Cricket Quiz IIT Jodhpur Prelims with Answers

Cricket Quiz

Quiz Club, IIT Jodhpur Quiz Master: Gaurav Shastri

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➢ 7 Overs; Each having 6 Balls; 3 types of Scoring ➢ Team of Max 3; Give your team an innovative name➢ Last Ball of every Over is *-ed for resolving the ties➢ Sudden Death from Ball 1 if the tie still persists,➢ Honesty is the best policy➢ Don’t Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, EspnCricinfo or anything else; Use of

unfair means will directly lead to a Red Card➢ Quizmaster is the Match Referee here! ➢ Mostly workable questions with lot of clues => take guesses!➢ Happy Cricket Quizzing!

POWERPLAY - I

+2 Runs : Correct-1 Run : Totally Incorrect

Play Sensibly! Take Chances!(Partial Scoring)

An easy one to Get Off the Mark!

Ramiz Raja : RamboNasser Hussain : Nas

Mpumelelo Mbangwa : Pommie

ThenDavid Lloyd : P?, Virat Kohli : Q?

Brett Lee: R?, Shikhar Dhawan : S?(½ each)

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Bumble, Chiku, Binga & Gabbar

This is named after Admiral X who allegedly only had “One Eye, One Arm, One Leg” near the end of his life. Other variants of it being Double X, Triple X and is considered unlucky.

International umpire Y, made it famous by a whole retinue of peculiar mannerisms - hops, shuffles, jiggles and so on.

This same superstition was displayed by spectators and Umpire Ian Gould during the Test between Australia and South Africa on November 11th, 2011, at 11:11, when South Africa needed 111 runs to win.

22nd February, 1st november and January 11th have been suggested to celebrate “Y” day.

Id X & Y.

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Nelson & David Shepherd

Saqlain Mushtaq, the inventor of “Doosra” bowled a special delivery named X in the Indian Cricket League playing for the Lahore Badshahs.

The first person to face the X or “Jalebi” was Russel Arnold of Sri Lanka when he was correctly given LBW by the umpire.

In All Stars T20, Sachin Tendulkar got out on this Delivery.

What is X (Popular Name of the Delivery)?

[VIDEO]

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Teesra

How do we know thisDelivery better? (½)

Who was the Batsman? (½)

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Ball of the Century; Mike Gatting

“75% of the world is covered by water and the rest by X” – Ian Chappell

“Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s X.”

X represented his country in Hockey. He was selected in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games squad, though the team did not qualify.

X named his daughter ‘Y’ who was born in Mumbai on April 25, 2015.

Id X & Y.

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Jonty Rhodes & India

6*Connect to an Event

(6 Zodiacs and the Channel)

Libra Legends | Gemini Arabians Sagittarius Strikers

Capricorn Commanders | Leo Lions | Virgo Super Kings

Middle Overs

+1 Run : CorrectPlay Mindfully!

(No Negative Runs Awarded)

X is a cricketing term named after an Indian Cricketer who twice dismissed the Australian Bill Brown this way.

This is rare and against the spirit of game - and usually a warning is given to the batsman beforehand. Some of the famous instances are:

• Brian Luckhurst by Greg Chappell,

• Grant Flower by Dipak Patel,

• Peter Kirsten by Kapil Dev,

• Jos Buttler by Sachithra Senanayake

• Richard Ngarava by Keemo Paul (Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2016)

Id X.

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Mankading

Identify the phenomenon.

According to a story, it owes its existence to a section of tightly packed seats behind the home plate at Fenway Park in Boston. These seats were so close together that whenever a fan had to stand up to get a beer, it caused annoyance to people nearby.

It is an example of metachronal rhythm (movements produced by the sequential action). It often circulates three, four or even five times - or until the batsman hits the ball (whichever comes first).

What phenomenon is being talked about here?

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Mexican Wave

What??

Billy Bowden did something in soccer style to let the players know of their wrongdoings during the following incidents.

Incident 1 involving Shane Warne: During the Tsunami welfare match between ICC World XI and Asia XI. Shane Warne at the end of 49.5 overs of the first innings ran to the pavilion presuming the overs quota was completed.

Incident 2 involving Glenn Mcgrath: During the first ever T20 international between Aus and NZ, McGrath bowled (rather rolled) the last ball of the innings to Kyle Mills as an Under-arm delivery.

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Red Card

Funda Please!

FREE HIT --> Dodge a -ve Scoring (If any)

Circuit Diagram of?

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LED Bails

In cricketing parlance, the word X is used to describe one of the stock deliveries of a left-arm spin bowler.

It has its origins in a Test match played between the West Indies and England in the year 1933. Elliss "Puss" Achong, was a left-arm orthodox spinner, playing for the West Indies at the time.

Achong is said to have had Walter Robins stumped off by a surprise delivery. As he walked back to the pavilion, Robins said to the umpire, "fancy being done by a bloody X !", leading to the popularity of the term in England, and subsequently, in the rest of the world.

Identify X?

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Chinaman

Use of Something in Test Matches:

● X in Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka,

● Y in the United Kingdom & ● Z in India

Id X,Y, Z.

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Who was this 13th Man in the Squad (dated 7th Dec 2014)?

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MinimalisticAdvertisement of?

(“You won’t need it”)

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X is the only batsman in 137 years of cricket history to hit a six off the very first ball of a Test match. He did it against Bangladesh off debutant Sohag Gazi.

One of his team mate tweeted that X earlier scored 196(68) in a T20 trial match. Adding more to the surprise, he got out only in the 15th over.

X scored 2 Triple Centuries in Test Matches (One against South Africa) and joined the likes of Bradman, Lara.

X also scored one Double Century in ODIs.

‘6 and 4 seem to have become the new binary code for X’: Harsha Bhogle

Id X?

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He was a great strategist of the game and also a trailblazer in every sense.

Much before pinch-hitting became a norm in One Day cricket, he had promoted big-hitting batsman Mark Greatbatch to open the batting in the 1992 World Cup with reasonable success. Another of his tactical master-class in the 1992 World Cup was to open the bowling with off-spinner Deepak Patel, a practice which was unheard off during the early 1990s.

It was the result of his innovative captaincy that his team reached the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup which they lost to eventual winners Pakistan.

He was also the highest run-getter in that World Cup and won the man of the series award for his brilliant performance.

Id him.

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Connect!

● S. Bengel ● B. Lawrence● Mahmood Sani● D. Brasco● Sarja Muchte● Z. Kalm

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The map, with red stars, mark the places where he has bagged a ton for his country. Chances of any addition of stars in the map are pretty slim, at present. On whose body would you find this map as a tattoo?

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It was the third ODI between India and Zimbabwe in the year 2000.

Zaheer Khan, known primarily for his exploits with the ball, decided to showcase his all-round abilities in that match, scoring 32 off 11 balls which included 4 consecutive sixes in the final over off the bowling of Henry Olonga.

This cameo knock propelled India’s score to 283 but India still lost the match, losing out to Zimbabwe by the narrow margin of 1 wicket.

Name the host Stadium & City of this match.

[Video]

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Barkatullah Stadium, Jodhpur (RJ19)

In cricket, ____ music is a term for a bowling strategy where bouncers are aimed at the batsman's throat.

Rising rapidly off the pitch, the ball is difficult to play unless the batsman has quick footwork. If fended rather than avoided, it may yield a ballooned return catch to the bowler or to close-in fielders.

This is a difficult ball to bowl, since a few inches on either side would present the batsman with a short ball that can be easily put away on either side of the pitch.

It is also the finishing move of Shawn Michaels who calls it “Sweet ____ Music”.

FITB.

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Chin Music

Something sensational that

happened in IPL 7.

What Exactly?

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Chris Lynn’s Catch

The Ashes : : England vs Australia

Frank - Worrell Trophy: : West Indies vs Australia

Border - Gavaskar Trophy: : India vs Australia

Warne - Muralidaran Trophy: : Sri Lanka vs Australia

Trans - Tasman Trophy: : New Zealand vs Australia

______ - _______ Trophy/Freedom Trophy : India vs South Africa

FITB.

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Gandhi - Mandela Trophy

After Danielle Wyatt proposed him during the T20WC in 2014, another woman cricketer Katherine Brunt engaged in a fun Twitter war with her tweeting “Too late Don, he asked me last week! ;) ”.

Who is he?

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Connect!(Exhaustive)

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Indian Cricketers in ParliamentMohammed Azharuddin (Moradabad),

Navjot Singh Sidhu (Amritsar),

Kirti Azad (Darbhanga).

Chetan Chauhan (Amroha)

Whose name is Hidden?

[ He hit 3Consecutive Sixes in that Match ]

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___________ : The Untold Story, an upcoming Bollywood biographical film directed by Neeraj Pandey is one of the most awaited films of the year and is scheduled for release on September 2, 2016.

The film is based on the life of an Indian cricketer and features Sushant Singh Rajput in the leading role. John Abraham, Kiara Advani, Anupam Kher and Bhoomika Chawla play supporting roles.

The trailer will be unveiled on 19th March during the face-off between India and Pakistan. The audience will witness the trailer on the stadium’s big screen.

FITB.

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Identify the sportsperson whose team defeated Yuvraj XI at Chinnaswamy stadium, in a promotional event by Puma. He played a Captain’s knock & smashed 45* (not out) off 19 balls and sealed the victory for his team.

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Stephen Fleming, Jacques Kallis and Shaun Pollock - all won their 100th caps in the same match, the first Test between South Africa and New Zealand in April 2006.

Kallis was happiest, as South Africa won and he scored exactly 100 runs in the match

Where, quite appropriately named city, did they play their 100th test?

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Centurion (Supersport Park)

During the Clash of Titans, India vs Pakistan match, in CWC 2015, this commentator was doing commentary for the first hour on Star Sports 3 (Hindi) and he started slow.

But, soon he picked up the pace and finished off in style. Though his commentary lasted for about an hour only it was a treat for everyone who heard him.

Identify the commentator.

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Connect to a Cricketer from Haryana!

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Kapil Dev TV/Movie Appearances as Himself

Teams: Brisbane Heat, Chennai Super Kings, ICC World XI, Lancashire etc.

Named _______ after a character from TV series “The Flintstones”.

He during his inning of 167 in 2004, hit a six high into the Stand and was almost caught by his father, who fumbled the ball and dropped it.

In 2012, He beat American Richard Dawson on his Heavyweight Boxing Debut.

He has batted on all five days of a Test match & currently holds 14 Guinness World Records in aid of Sport Relief including the fastest time zorbing 100m, farthest distance to score a bullseye and popping the most party poppers in a minute.

In 2015, his popularity in Australia enabled him to win the first season of the Australian version of “I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!”

Identify Cricketer and his famous Nickname.

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Vishal Malhotra, a 25 year old engineer from Delhi quit his job at Accenture and enrolled at Balaji acting school. He has worked with Shah Rukh Khan in a Lux Onn ad, Cameo in ragini MMS 2, few other ads like KFC’s Hot and Saucy & PriyaGold Biscuits but remained unnoticed. He got an one-off assignment from Bubblewrap Films which gave him the role of Sabaruddin Khan, a middle aged person & father of a little boy from Karachi.

What made him Popular?

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Who is the Subject?

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Mark Waugh was a great Australian Batsman, but his beginning was not that good as he started with four consecutive ducks. This earned him a very appropriate nickname, which he had to carry throughout his life.

This Nickname is also the name of an Automobile Manufacturer.

What was the Nickname?

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A reporter once asked a Pakistani Cricketer whether a certain “Change” led to his batting average increase by 5.

He replied: “I haven’t changed my way of playing, or the way of my game, just the way of my life.”

He announced his retirement from international cricket in reaction to a ban imposed by Cricket board on grounds of indiscipline and infighting within the team.

Who and what change? (½ Points each)

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Mohammad Yousuf <= Yousuf Youhana

A recent addition to the ICC Cricket glossary after the shots like “Dilscoop”, “Switch Hit”, “Helicopter” etc.Soumya Sarkar of Bangladesh invented this shot to counter Bouncers.

While executing this shot, Sarkar moves his body behind the crease, bents himself in the reverse pose, aligns his bat along the path of the ball and directs it towards his desired direction.

This shot shares its name with an instrument which was said to be marketed by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1430s but became popular during the WWI.

Name the Shot. [Video]

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Periscope Shot

POWERPLAY - II

+2 Runs: CorrectPlay Fearlessly!

(No Negative Runs Awarded)

Connect!

(Exhaustive)

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Host of World Cup T20 2016 Matches

A senior Sri Lankan official believed X's use of a Y as a batting aid was “unethical” and gave him an extra edge in the contest with the bowlers. In his words, X had broken the “spirit and tradition of the game”.

But MCC rejected the opinion saying “This should not be considered unfair. Similarly, it has never been considered unfair for batsmen to use two grips on the bat handle.”

Identify X & Y.

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X: Adam Gilchrist; Y: Squash ball

When England won The Ashes in 2015, the players celebrated by opening a bottle of Champagne and spraying it on each other. X celebrated by drinking Cola.(X is shown in the Pic)

Another Player Y does not endorse the national team’s sponsor Castle Lager which is a beer brand. For this reason, he does not get match fees except for award money, like Man of the Match or Series.

Id X & Y.

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ICC World Cup 2015 Final: Warne, Dravid & Nasser Hussain during commentary were discussing England’s early exit from the Tournament.

NH: “I am pretty sure England will do pretty well in 2019 WC Warnie” SW: “Why do you think so Nasser?”NH: “2011 WC Hosted by India & SL & final was between them. 2015 WC hosted by Aus & NZ & the final is between them. So since the 2019 WC is being hosted by the British Islands, guess what's the final gonna be?”

Sarcastically, Rahul Dravid replied to his Question “X vs Y, Nasser”.

What was X & Y according to Dravid?

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Scotland vs IrelandSorry for my poor editing skills! :P

Connect!!

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Umpire Decision Review SystemHot-Spot Hawk-Eye Snick-o-meter

Two bowlers have been hit for 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls in the T20 World Cup.

One of course was Stuart Broad who was hit for 6 sixes by Yuvraj Singh.

The other person added to his reputation with this feat. :P

Who?

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Sir Ravindra Jadeja _/\_

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