Cricket Quiz Finals

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Written round (on nicknames)

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Audience Question

During the last IPL season, X shocked Y during a post match interview. Y told X, “your dad named you well.” To which X promptly replied, “Actually, I was named after you.” Identify X and Y.

Audience Question

Answer…

Audience Question

Sunil Gavaskar and Sunil Narine

C r i c ke t i n g N i c k n a m e s

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.

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.

2 The guy in the middle was universally known by a nickname. What you see is what you get.

3

Sitter… who is nicknamed after this legend?

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Which underappreciated genius (in my opinion, at least) gets his nickname from this character?

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Probably the only international cricketer to be nicknamed after a Cluedo character. Full name, please.

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And, for the first time in a cricket quiz…

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Which cricketer, with a nose to match Cleopatra's, is nicknamed after -

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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.

1 Andrew “Roy” Symonds; after Leroy Loggins.

2 The guy in the middle was universally known by a nickname. What you see is what you get.

2 Tich Freeman; “Tich” being a generic British slang for anyone who is tiny.

3

Sitter… who is nicknamed after this legend?

3 Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff; after Fred Flintstone.

4

Which underappreciated genius (in my opinion, at least) gets his nickname from this character?

4 Eddie “Bunter” Barlow; after Billy Bunter.

5

Probably the only international cricketer to be nicknamed after a Cluedo character. Full name, please.

5 Phil “Colonel” Mustard; after Colonel Mustard.

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And, for the first time in a cricket quiz…

6 Scott “Miley” Styris; after Miley Cyrus

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7 Vivian “Smokin' Joe” Richards; after Joe Frazier.

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Which cricketer, with a nose to match Cleopatra's, is nicknamed after -

8 Bill “the Phantom” Lawry; after the Phantom.

I n f i n i t e Po u n c e (Clockwise)

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.

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?

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1 Charles Coventry. Highest score in a losing cause.

2 This is an excerpt, Click to add textby X, from the foreword to a famous cricket book.

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“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 X, the person who wrote the foreword. [5] b) Name the book. Maybe I will be generous with the title... [5]

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Peter Roebuck

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.

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Dilip Doshi and Nayan Doshi.

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.]

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Manuka Oval, Canberra

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.]

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Ian Gould. During one of the rare “neutral Tests”.

Pakistan vs. Australia at Leeds, in 2010.

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.]

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Michael Bevan; against West Indies, in 1997.

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?

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She was the person who shot at Stanley Jackson, the Governor of Bengal; although he escaped unhurt.

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?

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What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?

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]

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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.

10 The man pictured here, X, 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 Y equalled it and finally broke it in April 2012. However, currently X is the sole owner of the record yet again. X and Y, please.

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X = Eldine Baptiste; Y = Tim Bresnan. Baptiste holds The record for a 100% career Test record; he played 10 Tests and won all of them.

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?

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Ben Hollioake

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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”.

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X = Craig Kieswetter; Y = Dean Elgar

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?

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Godfrey Evans was the cricket expert for Ladbrokes during the 1981 Ashes; hence the 500-1 was his doing.

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Amongst Indians, who makes this list exhaustive, with respect to a 1983 feat.

Also identify both the cricketers shown here.

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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.

List It

1) There are nine possible answers to the statement 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.

There are 9 Test cricketers with the last name of Patel. Name all of them.

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India Jasu Patel Brijesh Patel Rashid Patel Parthiv Patel Munaf Patel

New Zealand

England

Deepak Patel Jeetan Patel

Min Patel Samit Patel

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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.

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1 Vijay Manjrekar, who earlier held the record for most Test runs without hitting a six.

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?

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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.]

3 This was the match was when X debuted for Ireland as one of their first ever overseas players. [Scorecard follows.] In fact, people still talk of X's legendary exploits in Irish club cricket in the 1980s, where he was so succesful that they ended up banning overseas players in Section 2 cricket! Identify this player, who humorously self-styled himself as the “Don of Dhaka”.

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Raman Lamba

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?

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Ian Harvey

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.

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5 Norm O’Neill. Anil Dalpat’s parents were the geniuses who realized that the perfectly acceptable Subcontinental name “Anil” sounds like O’Neill.

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 one of the most popular video blogs on cricket.

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No batsman has ever scored four consecutive ODI 100s. But X came heartbreakingly close to it at the Willowmoore Park in 2002. He was on 96* with 6 runs required to win, when Y bowled 5 wides and X was ultimately stranded on 97*.

Identify X and this ultimate killjoy.

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7 Herschelle Gibbs and Alok Kapali.

Dif fere ntial S coring

Ten 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.

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In September 2002, X 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 X and explain.

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”?

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Identify this cricketer who has been breaking a few barriers recently, and credits Bishan Singh Bedi for his rise.

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?

5

One of the cult heroes of cricket, but a fine Test batsman, too.

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?

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

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?

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.]

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Unofficial as it was, X 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, X, 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.

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In September 2002, X 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 X and explain.

1 Vasbert Drakes is dismissed Timed Out.

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”?

2 Runs scored by Alastair Cook in Ashes 2010/11.

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Identify this cricketer who has been breaking a few barriers recently, and credits Bishan Singh Bedi for his rise.

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Parvez Rasool

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?

4

That is the only instance of a player carrying the bat in international T20.

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One of the cult heroes of cricket, but a fine Test batsman, too.

5

Colin Bland

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?

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Men’s finals of the Championships.

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

7 Ricky Ponting yet again. Those are people who have scored 100s in their 100th Test, and Punter did it twice.

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?

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Rajesh Chauhan

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.]

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9 Arran Brindle; who is considered to be the only woman to have scored a 100 in men’s semipro cricket.

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Unofficial as it was, X 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, X, 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.

D. B. Deodhar

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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…” A voice in the background says, "I think the spelling is right. In the interest of the team…”

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8 Kim Hughes breaks down during his resignation Speech and Bob Merriman completes it for him.