2. 1. X played in both cricket as well as football world cups.
He represented Y in the football world cup and Z in
the cricket world cup. Identify X,Y and Z.
4. 2.Name the 3 players who have represented two
different countries in the cricket world cup.
5. 1. Anderson Cummins – West Indies and Canada
2. Kepler Wessels – Australia and SA
3. Graeme Hick – Zimbabwe and England
6. 3.X has a nickname after an African tribe. He was
known for his unique playing style which resembled
playing styles of another sport, Y. X also till date has
the highest batting average in the tournament.
Identify X.
8. 4. X was described by his captain Y as someone
better than Sachin Tendulkar. He came into the
limelight after his swashbuckling 37 ball 60 runs
against Z , the hosts that knocked them out.
Identify all.
12. 6. After this famous (rather infamous) incident a
new rule was brought into cricket. Name the
rule. Extra brownie points if you guess the
incident.
13. It was the 1992 WC semifinal between SA and
England. SA needed 22 off 13 balls. After rain
came pouring down it was revised to 22 off 7
balls before it became 22 off 1 ball due to the
rain rule. This led to the introduction of the
Duckworth Lewis rule.
14. 7. The number of African countries that
have played in the world cup.
17. Steve Waugh to Gibbs after he dropped
his catch “ You dropped the cup mate
!!”
18. 9.“Anhonee ko honi kar de, honi ko anhonee !
Ek jagah jab jama hon tinoh - Rajni, Gajni
aur Dhoni !!!!! “.
Who tweeted the above line and what
occasion was it?
26. 13. In 1983, X captained his unsung team to
an upset victory. For the last decade though,
he has achieved fame (and some infamy as
well) in another capacity in cricket. Name X.
30. 15. "It felt like playing football with both hands
tied behind my back." Tweeted X after a match
in the 2011 world cup in familiar dew filled
conditions. In his last world cup tournament he
was his country’s highest wicket taker. Name X.
32. 16. This interesting cricketer was born in 1947
in Egypt. He was of Greek origin. He
represented two countries separated by a gap
of 13 years. He made his world cup debut in
1983 at the age of 36. Name the cricketer.*
33. John Traicos. He represented South Africa in
1970 in test cricket before they were exiled.
He made his WC debut in 1983 for Zimbabwe.
34. 17. In 1987 when World Cup was handed over to India and
Pakistan, they faced a real problem of finding a sponsor
for the mega event. They met a successful London-based
Indian businessman who readily offered to make the
payment and sponsor the World Cup but the then Indian
prime minister, X , expressed his discomfort with a UK-
based business holding title rights for a tournament being
conducted in India. So the organizer settled on textile
tycoon Y. But Y had one condition that he be seated next
to the Prime Minister X during an exhibition match
between India and Pakistan held just before the World
Cup, which would be broadcast live on national television
to send the message that he enjoyed warm relations with
the government. Identify X and Y.
36. 18.
1.)Don Pringle – Derek Pringle
2.)Lance Cairns -Chris Cairns
3.)Chris Broad – Stuart Broad
4.)
5.)
After WC 2015 , there will be 2 new entries in this
elite group. Fill the entries.
37. Roger Binny – Stuart Binny
Geoff Marsh – Mitchell Marsh
38. 19. East Africa played in 1975 WC .Which
countries sent team members to play in the
East African team?
42. 21. In reply to West Indies' 286 for 9 in 1979
WC final , England made good start , getting
to tea without losing any wicket , with X
taking 17 overs to get into double figures.
Just after tea Clive Lloyd dropped a simple
catch of X. A lot of people suggested he put
[the catch] down purposefully just to keep
him in.
ID X
50. 25. In the match against ZIM in 1983 WC,
Kapil Dev scored 175 runs. What was the
second highest score by an Indian in the
match and who hit those runs?
56. 28. The captain of one of the minnows ,after a
match between South Africa and his team X,
said "Before the game we said let's make
history today by beating South Africa. We made
history, but not by beating them" . Id the
Occasion
60. 30. X has appeared in 134 test matches but has
never played in the world cup. This is the most by
any Test batsman without having played a World
Cup. Identify X.
67. Geoff Allott of NZ. With 20 wickets he was
the highest wicket taker in the 1999 WC.
68. 34. Name the bowler,
the batsman and the
reason why this image
is iconic.
69. The bowler- Balwinder Sandhu
The batsman – Gordon Greenidge
This delivery became famous as the
Banana Skin delivery.
70. 35. In a crunch situation, X the non striker,
backed up too far and was out of the crease.
But Y, the bowler refused to run him out. For
this act of sportsmanship, Y was gifted a hand
woven carpet by a fan from X’s country.
Identify X and Y.
