KQA Cricket Quiz 2015 Finals

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Finals
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What’s in store…
Write Brothers – 1
Clockwise (17 questions)
Write Brothers – 2
Anti-clockwise (17 questions)
List It

Write Brothers - 1
English cricketers (past and present) showed off their artistic skills
for a charity called Cricket United. Their art work was auctioned to
raise awareness and funds for Chance to Shine.
Identify the cricketers
7 cricketers. 5 points each
Identify all 7, get a bonus of 5 points

Clockwise Round
17 questions
Infinite Bounce. 10 points
First 2 incorrect pounces will not be penalized after which incorrect
pounces will be -10.
No part pounces

1.
Commenting on X’s famous feat a few days after, Yorkshire Post
posed this question –
“X’s pace?” and answered with the classic “Ten Notts, of course..”
Who is X and what achievement are we talking about?

2.
Nadeem Moosa was a decent left arm spinner who played 29 first
class matches from 1983-87. He had modest returns in his career,
but was considered a legend of street cricket. This was primarily
due to the "finger" grip that he possessed, not unlike the carom
ball.
The ball was held between a bent middle finger and thumb, with
the index finger as loose support. The ball is then flicked out, with
the spin imparted from the quick flick out of middle finger and
thumb. To nullify the threat of Moosa, an innovation was done
which led to something that is now associated with the particular
region.
This is one of the many stories about the origin of what?

Tape Ball cricket in Pakistan
The idea was that the tape would add another layer to the ball and
make it very difficult for Moosa to grip the ball.
Tape Ball emerged in Pakistan only after the 1980’s.

3.
The completely forgotten fact is that the bowler had attempted
something similar to batsman Aftab Habib, but missed the leg
stump in the previous over. The bowler had used the absence of
additional screening above the sight screen to help him. Who is
the bowler and what am I talking about?

Chris Read dismissal at Lord’s

4.
David "Dave" _____ had an unremarkable cricket career, playing 3
first class matches taking 0 wickets and scoring a total of 55 runs.
An English coach once told Dave _____ that he would never a
make Test cricketer. Thirty years later, he was able to nudge the
same coach and reply, “You were right, I never made a Test
cricketer, I made two!".
What was David’s surname? Name his 2 sons.

5.
X was a cricket enthusiast (unlike Mr Meiyappan) and was an
adequate cricketer at Westminister school. When fielding, he was
content to stand apart from the rest, observing events at a
distance.
Murray Sayle, the only western journalist to interview X in
Moscow, found him by waiting outside the foreign post office in
the hope that he would stop by to buy a copy of The Times and
check county scores.
Who is this cricket enthusiast?

6.
When X got his first ever call to the national team, they asked him
about his formative years and how he learned the game. He said
he was given a book and in that there was a sequence of
photographs of Bishen Singh Bedi bowling and he studied every
photograph and learnt bowling.
Identify X and the photographer who has covered over 325 test
matches.

7.
Fans in Sri Lanka commenting about the disastrous performance of
an umpire. Some may think that it is Virat Kohli calling them after
hearing his name. Who?

8.
In 1895, the ________ _____ Cricket Football and Athletic Club
pooled their resources with Bluemantle Cricket Club and
purchased the _______ Ground on a 99 year lease from the
Marquis of Abergavenny. They built a pavilion at significant cost
but that was destroyed in 1913 much to the dismay of cricket
lovers like AC Doyle.
But this ground is remembered for some other type of destruction
in the only international game played here.
Fill all 3 blanks.

Tunbridge Wells, Neville Ground

9.
Harry Calder died aged 94 in 1995 having never played first class
cricket. He was tracked down in South Africa in 1994 as being the
oldest surviving Wisden cricketer of the Year award winner.
How was it possible for Calder to win despite never having played
first class cricket?

School cricket
During the War, there was no County cricket, but Wisden wanted
to continue the tradition of awarding the cricketer of the year.
They chose school cricket as it continued to be played despite the
war.
Calder did not even know that he had won it, until 1994 when he
was tracked as the oldest surviving winner of the award

10.
South Africa took on Australia in 2 three match back to back series
in 2001-02. Marketed as “The clash of kings”, South Africa were
completely obliterated in the 6 tests and were defeated 5-0.
The administrators got together and realized the best way forward
was to ape their conquerors in the way they prepared their players
for international cricket.
What was the most important change implemented in South Africa
after this series?

Franchise model
South Africa had followed a system similar to India where each
province had a team. They had 11 teams in their domestic circuit.
After the humiliation at the hands of the Australians, they decided
to imitate the Aussies and ended up having a franchise system with
only 6 domestic teams

11.
The third test between Pakistan and England in 1977-78 in Karachi,
finally broke a sequence of 89 tests. If a misfiring opening batsmen
had not been dropped and a leg spinning all-rounder been
recalled, this sequence might have continued.
However the sequence recommenced immediately in the next test
and continued for 11 more tests before completely coming to a
stop.
What sequence is this?

Presence of at least one
Mohammad brother in the team
At least one of the 4 Mohammad brothers had played in every test
match for Pakistan. The last test involving a Mohammad brother
was in 1979 between Australia and Pakistan at Perth. Mushtaq
Mohammad retired shortly after that.

12.
Eddie Paynter achieved cricketing immortality during the 1932
Bodyline series in the series winnings test at Brisbane by scoring 83
after spending the night in the hospital. He was not supposed to be
in the squad and was only called in after X suffered from
tuberculosis. X had scored a hundred on debut couple of years ago
and was considered a certainty for the tour.
X later returned to Australia as a government official some 18
years later.
Who is X?

13.
The origin of these 2 trophies are similar. A very rich man sent
across these 2 trophies on a voyage and told them to give it to the
best challenge posed by local against the visitors.
The man said - “It would not be fair for you to bring the cup away,
as you would rather they keep it; but perhaps you may come to
some agreement to play for it some future time, when, if the
winners desire to offer it for competition, you could go out and
bring it home.
"I think, however, the sportsmen out there would like to keep the
cup among themselves in recollection of your visit and as a gift
from myself.“
Who be the man? <Image next slide>

Sir Donald Currie
South African domestic rugby
competition is still called the Currie
Cup
Cricket sold itself by removing the
name and replacing it with sponsors
sometime in the 90’s.

14.
A Young Victorian opener had been called up to the first class
team. In order to ensure that he reached the railway station on
time, he left his home early. He obviously did not have to face the
Whitefield traffic and ended up at the station ahead of time.
In order to pass time, he purchased something from the cigarette
shop in the station. When his teammates turned up, they saw the
opener sitting on a bench with ______. Naturally he was given that
nickname.
Who? What nickname?

15.
This structure served initially only as a memorial, but a water
fountain was added making it a public utility. It has always been
associated with the ground, being installed in 1882. It was moved
slightly outside the ground in 1917 and almost immediately its
vandalisation started. It was considered beyond repair by the
1960’s.
The city council decided to restore it in 2003 and move it to the
Parliament, but historians showed photographs of when the
monument was inside the ground. On the basis of this evidence,
they decided to move the restored structure back to the ground
and it is currently only 10m away from its original location.
Which ground?

Basin Reserve, William Wakefield
Memorial

16.
 He has played many important innings and daddy centuries, but to him
his most important innings was a 57 on a cold day in Manchester.
 Overnight rain had ensured that the green pitch had freshened up
making batting difficult. Also the cold and strong winds bothered him.
 He made it difficult for himself because of a superstition. He did not use
X during his first tour, which was a historic win for his side. He did not use
X during the first test of the tour which ended in a draw. He decided to
continue to do so in Manchester.
 "Never during the inter-school and even during the inter-varsity matches,
some of which were played in the winters. So it was part superstition and
partly the fact that I had never batted using X.“
 Who rated this 57 as his best innings? What was the superstition that he
followed at that time, which did not continue for long?

Sunil Gavaskar, Wearing a
sweater

17.
This guy gets his nickname from something that is conspicously
absent in this photo. Who / nickname?

Write Brothers II
10 images
+10 for each
Bonus of 10 for getting all 10 right

1.
Who in of her earliest
club games?

2.
Classic Catch – Who is the bowler?

3.
"I just got a glimpse of a red blur and the speed of the ball actually
knocked me off my feet," X wrote about his "fluke of a lifetime"
catch in the gully at Lord's in 1956.

4.
Who (on the left) enjoying a
beer after helping his team win
a domestic ODI title, just
before turning 18?

5.
Seen here in full pomp on his best day as a cricketer

6.
Someone playing with
make shift equipment in
Rome. Who?

7.
In a game between the Army and the RAF at Lord’s in 1944. What
is happening?

8.
Who returning on a ship,
after being kicked out of
a tour?

9.
Identify this player. His long
standing record was broken a
few days ago.

10.
Could have been a thrilling
test. Which venue?

Duncan Fletcher
Scored 69 and took 4 wickets to help Zimbabwe beat Australia in
the 1983 World Cup

Audrey Hepburn
This was on the sets of Roman Holiday

Gul Mohammed
His record for the highest score in a Ranji Trophy final was beaten
by Karun Nair

Headingley, Leeds
Vandals demanding the release of one George Davis dug up the
pitch and poured oil in it. On the final day, Australia needed 225
runs more to win with 7 wickets in hand.

Anti-Clockwise Round
17 questions
Infinite Bounce. 10 points
First 2 incorrect pounces will not be penalized after which incorrect
pounces will be -10.
No part pounces

1.
In 1976 at the MCG, Ian Redpath was caught on long on for 101.
Fred Trueman was riskily awoken in the early hours and asked for a
comment. He responded in typical fashion "I'm not surprised, the
bugger's been playing for twenty years.“
What had just happened?

2.
Herbie Collins was an
Australian cricketer from 1921
to 1926. He played 19 tests and
also captained Australia in that
time. What was his profession
that in today's time would have
ensured he would be no where
near a cricket field?

Bookmaker
There is a suspicion that the 1926 Ashes decider was fixed thanks
to Herbie Collins. Australia had managed a slender lead and
England resumed after a violent thunderstorm. Collins, the captain,
used inexperienced Arthur Richardson instead of Arthur Mailey
and Grimmett. England ended up scoring 436 and Australia lost by
289 runs.

3.
Australian crowds gave Mike Brearley a bad time on his debut tour.
On his second tour in 1979-80, he grew a beard to look tougher
and less like the toff figure that Australians enjoyed mocking.
The beard however, merely led to cries of "X!". Being called X was
not very flattering for Brearley as X came into prominence around
the time and was an extremely divisive figure in the world. X?

4.
Trailer of a TV movie called Tangiwai: a love story. Whose love
story? Identify the bandaged guy.

5.
 The title of this book comes from Martin
Johnson's piece just before the first test in
the 1986-87 Ashes in Australia.
He wrote: ""There are only three things
wrong with this England team. They ___
____, ____ _____, ____ _____".
England, despite being on a run of 8 defeats
in 11 tests, turned the tables to win the 1st
test by 7 wickets. They promptly wore t-
shirts with the same blanks. Johnson
admitted that, while it was the right
sentiment, he’d applied it to the wrong
side.” FITB.
 England went on to win the Ashes 2-1.
 Listen to the audio of John Emburey
reminiscing about partying with X after the
Ashes win. Who?

Can’t bat, Can’t bowl, Can’t field
Elton John

6.
This chap made over 10,000 runs in first class cricket and was set
to make his debut against Pakistan in 1988. He missed his debut
though, after suffering from debilitating gastro that allegedly came
after he made the diabolical decision to ice his warm beer in
Quetta. He played his only international game in an ODI on the
same tour scoring 32.
He was also the recipient of a classic Steve Waugh sledge. Waugh
took a few minutes settling at the crease, checking the field and
taking his guard when he remarked from the slip cordon, "for
Christ sake, its not a test match!". Waugh coolly replied, "Of course
it isn't, you're playing".
Who?

Jamie Siddons
Coached Bangladesh from
2007 to 2011.

7.
Identify the centurion in this game

Nolan Clarke
Oldest to ever play a world cup game.
He scored 159 against MCC in 1973. Made his international debut
in 1996

8.
Shortly after the 1983 world cup, West Indies embarked on a tour
of India to avenge their loss in the world cup final. They managed
to do so comfortably winning both tests and odi series.
They visited the Taj Mahal and had their pictures taken. But there
was significant delay in the pictures being delivered to them.
Clive Lloyd was informed "Sir, there was one white man in all the
pictures. I had to cut him out. Hence the delay."
Who was the white man?

Dennis Waight
He was their trainer and ensured that the great West Indies team
remained fit

9.
The very first U-19 world cup was held in Australia. A number of
future international captains such as Naseer Hussain, Inzamam,
Brian Lara etc. participated.
A team comprising of associate nations was made up for this
event. The team included the likes of Tim De Leede (Netherlands),
Treveor Penney (Zimbabwe) etc. Only one member of that squad
ended up playing test cricket. He even scored a hundred on test
debut. His nickname will instantly remind Kannada cinemas fans of
an epic line from a superstar’s debut appearance.
Identify the test player.

Aminul Islam
Because there are multiple
Aminul Islam, he was known by
his nickname Bulbul 

10.
X excelled in table tennis and basketball at school, but was a
constant presence in the Mumbai railway colony games. During
one of the weekend ‘grudge’ matches, X played on a matting
wicket for the first time. X not used to the higher bounce went
forward to a tall bowler and was hit of the face. X lost some front
teeth and the top part of the gum.
X played for almost 20 years and played with a denture throughout
as one more similar mishap would have made things more difficult.
Identify X who is known for protruding teeth thanks to dentures.

11.
Billy Williams was a member of the MCC
from 1900. He played for 38 First Class
games, with 27 games for Middlesex.
But his greatest contribution to the field of
sports, was his discovery of a cabbage field
and the subsequent purchase of the
cabbage patch. What did that cabbage
patch eventually become?

Twickenham Rugby Stadium
The rugby stadium for a long time was called Billy Williams
Cabbage Patch. This stadium will host the rugby world cup finals in
2015

12.
WRT Australian domestic cricket what connects these following
cricketers?
Bill Lawry (Victoria)
Don Bradman (South Australia)
Steve Waugh (NSW)
Ricky Ponting (Tasmania)
Ian Healy (Queensland)
Lawrie Sawle (Western Australia)

Best player awards in domestic
cricket

13.
 Thomas _______ was an English cricketer
who played for Derbyshire and MCC
between 1877 and 1887.
 After his FC career got over, he returned
to the game as an umpire and even
officiated in 2 tests.
 However, he was said to be the umpire in
a non first class game involving X. X, took
7 wickets for 61 runs in that game.
Thomas’ presence in this game played an
important part in X’s subsequent career. X
played 10 FC games, and famously ended
up with one wicket, but a very significant
one.
 Identify X and fill in the blank

Arthur Conan Doyle, Mycroft
Arthur Conan Doyle’s only First Class wicket is W. G. Grace

14.
Jack Cheetham played 24 tests for South Africa and captained in 15
of them. He captained in one of the closest series against England
in 1955-56 which England won finally in the 5 test 3-2.
He chronicled his experiences in a book titled “_ _______”. It was
something that he did 3 times in his career.
A much hated Englishmen in India, used the same title “_
_______” for his autobiography. Though he used it 4 times in his
career, people suggest that the title meant he had had enough
after a battering that he received in Australia towards the end of
his playing career.
Identify the Englishmen and give the title of their books

15
Victoria hadn’t won the domestic ODI title in over 15 years. At the
start of the 1994-95 tournament, they brought out an innovation
which divided their supporters.
“Troy Corbett doesn't look too bad, but the sight of Merv Hughes'
legs pumping away by the boundary rather uncomfortably brought
to mind the window of a butcher's shop.” ~as per a blog on
Australian cricket.
The embarrassment probably galvanized the team and they won
their first ODI title. The innovation was not seen afterwards.
What innovation was seen this season which thankfully was brief?

16
He was spending time in South Africa for a short time where he
was trying to make money in the gold business and also dabbled in
stockbroking. He played a game for an English side against a South
African side and captained them. Many years later, this game was
given test match status making him one of the few people to have
captained a country on their debut test.
Identify this captain, whose big break came in 1895 and which
eventually took him to newer lands where he made a name for
himself.

Charles Aubrey Smith
He captained England in the
only test that he played. He
made his London stage debut in
1895 and moved to Hollywood
in the 1920’s.

17.
This chap (X) played 47 tests for Australia, scoring 5 hundreds and
17 fifties and is remembered as a gritty, courageous player. In what
he calls his best innings, he actually retired hurt with the with the
team's score on 28. Neil Harvey came to bat and was out first ball,
hitting a full toss to short mid-on. X came back to bat the next day
and was finally dismissed for 89.
Who is X? What would have happened if X didn't come out to bat?

Colin McDonald
Jim Laker wouldn’t have got all 10 in the 2nd innings

List It
The Karnataka cricket team has had representatives in each of
India’s world cup squad barring 2011.
So essentially list all the Karnataka players who have been part of
India’s squad at the World Cup.
10 names – 5 points each

Brijesh Patel
Gundappa Vishwanath
Roger Binny
Syed Kirmani
Javagal Srinath
Anil Kumble
Venkatesh Prasad
Rahul Dravid
Robin Uthappa
Stuart Binny

1.
David Boon and Michael Hussey titled their autobiographies
“_____ ___ ________ _____” or slight variations of it. They were
pall-bearers of a tradition involving “_____ ___ ________ _____”.
Give the 4 word title

2.
His autobiography is titled ______: Through My Eyes.
Who?

3.
After Pakistan came into being, organized cricket in Lahore,
centred around X league, which took place during the monsoons
starting in April and running through till August. It was named after
a batsman who played 7 tests for India and migrated to Pakistan
after partition. His brother also played for India and his son
represented Pakistan twice in the 1950's. X?

4.
This is the album cover of Last Train to Paris by Diddy. Who is the
photographer? We know him for writing some superb articles and
ranting in videos.

List It
14 Indian bowlers have made it to honors board at Lords. Name
them

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