Cricket Quiz 2023

CRICKET QUIZ
2023
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NITW

● This innings consists of 15 balls/questions per team.
● Each correct shot gives you +10 runs on the board. Depending on
how sweet the connection is, part-runs will be awarded.
● Since each ball is a free-hit, teams are requested to smack it wild
out of the park.
● The top 8 teams at the end of “The 15” will move onto the finals.
● Umpires are deployed on the field to keep an eye out for teams
breaching the “QC Code Of Conduct”, so refrain from any
scandals.
● The quiz belongs to the Umpire/QM whose decision will be final
and can’t be overturned.
LAWS OF THE GAME

X, a highly talented youngster is named after two legends of the game.
Reacting to one of the innings of X, Y said in a press conference “Watching
him bat, he hit five sixes… Maybe it was more _____ that was there. Not
sure, I hit the ball off the square at all. I couldn’t hit the ball off the square at
all. Maybe the _________ in it helped him certainly,”
ID X.
Question-1

X originally referred to an ancient port in Israel, and then a sweet,
thick-skinned orange grown near that port. X cakes are a kind of spongy
chocolate-topped cookie with orange-flavored filling. This exceptional
cricketing term common with commentators such as Ravi Shastri himself
bears a striking resemblance to a beloved treat often enjoyed during
matches and is a testament to the bowler's remarkable skill.
At the 1993 Ashes, Shane Warne‘s X was known as the ball of the century.
This particular delivery pitched to the right of the leg-stump but eventually
struck the off-stump.
ID X.
Question-2

The earliest instances of the game of cricket from 1860s saw overarm
bowling become more prominent. Teams around those times preferred an
attacking field set up to get the better of the batting side. For this the teams
usually deployed just 2 fielders near the boundary ropes and the rest were
positioned in a way to get the batsmen out easily. But as the batting teams
started to counter with an attacking stroke play, this necessitated a need
for another fielder to be deployed to the boundary line in order to prevent
the unnecessary flow of runs. Consequently, this led to the origin of the
now very common fielding position in cricket we know as ‘X’.
ID X.
Question-3

Chris Tremlett is a former English cricketer who played for his national side
as a fast bowler. He made his ODI debut for the 3 lions in 2005 in a match
against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge. For a fast bowler on his debut,
notching up 4 wickets was sure to be a memorable moment. This moment
could have been even more memorable for Tremlett had it not been for him
missing out on a hat-trick. Eyeing for a consecutive 3rd wicket to complete
a hat-trick Tremlett was unable to get Mohammad Ashraful’s scalp due to a
signiﬁcant cricketing rule preventing the batsman from almost getting
dismissed whilst denying him the classical bowlers dismissal.
ID the reason/rule which denied Tremlett his hat-trick.
Question-4

"What is in a name?", says so Shakespeare.
Though some might agree with him, but X wouldn't. Since his debut in
international cricket in 2018, his name created an uproar in media with
regards to its pronunciation. X had to appear before the media to clear the
air about it by providing valid explanations. If one were to go with his
theory, in his native Afrikaans, it would have a shack sound. But since his
emigration to his current place of residence, he decided to adopt the
simpler version which seemed apt for local conditions.
ID X.
Question-5

Rheumatoid Arthritis is chronic autoimmune disease responsible for
causing pain, swelling and loss of function in joints. Unfortunately, this
disease was the very reason which paved the way for X’s retirement
decision from the game of cricket in his early 20’s. But little was it known
then that a comeback was inbound albeit in a different way. And this time
around it was X who got the better of this disease, countering the pain it
caused with a slight modification to the conventional manner, making him
one of the most memorable and popular personalities across the field of
cricket.
ID X and his claim to fame.
Question-6

The April 19th of the year of 2006 saw a test match being played between
South Africa and New Zealand. It was a special match because it marked
the 100th test for Stephen Fleming, Jacques Kallis and a premier fast
bowler of that era X, who surprisingly has two test tons batting at number 9.
Quite appropriately the test was played in Y, in one of the newer and
quicker test venues at that time.
ID Y and the player X.
Question-7

In 1986, the Australian cricket team traveled to Chennai, India, to face the Indian
cricket team in a memorable Test match.
The highlight of the ﬁrst innings was the exceptional performance of Australian
batsman Dean Jones, who scored a brilliant double century. However, in the
fourth inning, when Australia needed just 17 runs with four wickets remaining to
secure victory, a sense of panic began to set in, reminiscent of a similar situation
26 years earlier.
A peculiar occurrence took place during this match, which has only happened
twice in the history of the game, and both times Australia was involved. Identify
the event and why is it so rare?
Question-8

X is a cricketer not very known for his fielding prowess, which is somewhat
common for players with his skillset. However some of his mistakes have
proven very costly for his team. X dropped Alastair Cook in a test match in
2011, at Edgbaston. Cook went on to score 294, narrowly missing a triple
ton. In 2012, X dropped Michael Clarke in a test match at the SCG. He went
on to score a triple hundred in this particular game. In 2014, at Wellington, X
dropped a catch of the dangerous Y, who also went on to score a triple
hundred, the first Kiwi to score one. An explicit clip of this match has been
widely circulated recently. Later on X had clarified that he was only
commenting on his performance in the video. ID X and Y.
Question-9

An area going by the address 8CJC+4PG, Industrial Area_6, Sharjah,
United Arab Emirates, now appears on Google map with an interesting
name owing to something that happened in September 2020. With
COVID-19 intrusion, the delayed tournament saw some excitement when
the two inaugural ﬁnalists indulged in a high scoring battle. It was X who
added thrill to the climax, hitting humongous shots for maximum. Although
he couldn't ﬁnish the match for his team, he gave quite a good souvenir to
someone least expected and the place received a new recognition.
ID the event/place talked about.
Question-10

Speaking about probably the most controversial dismissal of the last
century, X said : “It was an attempted bouncer that didn’t bounce, Y went to
duck under it. When he ducked down, it hit him on the ___. But from where
I was looking, I could see the stumps. I could see the bails over the top, and
I just thought that’s out. If he was standing normally, it would have hit him
on the pad. So, I still think that was out.”
Consequently, the incident is commonly referred to by a nickname that is
formed by changing one word from a common mode of dismissal in cricket.
ID the nickname.
Question-11

Under Taylor's captaincy, a pre-match ceremony was established to present
X to players. This tradition was carried on by Waugh, who added a
reﬁnement where new players would receive their X from a retired player
with a similar specialization, such as a batsman or a spin bowler.
Ponting later made a change by personally conducting the presentation
instead of involving a former player. Another tradition, initially suggested by
Steve Waugh but implemented by Taylor and continued to this day, is the
practice of all players using X during the ﬁrst session of a Test match as a
symbol of unity.
ID X.
Question-12

During Pakistan's 2nd Test match against Australia held in Adelaide in the
year of 1990, Javed Miandad decided to taunt Merv Hughes while facing
him in an over. Miandad remarked, "You should be driving buses. You are a
bus driver, too fat to be playing cricket."
However, Hughes dismissed Miandad soon after the exchange of words
and as Miandad was heading back to the pavilion, Hughes had a comeback
in his mind to deliver.
What did Hughes say to Miandad?
(It is a common phrase one encounters while travelling in a bus)
Question-13

During the Ashes of 1932-33, the English bowlers employed a rather unpleasant
tactic to stop the run machine Don Bradman and the strong Aussie batting line
up. The Australians were distressed to an extent that they lodged a formal
complaint with the MCC, only to withdraw it later. During the third test, British
bowler Larwood was about to begin his next over, with a distressed Australian
captain Woodfull at the striker’s end, when British captain Jardine halted play
and moved his ﬁelders into _________(8) positions on the leg side, which
caused immense uproar. Bill Woodfull has gone on record to say that one side
was trying to play cricket, while the other was not. It was the ﬁrst time that the
world witnessed such tactics and it has followed since. The entire series
became infamous due to these tactics.
What is this series popularly known as?
Question-14

The following incident occurred on the third day of the second Test match
between India and England in Nottingham during India's tour of England in
2011:
On the stroke of Tea on Day 3, Eoin Morgan, played a shot that seemed to
be headed for the leg-side boundary, with Ian Bell at the non-striker's end.
The batsmen initially believed the ball had gone for a boundary, but they
were unaware that Praveen Kumar had managed to prevent the ball from
crossing the ropes with a remarkable diving eﬀort.
Question-15

Morgan and Bell, thinking they had scored a boundary, started walking
back to the pavilion for the tea break. Praveen then swiftly retrieved the
ball and threw it to wicketkeeper MS Dhoni, who, in turn, passed the ball to
Abhinav Mukund to dislodge the bails.
What series of actions followed later that would earn Dhoni an award nearly
a decade after the incident and what award was given to him?
Question-15

The Bails did not dislodge
Answer

X- Billy Bowden
His claim to fame was the
“Crooked Finger of Doom”
Answer

X - Shaun Pollock
Y - Centurion
Answer

In 1986, the Australian cricket team traveled to Chennai, India, to face the
Indian cricket team in a memorable Test match.
The highlight of the ﬁrst innings was the exceptional performance of
Australian batsman Dean Jones, who scored a brilliant double century.
However, in the fourth inning, when Australia needed just 17 runs with four
wickets remaining to secure victory, a sense of panic began to set in,
reminiscent of a similar situation 26 years earlier.
A peculiar occurrence took place during this match, which has only
happened twice in the history of the game, and both times Australia was
involved. Identify the event and why is it so rare?
Question-8

X - Ishant Sharma
Y - Brendon McCullum
Answer

He cheekily replied,”Tickets please Javed”.
Answer

MS Dhoni called Ian Bell back to continue playing.
MS Dhoni was awarded the “Spirit of Cricket award for the decade ” in
2021 for his actions on the ﬁeld for upholding the Spirit of Cricket.
Answer

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● This round contains 9 questions of Pounce/Bounce.
● Each shot on Pounce gives you +10 runs on the board but if not hit
perfectly a penalty of -5 runs will be conceded by the team.
● Each shot on Bounce adds +10 on the board without any penalties.
Unlike Pounce part-runs will be awarded based on how sweet the
connection is.
● The window for a Pounce shot will be open for 30-45 seconds after
the question is read.
● Umpires are deployed on the ﬁeld to keep an eye out for teams
breaching the “QC Code Of Conduct”, so refrain from any scandals.
● Umpires Call, so the discretion is ﬁnal.
LAWS OF THE GAME

Though the origin of this terminology is not clear, it is speculated to have
been used for the first time during an ODI match between West Indies and
England played in 1986. With the English side struggling to cope up with the
lethal pace attack, the then West Indies' captain Viv Richards summoned
Malcolm Marshall to stir up the trouble by asking him to deliver the
_______(7) ball. The delivery proved to be a brutal injury for the batter
Michael Gatting as shown in the image(next slide).
The incident eventually led to the coining of the term which means a bouncer
close enough to the batter’s face for him to actually _____ (5)the leather.
ID the term(Fig. follows).
Question-1

Named after the Greek god X (son of Poseidon, God of the seas)
who had the ability to transform himself into many different
shapes, this flower comes in an astounding variety of shapes,
sizes, hues, and textures. How do we relate it to the field of
cricket?
Cont’d (Image on next slide)
Question-2

Protea ﬂower. Grown exclusively in South Africa, the RSA team also is
known as ‘The Proteas’.
Answer

Geoff Marsh, a retired Australian cricketer, comes from a sporting family. He is
only the third Test player - after Walter Hadlee and Lala Amarnath - to have
two sons play Test cricket. Marsh had established himself as a solid
competitor during the mid 80’s; he along with David Boon became the first
pair of openers to notch hundreds in the same ODI innings for the team.
Marsh was influential in the Australian team, winning the 1987 World Cup
with them. From there went on to play for the next 7 years eventually retiring
in 1994. Interestingly, he took up another role in the Australian Cricket Board
(now Cricket Australia) in the year of 1996. This has helped him achieve a feat
no other cricketer achieved so till date.
ID the feat that he achieved.
Question-3

Geoﬀ Marsh is the only player to win the CWC as a player and as a coach.
Answer

In 2017, after X made his Test debut for India against Australia in Dharamsala
an Australian journalist found it disrespectful and in his blog for the Sydney
Morning Herald, and wrote, “Uncomfortable at how often and insensitively
the term Y was being used after X’s efforts, this correspondent challenged
cricket to get rid of the racially offensive term. There were also calls for Y to
be seen as a term of endearment due to the difficulty of the delivery, except
its origin in cricket came not out of respect but disbelief that an Englishman
could lose his wicket to a ________(8).”
After some similar objections, Wisden replaced the term Y with ___ -___
___ ___ in its official cricket dictionary in 2018.
ID X & Y.
Question-4

X - Kuldeep Yadav
Y - Chinaman
Answer

Connect the following images:
Question-5

Names mentioned in by DJ Bravo in his “Champion” song.
Answer

Before the 1992 WC, New Zealand were not in top form. They had just lost a
series to England in humiliating fashion (3-0). It was not looking too good for
NZ captain Martin Crowe so he decided to make do with several tactical
decisions that are considered revolutionary and continued even today. One of
those was to send Mark Greatbatch to open, and boy did he deliver in typical
heart-on-sleeve style. This tactic revolutionised ODI cricket. Without
Greatbatch, there would have been no Jayasurya, no Sehwag, no Gilchrist etc.
His impact at the top was such that NZ, a country that normally favours rugby
over cricket, turned on their TVs to watch their CWC campaign. Though, NZ
lost out in the semis, they punched way above their weight.
What was Greatbatch role?
Question 6

This particular instance has been witnessed only twice during ICC officiated
international matches. The first time was during a 2003 Guyana test match
between West Indies and Australia. Four players who were involved were
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ridley Jacobs, Marlon Samuels and Wavell Hinds.
The second time was during an ODI match in 2008 between India and Sri
Lanka in Colombo. This time the players involved were VVS Laxman, Gautam
Gambhir, Ishant Sharma and Parthiv Patel. Interestingly, it was umpire Rudi
Koertzen who was also involved during both the instances.
Such a scenario has not been witnessed since and if at all something similar
was to happen, it was outlawed by ICC in 2011 when they made a slight
change in the rulebook.
What instance is being described and ID the rule change as well.
Question 7

Use of 2 by-runners. In 2011 ICC completely scrapped the usage of
runners during the game.
Answer

The given audio is from an iconic match that holds two records, one
being the first of its kind feat achieved with respect to the winning side
and the second being an unprecedented situation caused due to an
enormous surge of support from the crowd.
ID the two records.
Question 8

First host country to win the WC and the only match to have two tosses in
WC history.
Answer

With a stadium so quiet that you could hear a paper rustle, he accelerated
effortlessly as he neared the wicket. But no sound emanated from the pitch
where he sped over the grass as if he was running on water above the waves,
Michael Holding was one of a kind. Thin as a beanpole, swift as a gazelle, tall
as the Empire State Building, and blistering raw pace- his characteristics
superseded his reputation. He was famous for absolutely destroying England
in that infamous West Indies tour of England in 1976. His light-footed run up,
scintillating pace and his ability to generate fatal bounce and zip from the
surface earned him a very suitable nickname.
ID the nickname.
Question 9

● This round contains 5 questions with multiple hints.
● Each question consists of 4 hints that will lead you to the answer.
● The hints will appear one by one, and with each passing hint, the
stake of the question reduces. That is, lesser points to gain or
lose.
● You can attempt the question after any of the hints, by raising
your hands or by calling the QM.
● Avoid shouting the answers prematurely.
● QMs discretion is ﬁnal.
LAWS OF THE GAME

Connect the following-
Question 1 ( +10/-5)

These players have come out of retirement to play again.
Answer

1. This incident happened in the final of Ranji trophy match
between Mumbai and UP of 2008/09 season.
2.Identify this record (+10/-5)

2. This incident involved a very senior Indian Batting maestro
and a new 19-year-old sensation.
(+8/-4)

3. That 19 year old bowler went on to become India’s finest swing
bowler who also took a wicket on his ball in his international debut.
(+6/-3)

Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed on a duck by Bhuvneshwar Kumar so
Bhuvi became the only bowler to dismiss Sachin for a duck in Ranji
Cricket.
Answer

3.Connect the following (+10/-5)

All these players have only played for only one IPL team throughout
their career.
Answer

A former cricketer, who
then took up another role
in cricket.
4.Identify the personality (+10/-5)

(+8/-4)
“The key thing was to learn the value of economy
with words and to never insult the viewer by
telling them what they can already see” – this was
said by him,one of the original “voices of
cricket”.
He sadly passed away in 2015.

(+6/-3)
Some of his more iconic lines-
“Morning, everyone” – his traditional greeting at the start of a morning’s Test cricket.
“Marvellous” – his adjective of choice to describe something that he admired …
which, given his positive outlook, was many things.
“Gatting has absolutely no idea what has happened to it ... he still doesn’t know!” –
on Shane Warne’s Ball of the Century in 1993.
“And Glenn McGrath dismissed for two, just 98 runs short of his century” – on the
Australian bowler, famous for his ineptitude with the bat.

(+4/0)
He was one of the
commentators along
with Mark Nicholas
in this very famous
game.

These are the instances when the teams following on ended up
winning the match.
Answer

● This round contains 8 sets. Each team will get a chance to
choose their set based oﬀ a hand-cricket tournament.
● Each correct answer gives you +6 runs on the board whereas you
lose a wicket when you give the incorrect answer.
● By super-over rules, as soon as you lose 2 wickets, your round is
over.
● A dot ball will be considered if you ‘pass’ the question.
● The quiz belongs to the Umpire/QM whose decision will be ﬁnal
and can’t be overturned.
LAWS OF THE GAME

Pick Your Format
IPL
T20 ODI
SET-A
SET-B
SET-E
SET-F
SET-C
SET-D
Test
SET-G
SET-H

Which team was the runner-up in
the 2021 T20 World Cup?
Question-1

Who is the current No.1 ranked
T20I bowler in the world?
Question-2

The only batsman to have scored 2
centuries in T20 World Cups is?
Question-3

Only Indian bowler to have taken a
hat-trick in T20 internationals is?
Question-4

Who were the finalists of the first
T20 World Cup?
Question-5

Who is currently the highest
run-scorer in T20Is history?
Question-6

SET-A
1. New Zealand
2. Rashid Khan
3. Chris Gayle
4. Deepak Chahar
5. India and Pakistan
6. Virat Kohli

Which 2 players are the ones to hit
6 sixes in an over in T20I’s till date?
Question-1

Which two cricketing nations have
won the T20 WC twice?
Question-2

Which Indian spinner is the leading
wicket taker for his side in T20
World Cups?
Question-3

The first use of Super-Over in
T20I’s was in a match between
which 2 teams?
Question-4

The finalists of the 2010 T20I
World Cup were?
Question-5

Who is the Indian with the fastest
T20I 100?
Question-6

SET-B
1. Yuvraj Singh and Kieron Pollard
2. England and West Indies
3. Ravichandran Ashwin
4. West Indies and New Zealand
5. England and Australia
6. Rohit Sharma

Who holds the record for the most
dismissals as a wicketkeeper in ODI
cricket?
Question-1

Which ODI team established the
record for the highest total score in
a One Day International match?
Question-2

Who was the top run-scorer of the
2011 ODI World Cup held in India?
Question-3

Who holds the highest all-time
ranking for all-rounders in ODI’s
according to the official ICC
Rankings?
Question-4

Name 3 non-Indian batsmen who
are double centurions in One Day
Internationals.
Question-5

Who is the all-time leading wicket
taker in the entirety of Cricket
World Cup?
Question-6

SET-C
1. Kumar Sangakkara
2. England (481/6)
3. Tillakaratne Dilshan
4. Kapil Dev
5. Martin Guptill, Chris Gayle, Fakhar Zaman
6. Glenn McGrath (71 wickets)

Who holds the record for the
highest individual score in ICC
CWC till date?
Question-1

Which player holds the record of
playing the maximum number of
matches in their ODI career?
Question-2

Who is the No.1 ranked female
bowler in ODI’s as per the official
ICC rankings?
Question-3

What rule change was made after
the 1983 ODI CWC?
Question-4

The fastest ODI century was scored
in how many balls?
Question-5

The first player to hit 6 sixes in an
over in One Day Internationals
was?
Question-6

SET-D
1. Martin Guptill
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Sophie Ecclestone
4. Overs reduced to 50
5. 31 balls (AB de Villiers)
6. Herschelle Gibbs

How many IPL finals have Mumbai
Indians and Chennai Super Kings
met in?
Question-1

Which player has won the most
number of orange caps in IPL
history?
Question-2

The fastest IPL century of all time
was scored by whom?
Question-3

Who did Ashwin mankad during the
infamous match of IPL 2019.
Question-4

Which franchise/team played for
only one IPL season?
Question-5

Who holds the record for the most
runs scored in a single IPL season?
Question-6

SET-E
1. 4 finals
2. David Warner
3. Chris Gayle (31 balls)
4. Jos Buttler
5. Kochi Tuskers Kerala
6. Virat Kohli

The highest team total ever posted
in the Indian Premier League is?
Question-1

The first ever player to score a
century in the entirety of IPL was?
Question-2

The most expensive IPL player till
date is?
Question-3

The fastest 50 in IPL history was
scored in how many balls?
Question-4

Who is the leading wicket taker in
the Indian Premier League?
Question-5

The only 2 players to ever score a
century in an IPL final are?
Question-6

SET-F
1. 263/5 by RCB
2. Brendon Mccullum
3. Sam Curran
4. 13 balls
5. Yuzvendra Chahal
6. Wriddhiman Saha and Shane Watson

Which Indian all-rounder has
scored a century and taken a 5fer
in the same innings on 3 separate
occasions?
Question-1

The only batsman to ever hit a six
off the first ball of a test match is?
Question-2

Who is the current Number 1
ranked batsman in Test cricket?
Question-3

What style of play have England
adopted in Test Cricket after
Brendon McCullum’s appointment
as the coach?
Question-4

What is the batting average of Sir
Don Bradman?
Question-5

Who was the leading run scorer in
the 2019-21 WTC cycle with 1675
runs?
Question-6

SET-G
1. Ravichandran Ashwin
2. Chris Gayle
3. Kane Williamson
4. Bazball
5. 99.94
6. Marnus Labuschagne

Name two bowlers who took 10
wickets in a single innings of a Test
match.
Question-1

Which Indian batsman holds the
record for the highest minutes
spent on the crease by a batsman
in Test matches?
Question-2

Who holds the record for being the
No.1 ranked bowler for the most
number of days in Test Cricket?
Question-3

First batsman to cross 10,000 test
runs was?
Question-4

What is the name of the Test Series
played between India and
Australia?
Question-5

The fast bowler with the most
number of Test wickets is?
Question-6

SET-H
1. Anil Kumble and Ajaz Patel
2. Rahul Dravid
3. Dale Steyn
4. Sunil Gavaskar
5. Border-Gavaskar Trophy
6. James Anderson

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