A cricket quiz conducted by myself on December 3rd, 2017 in Kolkata.

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3. Rules…
• Total 30 Questions are there
• Star Marked questions will be used in case of a
Tie.
• Quiz Master’s decision is final
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4. (1)
• Till now only three Indians could score
centuries on their ODI debuts. If KL Rahul is
the third, then who is the first in this list?

5. Ans – Mithali Raj.
• The other one is Reshma Gandhi

6. (2)
• There are very few pairs of brothers who played for
two different countries in the same season. This
cricketer & his brother did that.
• Ireland will play their first ever Test against Pakistan
on May 11-15th, 2018. Among the Irish playing XI,
his brother should be an automatic choice (if he
stays fit) as he makes himself available for Ireland
again. But he won’t make his debut in that match as
he had already played Test cricket for his adopted
country before.
• Id his brother.

7. Ans – Boyd Rankin
• He played the 5th Test in Sydney of the 2013-14
Ashes Series.
• His brother is David Rankin.

8. (3)
• Wally named his son after legendary
England & Yorkshire opener (in the pic).
• Wally’s son is considered as one of the
finest batsman ever from his country. But
his international debut was delayed as he
participated in World war II & was posted
in Egypt.
• He took an early retirement too. But
later he came out of retirement at the
age of 42 to play one of the greatest
innings (151*) ever at Eden Gardens in
1965. His country’s cricket board in
February, 2000 officially renamed one of
their international grounds after him.
• Who is he & the Yorkshire legend?

9. • Ans – New Zealand’s Bert
Suttcliffe was named after
England’s Herbert Suttcliffe.

10. (4)
• On July 20, 1843, Hampshire were hosting
Nottinghamshire at Day’s (Antelope) Ground,
Southampton.
• In this match Francis Noyes of
Nottinghamshire did some unique thing in the
history of First Class cricket. He was forced to
do so this due to the injury of Thomas Baker.
• What did he do?

11. Ans – He batted twice in each innings.

12. (*5)
• He (1722 – 16 October 1772) was the
founder of the Empire, named after
him and is regarded as the founder
of the modern state of his country.
He began his career by enlisting as a
young soldier in the military of
the Afsharid kingdom and quickly
rose to become a commander of the
Regiment, a cavalry of four
thousand soldiers. Within a few
years, he extended his control
from Khorasan in the west
to Kashmir and North India in the
east, and from the Amu Darya in the
north to the Arabian Sea in the
south.
• Id him & what is his connection with
cricket?

13. Ans – Ahmed Shah Abdali.
Afghanistan’s First Class cricket tornament
is named after him.

14. (6)
• Bangladesh was playing their 22nd Test match ever in
Multan,September 3-6th,2003. They had lost 20 Tests till
then. But in this match they gave a tough fight to the
Pakistanis. Chasing 261 Pakistan were tottering at 208 for 8.
But Inzamam with Umar Gul made a half-century partnership
to win it for Pakistan.
• At 213/8 there was a chance of ‘Mankading’ Gul. But the
bowler didn’t ‘Mankaded’ him which proved too costly for
Bangladesh. The Courtney Walsh incident (1987 World Cup)
got much fame but some unknown reason this incident
didn’t get that kind of
popularity. Id the bowler.

15. Ans – Md. Rafique

16. (7)
• Benson & Hedges World Series Cup used to be an
annual international ODI tournament in Australia. In
the 1994-95 season, Australia won the trophy
beating X who reached the final by eliminating
England & Zimbabwe.
• Y, member of the victorious Australian team swiped
the team midway of the tournament in rather
controversial circumstances.
• Id X & Y.

17. Ans – X = Australia ‘A’
Y = Paul Reiffel

18. (8)
• Lord’s witnessed one of the greatest
Test match ever on 1963 (20-25th June)
where all four results were possible till
the last ball. Wess Hall broke the arm of
our hero. So he had to ‘Retired Hurt’.
• 6 runs were needed from 3 balls with 2
wickets in hand (including the retired
batsman). In the 4th ball Derek
Shackleton was Run Out. So the injured
batsman was forced to come to the
crease with a plaster in hand. David
Allen played the last two balls
defensively to confirm a draw. But the
result was only possible due to his
bravery.
• Id him.

19. Ans – Collin Cowdrey

20. (9)
• He won the inaugural ‘Beyond the Boundary’
award in 2016 by Wisden India, that
recognises the larger role of an individual in
the game.’
• A renowned singer is the ex-wife of the
winner. She still uses the last name of her ex
husband.
• Id both of them.

21. Ans – Justice Mukul Mudgal &
Subha Mudgal

22. (*10)
• The credit always goes to the man on the left.
But Charlie Llewellyn (in right) achieved this
historic feat almost 80 years back. Put funda.

23. Ans – First Non White to play for
South Africa.
• Normally Omar Henry is considered as the first
Non White Test cricketer from South Africa.
But Charlie Llewellyn played for them in 1912.

24. (11)
• Adil Ditta (batting in the pic) played for U-17
England & Yorkshire’s Bradford Academy in the year
1992. There he was given a nickname relating
another person in the club at that time.
• What was his nickname in Yorkshire?

25. Ans - Fivedulkar
• Sachin Tendulkar was playing for the Yorkshire
senior team at the same time.

26. (12)
• Alphonso Theodore Roberts was the
first Test cricketer from his country
to play for the West Indies. On the
eve of his country's independence
(27th October,1979), he submitted a
detailed policy statement to the
government of X, outlining why the
Y should be included as an integral
part of the country's name. His
submission was adopted by the
government, hence the name X & Y.
• Just name the country.

27. Ans – St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

28. (13)
• Frank Ward was bowling in this match to Bill
O’Reilly who was batting on 20 in the New South
Wales’s first innings. Then it happened as O’Reilly
stepped out & missed the ball. And this was the
only time it had happened in an entire career.
• What did happen then?

29. Ans – Only ‘Stumping’ done by Bradman
in his entire FC career.

30. (14) What is this list all about?
• ODI Test T20I

31. Ans – Captains of the First non ICC members’
teams in ODI, Test & T20I respectively.
• ODI: Asia XI v ICC World XI at Melbourne - Jan 10th,
2005. (Tsunami Relief Match)
• Test: ICC World XI v Australia at Sydney, Oct 14-17th,
2005. (Super Test)
• T20I: ICC World XI v Pakistan at Lahore, Sep 12th,
2017

32. (*15)
• This bowler Matthew played 11 ODIs for England.
His great grandfather Charles Leslie also played for
England in Tests. However none of them is the most
popular member of their family. This credit goes to
the pictured man’s granduncle.
• Who is his granduncle?

33. Ans – Ian Fleming.

34. (16)
• ‘Over & Out’ is a conflicting
term introduced by Hollywood
and Military wannabes. This is
an informal way of saying 'bye’.
• A book with the same title was
written by Steve Neal. The book
is all about a cricketer who
achieved a unique feat on 31st
July,1899. The title of the book
truly describes his historic
achievement.
• Id the cricketer & the feat.

35. Ans – Albert Trott.
He cleared the Lord’s pavillion.

36. (17)
• Victoria defeated New South Wales by 18 runs in
the 2017 Imparja Cup, an Australian domestic 50
over’s tournament, thanks to a brilliant century by
Victoria’s Clayton McCarteny. But surprisingly
enough none of the Victoria’s playing XI played any
FC cricket ever.
• What was the reason?

37. Ans – It’s a tournament for the
‘Aboriginals’ only.

38. (18)
• Haris Sohail of Pakistan couldn’t play Pakistan’s first
warm up match for the 2015 World Cup in
Christchurch as he was mentally down for a peculiar
reason.
• However his reason of mental illness was enough to
fetch him the ‘World’s Worst Person in Sports’
award in a US channel. Keith Olbermann announced
this in his popular TV show.
• What was the reason of his mental illness?

39. Ans – Ghost.
• He felt presence of Ghost in his hotel room!!!

40. (19)
• South Africa was playing the ‘Pink’ ODI against Sri Lanka in
Wanderers on 4th February, 2017. The match was halted for
an hour during midway of the Sri Lankan innings for a peculiar
reason.
• Pier Heffer was watching the match on TV in Jo’burg. But
when he saw the grounds man with a fire extinguisher, (in pic)
he volunteered to come to the stadium for the rescue.
• "I think they saw me in this outfit, noticed all the equipment
and reckoned I must be what I say I am, and with play
stopped, they let me in," Hefer said when he was given the
permission to go to the playing arena. (in pic). His tricks had
worked magically & the match started after that. (pics are in
next slide).
• "Definitely the biggest audience I've worked in front of ...
that was my 15 minutes [of fame]," he said when was asked
about this global exposure of him.
• What was the reason for all of these arrangements?

42. Ans – A swarm of thousands of bees
invaded the ground (Pier Heffer is a bee keeper).

43. (*20)
• Maharaj Jagatdipendra Narayan
captained his teams in all of his 15
First Class matches.
• He served in British forces
during World War II. His royal family
was one of the main financier of the
Brabourne Stadium during its
foundation. They also owned the
Woodlands stadium. MCC played
there & were amazed by the
facilities.
• How was the Royal family rewarded
for all of these contributions? It’s
unique & somehow related to India’s
domestic cricket.

44. • Ans – Cooch Behar Trophy.
• The U-19 domestic competition was named after
the Royal family.
• Only domestic competition which was named
after a Royal family rather than a Cricketer.

45. (21)
• The batsman was hit by
a Gary O’Neil bouncer
& Glass fragments had
to be removed from his
eye.
• Id him.

46. Ans – Ex Australian PM Bob Hawke.

47. (22)
• West Indies was touring India during the winter of
1987. The two teams reached Kolkata to play the 3rd
Test of the series. It was a slow pitch where both
the teams scored heavily to ensure a boring draw.
• Greenidge,Hooper,Logie,Vengsarkar all scored
centuries. Even the city’s very own Arun Lal
registered his highest Test score of 93 in this match.
• But what did happen for only time in India in this
match?

48. Ans – Only Boxing Day Test in India.

49. (23)
• This medium pacer had an
outstanding start to his career. He
took 11, 9 and 10 wickets respectively
in his first three Ranji matches.
• Against Bengal Governor’s XI in 1944
at Eden Gardens, he took a hat-trick
which includes stalwarts like Vinoo
Mankad,Mushtaq Ali & Lala
Amarnath.
• He made his Test debut against
the West Indies at Madras in
1948/49. He took only one wicket but
brilliantly ran out Everton Weekes
who had scored hundreds in his five
previous innings, and had reached 90
this time.
• Searching his name in Google may
misguide you. Who is he?

50. Ans – Nirode ‘Putu’ Chowdhury.

51. (24)
• We all know that India’s Test
opener Murali Vijay had married
betraying his friend cum
teammate Dinesh Karthik’s wife
Nikita.
• But it’s a lesser known fact that
another opener from the
subcontinent did the same thing.
He too married his teammate’s
wife Nilanka.
• Who are Nilanka’s ex & current
husbands?

52. Ans – Ex = Tilekratne Dilshan
Current = Upul Tharanga

53. (*25)
• This martyr from Sonakhan was publicly
executed on 10th December,1857 for his
involvement in freedom fight. (Could be seen in
the pic). He was the first martyr from his state.
• Government of his state named their only
international cricket stadium after him. Which
stadium?

54. Ans – Shahid Veer Narayan Singh Stadium.

55. (26) Id the tournament...
Year Host Champion Runners
1995 England Australia New Zealand
1998 Australia Australia New Zealand
2000 South Africa Australia New Zealand
2002 New Zealand Australia New Zealand
2004 Sri Lanka Australia Sri Lanka
2007 England Australia South Africa
2009 Australia Australia New Zealand
2011 South Africa Australia South Africa
2014 New Zealand Australia New Zealand
2017 UAE Australia New Zealand

56. Ans – Indoor Cricket World Cup.

57. (27) Audio…
• It’s a tributary song.
• Who is the singer & whom did he tribute?

58. Ans – Mark Butcher was singing for late
Ben Hollioake.

59. (28) Video…
Name the movie…(song – She Ne
Khela He Se Aaj Cricket Match…)

60. • Ans -

61. (29) Video…
• The TV anchor had compared this incident
(Mohinder Amarnath Handled the ball
dismissal) with a same kind of happening
which is world famous in the same year during
match highlights.
• What did he compare to?

62. Ans – Hand of God by Maradona.

63. (30) Video…
• This ‘All Black’ is mostly remembered for this
winning penalty in the dying moments against
Wales in 1978 which led them to a last minute
victory. However he was involved in an
infamous incident in Cricket. Tell that.

64. • Ans – The All Black was Brian McKechnie who
faced the infamous underarm ball by Trevor
Chappell.