the cricket rounds

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10. Allan Border

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Two Umpires from Pakistan

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16. Navjot Sidhu

17. Navjot Sidhu
One 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?

18. Answer

19. Answer
Getting Out without facing a ball

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23. Kapil Dev

24. Question
Apart 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

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26. Answer
Duncan Fletcher

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30. Merv Hughes

31. 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

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33. Answer
Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thompson

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37. Viv Richards

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Vijay 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?

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41. Answer
Only Indian Cricketer to be knighted.

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45. Dennis Lillee

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• 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.

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49. Answer
Sir Donald Bradman

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53. Syed Kirmani

54. Question
His 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 X
PS: No relation whatsoever with Syed Kirmani
apart from the fact that they both played for
India

55. Answer

56. Vijay Merchant

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60. Clive Rice

61. 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?

62. Question

63. Answer

64. Answer
Nolan Clarke, Oldest Cricketers to make
debut in ODIs

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68. Richard Hadlee

69. 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.

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71. Answer
Karen Hadlee (First Wife of Richard Hadlee)

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75. Ian Botham

76. 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?

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His Mother in Law

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82. Sunil Gavaskar

83. 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

84. Answer

85. Answer
Shane Warne

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89. Chetan Sharma

90. Question
• What makes the following event one of its
kind in ODI Cricket History?

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92. Answer
Hattrick in One’s Last Match

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96. Nathan Astle

97. 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.

98. Answer

99. Answer
Lord of the Rings

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103. Bishen Singh Bedi

104. 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.

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The Only Match the Indian Spin Quartet
played together

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111. Geoffrey Boycott

112. 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

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Video

116. Answer
Jack Hobbs

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120. Jeffery Dujon

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• 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.

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124. Answer
Winston Davis

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128. Graham Gooch

129. 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

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Adam Hollioake

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138. Jack Russell

139. 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)

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X: Allahakbarries
Y: Sir JM Barrie

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147. Anil Kumble

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149. 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?

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Bunsen (Bunsen Burner rhymed with
Turner)

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155. Courtney Walsh

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• 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?

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Only Cricketer to be given a death penalty.
Hylton was hanged for the murder of his
wife.

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163. WG Grace

165. 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?

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167. Answer
Duck (The original term was Duck’s Egg)

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170. Anjum Chopra

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172. 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?

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174. Answer
Mother in Law of Dinesh Karthik

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177. Sir Garfield Sobers

178. 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.

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180. Answer
• Ajit Wadekar

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183. John Wright

184. 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.

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186. Answer
• Russell Crowe

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