Trivia based cricket questions,made by a die hard cricket fan Debapriya Chakraborty!!!

2.  1.This is image of Jim Standen. He won County
Championship in 1964 for Worcestershire. He also won
it 1963. But why was the triumph in 1964 was special in
his career?

3.  Ans- He won the FA Cup that year too with Westham
Utd. He was the goalkeeper for them in the final. So he
had a rare double success.

4.  2. This image is from 1999 World Cup. Lance Klusener
is fielding in a group match in the shade of a tree
which is well inside the boundary. Just id the ground.

5.  Ans- VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen,The
Nederlands.
 The match was between Kenya & South Africa.
 Many would guessed it as the St. Lawrence Cricket
Ground in Canterburry. But that’s wrong.

6.  3. He played his debut Test in 1969 for Pakistan against
England in Lahore for a non cricketing reason. He was the
student’s leader. So he was selected to protect the Test
match from political disturbances. A lawyer by profession,
he came in the news again when he was fighting for
Salman Butt in spot fixing case. Id him.

7.  Ans- Aftab Gul

8. 4.He was the first professional cricketer from a
Dalit descend. Inspite of being a great bowler he
never got to play for India for his poor caste.It’s
claimed that the character Kachra in Lagaan was
influenced from him. Id him.

9.  Ans- Palwankar Baloo

10.  5. If the right & left person hold the record in Test &
ODI respectively,then who is the record holder in
T20Internationals?

11.  Ans- Sunil Dhaniram of Canada,oldest debutant in T20I.
 James Southerton(right)-in Test
 Nolan Clarke(Left)-in ODI

12.  6. X is a Cricket World Cupper. His father Mike was an
international Rugby Union player for England. It was
the rarest occasion when Mike opened the batting for
England with Arthur Milton,an international
Footballer for England(2 double internationals) in a
Test match against New Zealand in 1958. X’s own
brother-in-law is Y,a legend of their country. Id X & Y.

13.  Ans- X=Neil Smith &
Y= Olympic Gold medalist Sebastian Coe.
 Neil Smith is more famous for this image

14. 7. What unique feat did these two
bowlers achieve in Tests?

15.  Ans- Only two bowlers to bowl consecutive two overs
in Test matches.
 Alex Moir(left) & Warwick Armstrong(right).

16.  8.Name the First-Class cricketer of New Zealand who
fought & died in world War-1.He has more significant
achievement in other field. He won 4 Wimbledon & 2
Australian Open Men’s Singles Title in Tennis.

17.  Ans-Tony Wilding

18.  9. Connect…exhaustive

19.  Ans- Only two cricketers to score centuries in their
First & Last matches of their ODI career.
 Desmond Haynes & Deniss Amiss.

20.  10.Pakistan toured in UK in 2003. They played a 50
overs’ match against Scotland in that tour. The match
was played at Hamilton Crescent Ground,Glasgow on
7th June. Pakistan. Pakistan won the match narrowly
by 1 wicket. Two batsmen from Scotland scored
Golden Ducks in their innings. Ian Stanger was one of
them. The other batsman nicked to keeper Rashid
Latif in the bowling of Shabbir Ahmed. Who was he?

21.  Ans- Rahul Sharad Dravid