World Cup - Cricket -Qiz & Ans.

Now that the semifinal line up is getting clear and South Africa has an uphill task to climb. the other battle between Sri Lanka and New Zealand is equally poised, the latter having an edge over the Lankans.

As the game of Cricket is interesting, here are some tricky questions to answer. you can take your scrable book and write down the answers. The score card is indicated at the bottom but before scrolling down , first try to answer as much as you know ;- THE MARKS AGAINST EACH QUESTION IS GIVEN IN BRACKET.

Total : 50 Marks

1) Who is Mello ? ( 5 MARKS)

2) What was the first mascot of the cricket World cup ? ( 4)

3) who won the Player of the tournament award in 2003 World cup ? ( 4)

4) Which was the first " tie test ' for India ? ( 4)

5) which batsman scored 500 runs in an innings ? (4)

6) Which Cricketer faced the first ball to be bowled in one day cricket ? (3)

7) which Cricket team / Batsman scored the same runs in both the innings / Give details ?
( 4 marks )

8) What is called a " MANKAD " ? in cricket ( 7 marks )

9) In how many WAYS can a batsman get out in cricket ? ( 10 marks )

10) WHAT IS THE NOTORIOUS CHAPTER IN sUNIL GAVASKAR'S CRICKETING CAREER ? ( 5)

have you added the marks and brought your score card for verification / Relax and have a look at the Umpire's Decision !!!!!!!!!!!







Answers:-

1) Mellow is the event Mascot for the Cricket world Cup. The Mascot is a teenage character called Mello who stands cross legged and tosses a white ball in the air , while leaning on a cricket bat.

2) The first mascot of a cricket world Cup was " DAZZLER ", the zebra i 2003 world cup in south africa.

3) Sachin Tendulkar received the trophy from sobers as " The Player of the tournament ' in 2003 world cup.

4) India and Australia Match in 1986 in chennai. india needed 5 runs in the last over to win with only one wicket in hand. ravi sastri scored 4 rus and crossed over. the scores were tied. maninder singh was lbw in the next ball by greg mathews. alan border surprised every body by declaring his second innings giving a fair chance for an outcome. The out come was a TIE.

5) Brain lara scored 501 not out for warwickshire in 1994. he was dropped at 18 by scot, the Wicket Keeper.

6) Geof Boycot bowled by graham Mckenzie

7) India vs Pakistan in March 2005. India made 407 and 407 for 5 declared. this is the highest duplicate score by a Team in a Test match. Similarly Dilip Mendis of Sri lanka scored 105 in both the innings against India in 1982

8) The running out of a non-striking batsman who leaves his crease before the ball is bowled is called ' Mankad". It is named after Vinod mankad who used this controversial run out is common in Indoor cricket, not in ist class cricket.

9) a batsman can be declared out for :-

1) Bowled
2) caught
3) run out
4) stumped
5) lbw
6) handled the ball
7) timed out
8) hit wicket
9) hit the ball twice
10) obstucting the field
( you can add one mark only for each of the 10 methods correctly answered)

10) in a world cup match inin 1975 Sunil gavaskar batted through out 60 oversand scored only 36 runs, india lost to enland by a margin of 203 runs. a notorious chapter in the little master's career.



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