 1902 England bowler Fred ____ - whose only test it was ndash allegedly said ldquoIrsquove a lad at home who will make up for thisrdquo His son then only 7 became Englandrsquos finest fast medium bowler between the 2 world wars bull Who is the son
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Maurice Tate
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
2
bull For the first rebel test in 1982 between England and South Africa the chairman of selectors Ali Bacher selected a team of 12 They had to end up with exact 11 as the 12th man decided to pursue a proper international career than play with the Proteas His patience was rewarded as he made his debut later in the year Who
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Allan Lamb
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
3
bull In a book Gideon Haigh mentions that on the eve of an important game cricketer X told his teammates an observation that was both tangential and characteristic that the habit of cricketer Y (in the opposition) to ldquocelebrate too earlyrdquo would get him into trouble one day In his opinion it was too lairy too cute His teammates cracked up at thisbull As it would happen many times in his career Xrsquos prediction
did come true and Y celebrated too early the cost of which came to be known a few days later Yrsquos actions led to another famous cricket myth Identify the cricketers X and Y
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
4
bull Judging by his interview with Boyrsquos Own he seemed pretty pleased with his effort ldquoNoble was bowling and sending the balls down in pretty good style and at last I struck at one I was not very sure about it and the next thing I saw was the ball looking like a pea in the air and I learned that it had just touched the chimney and _____ ____ ___ __ ___ _______rdquo bull Who And what did this incident achieve that nobody has
been able to achieve since then
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
5
bull X named his first son after his predecessor in the Yorkshire sidebull His second son named after 2 cricketers had a promising
career cut short when he sustained a serious knee injury while having football trials with Leeds united bull Another cricketer Yrsquos middle name is named after X Y was
known as a ODI specialist bull Identify X his 2 sons and Y
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Second Son -gt
First Son -gt
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Hedley Veritybull First son ndash Wilfred Rhodesbull Second son ndash Douglas George (Douglas JardineGeorge Hirst)bull Y ndash Nick Verity Knight
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
6
bull Duncan Fearnley released this bat series in honour of whom
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Graeme Hick
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
7
bull Dave Whelan an England cricket fan from Devon became an unlikely hero in Antigua He had just purchased something and this was required by the English team due to injuries to key people in the team It would have been very difficult for England if not for Dave Whelanbull ldquoI was just joking with my brother that they will want
support from us but I didnrsquot know how muchrdquobull What did Dave Whelan do to help the England team
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull He had purchased a brand new England replica kit That was required when Paul Collingwood was named as one of the substitutes in the T20 game against West Indies in Antigua
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
8
bull November 16 1962 is significant in cricket for 2 announcementsbull First one abolished a culture that according to many was
divisive and discriminatorybull Second one was the announcement that a new innovation
would be adopted wholeheartedly and paved the way for attracting newer people to the game bull What were the 2 announcements
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull First abolished the distinction between Amateur and Professional in English cricketbull Second established the Gillette cup which essentially
started ODI cricket
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
9
bull In July 1992 Leicestershire had qualified for the semi finals of the 60 over knockout tournament But their two key players ndash David Millns and Vince Wells were injured and ruled out of the match bull A fortnight before the game the county contacted X and Les
Taylor to see if they were available The pair had helped the county win the Benson amp Hedges cup in 1985 X had retired in 1990 and had settled into his new role X performed admirably sending down 12 overs for 31 runs and picking up a wicket bull Leicestershire won the game And the next day headlines in
the newspapers read ldquoAction speaks louder than words for ___rdquo bull Who was asked to play for Leicestershire
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Jonathan Agnew He was BBCrsquos correspondent for cricket when he was asked to make a comeback
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
10
bull It was Mohinder Amarnathrsquos only game as captain India started off slowly but managed to reach a respectable total of 2103 in 40 overs thanks largely to a 94 from Dilip Vengsarkar What was the result of the game
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Match was abandoned as the news that Indira Gandhi had been assassinated reached the ground The tour was called off as well
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
11
bull For many years it was featured on the cover of the New South Wales Cricket Associationrsquos annual report and it remains the basis of the design adorning the cover of Australian Wisden It has been a motif for artistic enterprises as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Graham Greenes The Return of AJ Raffles and ldquo______ _______s Everlovin Pop and Soul Revue by Australian rock band You Am I It has been turned into a print by Archibald Prize finalist Dave Thomas a letterhead by Australian cricket bookseller Roger Page the symbol of a chatroom called the ldquo______ _______ Cricket Board and features on the jacket of Endless Summer an anthology of writings about Australian cricket from the Wisden Cricketers Almanackbull What
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Victor Trumper photograph by George Beldam
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
12
bull The game which was a celebration of the past with a defining moment that came from the distant future The game was a high scoring draw The batsman had sleep walked his way to 117 on an easy pitch He came down the track to drive he overbalanced a bit towards the off side and this was enough for the bowler to stop the drive and throw the ball in one movement The batsman was on his knees bull This brilliant piece of fielding still didnrsquot win the bowler the
best fielder award It instead went to Clive Rice Almost nobody remembers Ricersquos contribution but this piece of fielding is still remembered bull Who was the fielder and who did he dismiss
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
>
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
13
bull In 2005-06 test at Adelaide Lara smashed 226 and overtook Alan Borderrsquos record In the process something rare happened something that had last happened in 1886-87 After that it happened 4 more times -gt all involving India vs Sri Lanka three times in India and once in Sri Lanka in 2010 bull It looks very unlikely to happen in the near future bull What rare feat are we talking about
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Highest wicket taker bowling to highest run getterbull 1886-87 -gt Fred Spofforth (94 wickets) bowled to Arthur
Shrewsbury (903 runs)bull 2005-06 -gt Warne bowled to Lara bull 2009 (3 tests in India) 2010 (1 test in Sri Lanka) ndash Murali
bowled to Tendulkar
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
14
bull X was adopted by a Goud Saraswat Brahmin sect similar sect of the Gavaskars Tendulkars etc Inspired by her father X took to the game Wanting to pursue the game seriously X joined a local club X would dress up in long pants and have a cap on even while bowling a practice that continued till the end of Xrsquos international career bull Xrsquos debut was supposed to be in the 2001 Ashes but was
injured just before flying The debut finally happened in the 2002-03 Ashes Xrsquos only test century came in the 2005 Ashes X finally retired a day after winning the world cup bull Who is X
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Lisa Sthalekar
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
15
bull Indias 2008-09 tour of New Zealand was jam-packed India played 2 T20s 5 ODIs and 3 tests in less than 50 days Indias test specialists had no warm up match to prepare for this tour How did they get the required match practice before the first test
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull They played 1 game in the NZ domestic championship Rahul Dravid turned out for Canterbury and scored a 100 for them
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
16
bull What was conceived by X while playing for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire cricket league in the 80s Being the overseas star he had to bowl a lot of overs and this was a way of easing his workload for a club side He practiced it at the nets and claims that nearly 20 of his 125 victims in the 1988 county season were out because of this
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Franklyn Stephensonbull Slower ball
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
17
bull The Sri Lankan cricket team embarked on a cricket tour of South Africa in 1982 They were soundly beaten on the field and for all their rebellion received life bans from Sri Lankan cricket board which to this day has not been revoked bull Despite the ban one person from that Sri Lankan team
played international cricket again in 1996 Who
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull Flavian Aponsobull He played for Netherlands in the 1996 world cup
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
18
bull Bert Flack was going to be criticized for the role that he played But his infamy was short lived as more serious things were happening elsewhere Thank god Nasser had taken over the Suez Canal otherwise Id have been plastered over every front page like Marilyn Monroe What Flack had done was something that has come into focus again due to home dominance of teams Why was Flack going to be criticized
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Answer
bull He was the groundsman who prepared the pitch for Jim Lakers 19
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
List It
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
List It
bull 16 people have scored a 1000 runs in a Ranji seasonbull Name thembull 5 points for each 10 points for getting all 16 correct
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
1415 Hyderabad 199900
1280 Karnataka 199899
1260 Mumbai 200809
1223 Maharashtra 201314
1204 Mumbai 201516
1089 Mumbai 200809
1075 TamilNadu 199900
1066 Maharashtra 200304
1037 Baroda 199899
1034 Delhi 199697
1034 Rajasthan 201112
1033 Delhi 199697
1033 Karnataka 201314
1018 TamilNadu 198889
1008 Bombay 194445
1004 Maharashtra 201314
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
bull Exchange Sheets
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
1415 VVS Laxman Hyderabad 199900
1280 R Vijay Bharadwaj Karnataka 199899
1260 W Jaffer Mumbai 200809
1223 KM Jadhav Maharashtra 201314
1204 SS Iyer Mumbai 201516
1089 AM Rahane Mumbai 200809
1075 S Sriram TamilNadu 199900
1066 DS Jadhav Maharashtra 200304
1037 JJ Martin Baroda 199899
1034 R Lamba Delhi 199697
1034 RD Bist Rajasthan 201112
1033 AK Sharma Delhi 199697
1033 KL Rahul Karnataka 201314
1018 WV Raman TamilNadu 198889
1008 RS Modi Bombay 194445
1004 HH Khadiwale Maharashtra 201314
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
In case of ties
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
List It
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
List It
bull 7 Indians have scored 100rsquos at the MCG One among them has scored 2 bull List all 7 Indians circle the one who has scored 2
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Blank
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)
Answer (5)
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo (2)
Answer (6)
Clockwise
1
Slide 25
Answer (7)
2
Slide 28
Answer (8)
3
Slide 31
Answer (9)
4
Slide 34
Answer (10)
5
Slide 37
Answer (11)
6
Slide 40
Answer (12)
7
Slide 43
Answer (13)
8
Slide 46
Answer (14)
9
Slide 49
Answer (15)
10
Slide 52
Answer (16)
11
Slide 55
Answer (17)
12
Slide 58
Answer (18)
13
Slide 61
Answer (19)
14
Slide 64
Answer (20)
15
Slide 67
Answer (21)
16
Slide 70
Answer (22)
17
Slide 73
Answers
18
Slide 76
Answer (23)
Abba ke zamane mein
1
2 (2)
3 (2)
Slide 82
4 (2)
5 (2)
6 (2)
7 (2)
8
9
10 (2)
Slide 90
1 (2)
Omar Sharif
2 (3)
Ranjitsinhji at WG Gracersquos funeral
3 (3)
Slide 96
Don Bradman 334 Len Hutton
4 (3)
X ndash Geoff Boycott Y ndash Gary Sobers
5 (3)
Denis Compton Bill Edrich
6 (3)
Eric Clapton
7 (3)
Arjuna Ranatunga
8 (2)
Bandula Warnapura Keith Fletcher
9 (2)
Chinaman
10 (3)
Col CK Nayudu
Anti Clockwise
1 (2)
Slide 114
Maurice Tate
2 (4)
Slide 117
Allan Lamb
3
Slide 120
X ndash Shane Warne Y - Gibbs
4 (4)
Slide 123
Albert Trott hit over Lords pavilion
5 (4)
Slide 126
Slide 127
Answer (24)
6 (4)
Slide 130
Slide 131
Answer (25)
7
Slide 134
Answer (26)
8 (3)
Slide 137
Answer (27)
9 (2)
Slide 140
Answer (28)
10 (4)
Slide 143
Answer (29)
11 (2)
Slide 146
Answer (30)
12 (2)
Slide 149
Answer (31)
13 (2)
Slide 152
Answer (32)
14 (2)
Slide 155
Answer (33)
15 (2)
Slide 158
Answer (34)
16
Slide 161
Answer (35)
17 (2)
Slide 164
Answer (36)
18 (2)
Slide 167
Answer (37)
List It
List It (2)
Slide 171
Slide 172
Slide 173
End of Days Play
In case of ties
List It (3)
List It (4)
Blank
Slide 179
Slide 1
Agenda
Written Round I
1 2 incidents referred here Id both
2 Both want help playing whom
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests
4 Who has seen a ghost
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014
6 Who suffering from ldquoDoosra Umpirerdquo
Exchange Sheets
1 2 incidents referred here Id both (2)
Answer
2 Both want help playing whom (2)
Answer (2)
3 Who does not want more Zimbabwe tests (2)
Answer (3)
4 Who has seen a ghost (2)
Answer (4)
5 What mistake from 2011 is Dhoni trying to rectify in 2014 (2)