Cricket quiz prelims

Cricket quiz organised by IIT Jodhpur Quiz Club in Spandan 2019

1. Spandan 2019 Presents Khelo Frontfoot Pe THE CRICKET QUIZ Hosted by- Pravar Joshi 20 January 2019 LHB 308 11 AM Time to Test your cricketing ego

2. About the prelims There are 20 questions, each carrying 1 point. Top 6 teams will qualify for the next round. 5 questions are star marked. In case of a tie-break situation, the team with more number of star marked questions answered correctly will qualify for the next round. Hints will only be provided(in some questions) if no team objects to giving hints.

3. This stadium has hosted 2 ODI matches. India lost to Zimbabwe in one of those matches while defeated West Indies in the other. Zaheer Khan made the Indian record of scoring most runs in a single over in one- dayers at this venue. Which stadium in Rajasthan is this? 1.

4. Zebra, racoon have a special place in the world of cricket. Which other animal is also a part of this list? 2*.

5. In June 2018, BCCI named her as the Best Women's International Cricketer. In December 2018, ICC awarded her with the Rachael Heyhoe -Flint Award for the best female cricketer of the year. She was also named the ODI Player of the Year by the ICC at the same time. Oh My God-Who is she??? 3.

6. 4. Following is the list of the IPL teams in order in which this Indian player has played. Who is he?

7. Danielle Nicole Wyatt (born 22 April 1991), is an English international cricketer and plays for the England women's team. She made her debut for the England women's team against Indian women's team in Mumbai on 1 March 2010. On April 4 2014, she did a very comical and stupid thing which was related to a very famous Indian cricketer who was playing against England at that time. What did she do? 5*.

8. Utterly… butterly …delicious!! What is this Amul ad talking about? 6.

9. Jim Laker Terry Alderman Rodney Hogg Terry Alderman Shane Warne Sir Alec Bedser Dennis Lillee Maurice Tate Mitchell Johnson These are the starting entries of which elite list of players? 7.

10. 8. Who is the bowler in this clipping?? ( atleast his surname)

11. The innovation was conceived by Bronte EcKermann , an Australian mechanical industrial designer. It was first tried out in a club game in Adelaide. Once Cricket Australia was convinced about using it, it was decided that it would be used in the 2012 edition of the Big Bash League in Australia. What innovation? 9.

12. "It is a very spiritual country, very forward-thinking nation. I really like that combination. You have to have a good balance of life. With the name like India, she will have the best of both worlds and that sort of balance.“ Who is this cricketer who named his daughter ‘India’? 10*.

13. This incident was one of the first publicised 'doctoring' (using unfair means to enhance the swing or seam abilities) of the cricket ball by a bowler, when it was alleged ‘ Y ’ rubbed ‘X’ onto one side of the ball so it would swing better. Identify X and Y. 11.

14. Identify the person on the right. 12.

15. According to ‘ X ’, “We loved him(‘ Y ’) from the minute we saw his approach and enthusiasm. There was a bit of ‘boy wonder’ in him so we gave him a longer leash than most, but his lack of discipline was a problem because it sometimes led the younger guys down the wrong path.” X called Y ‘Rockstar’ and they were in the same IPL team(Rajasthan Royals) in 2008. Identify X and Y . 13.

16. The following is an image of the Pink Day Test match hosted at this stadium in the memory of the wife of a player who is native to the city in which this stadium is. Identify the player and the stadium. 14.

17. He is a world cup winner. He has the record for playing the most number of ODI innings before being dismissed for a duck. He is in the ICC list of elite umpires. Who is he? 15.

18. "When I was batting, there were some_______ on the crease, so I chucked one off the wicket," he said. "When I played the next ball there were again some _______on the wicket. So obviously there was someone throwing it on the wicket, which I didn't like.” This incident took place in India tour of England 2007. Fill in the blanks. 16.

19. Edgbaston 2011 – X drops Alastair Cook – Cook scores 294 Sydney 2012 – X drops Y – Y scores 329* Wellington 2014 – X drops Brendon McCullum and he scores 302. Identify X and Y. 17.

20. What is the name of the tactics that this picture is showing? 18.

21. He was the first person to have been called ‘The little master’. He has played the longest test innings when played for 16 hours. He is known to have played the slowest test innings when he scored 20 off 223 balls at a strike rate of 8.97. Whom are we talking about? 19*.

22. As absurd as it might sound when reading for the very first time, a Pakistani batsman has pulled out of the series against South Africa citing reasons of a very strange thing. This is a very recent news. Name the batsman and the strange thing. 20*.

23. ANSWERS

24. This stadium has hosted 2 ODI matches. India lost to Zimbabwe in one of those matches while defeated West Indies in the other. Zaheer Khan made the Indian record of scoring most runs in a single over in one- dayers at this venue. Which stadium in Rajasthan is this? 1.

25. Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur

26. Zebra, racoon have a special place in the world of cricket. Which other animal is also a part of this list? 2*.

27. Elephant

28. In June 2018, BCCI named her as the Best Women's International Cricketer. In December 2018, ICC awarded her with the Rachael Heyhoe -Flint Award for the best female cricketer of the year. She was also named the ODI Player of the Year by the ICC at the same time. Oh My God-Who is she??? 3.

29. Smriti Mandhana

30. 4. Following is the list of the IPL teams in order in which this Indian player has played. Who is he?

31. Dinesh Kartik

32. Danielle Nicole Wyatt (born 22 April 1991), is an English international cricketer and plays for the England women's team. She made her debut for the England women's team against Indian women's team in Mumbai on 1 March 2010. On April 4 2014, she did a very comical and stupid thing which was related to a very famous Indian cricketer who was playing against England at that time. What did she do? 5*.

33. Utterly… butterly …delicious!! What is this Amul ad talking about? 6.

34. Rishab Pant-Tim Paine’s kids’ babysitter!!

35. Jim Laker Terry Alderman Rodney Hogg Terry Alderman Shane Warne Sir Alec Bedser Dennis Lillee Maurice Tate Mitchell Johnson These are the starting entries of which elite list of players? 7.

36. Most wickets in an Ashes series

37. 8. Who is the bowler in this clipping?? ( atleast his surname)

38. Trevor Chappell

39. The innovation was conceived by Bronte EcKermann , an Australian mechanical industrial designer. It was first tried out in a club game in Adelaide. Once Cricket Australia was convinced about using it, it was decided that it would be used in the 2012 edition of the Big Bash League in Australia. What innovation? 9.

40. LED Stumps

41. "It is a very spiritual country, very forward-thinking nation. I really like that combination. You have to have a good balance of life. With the name like India, she will have the best of both worlds and that sort of balance.“ Who is this cricketer who named his daughter ‘India’? 10*.

42. Jonty Rhodes

43. This incident was one of the first publicised 'doctoring' (using unfair means to enhance the swing or seam abilities) of the cricket ball by a bowler, when it was alleged ‘ Y ’ rubbed ‘X’ onto one side of the ball so it would swing better. Identify X and Y. 11.

44. X: Vaseline Y: John Lever

45. Identify the person on the right. 12.

46. Sudhir Gautam or Sudhir Chaudhary

47. According to ‘ X ’, “We loved him(‘ Y ’) from the minute we saw his approach and enthusiasm. There was a bit of ‘boy wonder’ in him so we gave him a longer leash than most, but his lack of discipline was a problem because it sometimes led the younger guys down the wrong path.” X called Y ‘Rockstar’ and they were in the same IPL team(Rajasthan Royals) in 2008. Identify X and Y . 13.

48. X: Shane Warne Y: Ravindra Jadeja

49. The following is an image of the Pink Day Test match hosted at this stadium in the memory of the wife of a player who is native to the city in which this stadium is. Identify the player and the stadium. 14.

50. Player: Glen McGrath Stadium: SCG

51. He is a world cup winner. He has the record for playing the most number of ODI innings before being dismissed for a duck. He is in the ICC list of elite umpires. Who is he? 15.

52. Kumar Dharmasena

53. "When I was batting, there were some_______ on the crease, so I chucked one off the wicket," he said. "When I played the next ball there were again some _______on the wicket. So obviously there was someone throwing it on the wicket, which I didn't like.” This incident took place in India tour of England 2007. Fill in the blanks. 16.

54. Jelly beans

55. Edgbaston 2011 – X drops Alastair Cook – Cook scores 294 Sydney 2012 – X drops Y – Y scores 329* Wellington 2014 – X drops Brendon McCullum and he scores 302. Identify X and Y. 17.

56. X: Ishant Sharma Y: Michael Clarke

57. What is the name of the tactics that this picture is showing? 18.

58. Bodyline tactics.

59. He was the first person to have been called ‘The little master’. He has played the longest test innings when played for 16 hours. He is known to have played the slowest test innings when he scored 20 off 223 balls at a strike rate of 8.97. Whom are we talking about? 19*.

60. Hanif Mohammad

61. As absurd as it might sound when reading for the very first time, a Pakistani batsman has pulled out of the series against South Africa citing reasons of a very strange thing. This is a very recent news. Name the batsman and the strange thing. 20*.

62. Batsman: Haris Sohail Reason: He was under spell of black magic!