KQA Cricket Quiz conducted on April 29th 2013.

2. 1. Identify this T20 world record
holder who shares his name
with a prominent quizzer.
1.

3. Arul Suppiah.
World Record holder for best bowling in T20 cricket.
He took 6 wickets for 5 runs

4. 2. These are the only two people in this exhaustive
list. What list?

5. Only two players to convert their only score of above
50 into a double hundred.
Brendon Kuruppu and David Lloyd

6. 3. A one-off Test to celebrate Australia's bicentenary
celebrations at Sydney, this match was memorable for X's
tantrum when dismissed after a good hundred - he left
the field to booing as a result of him demolishing his
stumps with his bat
Who?
10.

7. Chris Broad

8. 4. This Pre-Hadlee New Zealand fast bowler was
described thus:
"His bowling is very much like his name. It is neither
here, nor there."
Who?
3.

9. Bob Cunis.

10. 5. In 1996, England hosted an U-15 world cup. India emerged
champions with a team consisting of future internationals like
Reetinder Sodhi and Mohammad Kaif.
•In the semis, India defeated a South African team. Only one
member of that team graduated to play test cricket and
continues to play international cricket today. Identify him.
4.

11. Jonathan Trott.

12. 6.
1997 - X
2006 - Y
2013 - Kushal Perera.
These are the only three to be part of this exclusive
club for Sri Lanka. India has nearly 40 entrants in
this club. Identify X and Y.
5.

13. Triple Centurions.
X - Sanath Jayasuriya, 340 against India
Y - Mahela Jayawardene, 374 against South Africa.
Kushal Perera's 336 is the only triple century in the 75 year history of
the Sri Lankan domestic competition.
Salute Sir Ravindra Jadeja

14. 7. Greg Blewett hit 169 in a tour game against the
touring Englishmen in 1998-99. This is significant
as this was the first of something, that has now
grown to more than 2000.
Fundae please.
6.

15. Rob Moody's first upload.
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16. 8. Siddharth Monga while reviewing the 2012
cricketing season, gave Peter Siddle the 'Javagal
Srinath' award.
Why?
2.

17. Peter Siddle has become vegetarian.
Javagal Srinath is of course the patron saint of
vegetarian fast bowlers.

18. 9. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) arranged the Asia XI vs Rest of
the World XI in april 2000 at Dhaka to round off the ICC Cricket
Week.
Asia XI led by Tendulkar‟s 80 posted an imposing 320. In response
RoW were in tatters at 196-7 in 37 overs. Then X hit a magnificent
185 not out of 132 balls with 19 fours and 5 sixes to get RoW on the
brink of an improbable victory.
With 6 to win off the last ball he hit a four and thus RoW XI lost by
one run. They would have tied the game if Andy Caddick had ground
his bat at the non strikers end on the penultimate ball. But
unfortunately he was run out by Robin Singh.
X?
11.

19. Michael Bevan.

20. 10. X was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1991. He however
overcame cancer and returned to his national side.
Even though his career spanned 8 years he played only 29 ODIs. His
defining moment came in his comeback match when he scored a
brilliant 169 off 143 balls not out against New Zealand. He also took
3 for 32 and was adjudged man of the match.
He now uses his celebrity status to promote cancer awareness.
Who ?
12

21. Dave Callaghan

22. 11. Jarrod Kimber has written these lines to describe whom?
“He first appeared in front of me as a left arm spinner with
little spin, flight or guile, and a front arm that refused to work
at all. He was just the right guy in the right place who didn‟t
use his right arm at the right time.”
14.

23. Paul Harris
A

24. 12. Identify the player.
16.

25. Rudi Van Vuuren
•Only person to play 2 World Cups in 2 sports in 1 year.
•He played the cricket world cup and the rugby world cup in
2003.
A

27. Someone from the stand let loose a live duck onto the field
referencing Greg Chappell's run of seven consecutive
ducks.
He made 38 this innings.
Full video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95QpbTqaXNs

28. 14. Who‟s name has been blanked out ?

29. Dirk Nannes skiing career.

30. 15. Piyush Chawla turned out for Sussex Sharks during the first
Champions League tournament in 2009. His teammates gave him a
nickname X.
Chawla essentially replaced Y, who had retired earlier and is
considered as a Sussex Legend. The nickname X is actually a tribute
to Y's nickname.
What was the nickname and who was the Sussex Legend?
19.

31. Pushy.
After Mushtaq Ahmed, who was called Mushy.
A

32. 16. In a test match against New Zealand, Venkataraghavan took
12 wickets in the game. In the process, he became just the 2nd
person to achieve this record. The first did so in 1956.
•The record is now shared by 6 people. Contrary to
expectations, in 1999, X actually missed this record.
•X? Record?
15.

33. •X – Anil Kumble
•Record – Dismissing all 11 batsmen in a game.
Kumble did not dismiss Waqar Younis in any of the innings. The
first person to achieve this was Jim Laker in 1956.
A

34. 17 What is unique with the third test of the 1984-85 series
between India and England?
•It is unique for the time period between 1978 and 1994.
22.

35. Kapil Dev was dropped.
It is the only test match that he missed in his entire
career.
A.

36. 18.Arkle was an Irish
thoroughbred horse. The horse
won 27 out of the 35 races it
took part in.
•The reason this is being asked in
a cricket quiz is because a
cricketer was nicknamed „Arkle‟
for his restless presence on the
field and his ability to lap over
his Nottinghamshire teammates
during training.
•Who?
55.

37. Derek Randall
A

38. 19. Sometime last year, Pradeep Ramarathnam (aka Conga)
tweeted after an event.
“Now bring on the Raghu Ramaiah trophy”
Funda please…
25.

39. Sachin‟s Rajya Sabha nomination.
•Raghu Ramaiah Trophy is the name given to the cricket
match between Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
A.

40. 20. The blog from where I
sourced this photograph calls
it the creepiest image in
cricket history. Who is this
and why is it creepy?
26.

41. Steve Randell
A.

42. 21.This bat was made by
Gray Nicolls and given to
a cricketer for his
“legendary” batting skills.
Who is the batsman?
27.

43. B.S. Chandrashekhar
A.

44. 22. After the first time he thanked Ian Bishop, David Williams
and Ramnaresh Sarwan. The second time was when it was
brought into spotlight. There was no commotion when it
happened the third time.
•What?
28.

45. Denesh Ramdin test hundreds.
A.

46. 23. Cricketer in his new avatar. Who?
29.

47. Nathan Astle.
•He is into his 3rd season of speedway racing in New Zealand.
A.

48. 24. Hit by a spate of injuries and missing players for international
cricket, Bombay faced a formidable Karnataka side in the 1987-88
Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal. Bombay recalled this player, 7 years
after his retirement. He promptly dismissed international stars -
Binny and Viswanath to set Bombay on their way to victory. After a
wicketless quarterfinal, which Bombay lost, he retired again.
Who is the Bombay legend?
30.

49. Padmakar Shivalkar.
589 wickets in Ranji Trophy.
A

50. 25. On the left is an image from his debut match where in the first innings
he equaled a record held by X. In the second innings he equaled another
record held by Y. (These records still stand today although other people
have equaled it)
X and Y are related.
Identify him and also X and Y.

51.  Yajurvindra Singh
 On his debut, he set world records by equalling Vic
Richardson‟s (X) record for most catches in an
innings and Greg Chappell‟s (Y) record for most
catches in a test.

52.  26.
Contd.

53.  Identify the 3 people.

54.  Clive Lloyd
 Sandeep Patil
 Syed Kirmani

55.  27. Good enough to play over
50 first class games.
Remembered now as an
umpire.
 According to Wisden, “Raised
umpiring to a higher level
than had ever been known in
the history of cricket”.
 Identify.

56.  Frank Chester
 Lost his arm in World War 1. We can clearly see his
artificial arm in the image.

57. 28. Sachin Tendulkar is holding
the man of the match award for
a game that took place in
Christchurch in 2002. Why is it
different to any other man of
the match award that he has
won?

58.  He won the award for a cricket max game. The only
International cricket max game to have taken place.

59. 29. In the 2nd test between India and Australia, a shot
from David Warner was caught by X. Allan Border,
on air called it “the miracle of Hyderabad”. A few
minutes later, the giant screen at the stadium
showed no increase in the number of catches X has
taken in test cricket.
 Who is X? What happened?

60.  Merv Hughes
 He caught the ball in the stands.

61. 30. Most runs in a test series by an Indian
 Sunil Gavaskar - 774
 Sunil Gavaskar - 732
 X - 642
 Rahul Dravid - 619
 Rahul Dravid - 602
Who comes in between the 2 batting greats ?

62.  Dilip Sardesai.
 He scored 642 runs in the 1971 test series against
West Indies including the first double hundred by an
Indian abroad.

63. 31. Identify him and explain what he is doing?
20.

64. Yohan Blake, ringing the bell at Lords to indicate the
start of the day of a test match.
A.

65. 32. "Pat the dog and screw the lightbulb". What is
Paul Collingwood describing (on Twitter and
during commentary) here ?
8.

66. Bhangra.
(Monty described it like this to his teammates)