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Allan Border

Answer

AnswerTwo Umpires from Pakistan

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Navjot Sidhu

Navjot SidhuOne of the scoring types in cricket is

called a “Diamond Duck”. Although the definition varies from region to region, the most commonly agreed dismissal is one which is always a run out.

Navjot Sidhu was dismissed on a Diamond Duck once against Bangladesh in 1998.

What is a Diamond Duck?

Answer

AnswerGetting Out without facing a ball

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Kapil Dev

QuestionApart from Kapil Dev’s immortal knock

of 175, another prime reason for India’s victory at the 1983 World Cup was Zimbabwe’s upset victory over Australia.

Debutant X top scored for Zimbabwe with an unbeaten knock of 69, later he also took four wickets and was “Man of the Match”

Id X

Answer

AnswerDuncan Fletcher

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Merv Hughes

Question• One of the most iconic instances of the 1975 World

Cup finals was the stubborn Last wicket stand by Australia. Chasing 291, the Aussies were reduced to 233/9 when the No 10 & No 11 batsmen took charge and went on to score 41 runs.

• During the partnership, one of the batsman was caught of a no ball, the crowd invaded the pitch thinking West Indies had won, in the confusion, both the batsmen reportedly took around 17runs, but after the crowd was taken care of, they were awarded just four runs.

• As a matter of fact, Australia lost the finals by 17 runs.

• Id both the batsmen

Answer

AnswerDennis Lillee and Jeff Thompson

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Viv Richards

Question

QuestionVijay Anand Gajapathi Raju played only

3 test matches for India and scored just 33 runs. Yet he has a unique achievement in the history of Indian Cricket (Something which he achieved in 1936). What was this unique achievement?

Answer

AnswerOnly Indian Cricketer to be knighted.

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Dennis Lillee

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Question• Probir Sen represented India in 14

Test Matches, however he is best known for Stumping X in an unofficial match.

• X being a Legendary batsman who was never out stumped in his official Test Match Career.

• Id X.

Answer

AnswerSir Donald Bradman

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Syed Kirmani

QuestionHis Original Name is _____ Singh Madhavji

Thakersey. When he was taken to school for admission, the Englishman Principal asked what the name meant, to which the little boy responded by mentioning their profession, thus the profession became his second name from then.

____X still remains the oldest Indian batsman to score a century in test cricket.

Id XPS: No relation whatsoever with Syed Kirmani

apart from the fact that they both played for India

Answer

Vijay Merchant

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Clive Rice

Question• In this list of a particular individual

ODI record, Clive Rice is at the 10th Position.

• At No 1 is a Barbados born Cricketer (Pic in next slide).

• The top most ranked Indian in this list is Farookh Engineer.

• Id the Barbados born Cricketer• What is this list all about?

Question

Answer

AnswerNolan Clarke, Oldest Cricketers to

make debut in ODIs

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Richard Hadlee

Richard Hadlee• Richard Hadlee’s family once boasted

of 5 people to have played Cricket for the national side. Father Walter, brothers Dayle and Barry and Richard himself. Name the fifth.

Answer

AnswerKaren Hadlee (First Wife of Richard

Hadlee)

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Ian Botham

Ian Botham• Ian Botham in an interview once said “Pakistan is

the kind of place every man should send __________, all expense paid”

• In his autobiography Botham states that the remark was made in pure jest but people from Pakistan didn’t find anything funny in it.

• The staff of the Hilton Hotel in Lahore where the England team were staying in threatened to go on a strike, the Pakistani Solicitors working for Botham refused to write for him.

• Botham was fined 1000 Pounds for his statement.• What was this controversial statement by Botham?

Answer

AnswerHis Mother in Law

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Sunil Gavaskar

Question• Sunil Gavaskar’s Opening Partner Chetan

Chauhan is No 2 in the list of most runs scored in a test career without scoring a century with 2084 runs scored in 68 Innings of the 40 test matches he has played in. (With the highest score of 97)

• No 1 in this list a player who has scored 3154 runs in 199 innings of the 145 test matches he has played in. (With the highest score of 99).

• Id this cricketer

Answer

AnswerShane Warne

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Chetan Sharma

Question• What makes the following event one

of its kind in ODI Cricket History?

Answer

AnswerHattrick in One’s Last Match

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Nathan Astle

Question• On Feb 2002 at Wellington, an ODI was

played between New Zealand and England. • NZ scored 244 and England were bowled out

for 89 in this insignificant match.• The match is best known for its innings break

when a movie director entered the ground with his microphone and asked the spectators to make some howling and roaring sounds from the stands, which he captured.

• Later these recordings were edited, mixed and used in the battle sequence of the movie.

• Id the movie.

Answer

AnswerLord of the Rings

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Bishen Singh Bedi

Question• Apart from the contrary belief, this

happened in the Indian Cricket team only once in a test match against England at Birmingham in 1967.

• India lost this particular match by 132 runs and also lost the three match series 3-0.

• What was so special about this match?• Scoreboard in next slide.

Answer

AnswerThe Only Match the Indian Spin

Quartet played together

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Geoffrey Boycott

Question• X’s Records that stand even today:• Most First Class Runs• Most First Class Hundreds• Most First Class Fifties• Most Runs after the Age of 40• Most Hundreds after the Age of 40• And so on.• X finds a brief mention in an Oscar

Winning Movie• Id X

Question

Answer

AnswerVideo

AnswerJack Hobbs

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Jeffery Dujon

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Question• X is a former West Indian fast bowler,

best known for being the first person to take seven wickets in an innings of a One Day International (7-51). A feat which he achieved in the 1983 World Cup.

• After an accident in 1998, X became a tetraplegic and today lives a life a tough life.

• Id X.

Answer

AnswerWinston Davis

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Graham Gooch

Question• X is a former all rounder who represented

England and is also a former captain. • After quitting cricket owing to injuries, X

became the first English Cricketer to become a Professional Boxer in 2012 (A bout which he won)

• Later he also tried his hand at Mixed Martial Arts, here had to be satisfied with a draw.

• Id X

Answer

Answer

Answer

IS NOT THE ANSWER

Answer

Answer

Adam Hollioake

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Jack Russell

Question• The Cricket team X was the brain child of the

Scottish Author and dramatist Y.• One of the first celebrity Cricket teams in the

world, many notable personalities like Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, HG Wells, PG Woodhouse, G.K. Chesterton, etc have played for this team

• The name X was mistakenly thought to mean “Heaven Help Us” but originally it meant “God is Great”, the name of Y too was cleverly concealed in X.

• Id X & Y (Pics in next slide)

Question

Question

Answer

AnswerX: AllahakbarriesY: Sir JM Barrie

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Anil Kumble

Question

Question• X is a cricketing term used to describe

a highly turning pitch, popularized by commentators.

• X is named after a very commonly used laboratory equipment invented by German Scientist Robert Wilhelm X.

• The only logic behind having it as a cricket term is because of the rhyming of the laboratory equipment.

• What is this term X?

Answer

AnswerBunsen (Bunsen Burner rhymed with

Turner)

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Courtney Walsh

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Question• Leslie Hylton was a West Indian fast

bowler who played Six Tests and 40 First Class matches.

• Despite of being a talented bowler, Hylton never came back to the West Indian side after being dropped the first time.

• Today Hylton is known only for the wrong reasons and for being only one in his kind.

• Why exactly is Hylton famous?

Answer

AnswerOnly Cricketer to be given a death

penalty.Hylton was hanged for the murder of

his wife.

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WG Grace

Question• This Cricketing Term is believed to have

created by a newspaper which reported Prince of Wales’ (future King Edward VII) performance in a cricket match on 17th July 1866.

• The term is still in use today, although the shortened version of the one mentioned by the newspaper.

• WG Grace had his share of this term only twice in his International Test Career.

• What is the term?

Answer

AnswerDuck (The original term was Duck’s

Egg)

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Anjum Chopra

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Question• Susan Itticherian is a retired Indian

bowler from Tamil Nadu who represented India in 7 Test Matches and 2 ODIs.

• She is back in news owing to the presence of another cricketer in the family.

• What is the news all about?

Answer

Answer

Mother in Law of Dinesh Karthik

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Sir Garfield Sobers

Question• Garry Sobers in his autobiography has

mentioned about being cheated in a Toss by an Indian Captain.

• According to Sobers, it was he who won the toss. He told the Indian captain that he would be back after a short discussion with his team whether to bat or ball, but before Sobers could be back, the Indian Captain declared everywhere that India had won the toss and would be batting first.

• Id the Indian Captain.

Answer

Answer• Ajit Wadekar

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John Wright

Question• X is a film personality who is an ardent

cricket fan and also played cricket at school.• Two of X’s Cousins have been Captains of

an International Team.• X has been a guest commentator once in an

International Cricket match and has also captained the Australian Team (Which also consisted Steve Waugh) against the English team in “Hollywood Ashes”.

• Identify this Academy Award Winning Film Personality.

Answer

Answer• Russell Crowe

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