2. Report:
Prelims – The Highest was 35, the cut off was 14.
Mains – The winners got 266, the team placed
2nd got 256, and the team placed 3rd got 231.
Unanswered questions (at least partially) :
Prelims: 8, 16, 18.
Mains: 6 of Nicknames; 5, 9, 10, 12, 14 of IP1;
9, 12, 13, 14 of IP2; 11 of Differential Scoring.
5. 1) Twenty eight questions in the preliminary round;
and each one carries 2 points (to do away with
half-pointers). The eight highest scoring teams
go through.
2) To make things easier for everyone (especially
the people correcting the scripts), none of the
prelims answers are descriptive.
6. 3) Questions marked with an asterisk ( * ) will be
used to break ties.
4) If you have any problem, don't forget:
7. 1
During a Test series in New Zealand 2005, Stephen
Fleming made a bizarre request to the umpires –
that they should get rid of their black trousers.*
“When it's a bit overcast and late in the evening,
you saw last night when Hamish who's in great
form, just couldn't see the ball," Fleming said.
Who was it due to?
* And replace them, I hope!
9. 2
* These lines follow one of the most famous
images in cricketing history.
“I’m sorry, _____”, said _____ in blind terror.
“It's not your fault. I was trying to hook you
for four.”
The two speakers, please.
15. 4
This is what senator Tariq Azim had to say
about an issue, in 2011.
"He's become a baddy now but if you go down
that path we would have to change a lot of
road names.”
Simply name the baddy.
19. 6
Keith Miller was probably inspired by
this tagline to write a headline
that called for the inclusion
of X into the national team
for a 1959 series. Give me X.
23. 8
The gentleman on the right is probably one of
the greatest ever to have never played at the
international level.
At the age of 32, a school-teacher whom hardly
anyone in England knew, started terrorising
county batsmen along with Wayne Daniel, and
finished with 85 wickets at 14.72 in the 1980
season.
[Pic on the next slide.]
26. 9
According to Mike Atherton, this is how the ______
became a part of X's arsenal, and probably became
popular in the cricketing world.
“...after the Lord’s Test of 1953, Doug Ring picked up
an apple on a train journey and showed a young X
how he bowled the ____, pushed out of the front of
the hand between the second and third fingers.”
Fill in the blank, and give X.
28. 10
Although it has now been disbanded, the earlier U19
World Cups featured a Plate competition. Here is a
team's performance from the 2006 edition. Just identify
the team.
Plate Quarter Final: beat Uganda by 60 runs.
Plate Semi Final: beat South Africa by 2 runs.
Plate Final: beat New Zealand by 1 wicket.
30. 11
_____ Begum (born September 3, 1617) was a
daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal,
who once saved Aurangzeb from a plot to kill
him. However, she later fell out with Aurangzeb
and was ordered to live in seclusion.
Identify this Mughal princess with a cricketing
connection, since 1922.
31. 11
Roshanara. The BCCI’s foundations lie in a meeting
at the Roshanara Club in 1927; the ground still hosts
Ranji matches.
32. 12
The addition of which cricketer
makes this list exhaustive?
2000 :: Mohammad Kaif.
2008 :: Virat Kohli
2012 :: ??
34. 13
This is part of a 2009 article published in the Indian Express –
At 1 a.m. on December 17, 1989, a family in the farming
town of Thodupuzha in central Kerala welcomed the birth of
their child. The jubilant father, PC _____, spent the rest of
the day offering prayers at the church.
…decided to name his first-born son after _____. "We never
imagined how big _____ was going to be. But there was
something very impressive about him."
35. 13
Who was thus named after whom? [No
part points.]
[A disclaimer: I know that Cricinfo has a
different date of birth. I am not sure who
is wrong, though.]
37. 14
Identify this 17 year old who was one of the
stars of the recently concluded Women's World
Cup.
She made her debut there and picked up 9
wickets in the tournament, despite missing out
on the finals, where Ellyse Perry returned to the
eleven after coming back from an injury.
[Pic follows.]
40. 15
There are just 10 instances of this in
First Class cricket. The first was by
Archie MacLaren, in 1895. The only
ones to have done it twice are Bill
Ponsford and Brian Lara.
Who is the only Indian to have done
this?
42. 16
One of Lord Kitchener's immortal calypsos. Which cricketer's
name has been blanked out?
____ taught them a lesson that can't be forgotten,
____ taught them a lesson that can't be forgotten,
We began quietly, but we came back with victory,
Good captaincy from Len Hutton,
but the honours must go to ____ ____.
Australia's tragedy, it began at Sydney,
Magnificent ____, had their batsmen beaten,
He went on to give us, a victory for Christmas,
Good captaincy from Len Hutton,
but the honours must go to ____ ____.
44. 17
*In 1986, Graham Gooch infamously
described a bowling attack as "like the
World XI at one end, and Ilford Second
XI at the other".
The “World XI at one end” referred to
which cricketer?
48. 19
Following a dispute with his board, X retired from
internationals 2004 and signed a contract with
Essex, whom he then served for six seasons. In what
was surely one of the most dramatic comebacks ever
seen, X returned to international cricket in 2010, at
the age of 39.
Whilst it looked like that the move would bolster a
batting line up for the approaching World Cup, X
retired immediately after his comeback series.
Identify X.
52. 21
So far, just four African nations have
hosted an international between two
Full Members. South Africa, Zimbabwe
and Kenya are three of them. Which
CITY has hosted all the other matches?
57. 23
* When Nelson Mandela met this
cricketer in 1995, he famously greeted
him with the words "Ah, you are the
destroyer!", referring to the previous
Test series between the two nations.
Who was the “destroyer”?
59. 24
Of the only five current cricketers to have done
something, two are Indians. The remaining are –
Just name the two Indian batsmen who have
done it.
60. 24
Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. 200s in
limited overs (not necessarily internationals).
61. 25
Mihir Bose sarcastically summed up the
end of X's career like this -
"India's first great ____ ended his
career because he happened to share a
room with a man who wanted a drink
with a girl".
Identify X.
63. 26
According to one anecdote, X was
promised Rs. 50 by a businessman for
every run he scored in the Ranji Trophy
final. When X finally returned to the
pavillion, having scored 249, all he found
was an apology note which claimed that his
benefactor had suddenly left for Calcutta.
Who is X?
65. 27
In late 2011, the Jamaica Cricket Association
had revoked its decision to name a stand at the
Sabina Park after X, after he had allegedly told a
local radio station that he had done nothing
wrong by touring South Africa in 1983 and
1984.
Furious with this decision, X decided to take
legal action against the JCA.
Identify X.
67. 28
* Sachin Tendulkar is probably going to
play a Test past the age of 40, something
that hasn't happened for nearly a
decade.
Which cricketer, a person with exemplary
fitness, was the last person to achieve
this?
73. W r i t t e n r o u n d ( o n n i c k n a m e s )
I n f i n i t e P o u n c e
L i s t I t
I n f i n i t e P o u n c e
D i f f e r e n t i a l S c o r i n g
Line up:
74.
75. During the last IPL season, this current cricketer
shocked a legend of the game during a post
match interview.
The legend commented, “your dad named you
well.” To which he promptly replied, “Actually, I
was named after you!”
Identify both.
78. 1) All eight questions are visual in nature.
2) Every answer is the name of an international
cricketer.
3) 5 points for every correct answer.
4) A 5 point bonus goes to the team(s) with the most
correct answers.
79. 1
This man, a former NBA player, is widely considered to be
one of the greatest ever to have played in another league.
X’s coach, during his younger days, thought that they
looked similar.
80. 2
The guy in the middle was universally known by a
nickname. What you see is what you get.
88. 1
This man, a former NBA player, is widely considered to be
one of the greatest ever to have played in another league.
X’s coach, during his younger days, thought that they
looked similar.
105. 1) Fourteen questions, each one for 10 points.
2) On the pounce, a correct answer fetches +10,
but a wrong one gets you -10. You can pounce
on your direct question.
3) In case no one answers a question (or
everyone pounces), the next direct goes to the
same team.
106. 1
Matthew Hayden at Hamilton in 2007.
Sachin Tendulkar at ______ 2009.
Robin Smith at Birmingham in 1993.
Tillakaratne Dilshan at ______ in 2012.
Kevin O’Brien at Nairobi in 2007.
These are some of the instances of a record for
various countries. Who holds the world record?
And what record is it?
109. 2
● Click to add textThis is an excerpt from the foreword to a famous cricket
book.
“Cricketers are supposed to be simple, even gung-ho, in
sexual matters as in everything else. And yet cricket – and
most cricketers – has its dark secrets, its skeletons.”
a) Name the person who wrote the
foreword. [5]
b) Name the book. Maybe I will be generous with the
title... [5]
112. 3
Having had to wait till the age of 32 before he
debuted in Tests, X found instant success when he
did. He reached 100 wickets in 28 Tests, just behind
Grimmett and Ajmal amongst all 30+ year old
debutants.
X's son, Y, made a name as one of the best English
T20 bowlers before his career stagnated in 2008 and
he was out of all major cricket....until he made an
unexpected appearance for Royal Challengers
Bangalore in 2010. Identify X and Y.
115. 4
Leptospermum scoparium is a tree native to
Australia and New Zealand that is often called “tea
tree”, because Captain Cook used the leaves to
brew an infusion. Its Maori name, normally the
word for it in both Australia and NZ, lends its
name to a cricket ground.
Which ground?
[Pic of the tree in the following slide.]
119. 5
In 2001, the ICC made it mandatory for all
Test umpires to be from neutral nations.
Who was the last umpire to have been
officially nominated (ignore emergencies
where the Third Umpire had to step in) to
umpire a Test in his home nation?
And which Test? [No part points.]
121. 5
Ian Gould. During one of the rare “neutral
Tests”.
Pakistan vs. Australia
at Leeds, i n 2010.
122. 6
Only two post-World War II bowlers
classified as “chinaman” bowlers have
taken 10fors. One is obviously Paul
Adams, so who is the other?
[Ignore bowlers like Johnny Wardle, who
used a canny mix of orthodox and wrist
spin.]
125. 7
In March 2012, Calcutta University
announced that it would be awarding a
posthumous degree to Bina Das (along with
one to Pritilata Waddedar). Bina Das was
denied her degree due to a 1932 event.
You find her story in many history
schoolbooks, but why does she feature in a
cricket quiz?
127. 7
She was the person
who shot at Stanley
Jackson, the Governor
of Bengal; although
he escaped unhurt.
128. 8
Lines written by Rudyard Kipling:
Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro,
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
The poor little street-bred people that vapour and fume and brag,
They are lifting their heads in the stillness to yelp at the English Flag!
The modified version of the blanked out line is one of the most quoted
lines in the game. What?
131. 9
“I haven't been on _____ yet, so I can't really tell you.”
This was the sarcastic reply given by an Australian selector
when questioned about the team line up during Ashes
2009. It was a reference to a bizarre controversy that surely
happened for the first time in international cricket.
a) Name the selector, who shares his last name with the
cricketer involved. [5]
b) What was the issue? [5]
133. 9
Merv Hughes was the selector. Phil Hughes's Twitter feed
announced his dropping from the side, which revealed some
plans and left the Australians furious.
134. 10
The man pictured here is the holder of a record that he
created during his Test career, which lasted between
1983 and 1990.
He was in the news throughout
the summer of 2011, as X equalled
it and finally broke it in April 2012.
However, currently this
gentleman is the sole owner
of the record yet again.
Identify both.
136. 10
Eldine Baptiste; X = Tim Bresnan. Baptiste holds
The record for a 100% career Test record;
he played 10 Tests and won all of them.
137. 11
The Player of the Tournament trophy at the
Hong Kong Sixes is named after a person
who isn't a cricket legend, by any means.
He played just 2 Tests and 20 ODIs for his
country, with moderate success, but spent
some time growing up in Hong Kong. Who
is this cricketer?
140. 12
X played under the captaincy of Y in the 2006
U19 World Cup. By the time Y finally made his
international debut, in August 2012, X and Y
were playing for different national teams.
In an ironic twist of fate, Y removed X with just
his third ball in international cricket.
Identify the “Once Brothers”.
143. 13
England's legendary glovesman Godfrey Evans
found employment in another field after his
retirement.
But an infamous mistake during his subsiquent
career left him and his director, Ron Pollard, red
faced as the company lost £15,000. It was
unexpected, as something hadn't happened since
1894.
What was Godfrey Evans's mistake?
148. 14
Balwinder Sandhu. The great spoilsports of Indian
bowling – the people who took one wicket every
time a bowler finished on a 9for.
The other two are Vasant Ranjane
and Chandu Borde.
150. 1) There are nine possible answers to the criterion
that will soon be given.
2) Each correct answer gets you 3 points.
3) A 3 point bonus goes to the team(s) that get ALL
nine correct.
151. There are 9 Test cricketers with the
last name of Patel. Name all of them.
156. By imposing any sensible minimum number of
innings, the record for the highest batting
average in Tests belongs to the Don. But if we
remove such requirements, who tops this
chart?
[Ignore people who have never been
dismissed. No “X averages infinity”
answers, please!]
158. 1
Although the stat was mostly ignored by
the mainstream media, keen eyed cricket
fans were quick to point
out that Jonathan Trott
had broken this
gentleman’s 48 year old
Record in the Auckland
Test of this year.
Identify and explain, please.
160. 1
Vijay Manjrekar, who earlier held the record for
most Test runs without hitting a six.
161. 2
The gentleman on the left is David Coltart, a prominent
human rights activist. Although cricket fans worldwide
don’t immediately associate him with it, he was behind
something that will forever be remembered in World Cup
history. What did he do?
163. 2
He gave the idea (at least partially) for the
black armband protest
that effectively ended
the careers of Flower
and Olonga.
[In case people missed it,
that’s Mugabe on the right,
in the previous slide.]
164. 3
This was the match was when a cricketer debuted
for Ireland as one of their first ever overseas players.
[Scorecard follows.]
In fact, people still talk of his legendary exploits in
Irish club cricket in the 1980s, where he was so
dominant that they ended up banning overseas
players in Section 2 cricket! Identify this player, who
humorously self-styled himself as the “Don of
Dhaka”.
168. 4
One on the wandering Twenty20 players…
The first person to have scored three T20 hundreds
in the various leagues that have mushroomed
across the world, was ironically, a man who never
played single international T20.
Besides playing in three officially sanctioned
leagues, he also gained fame in India for winning
the Player of the Tournament award during the
inaugural ICL season. Who is this T20 legend?
171. 5
Many a Australian batting prodigy of the post-
war era has been hailed as the "New
Bradman". But this New Bradman (X), a
fantastic batsman in his own right, was
dropped for good just at the age of 28 despite
averaging 45.55.
In 1963, in another part of the world, Y's
parents thought of a very cheeky way to name
him after X, and he went on to play 9 Tests in
the 1980s. Identify X and Y.
173. 5
Norm O’Neill. Anil Dalpat’s parents were the
geniuses who realized that the perfectly acceptable
Subcontinental name “Anil” sounds like O’Neill.
174. 6
Identify this cricketer, who holds the record for
most runs conceded in an innings.
In the modern era, he is
often mentioned in
cricketing culture because
he lends his name to a
popular online phenomenon.
177. 7
No batsman has ever scored four
consecutive ODI 100s. But one
batsman came heartbreakingly close
on 96* with 6 runs required to
win, whto it at the Willowmoore Park
in 2002. He was en X bowled 5 wides
and he was ultimately stranded on
97*.
Identify the batsman and this ultimate
killjoy.
181. “I never got married because I was
married to the game.”
Which legend of the game, who bowed
out of international cricket after the
Lord’s Test of 1996, said this in an
interview last week?
183. 8
A historic moment. Just explain what happens
next…
“ The constant speculation, criticism and innuendo
by former players and section of the media over
the past four-five years have finally taken their toll.
It is in the interest of the team…”
Following the interruption, a voice in the
background says, "I think the spelling is right. In the
interest of the team…”
185. 8
Kim Hughes breaks down during his resignation
Speech and Bob Merriman
completes it for him.
186. 9
Until then a part time bowler, this cricketer
scattered the stumps of Arthur Gilligan in the
nets in 1922 with a quicker delivery.
To that, Gilligan replied, "_____, you must
change your style of bowling immediately."
True to the piece of advice offered, he took
8/67 in an innings in the next match, and later
became one of the first exponents of his style
of bowling. Identify this bowler.
189. 10
The person on the left was one of the highest profile
names to have done something in 1963. In December
2008, the person on the right was the last ever to have
done the same. Identify and connect.
191. 10
Roy Gilchrist and Enamul Haque Jr.
Overseas international players in the
Ranji Trophy. In 2009, BCCI changed the
regulations and for now, joining the list
will be quite difficult.
192. 11
Being dismissed handled-the-ball is always unlucky. But
spare a thought for the only person to have been given
out like this at the non-striker’s end.
The incident happened against Pakistan in 1979, when
he picked up a wayward throw and Sarfraz Nawaz
decided to appeal.
In the last few years, he has been the butt of many a
joke due to his perceived ineptitude. Please name this
cricketer.
195. 12
Name one of a/e and connect –
a) Honourable _______ _______, who succeeded A.N. “Monkey”
Hornby as the England captain.
b) Charles and George Studd.
c) Allan Steel
d) Walter Read
e) The first person to have scored a 400 in any organised level of
the game.
f) Dick Barlow
g) Billy Bates
Exhaustive list, and the names are in order.
197. 12
People mentioned on that little urn.
When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn;
Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
The welkin will ring loud,
The great crowd will feel proud,
Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
And the rest coming home with the urn.
198. 13
The addition of two more people to
the seven on the following slide
will make this specific list
exhaustive. Name both and
connect.
202. 14
In 1982, following disputes with a national board, a
Rebel Tour to South Africa was arranged. X, then
only 18 years old, was prevented from touring by
the selfless national team captain, Y, on the
grounds that he had a promising career ahead.
Y was correct on both counts. The Rebels were
slapped with a 25 year ban (later revoked), but X
went on to play 93 Tests.
Name X and Y.
206. Eleven written questions. The points that you
score depend on the number of teams that
get a question correct.
1/2 teams with the correct answer = 20 points.
3/4 teams with the correct answer = 15 points.
5/6 teams with the correct answer = 10 points.
7/8 teams with the correct answer = 5 points.
207. 1
In September 2002, _____ _____ was named to
play for Border against Free State in East
London. A farce ensued because he was playing
in the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka and wasn't
even in the city when the match started!
What happened as a result of this has been a
favourite in sports quizzing connects. Identify
and explain.
208. 2
The Guardian did something unique by publishing,
in book form, the complete over-by-over online
commentary for a series.
The title is a reference to at
least one of William the
Conqueror and Arthur Mailey.
But why the “766”?
209. 3
Identify this cricketer who has been breaking a
few barriers recently,
and credits Bishan
Singh Bedi for his rise.
210. 4
Chris Gayle, with his innings of 63*
against Sri Lanka in June 2009, became
the only person in international T20 cricket
to do what?
211. 5
One of the cult heroes of cricket, but a
fine Test batsman, too.
212. 6
Although Rest Days had long been
considered unnecessary in England
(thanks to people realising how much
money could be made), they made
sporadic appearances at one Sunday per
summer in Tests held in July, till 1996.
Why?
213. 7
There are just 8 instances of this. 7 were by the people
shown here. Who did it the one other time, and what
did he do?
Colin Cowdrey
Javed Miandad
Gordon Greenidge
Alec Stewart
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Ricky Ponting
Graeme Smith
214. 8
One of the most memorable ODI matches between
Pakistan and India was played on 30th
September, 1997. It was marred by crowd trouble
as Indian players were frequently pelted by
stones, and the Pakistan innings was called off in
the 48th over.
But with 8 runs required from the last over of the
Indian chase, who hit a six off Saqlain Mushtaq to
ensure the win?
215. 9
In May 2011, this match from the Lincolnshire
Premier League made it to national papers in
England.
It would have been unremarkable for most cricket
followers (not many of us follow the LPL…), had it
not been for the innings of 128, which is
considered to be a worldwide first.
Identify the player. [The scorecard follows.]
217. 10
Unofficial as it was, he will go down in history as
the first Indian to score a Test ton, with his 148
in a 1926 “Test” against the MCC at Bombay.
Unfortunately when India finally played its first
official Test in 1932, ______ ______,now all of
40 but showing no signs of slowing down, was
considered too old to tour and he missed out
on a Test cap that was probably deserved.
Identify this cricketer.
218. 11
Last year, when Nasser Hussain was interviewing this
former cricketer, he brushed away a bizarre
controversy.
Nasser: “If you bump into ______ will you say anything
to him?”
To which he replied: “No, no. He’s not in my weight
class.”
What on-field controversy are they speaking about?
220. 1
In September 2002, _____ _____ was named to
play for Border against Free State in East
London. A farce ensued because he was playing
in the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka and wasn't
even in the city when the match started!
What happened as a result of this has been a
favourite in sports quizzing connects. Identify
and explain.
222. 2
The Guardian did something unique by publishing,
in book form, the complete over-by-over online
commentary for a series.
The title is a reference to at
least one of of William the
Conqueror and Arthur Mailey.
But why the “766”?
230. 6
Although Rest Days had long been
considered unnecessary in England
(thanks to people realising how much
money could be made), they made
sporadic appearances at one Sunday per
summer in Tests held in July, till 1996.
Why?
232. 7
There are just 8 instances of this. 7 were by the people
shown here. Who did it the one other time, and what
did he do?
Colin Cowdrey
Javed Miandad
Gordon Greenidge
Alec Stewart
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Ricky Ponting
Graeme Smith
233. 7
Ricky Ponting yet again. Those are people
who have scored 100s in their 100th Test, and
Punter did it twice.
234. 8
One of the most memorable ODI matches between
Pakistan and India was played on 30th September,
1997. It was marred by crowd trouble as Indian
players were frequently pelted by stones, and the
Pakistan innings was called off in the 48th over.
But with 8 runs required from the last over of the
Indian chase, who hit a six
off Saqlain Mushtaq to ensure the win?
236. 9
In May 2011, this match from the Lincolnshire
Premier League made it to national papers in
England.
It would have been unremarkable for most cricket
followers (not many of us follow the LPL…), had it
not been for the innings of 128, which is
considered to be a worldwide first.
Identify the player. [The scorecard follows.]
238. 9
Arran Brindle; who is considered to be the only woman to
have scored a 100 in men’s semipro cricket.
239. 10
Unofficial as it was, he will go down in history as
the first Indian to score a Test ton, with his 148
in a 1926 “Test” against the MCC at Bombay.
Unfortunately when India finally played its first
official Test in 1932, ______ ______,now all of
40 but showing no signs of slowing down, was
considered too old to tour and he missed out
on a Test cap that was probably deserved.
Identify this cricketer.
241. 11
Last year, when Nasser Hussain was interviewing this
former cricketer, he brushed away a bizarre
controversy.
Nasser: “If you bump into ______ will you say anything
to him?”
To which he replied: “No, no. He’s not in my weight
class.”
What on-field controversy are they speaking about?
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