The Ultimate Lockdown Quiz - 1 (Cricket)

The Ultimate Lockdown Quiz – Week 1
(Cricket)
ANSWER
@monishmenon
 CRICKET-O-MANIACS
WORLD CUP
DOWN UNDER
A TEST DEBUT
TO FORGET
QUICKFIRE
100s DRS
WELL THAT’S
A START
FIRST AND LAST
TEST
HYDERABADI
HEROES
TRIPLE
HUNDRED
GONE FOR
NOUGHT HAT-TRICK(S)
THAT’S A
BIG OVER
SYDNEY
THUNDER
WOMEN’S
T20Is
THOSE LOVELY
KIWIS FIFERS
UMPIRES
OLD IS
GOLD
AROUND THE
WORLD LONG BREAK TAILENDERS
KEEPING IT
TIGHT
MEMORABLE
ODI DEBUT
DON’T THROW
YOUR WICKET
WE ARE THE
CHAMPIONS
WINNING
RUNS

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
WORLD CUP DOWN UNDER
Who won the Man of the Match in the 2015
World Cup final?

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JAMES FAULKNER
3/36 in 9 overs.

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
FIRST AND LAST TEST
Which Indian cricketer opened the batting
and bowling and scored the winning runs in
his debut test, that also happened to be his
last?

IQBAL SIDDIQUI
vs England at Mohali, 2001 was a fast bowler who opened the bowling.
In the second innings, with a target of 5 to get, he was promoted to open the batting and
he duly scored the winning runs.

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
THAT’S A BIG OVER
Of whose bowling did Sir Garfield Sobers hit
six sixes in a FC game?

MALCOLM NASH
Although known for being to concede 36 runs in an over, Nash had a fairly successful
career with 993 FC wickets.

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
UMPIRES
Who officiated in the epic 2019 World Cup
final alongside Kumara Dharmasena?

MARAIUS ERASMUS
Erasmus had also previously officiated the 2017 Champions Trophy Final and was third
umpire for the 2015 World Cup final.

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
KEEPING IT TIGHT
Which Kiwi spinner was entrusted with the
job of keeping things tight with the new ball
during the 1992 World Cup?

DIPAK PATIL
Patil’s new ball spells were key to New Zealand’s run to the semifinals

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
A TEST DEBUT TO FORGET
Which player made his debut in the infamous
Ind vs SA test in 2001 that was marred by ball
tampering controversy, and was later made
an unofficial test after protests by BCCI?

CONOR WILLIAMS
Williams never won another test cap and #240 was later Sanjay Bangar’s.

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
HYDERABADI HEROES
Who was the first player to bat on all five
days of a Test Match?

M.L. JAISIMHA
Ravi Shastri and Cheteshwar Pujara are the other Indians to have got this milestone

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
SYDNEY THUNDER
Which Thunder batsman made his Test debut
for Australia in 2019 scoring an unbeaten 114
and 30 only to be injured and not play since?

KURTIS PATTERSON
His career average of 144.00 is the highest in test cricket if no filters are applied.

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
OLD IS GOLD
Which player started off as a #11 batsman
went on to make a 200 run partnership with
Jack Hobbs in Test cricket.
Hint: He has over 4000 wickets in FC cricket (only player to do so)

WILFRED RHODES
Mindblowing Stats:
Matches: 1110
Runs: 39969
Wickets: 4204

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@monishmenon
MEMORABLE ODI DEBUT
Who was the first Indian to score a century
on ODI debut?

K.L. RAHUL
Rahul scored an unbeaten 100 on ODI debut vs Zimbabwe at Harare in 2016.

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
QUICKFIRE 100s
John Davison scored a blazing 100of 67 balls
against West Indies, then the quickest
century of the World Cup in 2003.
Which country did he represent?

Canada

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
TRIPLE HUNDREDS
Who scored the first triple hundred in Test
cricket?

ANDY SANDHAM
Sandham, who usually played second fiddle to Hobbs, scored 325 vs West Indies – the first
triple in Test cricket

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
WOMEN’S T20Is
Who holds the record for most runs in
Women’s T20Is?

SUZIE BATES (3243 runs)
Closely following is Stephanie Taylor (2984) and Meg Lanning (2788)

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
AROUND THE WORLD
What is the name of South Africa’s T20
League?

MZANSI LEAGUE
Paarl Rocks won the title beating Tshwane Spartans in the final

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
DON’T THROW YOUR WICKET
Who has the record for the longest ODI
innings in terms of balls (only 50 over
games)?

ROHIT SHARMA
Sharma faced 173 balls during his world record knock of 264*, one more than Ashish Bagai
who took 172 balls to score 111 for HK.

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
DRS
Who was the first batsman to be adjudged
LBW by the third umpire?

SHOAIB MALIK
Malik was adjudged LBW by the third umpire, Rudy Koertzen in a Champions Trophy match
in 2002 vs SL

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
GONE FOR NOUGHT
Which bowler has dismissed most batsmen
for a duck in Test cricket?

GLENN MCGRATH
McGrath has got 102 batsmen out for ducks

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
THOSE LOVELY KIWIS
Which bowler ended the 1999 World Cup as
the leading wicket taker?

GEOFF ALLOTT, who took 20 wickets during the tournament

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@monishmenon
THAT’S A LONG BREAK
Which English player was recalled to the
squad in 2018 after missing 394 international
games after his last appearance?

JOE DENLY
Denly returned to the English squad after 8 and a half years and won MoM in his first game
taking 4/19 in a T20I vs SL

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@monishmenon
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Who are the defending T20 Blast
Champions?

ESSEX
Essex County Cricket Club won their first T20 title beating Worcestershire in the final

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@monishmenon
WELL THAT’S A START
Who claimed the first ever T20I wicket?

DARYL TUFFEY
Michael Clarke c McMillan b Tuffey was the first ever dismissal in T20I cricket

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
HAT-TRICKS
Who is the only Indian bowler to take two
hat-tricks in ODI cricket?

KULDEEP YADAV
Kuldeep Yadav has two hattricks – one each against Aus and West Indies in 2017 and 2019

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
FIFERS
Which bowler took 5 wickets in the 2017
Women’s World Cup Final at Lords vs India?

ANYA SHRUBSOLE ran through the Indian middle and lower
order with figures of 6/46

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
TAILENDERS
Who holds the record for the highest ODI
score by a #11 batsman (or should I say
bowler?)

MOHAMMED AMIR
Amir scored 58 as he stitched together a 76 run partnership in a 169 run loss vs England in
2016

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ANSWER
@monishmenon
WINNING RUNS
Who scored the winning runs in the
inaugural edition of the IPL?

SOHAIL TANVIR
Tanvir also won the Purple cap in the first edition of the IPL

CRICKET-O-MANIACS
MAN OF THE
MATCH
BIG BASH
LEAGUE
SACHIN
TENDULKAR
2003 WORLD
CUP
WICKET-
KEEPERS
10 10 10 10 10
20 20 20 20 20
30 30 30 30 30
40 40 40 40 40
50 50 50 50 50

ANSWER
The Ultimate Lockdown Quiz –
Week 1 (Cricket) @monishmenon
MAN OF THE MATCH – 10
WHO HAS THE MOST MAN OF THE MATCH
AWARDS IN TEST CRICKET?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
JACQUES KALLIS (23)
Muttiah Muralitharan (19)
Wasim Akram, Shane Warne (17)

ANSWER
Which team was awarded the Man of the
Match after defending a total of 158 in an ODI
in April 1996?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
NEW ZEALAND
who
beat West Indies by 4 runs.
NZ 158 (Spearman 41) beat Windies 154 in 49.1overs
(Larsen 2/18, Cairns 2/17)

ANSWER
In a SL vs Ind T20I one game series in 2012,
(!), Virat Kohli earned the Man of the Series
for a scintillating 68 of 48 balls.
Who was the Man of the Match though?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
IRFAN PATHAN (took 3/27 in his 4
overs)
For no points, guess who took 4
wickets 

ANSWER
In a game at Harare in 2001, this player was
awarded the man of the match despite
scoring no runs, taking no wickets and no
catches (effected a run out though)

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Week 1 (Cricket)
CAMERON CUFFY
He had bowling figures of 10-2-20-0
and awarded the MoM for his
economy rate.

ANSWER
In the third test that ended in a draw between New Zealand
and South Africa at Johannesburg in Dec 2000, Chris Scott
was called up to collect the Man of the Match award.
Chris Scott has never played a Test match. What was his
contribution to the game?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
Chris Scott was the lead groundsman.
Only 190 overs of play was possible in the rain affected game, and
while the players toiled for 2 days, the groundsman toiled for 3 and
Scott and his team were rightly awarded the Man (Men!?) of the
Match award 

ANSWER
BIG BASH LEAGUE – 10
Which team has won the BBL the most number
of times?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
PERTH SCORCHERS – 3 times in 2013-
14, 2014-15 and 2016-17
No other team has won it more than once.

ANSWER
Who finished as the highest run scorer in the
WBBL 2019?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
SOPHIE DEVINE – 769 runs @ 76.90
and S/R of 130.34
Beth Mooney came a close second with 743

ANSWER
Who has scored the most runs in BBL history?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
CHRIS LYNN (2332 runs in 75 innings)
Aaron Finch (2252 in 63 innings)
Michael Klinger (1947 in 71 innings)

ANSWER
Who is the only bowler with more than 100
wickets in the BBL?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
BEN LAUGHLIN (110 wickets in 88
matches)
Sean Abbott (99 wickets in 76 games)
Kane Richardson (83 wickets in 68 games)

ANSWER
Only one non-Australian has been awarded
the Man of the Tournament. Name him.

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Week 1 (Cricket)
JACQUES KALLIS in 2014-15
David Hussey, Aaron Finch, Ben Dunk, Chris Lynn (2), D’Arcy Short (2) are the
other winners

ANSWER
SACHIN TENDULKAR – 10
Tendulkar claimed his first ODI five-wicket
haul in Kochi. Where did he get his second
five-wicket haul?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
KOCHI
Tendulkar's two five-wicket hauls have both come in Kochi. The first was against
Australia in 1998 and the second against Pakistan in 2005.

ANSWER
Which batsman did Tendulkar dismiss in
India’s first ever T20I?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
JUSTIN KEMP
Tendulkar was also the first Indian spinner to take a wicket in T20Is when he
dismissed Kemp in India’s first T20I at Johannesburg in 2006.

ANSWER
Only one of Tendulkar's six World Cup
hundreds came when he did not open the
innings.
Who was the opponent?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
vs KENYA at Bristol in 1999

ANSWER
In World Cups, Sachin has been dismissed stumped
twice.
One was in the infamous semifinal at Kolkata in 1996.
The other instance also occurred during the same
tournament.
Who was the bowler?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
MARK WAUGH (stumped by Ian Healy)

ANSWER
Only three bowlers dismissed Tendulkar for a
duck more than once in Tests. McGrath and
Ntini were two of them.
Who was the third?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
PEDRO COLLINS (remember him?)

ANSWER
2003 WORLD CUP – 10
Which associate country made their first
appearance in the World Cup?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
NAMIBIA
Netherlands and Canada were both appearing in the tournament for the second time,
having previously appeared in 1996 and 1979 respectively.

ANSWER
Shoaib Akthar recorded the first 100 mph
delivery during this World Cup.
Who was the batsman?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
NICK KNIGHT, who fended the delivery to square leg

ANSWER
Which batsman unexpectedly hit the
highest individual score of the
tournament?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
CRAIG WISHART (172) vs Namibia at Harare

ANSWER
West Indian Ramnaresh Sarwan shocked us all
when he collapsed on the pitch, having been
hit in the head by a vicious bouncer in his
team's group match against Sri Lanka. Who
was the bowler?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
DILHARA FERNANDO, who then knocked India out in 2007 :-/

ANSWER
Who replaced Shane Warne after the
Australian was suspended for taking a
banned substance?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
NATHAN HAURITZ

ANSWER
WICKETKEEPERS – 10
MS Dhoni has the most stumpings by
wicketkeepers in ODIs (123).
Who has the most in T20Is?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
M.S. DHONI (34 stumpings in 97 innings)
Kamran Akmal (32)
Mushfiqur Rahim (29)

ANSWER
Which wicketkeeper created history when he
became the first international cricketer to
climb up Mount Everest?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
ADAM PARORE trekked up Mount Everest in May 2011

ANSWER
Which batsman has the highest batting
average in Tests and ODIs when designated as
a Wicketkeeper?
(min 10 innings in each format)

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Week 1 (Cricket)
ABRAHAM DE VILLIERS
(averages 57.41 in 24 Tests and 70.54 in 59 ODIs)

ANSWER
In the 2015 tour to SL, Wriddhiman Saha had
to sit out the third test due to a hamstring
injury?
Which reserve keeper got his first and only
test cap?

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Week 1 (Cricket)
NAMAN OJHA, who deservedly got his chance after a
dream A-Team tour of Australia, which included a double century

ANSWER
Mark Boucher has 555 Test dismissals to his
name. However, he has just 1 wicket.
Who did he dismiss?

@monishmenon
Week 1 (Cricket)
DWAYNE BRAVO
West Indies piled on 747 including a Chris Gayle triple hundred as
the Proteas tried all their 11 bowlers

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