World Cup .. The game is on ... you can play too -- " Q & A "

" THE GAME IS ON.....You Can play too "....!!!!!

Cricket fever is not in Carrebean only but has gripped the whole world. As the Game is on for the World cup, you have a chance to play too :-

1) Which was the first cricket test and who won it ? ( 3 marks )

2) Have all the four innings of a cricket match ever been played on the same day ?(6marks)

3) What is the highest Team total in Test Cricket ?/ what is the lowest test total by a team? - Give Details.(5marks)

4) What are the scores of first six test innings of Marvan Atapattu of Sri lanka ?(4 marks)

5) Which Cricketer has won four successive man of the match awards in one day cricket ? (5marks)

6) Which Indian bowler took 10 wickets in an innings? (4marks)

7) who is famous for the last ball sixer in sharjha? ( 5 marks )

8) (i)Name the batsman for most centuries in one day cricket. (ii) Name the greatedt leg spinner of all times? (iii) Name the best one day batsman of 1980s? (6marks)

9) Which is arguably the greatest One Day Match in the history of cricket ? (8marks)

10) Who became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in 1987 World Cup ? (4marks)





Answers;-

1) Australia vs England in 1877, Australia won the first ever official test by 45 runs in Melbourne. ( Grace marks are allowed if you have mentioned some data for this Question)

2) England vs West indies in 2000 - Lords Test - a part of all 4 innings were played on the 2nd day.

3)India vs SriLanka in 1996-97. india declared 537/8; Sri lanka scored a mmooth total of 952/6 Jayasurya(340),Mahanama(325) created a test record of 576 runs partnership.

The lowest test totalwas 26 when Newzealand were dismissed by England at auckland in1954-55.

4) Attapattu first six test innings scores were 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0. However he has forced his way in Sri lankan team and holds a record for 6 Test double Centuries.

5) SOURAV GANGULY

6)(Easy Question.) Anil Kumble in 1999 in Delhi Test against pakistan. jim Laker of England is only another bowler who holds this feat.

7)Javed miandad hit the unforgettable six oo the last ball to clinch victory against India in Sharjah in 1986 and won the Australasia cup. 4 balls were required and one ball to go was the crunch situation. 'Do or die' and Miandad did the right.

8)(i) sachin tendulkar - 41 centuries; 14783 runs

(ii) Shane Warne - 700 wickets in Tests. He had taken 708 at the end of his career. 293 wickets in 194 One Day Internationals.

(iii) Vivian richards - 8540 Test Runs in 121 Matches; 6721 runs in 187 ondays. Richards helped West indies to win the inaugural world Cup in 1975.

(note: 2 marks each of the correct answer)

9) South Africa vs Australia in 2006 @ melbourne. australia hit a record breaking 432 runs in 50 overs. for S.A. Gibbs hit a sparkling Ton. S.A. achieved the target with one ball to spare..

10) chetan sharma of india became the first bowler to get a hat-trick in a world cup match in 1987 against newzealand.

Have your score card ready for both of the Cricket Quiz. The first one was sent a day before. The marks for the two innings add up to 100. Here is the Umpire's decision :-

(A) IF YOU HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER BOTH THE TEST PAPERS, YOU SCORE 40 MARKS. (B) IF YOU HAVE SCORED FOUR QUESTIONS CORRECT OUT OF THE 20 QUESTIONS, YOU GET A GRADE OF " V.FAIR ';
(C) 10 OUT OF 20 CORRECT, YOU GET A GRADE "GOOD " ; (D) 15 CORRECT , GRADE ACHIEVED WOULD BE " VERY GOOD " (E) FOR 15 TO 20 CORRECT ANSWERS, THE GRADE IS " EXCEPTIONAL " AND THE WORLD CUP BELONGS TO YOU ONLY.