Tuesday, October 24, 2006

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...!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey sirjee..ur quizin is too high funduu...apne toh baouncer gayee....lolz.but nehow certainly proves ur expertise.....in cricket ke recordss...one peice of advice...why dnt u join the panel wid mandira..in extra iniingss...hahha....
keep goinn
prateeksha

Puneet said...

1. Dalmiya ?

2. Ganguly and Sehwag were the batsmen. Bowler ... Kumble was it ?

3. 12 runs needed. Neil Johnson got hit by Harris.Cover driven ..

4. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

5.

6. Murali .. has to be. Dunno against whom though ..

7. Virender Sehwag

8. Sanjay Manjrekar ?

9. Hatrick .. Some sort of a hatrick .. Morrison took it against India I remember.Dunno abt the rest. But yes... A hatrick is the connection.

10.Didn't get to bat against Kenya, his 1st match.

11. M.O.M. in their first CT match ?

Anonymous said...

1. jagmohan dalmiya

2.sourav ganguly, virendar sehwag, zaheer khan

3.dont remember

4.sachin ramesh tendulkar... ind v aus, dhaka.

5.i guess sri lanka... just a guess..

6. chaminda vaas...

7.virendar sehwag and sanath jayasuriya... i think this was shared too....

8. tony greig?

9.all have some connection with a hat trick...

10. he scord in the 80s.. cant recall..it was 84 or 87..

11. no clue...

Anonymous said...

1.JAGMOHAN DALMIA
2.ZAHEER KHAN
3.NEIL JOHNSON (PROBBLY OR ELSE OLONGA)
4.SACHIN VS AUS AT DHAKA
5.INDIA VS AUS AT DHAKA 307
6.SHAHID AFRIDI
7.SEHWAG
8.MANJREKAR
9.
10.DIDNT GET THE CHANCE TO BAT
11.