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Audience
Question
During the last IPL season, X shocked Y during
a post match interview.

Y told X, your dad named you well. To which
X promptly replied, Actually, I was named
after you.

Identify X and Y.
Audience
Question
Answer
Audience
Question
Sunil Gavaskar and Sunil Narine
Cr i cket i ng Ni cknames
1) All eight questions are visual in nature.

2) Every answer is the name of an international
cricketer.

3) 5 points for every correct answer.

4) A 5 point bonus goes to the team(s) with the most
correct answers.

1
This man, a former NBA player, is widely considered to be
one of the greatest ever to have played in another league.
Xs coach, during his younger days, thought that they
looked similar.
2
The guy in the middle was universally known by a
nickname. What you see is what you get.
3
Sitter who is nicknamed
after this legend?
4
Which underappreciated genius (in
my opinion, at least) gets his
nickname from this character?
5
Probably the only international cricketer
to be nicknamed after a Cluedo
character. Full name, please.
6
And, for the first
time in a
cricket quiz
7
8
Which cricketer, with a nose to match
Cleopatra's, is nicknamed after -
Answers
1
This man, a former NBA player, is widely considered to be
one of the greatest ever to have played in another league.
Xs coach, during his younger days, thought that they
looked similar.
1
Andrew Roy Symonds; after Leroy Loggins.

2
The guy in the middle was universally known by a
nickname. What you see is what you get.
2
Tich Freeman; Tich being a generic British
slang for anyone who is tiny.
3
Sitter who is nicknamed
after this legend?
3
Andrew Freddie Flintoff; after Fred Flintstone.
4
Which underappreciated genius (in
my opinion, at least) gets his
nickname from this character?
4
Eddie Bunter Barlow; after Billy Bunter.
5
Probably the only international cricketer
to be nicknamed after a Cluedo
character. Full name, please.
5
Phil Colonel Mustard; after Colonel Mustard.
6
And, for the first
time in a
cricket quiz
6
Scott Miley Styris; after Miley Cyrus

7
7
Vivian Smokin' Joe Richards; after Joe Frazier.

8
Which cricketer, with a nose to match
Cleopatra's, is nicknamed after -
8
Bill the Phantom Lawry; after the Phantom.

I nf i ni te Pounce
( Cl ockwi se)
1) Fourteen questions, each one for 10 points.

2) On the pounce, a correct answer fetches +10,
but a wrong one gets you -10. You can pounce
on your direct question.

3) In case no one answers a question (or
everyone pounces), the next direct goes to the
same team.


4) A 5 point bonus goes to the team(s) with the most
correct answers.

1
Matthew Hayden at Hamilton in 2007.
Sachin Tendulkar at ______ 2009.
Robin Smith at Birmingham in 1993.
Tillakaratne Dilshan at ______ in 2012.
Kevin OBrien at Nairobi in 2007.


These are some of the instances of a record
for various countries. Who holds the world
record? And what record is it?
Answer
1
Charles Coventry. Highest score in a losing cause.
2

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This is an excerpt, by X, from the foreword to a
famous cricket book.

Cricketers are supposed to be simple, even
gung-ho, in sexual matters as in everything
else. And yet cricket and most cricketers
has its dark secrets, its skeletons.

a) Name X, the person who wrote the
foreword. [5]

b) Name the book. Maybe I will be generous
with the title... [5]
Answer
2
Peter Roebuck

3
Having had to wait till the age of 32 before he
debuted in Tests, X found instant success
when he did. He reached 100 wickets in 28
Tests, just behind Grimmett and Ajmal
amongst all 30+ year old debutants.

X's son, Y, made a name as one of the best
English T20 bowlers before his career
stagnated in 2008 and he was out of all major
cricket....until he made an unexpected
appearance for Royal Challengers Bangalore in
2010. Identify X and Y.
Answer
3
Dilip Doshi and Nayan Doshi.
4
Leptospermum scoparium is a tree native
to Australia and New Zealand that is
often called tea tree, because Captain
Cook used the leaves to brew an
infusion. Its Maori name, normally the
word for it in both Australia and NZ,
lends its name to a cricket ground.

Which ground?

[Pic of the tree in the following slide.]
3
Answer
4
Manuka Oval, Canberra
5
In 2001, the ICC made it mandatory for
all Test umpires to be from neutral
nations. Who was the last umpire
to have been officially nominated
(ignore emergencies where the
Third Umpire had to step in) to
umpire a Test in his home nation?

And which Test? [No part points.]
Answer
5
Ian Gould. During one of the rare neutral
Tests.


Pakistan vs. Australia
at Leeds, in 2010.
6
Only two post-World War II bowlers
classified as chinaman bowlers
have taken 10fors. One is
obviously Paul Adams, so who is
the other?

[Ignore bowlers like Johnny
Wardle, who used a canny mix of
orthodox and wrist spin.]
Answer
6
Michael Bevan; against West Indies, in
1997.
7
In March 2012, Calcutta University
announced that it would be awarding
a posthumous degree to Bina Das
(along with one to Pritilata
Waddedar). Bina Das was denied her
degree due to a 1932 event.

You find her story in many history
schoolbooks, but why does she
feature in a cricket quiz?
Answer
7
She was the person
who shot at
Stanley Jackson,
the Governor of
Bengal; although
he escaped
unhurt.
8
Lines written by Rudyard Kipling:
Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro,
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
The poor little street-bred people that vapour and fume and brag,
They are lifting their heads in the stillness to yelp at the English Flag!


The modified version of the blanked out line is one of the
most quoted lines in the game. What?
Answer
8
What do they know of cricket who only
cricket know?
9
I haven't been on _____ yet, so I can't really tell you.

This was the sarcastic reply given by an
Australian selector when questioned about the
team line up during Ashes 2009. It was a
reference to a bizarre controversy that surely
happened for the first time in international cricket.

a) Name the selector, who shares his last name with
the cricketer involved. [5]

b) What was the issue? [5]
Answer
9
Merv Hughes was the selector. Phil Hughes's Twitter
feed announced his dropping from the side, which
revealed some plans and left the Australians
furious.
10
The man pictured here, X, is the holder of a record
that he created during his Test career, which
lasted between 1983 and 1990.

He was in the news
throughout the summer of
2011, as Y equalled it and
finally broke it in April 2012.

However, currently X is the
sole owner of the record
yet again. X and Y, please.
Answer
10
X = Eldine Baptiste; Y = Tim Bresnan. Baptiste
holds The record for a 100% career Test record;
he played 10 Tests and won all of them.
11
The Player of the Tournament trophy
at the Hong Kong Sixes is named
after a person who isn't a cricket
legend, by any means.

He played just 2 Tests and 20
ODIs for his country, with moderate
success, but spent some time
growing up in Hong Kong. Who is
this cricketer?
Answer
11
Ben Hollioake
12
X played under the captaincy of Y in the
2006 U19 World Cup. By the time Y
finally made his international debut, in
August 2012, X and Y were playing for
different national teams.

In an ironic twist of fate, Y removed X
with just his third ball in international
cricket.

Identify the Once Brothers.
Answer
12
X = Craig Kieswetter; Y = Dean Elgar
13
England's legendary glovesman Godfrey
Evans found employment in another field
after his retirement.

But an infamous mistake during his
subsiquent career left him and his director,
Ron Pollard, red faced as the company
lost 15,000. It was unexpected, as
something hadn't happened since 1894.

What was Godfrey Evans's mistake?
Answer
13
Godfrey Evans was the cricket expert for
Ladbrokes during the 1981 Ashes;
hence the 500-1 was his doing.
14
Amongst Indians, who makes this list
exhaustive, with respect to a 1983 feat.







Also identify both the cricketers shown
here.
Answer
14
Balwinder Sandhu. The great spoilsports of Indian
bowling the people who took one wicket every
time a bowler finished on a 9for.

The other two are Vasant Ranjane
and Chandu Borde.
Li st I t
1) There are nine possible answers to the statement
that will soon be given.

2) Each correct answer gets you 3 points.

3) A 3 point bonus goes to the team(s) that get ALL
nine correct.

There are 9 Test cricketers with the
last name of Patel. Name all of them.
Answers
Answers

Jasu Patel
Brijesh Patel
Rashid Patel
Parthiv Patel
Munaf Patel

Deepak Patel
Jeetan Patel


Min Patel
Samit Patel
India
New Zealand England
I nf i ni te Pounce
( Ant i cl ockwi se)
1
Although the stat was mostly ignored by
the mainstream media, keen eyed cricket
fans were quick to point
out that Jonathan Trott
had broken this
gentlemans 48 year old
Record in the Auckland
Test of this year.

Identify and explain, please.
Answer
1
Vijay Manjrekar, who earlier held the record
for most Test runs without hitting a six.
2
The gentleman on the left is David Coltart, a
prominent human rights activist. Although cricket
fans worldwide dont immediately associate him with
it, he was behind something that will forever be
remembered in World Cup history. What did he do?
Answer
2
He gave the idea (at least partially) for the
black armband protest
that effectively ended
the careers of Flower
and Olonga.

[In case people missed it,
thats Mugabe on the right,
in the previous slide.]
3
This was the match was when X debuted for Ireland
as one of their first ever overseas players.

[Scorecard follows.]

In fact, people still talk of X's legendary exploits in
Irish club cricket in the 1980s, where he was so
succesful that they ended up banning overseas
players in Section 2 cricket! Identify this player, who
humorously self-styled himself as the Don of
Dhaka.



3
Answer
3
Raman Lamba
4
One on the wandering Twenty20 players

The first person to have scored three T20
hundreds in the various leagues that have
mushroomed across the world, was ironically,
a man who never played single international
T20.

Besides playing in three officially sanctioned
leagues, he also gained fame in India for
winning the Player of the Tournament award
during the inaugural ICL season. Who is this
T20 legend?
Answer
4
Ian Harvey
5
Many a Australian batting prodigy of the
post-war era has been hailed as the "New
Bradman". But this New Bradman (X), a
fantastic batsman in his own right, was
dropped for good just at the age of 28
despite averaging 45.55.

In 1963, in another part of the world, Y's
parents thought of a very cheeky way to
name him after X, and he went on to play 9
Tests in the 1980s. Identify X and Y.

X and Y, please.

Answer
5
Norm ONeill. Anil Dalpats parents were the
geniuses who realized that the perfectly acceptable
Subcontinental name Anil sounds like ONeill.
6
Identify this cricketer, who holds the record
for most runs conceded in an innings.

In the modern era, he is
often mentioned in
cricketing culture because
he lends his name to
one of the most popular
video blogs on cricket.
Answer
6
7
No batsman has ever scored four
consecutive ODI 100s. But X came
heartbreakingly close to it at the
Willowmoore Park in 2002. He was on
96* with 6 runs required to win, when
Y bowled 5 wides and X was ultimately
stranded on 97*.

Identify X and this ultimate killjoy.

























Answer
7
Herschelle Gibbs and Alok Kapali.
Di f ferenti al Scori ng
Ten written questions. The points that you
score depend on the number of teams that
get a question correct.


1/2 teams with the correct answer = 20 points.
3/4 teams with the correct answer = 15 points.
5/6 teams with the correct answer = 10 points.
7/8 teams with the correct answer = 5 points.

1
In September 2002, X was named to play
for Border against Free State in East
London. A farce ensued because he
was playing in the Champions Trophy
in Sri Lanka and wasn't even in the
city when the match started!

What happened as a result of this has
been a favourite in sports quizzing
connects. Identify X and explain.
2
The Guardian did something unique by
publishing, in book form, the complete
over-by-over online
commentary for a
series. The title is a
reference to at least one
of William the Conqueror
and Arthur Mailey.

But why the 766?
3
Identify this cricketer who has been breaking
a few barriers
recently, and credits
Bishan Singh Bedi
for his rise.
4
Chris Gayle, with his innings of 63*
against Sri Lanka in June 2009, became
the only person in international T20 cricket
to do what?

5
One of the cult heroes of cricket, but
a fine Test batsman, too.
6
Although Rest Days had long been
considered unnecessary in
England (thanks to people realising
how much money could be made),
they made sporadic appearances
at one Sunday per summer in
Tests held in July, till 1996.

Why?
7
There are just 8 instances of this. 7 were by the
people shown here. Who did it the one other time,
and what did he do?

Colin Cowdrey
Javed Miandad
Gordon Greenidge
Alec Stewart
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Ricky Ponting
Graeme Smith

8
One of the most memorable ODI matches
between Pakistan and India was played
on 30th September, 1997. It was marred
by crowd trouble as Indian players were
frequently pelted by stones, and the
Pakistan innings was called off in the
48th over.

But with 8 runs required from the last
over of the Indian chase, who hit a six
off Saqlain Mushtaq to ensure the win?
9
In May 2011, this match from the Lincolnshire
Premier League made it to national papers in
England.

It would have been unremarkable for most
cricket followers (not many of us follow the
LPL), had it not been for the innings of 128,
which is considered to be a worldwide first.

Identify the player. [The scorecard follows.]

9
10
Unofficial as it was, X will go down in
history as the first Indian to score a Test
ton, with his 148 in a 1926 Test
against the MCC at Bombay.

Unfortunately when India finally played
its first official Test in 1932, X, now all
of 40 but showing no signs of slowing
down, was considered too old to tour
and he missed out on a Test cap that
was probably deserved.
Answers
1
In September 2002, X was named to play
for Border against Free State in East
London. A farce ensued because he
was playing in the Champions Trophy
in Sri Lanka and wasn't even in the
city when the match started!

What happened as a result of this has
been a favourite in sports quizzing
connects. Identify X and explain.
1
Vasbert Drakes is dismissed Timed Out.
2
The Guardian did something unique by
publishing, in book form, the complete
over-by-over online
commentary for a
series. The title is a
reference to at least one
of William the Conqueror
and Arthur Mailey.

But why the 766?
2
Runs scored by Alastair Cook in Ashes 2010/11.
3
Identify this cricketer who has been breaking
a few barriers
recently, and credits
Bishan Singh Bedi
for his rise.
3
Parvez Rasool
4
Chris Gayle, with his innings of 63*
against Sri Lanka in June 2009, became
the only person in international T20
cricket to do what?

4
That is the only instance of a player
carrying the bat in international T20.
5
One of the cult heroes of cricket, but
a fine Test batsman, too.
5
Colin Bland
6
Although Rest Days had long been
considered unnecessary in
England (thanks to people realising
how much money could be made),
they made sporadic appearances
at one Sunday per summer in
Tests held in July, till 1996.

Why?
6
Mens finals of the Championships.
7
There are just 8 instances of this. 7 were by the
people shown here. Who did it the one other time,
and what did he do?

Colin Cowdrey
Javed Miandad
Gordon Greenidge
Alec Stewart
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Ricky Ponting
Graeme Smith

7
Ricky Ponting yet again. Those are people
who have scored 100s in their 100
th
Test, and
Punter did it twice.
8
One of the most memorable ODI matches
between Pakistan and India was played
on 30th September, 1997. It was marred
by crowd trouble as Indian players were
frequently pelted by stones, and the
Pakistan innings was called off in the
48th over.

But with 8 runs required from the last
over of the Indian chase, who hit a six
off Saqlain Mushtaq to ensure the win?
8
Rajesh Chauhan
9
In May 2011, this match from the Lincolnshire
Premier League made it to national papers in
England.

It would have been unremarkable for most
cricket followers (not many of us follow the
LPL), had it not been for the innings of 128,
which is considered to be a worldwide first.

Identify the player. [The scorecard follows.]

9
9
Arran Brindle; who is considered to be the only woman
to have scored a 100 in mens semipro cricket.
10
Unofficial as it was, X will go down in
history as the first Indian to score a Test
ton, with his 148 in a 1926 Test
against the MCC at Bombay.

Unfortunately when India finally played
its first official Test in 1932, X, now all
of 40 but showing no signs of slowing
down, was considered too old to tour
and he missed out on a Test cap that
was probably deserved.
D. B. Deodhar
I nf i ni te Pounce
( Ant i c l oc kwi s e - Cont i nued)
AUDI ENCE
QUESTI ON
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Audience
Question
8
A historic moment. Just explain what happens
next

The constant speculation, criticism and innuendo
by former players and section of the media over
the past four-five years have finally taken their toll.
It is in the interest of the team

A voice in the background says, "I think the spelling
is right. In the interest of the team
Answer
8
Kim Hughes breaks down during his resignation
Speech and Bob Merriman
completes it for him.