1. Who is the First player to score a century in a world cup final?
Answer : Clive Lloyd (102,West indies Vs Australia in 1975 )
2. Who is the First bowler to take five wickets in a world cup final?
Answer : Gary Gilmour (12-2-48-5, Australia Vs West Indies in 1975)
3. Who was India's Wicket-Keeper in the 1979 world cup?
Answer : Surinder Khanna
4. What was India's win/loss record in the 1979 world cup?
Answer : Played 3, Lost 3.
5. When did Canada first compete in world cup?
Answer : 1979
6. what was unusual about the date of kenya's upset win over the west indies at pune in 1996?
Answer : It was held on February 29, which occurs once every four years and is known as leap year.
7. Who captained Australia in his only world cup in 1996?
Answer : Mark Taylor
8. Which nation competed for the first and only time in the 1996 world cup?
Answer : United Arab Emirates
9. Who were the two century makers in the Australia Vs New Zealand quarter final at chennai in 1996?
Answer : Chris Harris (New Zealand) and Mark Waugh (Australia)
10. Which two countries made their debuts in the 1999 world cup?
Answer : Scotland and Bangladesh
11. Which is the only country to stage the world cup on four occasions?
Answer : England (1975, 1979, 1983
12. Which is the only European country outside British Isles to stage a World Cup Match?
Answer : The Netherlands (Kenya Vs South Africa at Amstelveen, 1999)
13. Who was player of the Tournament at the 1999 world cup?
Answer : Lance Klusener of South Africa
14. Which format was used for the first time at the 1999 world cup?
Answer : The Super Six Stage.
15. Who are the Two South African players to score more than 1000 runs in world cup each?
Answer : Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kaliis.
16.Which was the first tied match in world cup history?
Answer : Australia Vs South Africa semifinal at Edgbaston,1999.
17.Who was only the second bowler after Chetan Sharma in 1987 to take a world cup hat-trick?
Answer : Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan against Zimbabwe at the Oval in 1999.
18.What was the world cup record in 1999 that Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly were involved in?
Answer : The best partnership for any wicket in the world cup. 318 for the second wicket Vs Sri Lanka at Taunton.
19.Who were the joint highest wicket takers in 1999?
Answer : Geoff Allott of New Zealand and Shane Warne of Australia with 20 wickets each.
20.Who recorded the highest individual world cup score for India in 1999?
Answer : Sourav Ganguly's 183 Vs Sri Lanka at Taunton.
21.Who was the last South African batsman dismissed in their tied semifinal against Australia in 1999?
Answer : Allan Donald who was run out.
22.Who scored a century for India in their loss to Australia at the Oval in 1999?
Answer : Ajay Jadeja with 100 not out.
23.Who was Man of the Match in the India Vs Pakistan match at Old Trafford in 1999?
Answer : Venkatesh Prasad with 5 for 27
24.Who Captained England in 1999?
Answer : Alec Stewart
25.What was the name of the theme song of the 1999 world cup?
Answer : All around the world by Dave Stewart.
26.When was the last occasion Australia lost a world cup match prior to the current edition?
Answer : They were beaten by 10 runs by Pakistan at Headingley in 1999.
27.Who dropped Steve Waugh on the way to his match winning century for Australia against South Africa in their Super Six match at Headingley in 1999?
Answer : Herschelle Gibbs
28.Who was the third player after Mohinder Amarnath(1983) and Aravinda de Silva(1996) to win the Man of the Match award in both the semis and final?
Answer : Australia's Shane Warne
29.Name the umpire who stood in his third straight final in 1999.
Answer : Steve Bucknor of the West Indies
30.Who scored an unbeaten century for Pakistan against New Zealand in the 1999 semi final?
Answer : Saeed Anwar (113 not out).
31.Which country apart from Pakistan beat champions Australia in the group stage of the 1999 world cup?
Answer : New Zealand beat Australia by 5 wickets at Cardiff
32.Who Inagurated the 1999 world cup in England?
Answer : British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
33.Which match in the 1999 world cup did Sachin Tendulkar miss because of his father's passing?
Answer : Against Zimbabwe at Leicester.
34.Against which country did Sachin Tendulkar score his lone century of the 1999 world cup?
Answer : Against Kenya at Bristol.
35.Name India's two wicket-keepers in the 1999 world cup.
Answer : Nayan Mongia and Rahul Dravid.
36.Who apart from Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly also opened the batting for India in the 1999 world cup?
Answer : S. Ramesh
37.Who made the highest individual score of the 1999 world cup?
Answer : Sourav Ganguly (183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton)
38.And who returned thd best bowling figures?
Answer : Glenn McGrath (5-14 against West Indies at Old Trafford)
39.Who scored the only half century in the 1999 wirld cup final between Australia and Pakistan at Lord's?
Answer : Adam Gilchrist (54)
40.What is common to the 1996 and 1999 finals?
Answer : The only two finals till then of teams batting second winning title.
41.Who was the only Indian bowler to take a wicket in the 2003 world cup final against Australia?
Answer : Harbhajan Singh
42.Who dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in the first over of the Indian innings in the 2003 world cup final?
Answer : Glenn McGrath
43.Who was player of the tournament in the 2003 world cup?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar
44.Which umpire stood in his third straight final in 2003?
Answer : David Shepherd
45.Who scored a century in the opening West Indies Vs South Africa match in 2003?
Answer : 2003 - South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia.
46.Who was Match Referee in both the 1999 and 2003 world cup finals?
Answer : Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle
47.Who captained West Indies in the 2003 world cup?
Answer : Carl Hooper
48.Which ICC Associate nation was the first to reach there semifinal of a world cup?
Answer : Kenya
49.What is Sachin Tendulkar's highest score in the world cup till the start of the current edition?
Answer : 152 against Namibia at Pietermaritzburg in 1999
50.What is the best world cup bowling figures till the start of the current edition?
Answer : 7-15 by Glenn McGrath against Namibia at Potchefstroom.
Answer : Clive Lloyd (102,West indies Vs Australia in 1975 )
2. Who is the First bowler to take five wickets in a world cup final?
Answer : Gary Gilmour (12-2-48-5, Australia Vs West Indies in 1975)
3. Who was India's Wicket-Keeper in the 1979 world cup?
Answer : Surinder Khanna
4. What was India's win/loss record in the 1979 world cup?
Answer : Played 3, Lost 3.
5. When did Canada first compete in world cup?
Answer : 1979
6. what was unusual about the date of kenya's upset win over the west indies at pune in 1996?
Answer : It was held on February 29, which occurs once every four years and is known as leap year.
7. Who captained Australia in his only world cup in 1996?
Answer : Mark Taylor
8. Which nation competed for the first and only time in the 1996 world cup?
Answer : United Arab Emirates
9. Who were the two century makers in the Australia Vs New Zealand quarter final at chennai in 1996?
Answer : Chris Harris (New Zealand) and Mark Waugh (Australia)
10. Which two countries made their debuts in the 1999 world cup?
Answer : Scotland and Bangladesh
11. Which is the only country to stage the world cup on four occasions?
Answer : England (1975, 1979, 1983
12. Which is the only European country outside British Isles to stage a World Cup Match?
Answer : The Netherlands (Kenya Vs South Africa at Amstelveen, 1999)
13. Who was player of the Tournament at the 1999 world cup?
Answer : Lance Klusener of South Africa
14. Which format was used for the first time at the 1999 world cup?
Answer : The Super Six Stage.
15. Who are the Two South African players to score more than 1000 runs in world cup each?
Answer : Herschelle Gibbs and Jacques Kaliis.
16.Which was the first tied match in world cup history?
Answer : Australia Vs South Africa semifinal at Edgbaston,1999.
17.Who was only the second bowler after Chetan Sharma in 1987 to take a world cup hat-trick?
Answer : Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan against Zimbabwe at the Oval in 1999.
18.What was the world cup record in 1999 that Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly were involved in?
Answer : The best partnership for any wicket in the world cup. 318 for the second wicket Vs Sri Lanka at Taunton.
19.Who were the joint highest wicket takers in 1999?
Answer : Geoff Allott of New Zealand and Shane Warne of Australia with 20 wickets each.
20.Who recorded the highest individual world cup score for India in 1999?
Answer : Sourav Ganguly's 183 Vs Sri Lanka at Taunton.
21.Who was the last South African batsman dismissed in their tied semifinal against Australia in 1999?
Answer : Allan Donald who was run out.
22.Who scored a century for India in their loss to Australia at the Oval in 1999?
Answer : Ajay Jadeja with 100 not out.
23.Who was Man of the Match in the India Vs Pakistan match at Old Trafford in 1999?
Answer : Venkatesh Prasad with 5 for 27
24.Who Captained England in 1999?
Answer : Alec Stewart
25.What was the name of the theme song of the 1999 world cup?
Answer : All around the world by Dave Stewart.
26.When was the last occasion Australia lost a world cup match prior to the current edition?
Answer : They were beaten by 10 runs by Pakistan at Headingley in 1999.
27.Who dropped Steve Waugh on the way to his match winning century for Australia against South Africa in their Super Six match at Headingley in 1999?
Answer : Herschelle Gibbs
28.Who was the third player after Mohinder Amarnath(1983) and Aravinda de Silva(1996) to win the Man of the Match award in both the semis and final?
Answer : Australia's Shane Warne
29.Name the umpire who stood in his third straight final in 1999.
Answer : Steve Bucknor of the West Indies
30.Who scored an unbeaten century for Pakistan against New Zealand in the 1999 semi final?
Answer : Saeed Anwar (113 not out).
31.Which country apart from Pakistan beat champions Australia in the group stage of the 1999 world cup?
Answer : New Zealand beat Australia by 5 wickets at Cardiff
32.Who Inagurated the 1999 world cup in England?
Answer : British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
33.Which match in the 1999 world cup did Sachin Tendulkar miss because of his father's passing?
Answer : Against Zimbabwe at Leicester.
34.Against which country did Sachin Tendulkar score his lone century of the 1999 world cup?
Answer : Against Kenya at Bristol.
35.Name India's two wicket-keepers in the 1999 world cup.
Answer : Nayan Mongia and Rahul Dravid.
36.Who apart from Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly also opened the batting for India in the 1999 world cup?
Answer : S. Ramesh
37.Who made the highest individual score of the 1999 world cup?
Answer : Sourav Ganguly (183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton)
38.And who returned thd best bowling figures?
Answer : Glenn McGrath (5-14 against West Indies at Old Trafford)
39.Who scored the only half century in the 1999 wirld cup final between Australia and Pakistan at Lord's?
Answer : Adam Gilchrist (54)
40.What is common to the 1996 and 1999 finals?
Answer : The only two finals till then of teams batting second winning title.
41.Who was the only Indian bowler to take a wicket in the 2003 world cup final against Australia?
Answer : Harbhajan Singh
42.Who dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in the first over of the Indian innings in the 2003 world cup final?
Answer : Glenn McGrath
43.Who was player of the tournament in the 2003 world cup?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar
44.Which umpire stood in his third straight final in 2003?
Answer : David Shepherd
45.Who scored a century in the opening West Indies Vs South Africa match in 2003?
Answer : 2003 - South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia.
46.Who was Match Referee in both the 1999 and 2003 world cup finals?
Answer : Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle
47.Who captained West Indies in the 2003 world cup?
Answer : Carl Hooper
48.Which ICC Associate nation was the first to reach there semifinal of a world cup?
Answer : Kenya
49.What is Sachin Tendulkar's highest score in the world cup till the start of the current edition?
Answer : 152 against Namibia at Pietermaritzburg in 1999
50.What is the best world cup bowling figures till the start of the current edition?
Answer : 7-15 by Glenn McGrath against Namibia at Potchefstroom.
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