Champions Trophy Cricket Quiz

11 Questions, some simple, others not-so-simple! Answer 'em all ASAP, I will be out with the answers in a coupla days time!

Here goes the first one...

1. Whose brainchild was the Champions Trophy (then known as the ICC Mini World Cup)?

2. In the first 4 editions of the Champions Trophy, 2 Indian batsmen have top scored the Runs columns, where as 1 Indian bowler has top scored the wickets column for that Tournament. Name them.

3. One of the closest matches that happened at the Champions Trophy was the first ever played in 1998, between NZ and Zimbabwe, when Harris hit a boundary off the last delivery to win it for the Kiwis. Who was the bowler, and how many runs were needed at the beginning of the over?

4. Who is the only cricketer in the History of the CT to have scored a ton and take 4 wickets in the same match?

5. What is the highest Team Score in the CT, by a team against a Test playing nation in the first 4 CTs?

6. In the current edition of the CT, i.e. the 5th one, whose record did Fervez Mahroof break to record the best bowling analysis in the CT?

7. Name the Man of the Series in the 2002 CT which was shared by India and SL?

8. Looking at the CT 2006 crowd turnout, who said the following, “This [poor crowd turnout] makes me wonder if cricket is a religion in India? Let me rephrase it then: it's Indian cricket that is a religion in India”?

9. Connect the following: Bruce Reid, Kapil Dev, Danny Morrison and Jerome Taylor?

10. How many runs did Yuvraj Singh score in his first CT match, which incidentally was his ODI debut as well?

11. What do the following players have in common vis-à-vis the first 4 CTs played, R. Sarwan, M. Vaughan, V. Sehwag, A.De. Silva, S. Ganguly, S. O’Connor, J. Kallis and M. Dillon?

For answers, I will be back in 2-3 days...!

The Opening Overs...!

With the kind of cricket following we have in this country, it would be really unfair if I did not open this blog with the same. So here goes my first delivery with the new ball...

* What is common to Murlitharan's Test Debut, Lasith Malinga, Lindsay Hassett and me?!

Well, not that I expect too many people to pick this away to the boundary, but I can assure you of better cricket quizzes in the future for sure. The answer to this one is 28th August, which is the birth date of Malinga, Hassett and urs truly, and also the date that Murli played his first Test on!
Alrite, b4 I get another set of brickbats, lemme reiterate, no more of such wide deliveries...things will only get better from here! Talking about myself, will be brief, the below is a brief about my personal stats...

Name:- Suneer S. Chowdhary (though I would have really wished it was Rahul Dravid or a Steve Waugh!)
DoB:- Mentioned above!
Currently doing:- an MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai
Would have wished to be doing:- either captaining India in the Cricket World Cup 2007, or sharing the commentary box with Tony and Ian...!
Other Interests(other than Cricket that is):- aah....hmmmmm...(lemme think!)
Favourite Batsmen:- Rahul Dravid, Steve Waugh(for their sheer grit, determination, and ability to overcome all odds and succeed)...amongst the bang boom variety, I like Sehwag's style(whatever the critics gotta say about this guy, we need people with his attitude in the team). Favourite Bowlers:- Curtly Ambrose, Shane Warne(even if you include all his eccentricities off the field!), Murli(with him bowling, one can be rest assured something's gonna happen, same is the case with Warne for that matter!)
Favourite Fielders:- No list would be complete without Jonty Rhodes, but I also liked Nasser Hussain(a very under rated fielder), Gibbs(Jonty's legacy passed on...), Yuvraj and Kaif(personally I believe that Kaif is a better fielder than Yuvi, but for Yuvi's flamboyance in the field!)
Favourite ODIs:- Would be hard not to include the Natwest Final between India and England, and the India vs Pakistan match in Dhanka where we chased a 300+ target in fading lights, but my all time favourites for the sheer entertainment generated, would be the 2 SA-Aussie matches, the tied match at the 1999 WC and the Jo'burg ODI where SA chased a mammoth 400+, once a life time phenomonenons!
Favourite Tests:- The Laxman Test Match(Kolkata, where India won after following on against the Aussies), and another India-Australia match at Wankhede, where the World Champions failed o chase a target of 100 odd. I was at the stadium for all the three days, and the atmosphere was just electrifying, had to be there to believe it!

Comments and respective Favourites are welcome !

The Toss...!

This blog is all about Cricket, about me and Cricket, about my thoughts about Cricket and the various issues surrounding it. Cricket Quizzes will also form a major portion of the blog(like a Sehwag's century normally does!)...!

Basically, this one is for all the Cricket Fans n Fanatics!