cricket quiz - 5

The cricket Quiz will be posted every Friday and the answers to the quiz must be sent to me via email (christopherdavid007@gmail.com) on or before Wednesday. Therefore the last day for this quiz is 23rd of September. Please write in the subject cricket quiz.

The answers will be published every Friday with another set of questions along with the winners of previous quiz. Answers to Cricket Quiz - 4. Please note the next quiz will be published only on the 25th.

1.) Name the first bowler to take 600 test wickets.
Shane Warne

2.) Which two batsman share the most ODI century opening partnership?
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly

3.) Which ground hosted the first ever international test match?
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Australia vs. England in 1877.

4.) In 2004 which batsman set a World Record with 497 test runs between dismissals?
Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 241*, 60*, 194* and 2. And Yes I am a huge fan of Tendulkar.

5.) Name this bowler,[HINT - He played for Northamptonshire].

Frank Tyson.

The Winner(s) of the Quiz are, Deepak Balamurali, and Chirag Joshi.
- Congrats.

This weeks questions are,

1.) Which legendary Indian spinner has the figures 12-8-6-1 (read as overs-maidens-runs conceded- wickets) against East Africa in 1975 World Cup?

2.) Which Australian captain was nicknamed 'Captain Grumpy'?

3.) In which city is the Gaddafi Stadium located?

4.) Which year was the Wisden Cricketer's Almanac first published?

5.) Name this famous English batsman [In the Picyure] . [HINT - He played for Surrey]

Cricket Quiz - 4

The cricket Quiz will be posted every Friday and the answers to the quiz must be sent to me via email (christopherdavid007@gmail.com) on or before Wednesday. Therefore the last day for this quiz is 9th of September. Please write in the subject cricket quiz.

The answers will be published every Friday with another set of questions along with the winners of previous quiz.
Answers to Cricket Quiz - 3.

1.) Against which team did Sehwag make his debut as captain in tests?
Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad in 2005 -2006

2.) Who made a score of fifty or more (50+ runs) in nine consecutive ODI's for Pakistan?
Javed Miandad - 1987

3.) Which player has the magical match figures 19-90 (19 wickets for 90 runs)?
Jim Laker of England in 1956 at Manchester against Australia.

4.) Name the bowler who took a hat-trick against Kenya in the 2003 World Cup?
Brett Lee

5.) Name this bowler [In the Picture].
Sir Richard John Hadlee

The Winner(s) of the Quiz are, Deepak Balamurali, and Kirby Meehan.
- Congrats.

This weeks questions are,

1.) Name the first bowler to take 600 test wickets.

2.) Which two batsman share the most ODI century opening partnership?

3.) Which ground hosted the first ever international test match?

4.) In 2004 which batsman set a World Record with 497 test runs between dismissals?

5.) Name this bowler,[HINT - He played for Northamptonshire].

Poshin's World Cricket Quiz Score Board,

1.) Deepak Balamurali - 3 Points

2.) Kirby Meehan - 2 Points

3.) Armaan Ahmed, Stephen and Vikas Yadav - 1 Point

Cricket Quiz - 1

From now on I'll be hosting the cricket quiz in WL. Rules of the Quiz.

The Quiz will be posted every Friday and the answers to the quiz must be sent to me via email ( christopherdavid007@gmail.com ) on or before Wednesday. Therefore the last day for this quiz is 19th. Please write in the subject WL cricket quiz.


The answers will be published every Friday with another set of questions along wit
h the winners of previous quiz.


That is all. So go ahead and break your head. The first Quiz is easy. :D

So here goes,
1.) Who invented the famous 'Doosra'?


2.) Which Aussie captain said, "If you get Dravid, Great. If you get Sachin, Brilliant. If you get Laxman, it's either a mistake or a miracle." ?

3.) Name the only captain to have declared his team's innings when he was batting and not out in the nineties (93*).
[HINT - It happened in the first test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1991-1992]


4.) Which Indian batsman holds the record for most test innings before scoring a double century?

5.) Who is this former English skipper?

Send your answers to my mail id( christopherdavid007@gmail.com ) last date for sending answers is 19 Aug till 8PM.

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