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(1)Kohli is beiing compared with whom in
this add?

(2) Who had done the ‘Kamaal’ before
signing out???

(3)Son scored a ‘Double Century’ &
managed to surpassed highest score of his
great father. Who are they?

(4) What is not a ‘NIFTY’ choice?

(5)Id the cricketer who was denied a come
back in the Indian team in spite of
performing consistently in domestic circuit.

(6) Who have been
denied an entry into the Saturday Club,
Kolkata for not adhering to the dress code.

Ans – Donald Trump (by Australian media)

Ans – Brendon McCullum scored fastest
ever century in Test cricket in his farewell
match.

Ans – Vijay Manjrekar & Sanjay Manjrekar

Ans – Chetan Chauhan became head of the
National Institute of Fashion Technology
(NIFT)

+25/-13
• Son of an ex Mumbai cricketer, this left
handed batsman had a very short career for
India. However in that short span he played a
little but very important cameo in a ODI which
ensured an Indian victory against archrival
Pakistan. After retirement he took a job in
Nike. Who is he?

+20/-10
• Who is the only cricketer from Bengal to score
a ‘Triple Century’ in Ranji Trophy?

+15/-7
• He is one of the most ill fated cricketer of
Indian cricket history. This Rajasthani stalwart
who was a part of the Indian team in the 1998
Commonwealth Games ended his ODI career
with a 55+ batting average which is the best
ever among Indians in ODI (if number of
innings criteria is not applied). But he never
got his deserved opportunities in international
level. Who is he?

+10/-5
• This cricketer made a solid debut in Test cricket in November
2000. He claimed six wickets against Zimbabwe in Nagpur with
his wily off-spin and announced himself on the grandest
stage.
• He showed some solid resistance and grit in his third Test
against West Indies at Georgetown. He batted with solid
confidence with Rahul Dravid and faced 120 deliveries for his
unbeaten knock of 39. He walked out to bat when India were
reeling at 275 for the loss of seven wickets. He played well and
ensured India did not lose another wicket and stitched a
partnership of 120 runs with Dravid. The match ended in a
draw but he was praised for his batting abilities.
• But even these all round performances were not enough for
him to cement his place in the national team as his fellow
state mate was always preferred as the main off-spinner of the
team.
• Name the cricketer who couldn’t make it big?

+5/0
• The batsman left the ball which pitched way
outside of the leg stump. But the ball spun a
lot to dislodge his wickets. Who is the
batsman being bowled by this magical
delivery of Shane Warne?

Ans – National Selectors of India.
• M. S. K. Prasad (Chairman) (South Zone)
• Devang Gandhi (East Zone)
• Sarandeep Singh (North Zone)
• Jatin Paranjpe (West Zone)
• Gagan Khoda (Central Zone)

(1) Connect…(non exhaustive)

Ans - Test cricketers who had disabilities in
real life.
• Len Hutton - Asymmetric arms
• Eiulf ‘Buster’ Nupen & MAK Pataudi – Impaired
Vision
• Bhagwat Chandresekhar – Left arm was withered
• Chris Rogers – Colour Blind

• (2)England was touring South Africa
in 1938-39 season. The Africans lost
the first Test & was following on the
second Test when the selectors
selected the squad for the third one.
Eric Rowan was dropped for scoring
only 31 from 3 innings.
• But this dropping sparked him to play
one of the most astonishing & bravest
hundreds of all time, on December
30, 1948 against the fearsome
bowlers like Ray Lindwall & Keith
Miller. His 156 was enough to snatch
a draw.
• But what did he do throughout his
innings which is not common in
international cricket but showed his
braveness. (This picture of that
innings might help you).

Ans – He batted the entire innings without
gloves.

• (3)Frank Hadow was born on 2nd
January,1855 in Middlesex,England. He
was very much passionate about cricket
& played seven First Class matches for
MCC, Middlesex, Orleans Club etc. He
could have had played more no. of
matches. But his business venture at an
early age in Ceylon resist him from
playing. He started tea & cofee
plantation in the Uva region of Ceylon.
But business couldn’t keep away him
from Cricket as he played local matches
in Ceylon too.
• In 1878 he took a leave from his job to
spend few days with his family in his
native land. But during that leave he
did something special.
• What did he do?

Ans – He won the Wimbledon Men’s
singles title.

• (4)X was born as Mohammad Mashuk
Mohammad. He is probably the strangest World
Cup finalist ever. Being not part of the World Cup
squad, he enjoyed the whole World Cup (till the
Semis) with his family in his house. But somehow
managed to play the final.
• However he is always remembered for an
shameful act on the field for which he was
penalised by ICC as well as his country’s cricket
board & was criticized heavily. The incident came
to the headlines yet again this year thanks to a
repetition of that act by Y in the 2017,Carribean
Premier League.
• Id X (present name) & Y.

Ans – X = Suraj Randiv
Y = Kieron Pollard

Ans – Title sponsors of Women’s Cricket
World Cup.
• 1982 Havell’s Vitafresh Women’s Cricket World Cup
in New Zealand.
• 1988 Shell Women’s Cricket World Cup in Australia.
• 1997 Hero Honda Women’s Cricket World Cup in
India.
• 2000 Cricinfo Women’s Cricket World Cup in New
Zealand.

• (6)Iftikar Ali Khan Pataudi & Phiroze palia were
involved in a 89 run record breaking
partnership against Rest of India in Lahore in
1931 which is still a First Class partnership
record for a certain wicket. But when you
would check the highest partnerships from 1st
to 10th wicket, you won’t find their names.
why?

Ans – That was a ‘12 a side’ match. The
record was for the 11th wicket.

• (7) These are only two bowlers to achieve a special
‘Fifer’ or ‘A 5 Wicket Haul’ in senior level cricket.
What is so special about their ‘Fifers’?

Ans – They took the ‘Fifer’ entirely in a
single over.
• Neil Wagner took it in a Plunket Shield match (FC)
between Otago & Wellington at Queenstown, April
4-6th,2011.
• Al-Amin-Hossain took it in a Victory Day T20 Cup
match (T20) between Abahani Limited & UCC-BCB
Eleven at Sylhet, December 26th,2013.

• (8)Shute Banerjee was a key
member for Bengal in the Ranji
Trophy in 1936–37, he took 5 for
33 against Central India and a
crucial 47 not out against
Hyderabad in the semifinal. But
he missed out the final in spite
of being fully fit. What was the
reason of his omission from the
final?

Ans- He took a job in Nawanagar state
just before the S/F. So he became
ineligible to play for Bengal.

• (9)Roland ‘Roley’ Pope was
an ordinary club cricketer.
But in 1884-85, when a
dispute over payments
arose, Pope was one of 11
enforced changes in the
Australian side for the
second Test against
England in Melbourne. But
he was around the
Australian team for quite
number of times. What was
the reason?

Ans – He was a member of the medical
staff.

• (10)This is David Firth, a
famous cricket writer &
historian. But what is he
doing here?

Ans – Before the 1983 World cup he
assured that India couldn’t win the cup in
any stage. And if they were somehow able
to do so he would eat his words. So he is
doing that.

• (11)FA (Football Association, England) had
changed the crest of their national Football
team only once in 1949 to differentiate the
crest from that of the national Cricket team.
What did they do?

Ans – They dropped the crown from their
crest.

• (12)This stage cum film actor MR
Radha put the 3rd Test match in
Chennai between India & West
Indies (January 13-18,1967) in a
serious doubt.
• The toss could only happen when an
announcement was made in the
ground.
• What was the reason of this doubt?

Ans - MGR was shot by Radha on the
previous day.
• The toss could happen only after it was announced
that MGR had survived.

• (13)In this picture Valentin Brumant (C) bowls
during a match against an Old England side at
Hastings, Southern England, August 20,2000.
Name the trophy or the purpose of the match.

Ans – Olympic Cup Cricket played for the
100th anniversary of Cricket in Olympics.

• (14)Junaid Jamshed,a Pakistani rock singer first
gained international recognition as group 'Vital
Signs' vocalist in 1987 with the album, Vital Signs 1.
It included the singles "Dil Dil Pakistan“. The
commercial success of Vital Signs' first album
helped develop Pakistan's rock music industry.
• How did he get a entry in the cricketing world on
January 22nd,2017?

Ans – In Imran Tahir’s celebration
(Jamshed died in a plane crash).

• (15)The cricketers on the right denied the
cricketers on the left to achieve something big. As
a result a certain cricketer becomes the first & only
Indian to achieve this. Who & which achievement?

Ans – Anil Kumble.
10 wickets in an innings.
• Subhash Gupte & Jasu Patel took 9 wickets in an
innings. The 10th batsmen were dropped by Naren
Tamhane & Bapu Nadkarni respectively.

(16)Connect…exhaustive (Test)

Ans – Winning Captains of the Test
tournaments (more than two teams).
• CB Fry (Eng) – 1912 Triangular Tournament
• Wasim Akram (Pak)– 1999 Asian Test Championship
• Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) – 2002 Asian Test
Championship

• (17)Victoria & Western Australia were playing in
the Ryobi One-Day Cup tournament on October
8th,2010. Victoria was batting first & won the
match by 113 runs.
• Brad Hodge of Victoria was adjudicated the
MoM for his scintillating knock of 134* on just
125 balls. But somehow Western Australia had
lost 4 wickets long before Hodge completed his
century.
• How could it be possible?

Ans – Each individual innings of a team
were split in two innings. It means total
four innings were played.
• Brad Hodge remains not out on first innings
after 20 overs & completed his century in the
second innings. In between Western Australia
had lost 4 wickets in their first innings.

• (18)A controversy happened during a cricket match
between Chertsey and Hambledon at Laleham
Burway that lasted from 23 September to 24
September 1771. Controversy arose when
Chertsey's Thomas White attempted to do something
unusual, while the Hambledon players objected.
Ultimately Hambledon won the match by one run. But
Three of the Hambledon players (Richard
Nyren,Thomas Brett, John Small) send a declaration to
the MCC objecting the act by Thomas White which
resulted a rule change in cricket in 1774.
• This rule has been specified more recently.
• What rule was changed in 1774?

Ans – The width of the bat was restricted
(Thomas White’s bat was as wide as the wicket).
• From 1st October,2017 also limits placed on the
thickness of the edges and the overall depth of the
bat.

• (19)He is one of the most prolific run scorer of his
country, already retired, was doing commentary
for the TV in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. But mid
way of the tournament a cricketer got injured &
was ruled out from the competition.
• This commentator was the best possible
replacement available there & was included
immediately in the squad in place of the injured
one. He played the last match of their 2003
World Cup campaign & eventually it happened to
be his last international match ever.
• Id this ‘Supersub’.

• (20)Arthur Page was a student
of the Harrow school & played
for them in the famous Harrow
v Eton match in 1894 & 1895.
• There are very few First Class
cricketers who had the privilege
to win an Olympic medal. But
Page narrowly missed this feat
when he was beaten by Neville
Lytton in the Bronze medal
match of the 1908 Olympic’s Jeu
De Paume or Real Tennis event.
• However his name is
sandwiched between A. J.
Chotzner & H. P. Duval in a
certain long list.
• Why his name is in this list?

Ans – He was the Judge of Kolkata High
Court (The list is about Kolkata High Court Judges).

(1) Id this cricketer who became the only
second batsman ever to achieve a feat in
Test matches.

(2)What is the controversy here?

(4) Name this Hollywood movie.

(5) Name the stadium or the city.

Ans - Rodney Redmond (NZ) became the
only second cricketer after Andy
Ganteaume to score a century on his only
Test.

Ans – The ball didn’t touch the wicket
instead Haddin broke it with gloves.

Ans – West Indies are getting all out for 25
against Ireland.

Ans – Pukekura Park,New Plymouth

(1) Day Quiz...
• Carl Bulfin playing for New
Zealand took a hat-trick
against West Indies on 3rd
December,1999. His victims
were Lara,Chanderpaul and
Sherwin Campbell. Why is
this hat-trick unique?

Ans – Only Hat-trick in international
‘Max cricket’.

• (2)Afghanistan’s enigmatic opener Mohammad
Shahzad set a unique World Record in the
Desert T20 Final in January 20th,2017 against
Ireland. He became the first ever cricketer to
achieve this in international cricket when he
scored a 40 ball half-century in Dubai
International Stadium. What is his world
record?

Ans – He scored two half-centuries against
two different oppositions in a single day.
• The Semi-Final & Final were played on the
same day. He scored a fifty earlier in the semis
earlier against Oman.

• (3)The arch rivals, India & Pakistan played 129 ODI
till now. Pakistan & India have won 73 & 52 matches
respectively. However two matches among those
produced results but the ‘Margin’ (of the victory)
columns are blank in record’s list (Record’s list in
next slide).
• First time it occurred at Sahiwal in November
3rd,1978 when Bishen Bedi conceded the match in
protest against the short pitched bowling tactics of
Pakistan. Sarfraz Nawaz's last 4 deliveries were all
out of reach of the batsmen, and not called wide by
the umpire.
• What did happen to the other match?

Ans – Both team posted same score but
India won for loosing fewer wickets.

• (4)Sukhwinder Kaur Gill was born in Ludhiana,
Punjab, to Squadron Leader Jasbir Singh Gill and
Premjit Kaur on 13 April 1952. Later she entered in
politics & had become the Mayor also.
• She married a cricketer who led his team in the
World Cup & scored the first ever 150 in ODI in that
World Cup. He is also in a list of 25 cricketers who
achieved something very special in FC Cricket.
• Id him.

Ans – Glenn Turner of New Zealand
(He scored 100 centuries in FC cricket).

• (5)Australian captain Billy Murdoch and Ivo
Bligh,captain of England mutually agreed to play an
extra Test after The first ever Ashes was decided &
England won it 2-1.
• The ‘Extra’ or 4th Test (13th Test match ever) was
played at SCG from 17th February,1883. Australia
beat England by 4 wickets.
• The two captains agreed to do some experiment in
this match which had never happened in any First
Class match before or after this Test match.
• What was that experiment?

Ans – They played the four innings in four
different pitches each.

• (6)In June-2007, Former Pakiatani Test
cricketer Mohammad Ilyas had announced to
go on a hunger-strike till death in front of the
Parliament House, Islamabad to protest a ban
imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board
over his entry into the Gaddafi Stadium. He
was accused for declaring a ‘War’ against
some PCB members.
• Why did he declare the ‘War’?

Ans – His son-in-law Imran Farhat was
dropped from the Pakistan team.

• (7)Australia won the first Test at the Brabourne Stadium on their
tour to India in 1969. But there was some controversy regarding
selection of an Indian player in the playing XI.
• This medium-pacer (shaking hand with Queen Elizabeth II)
was selected as the third seamer along with Rusi Surti and Abid
Ali. With both media and fans voicing their support for the
inclusion of Venkat for the Test. What followed was perhaps the
only of its kind in history. As Wisden wrote in their match report,
“This led to such an uproar that he was taken into the eleven on
the morning of the match, he graciously agreeing to stand
down.” It was one of the noblest shows of self-sacrifice ever
witnessed in the game.
• Id this kind heartened cricketer.

Ans – Subrata ‘Bachhu’ Guha

• (8)The 3rd Test between Australia & New Zealand
at Auckland from March 26-29th,2005
experienced a new kind of confusion in
international cricket for almost half an hour. The
spectators, fielders & the umpires on the field
were getting confused. It could have been a
nightmare for the bowlers. But somehow a
‘Wristband’ saved the day for the bowlers.
• What kind of confusion happened there?

Ans – Identical twin brothers Hamish &
James batted together in Test for the very
first time.

• (9)On 14th November, 2017 Jake Doran of
Tasmania became the part of First Class
history when he scored 35 against Victoria in
the second innings of their 2017-18 JLT
Sheffield Shield match.
• Why his innings was so rare?

Ans – He became one of the very few
substitute cricketers to bat on a First Class
match.
• In the first innings Jordan Silk suffered
concussion in the head when a Peter Siddle
bouncer hit him.

• (10)Kuwait was playing against
Bangladesh in the 4th
Quarterfinal of the 2014 Incheon
Asian Games. The Bangladeshi
dashing opener Tamim Iqbal was
dismissed for 28 by Kuwait’s vice
captain Fahad Bastaki. However
this dismissal fetched a lot of
media attraction.
• What was special about this
wicket of Tamim Iqbal?

Ans – The catch was taken by captain of the
team Mahmoud Bastaki who was his
father.

Ans – Highest individual scores in each
innings (1st,2nd,3rd & 4th) of a Test match.
• 1st Innings: Brian Lara (WI) - 400* v England, 4th Test at
Antigua Recreation Ground, St. Johns, Antigua &
Barbuda, April 10-14th, 2004
• 2nd Innings: Mahela Jaywardene (SL) – 374 v South
Africa , 1st Test at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground,
Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 27-31st, 2006
• 3rd Innings: Hanif Mohammad (Pak) – 337 v West
Indies, 1st Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown,
Barbados, January 17-23rd, 1958
• 4th Innings: George Headley (WI) – 223 v England, 4th
Test at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, April 3-12th,
1930

• (12)HJ Gray was a ‘World
Racquet’ champion. But still
he is widely remembered in
the cricketing world for
something which saw the first
daylight on 1855 & the
extension on 1940.
• What is his contribution to
cricket?

Ans – He is the founder of Cricket bat &
equipments manufacturer company
‘Gray-Nicolls’.

(13)Whose only First Class match is this where he
was captaining his side.
• His son had a much more illustrious cricketing
career both as a cricketer & coach.

Ans – Clarence Woolmer, father of Bob
Woolmer.

• (14) Bradman,Larwood & Hammond were
sunk by the Germans. While Jardine was
badly effected by them & later sunk.
• What I am talking about?

Ans – These were all ‘Warships’ used by
Britain’s Royal Navy in World War II.

• (15)The Howa Bowl (named after Hasan Howa,in
the pic) matches (South Africa’s domestic cricket
for non whites) are now given First Class status.
This results a fellow Indian cricketer lost his place
as the ‘First Ever’ cricketer to achieve this rare
feat. Only 5 cricketers till date have it in FC
cricket. However a certain South African now tops
the list & had achieved this feat some eight years
before this Indian.
• Who is this Indian?

Ans – Hemulal Yadav (Timed Out)

• (16)This is a cricinfo
profile of a moderate
cricketer whose only
first-class appearance
came in the 1827 Varsity
match - the inaugural
contest - when he made
12 runs. But till a major
trophy is named after
him. New Zealand is the
current holder of the
trophy. They beat
Australia in the final.
• Id him.

Ans – William Webb Ellis.
• Rugby World Cup Trophy is named after him.

• (17)Since his country of birth was
not a Test playing nation then,
this Christmas Day born cricketer
had to migrate to his neighboring
country to play Tests. That’s why
his international career started
little late. Till he is being credited
to an important innovation in
cricket.
• Apart from cricket he was a very
good painter too. This ‘Lady With
Dog’ is one of his famous
painting.
• Id this cricketer or painter?

Ans – Clarrie Grimett (inventor of flipper,he
was born in New Zealand but played for Australia).

• (18)Name the trophy &
it’s given to whom?
• The lady & the boy are
wife & son respectively
of the cricketer after
whom the trophy is
named.

Ans – Malcolm Marshall
Memorial Trophy.
It’s given to the leading wicket-
taker in each England v West
Indies (Wisden) Test series.

• (19)X (left in the pic) was a renowned
commentator in All India Radio till
1972.
• On November 23rd,1930 Vizzy’s XI were
supposed to play Calcutta Sporting
Union at Marcus Square near College
Street. However Y (whose first names
were John Berry) from the Vizzy’s XI
withdrew himself at the last moment.
To fill up Y’s place, a local boy (X) was
imposed in the team at the eleventh
hour. The rectification time was so
short that he played the match with the
name ‘John Berry’ in the scorecard. And
since then the name ‘Berry’ sticked to
his name.
• Id X & Y?

Ans – X = Berry Sarbadhikari
Y = John Berry ‘Jack Hobbs’.

• (20)Chris Gayle's uninhibited celebration dance
after the World Twenty20 win, which featured
moves from the global hit 'Gangnam style', has
inspired a dance artist, Zinga, in Jamaica to create
the 'Chris Gayle __ __' dance. According to Zinga,
who is also a former cricketer and Gayle's friend,
the new dance is influenced by Gayle's original
moves as well as the Gangnam video.
• Complete the dance name.

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