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CRICBIZ

Cricket business Quiz by Athena

TRIBUTE TO THIS

LEGEND

Before we Begin...

No animals were harmed during the


making of this quiz...except some
bloody Mosquitoes!!
Using Electronic gadgets is injuroius to
the quizzing spirit.

One Rule till the end of the quiz and that is

Quiz Master
is always
right!!

Other rules
Total 24 questions
6 runs if you gimme right answer
4 Runs for passed questions

Power play and free hit


6 runs for the power play (-6 if wrong)
4 runs for the free hit (no negatives)

Q1 : identify his designation

MS Dhoni : Lt Colonel
Kapil Dev : Lt Colonel
Sachin Tendulkar : ___?____??

The answer is

Group captain

Q2 : Why this celebration

The answer is

4 wickets in 4 consecutive ball

Q3. Connect the following bowlers to a


unique WC and ODI record

The answer is

Virender sehwag started 5


matches in CWC11 with a
boundary

Q4

South Africa born English cricketer

Test series between


England vs. South
Africa
named after him
Known affectionately
around
the world as DOLLY

The answer is

Basil DOliveira

Q5 : about who he is talking about

When Virender Sehwag was dismissed for


175 against Bangladesh in the opening
match of WC 2011, Ravi Shashtri in the
commentary box said to Sunil Gavaskar,
The last time someone made 175 in a World
Cup game we were still playing. Which
innings was he referring to? (Batsman,
Opposition, Year)

The answer is

Kapil Dev vs Zimbabwe in 1983

Q6 :
Identify the World Cup winning captain who returned to
international cricket in 1988 after announcing his
retirement the previous year. It was at the request of then
President of the country, So the all-rounder represented
the country again. Eventually, his inspirational captaincy
gave them their first World Cup.

Id the legend.

The answer is

IMRAN KHAN

Q7.

Identify X Y Z

"Honestly. I got out to X more than anyone. When


we played South Africa he always got me out more
than Y or Z. it's just that the ball seemed to go
straight to a fielder. I was going great guns in
Durban one year and played some big shots against Y
and Z . X came on and I flicked his first ball straight
to leg-slip. I never knew what to do with him

The answer is

X: Hansie Cronje,
Y: Shaun Pollock
Z: Allan Donald

Q8 : Connect these pictures to an indian


batsman

10889

The answer is

RAHUL DRAVID

Q9: Who is this player/coach?


He was the first ever captain of the Zimbabwean cricket
team and led them in their 1983 World Cup campaign.
Interestingly those were the only 6 matches he played in
his international career
He is better known as a coach of national teams and has
been a coach of various teams since 2000
Even presently the coach of a national team

The answer is

Duncan Fletcher

Q10 : Which trophy is this one?

The answer is

Warne muthiah trophy

Q11 : Guess the two batsman

The answer is

Sangakara and Jayewardena

Q12 :

The match officials forced to stop the


semi final match in 1996 world cup and
declared Sri Lanka as winners by
default.

WHY..?

The answer is

Crowd went
berserk at the
Eden Gardens
setting fire in the
stands and
throwing bottles
onto the field

Q13 : instead D/L what?

In domestic cricket in India, instead


of DL method, what method is used
to settle results of rain-affected
matches?

The answer is

The Jayadevan system, also known as the VJD method

Q14
World cup final 2007
After getting to his hundred in the
match, Gilchrist credited his
coach(Bob Meuleman)
by raising his left hand to

Why and what


he is pointing?

The answer is

Adam Gilchrist used a squash ball in his bottom


hand glove to enhance the grip and prevent the
bat from turning in his hands. It was his batting
coach, Bob Meuleman, who had advised Gilchrist
to use the foreign object for better grip. After
getting to his hundred, Gilchrist credited his coach
by raising his left hand and pointing to the squash
ball.

Q15 what unique record these two holds


ML Jaisimha

Ravi Shastri

The answer is

Only players to play 5 days of a test match

Q16 identify the person

The answer is

Q17 : Id the product from this logo

The answer is

Mangoos bat

Q18: tweet by who

"If Tendulkar had found an honest mirror three years


ago and asked the question; 'Mirror, mirror on the
wall who is the best batsman of all?' It would've
answered; 'Brian Charles Lara.' If he asked that
same mirror right now; 'Mirror, mirror on the wall
should I retire?' The answer would be; 'Yes.'

The answer is

Ian Chappell : About Sachin


Tendulkar in 2007, after the
latter was struggling with Tennis
Elbow.

Q19 : Tell me the rule


Bangladeshi pacer Shafiul Islam was
the first to be penalized after the
change of rules. The rule change was
necessitated after an incident in
August 2012.
What is the incident that caused a rule
change?

The answer is

If a bowler breaks the stump


while bowling, it is now
considered a no ball.

Q20 : what is the length of a cricket pitch

The answer is

22 yards (20.12 m) long and 10


feet (3.05 m)

Q21: Talking about who

"75% of the earth is covered by water, and


the rest by ________"
-Ian Chappell

FITB

The answer is

Jonty Rhodes

Q22 : Identify this

The answer is

Richie Bernard

Q23 : what comes next?

Googly

Doosra

????????

The answer is

CHINAMAN

Q24 : id the umpire


First Red card
in cricket
First T20
international
AUS vs NZ
17 February
05

The answer is

Billy bowden

Thank you

TIE BREAKER

1, WHO RUNNING AN ORGANISATION CALLED


TENVIC

3. Connect

Q3: WHO IS BEHIND THIS ORGANISATION

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