Monday, February 21, 2011

Quiz 4 | Cricket Quiz II

1. Who scored the lone run in India's washed out match against Sri Lanka at Mackay in 1992?

Answer : K Srikkanth

2. How many wickets did the West Indies lose in overtaking Pakistan's total of 220 at Melbourne in 1992?

Answer : None, They won by 10 wickets

3. What was Brain Lara's score in his maiden world cup match in 1992?

Answer : 88 ( Retired hurt) Vs Pakistan at Melbourne.

4. What was the result of South Africa's World Cup debut match against Australia at Sydney in 1992?

Answer : South Africa won by nine wickets

5. Who kept wickets for Australia in one game in the 1992 World Cup in the absence of regular wicket-keeper Ian Healy?

Answer : David Boon

6. Who is the only wicket-keeper to score a century on ODI debut?

Answer : Andy flower of Zimbabwe with 115 not out Vs Sri Lanka at New plymouth in 1992

7. Who captained Pakistan for the first and only time in a world cup match in 1992 when Imran Khan injured?

Answer : Javed Miandad against the West Indies at Melbourne.

8. What was unique about the 1992 world cup?

Answer : Colored clothing, the white ball and Day/Night games were introduced for first time.

9. Who took two wickets in two deliveries in the 1992 world cup final?

Answer : Pakistan's Wasim Akram.

10. When and where did India and Pakistan first meet in a world cup encounter?

Answer : At Sydney in 1992. India won

11. Who has captained most number of matches in the world cup?

Answer : New Zealand's Stephen fleming has captained his side for 27 world cup matches.

12. What Innovation did New Zealand skipper Martin Crowe introduce in the 1992 world cup?

Answer : Opening the bowling with spinner, Dipak Patel

13. Who was player of the tournament in the 1992 world cup?

Answer : New Zealand's Martin Crowe

14. What was the highest individual score in the 1992 world cup?

Answer : 119 not out by Rameez Raja against New Zealand at Christchurch

15. What has been the lowest successfully defended total in world cup history?

Answer : Zimbabwe's 134 against England at Albury in 1992

16. Who was Man of the Match in the 1992 match between India and Pakistan at Sydney?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar

17. Who holds record for the most number of maidens bowled in a world cup match?

Answer : Bishen Singh Bedi's 8 maidens against East Africa in 1975

18. Who are only brothers to win a world cup together?

Answer : Steve Waugh and Mark waugh of Australia.

19. Who kept wickets for New Zealand in one match in 1992 as regular wicket-keeper Ian Smith was unwell?

Answer : Mark Greatbatch Vs England at Wellington

20. Which is the only father-son pairing to have represented the same country in world cup?

Answer : New Zealand's Lance and Chris Cairns

21. Who was the unfortunate player who did not get to bat, bowl or field on his ODI debut?

Answer : Ajay Jadeja Vs Sri Lanka at Mackay in 1992

22. How many out of England XI for the 1992 final were born outside of England?

Answer : Six

23. Who took the last England wicket in the 1992 final?

Answer : Pakistan Captain Imran Khan

24. Who is highest wicket taker for India in world cup history?

Answer : Javagal Srinath has taken 34 wickets.

25. Which was the last world cup to carry the sponsor's name?

Answer : The 1996 WILLS world cup

26. What was the unique match that immediately preceded the 1996 world cup?

Answer : A joint India-Pakistan team played Sri Lanka in an unofficial match

27. What was the hosting structure introduced for the first time in the 1996 world cup?

Answer : Three nations were the co-host they are India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

28. Why did Australia and West Indies boyott their group matches in colombo in 1996?

Answer : Because of terrorist attack.

29. In which city did Kenya pull off their shock victory over the West Indies?

Answer : Pune

30. Who was the second player to be named Man of the Match in both the semis and final?

Answer : Aravinda de silva in 1996. Mohinder Amarnath in 1983 was the first.

31. What was unique about Sri Lanka's victory in 1996?

Answer : They won three maches by default

32. Aravinda de silva's century in the 1996 final was the first in a final since which tournament?

Answer : Since 1979, there were no centuries in the 1983,1987 and 1992 finals.

33. Who took the first two wickets in the first over of the Sri Lankan innings in their semifinal against India in 1996?

Answer : Javagal Srinath.

34. Which Indian all rounder announced his retirement from International cricket at the conclusion of the 1996 world cup?

Answer : Manoj Prabhakar.

35. Which team scored highest innings score in a world cup final?

Answer : Australia scored 359 against India 2003 world cup final

36. Which are the two teams to win world by batting second?

Answer : Sri lanka and Australia.

37. What was unusual about Sachin Tendulkar's dismissal against Australia at Mumbai in 1996?

Answer : He was stumped off a wide bowled by Mark Waugh.

38. Who was the top run getter in the 1996 world cup?

Answer : Sachin Tendulkar with 523 runs

39. What was the Australian's margin of victory over the West Indies in the 1996 Semi final in Mohali?

Answer : Five runs

40. Who captained Pakistan in the absence of injured Wasim Akram in their quaterfinal against India at Bangalore in 1996?

Answer : Aamer Sohail

41. What record did Pakistan's Javed Miandad set in the 1996 World Cup?

Answer : The first player to play in all six World Cups from 1975.

42. Which was the first match to end in a tie in a world cup?

Answer : South Africa Vs Australia semi final in the 1999 edition.

43. What is the highest number of sixes hit in a innings. And by whom it was hit.

Answer : Ricky Pointing 's 8 sixes against India in 2003 world cup edition.

44. Who is the only Indian player to be uncapped a part of a World Cup winning squad?

Answer : Sunil Valson.

45. Against whom did sachin tendulkar score his first world cup century?

Answer : Kenya at cuttack

46. Who was the man of the match in kenya's shock defeat of the West Indies at pune in 1996?

Answer : kenya's captain Maurice Odumbe

47. Who scored a century for the west indies in their quater final defeat of south africa at karachi in 1996?

Answer : Brian Lara

48. What is common to the formats of the 1996 and current world cup?

Answer : They are the only two edition to have a quarter final stage.

49. How many centuries did mark waugh score in thd 1996 world cup?

Answer : Three

50. Who is the first to take two hat trick in world cup?

Answer : Mallinga of Sri Lanka.


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