W r i t t e n r o u n d ( o n n i c k n a m e s ) I n f i n i t e P o u n c e L i s t I t I n f i n i t e P o u n c e D i f f e r e n t i a l S c o r i n g I n f i n i t e P o u n c e ( C o n t i n u e d ) Line up:
Audience
Question
During the last IPL season, X shocked Y during
a post match interview.
Y told X, “your dad named you well.” To which
X promptly replied, “Actually, I was named
after you.”
Audience
Question
Audience
Question
1) All eight questions are visual in nature.
2) Every answer is the name of an international cricketer.
3) 5 points for every correct answer.
4) A 5 point bonus goes to the team(s) with the most correct answers.
1 This man, a former NBA player, is widely considered to be one of the greatest ever to have played in another league. X’s coach, during his younger days, thought that they
2 The guy in the middle was universally known by a
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Sitter… who is nicknamed
after this legend?
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Which underappreciated genius
(in
my opinion, at least) gets his
nickname from this character?
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Probably the only international
cricketer
to be nicknamed after a Cluedo
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And, for the first
time in a
cricket quiz…
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Which cricketer, with a nose to match
1 This man, a former NBA player, is widely considered to be one of the greatest ever to have played in another league. X’s coach, during his younger days, thought that they
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2 The guy in the middle was universally known by a
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Tich Freeman; “Tich” being a generic British slang for anyone who is tiny.
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Sitter… who is nicknamed
after this legend?
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4
Which underappreciated genius
(in
my opinion, at least) gets his
nickname from this character?
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5
Probably the only international
cricketer
to be nicknamed after a Cluedo
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And, for the first
time in a
cricket quiz…
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Which cricketer, with a nose to match
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( C l o c k w i s e )
1) Fourteen questions, each one for 10 points.
2) On the pounce, a correct answer fetches +10,
but a wrong one gets you -10. You can pounce on your direct question.
3) In case no one answers a question (or
everyone pounces), the next direct goes to the same team.
4) A 5 point bonus goes to the team(s) with the most correct answers.
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Matthew Hayden at Hamilton in 2007. Sachin Tendulkar at ______ 2009.
Robin Smith at Birmingham in 1993.
Tillakaratne Dilshan at ______ in 2012. Kevin O’Brien at Nairobi in 2007.
These are some of the instances of a record for various countries. Who holds the world record? And what record is it?
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●This is an excerpt, by X, from the Click to add text foreword to a
famous cricket book.
“Cricketers are supposed to be simple, even gung-ho, in sexual matters as in everything else. And yet cricket – and most cricketers – has its dark secrets, its skeletons.”
a) Name X, the person who wrote the foreword. [5]
b) Name the book. Maybe I will be generous with the title... [5]
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3 Having had to wait till the age of 32 before he
debuted in Tests, X found instant success when he did. He reached 100 wickets in 28 Tests, just behind Grimmett and Ajmal
amongst all 30+ year old debutants.
X's son, Y, made a name as one of the best English T20 bowlers before his career
stagnated in 2008 and he was out of all major cricket....until he made an unexpected
appearance for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2010. Identify X and Y.
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Dilip Doshi and Nayan Doshi.
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Leptospermum scoparium
is a tree native to Australia and New Zealand that isoften called “tea tree”, because Captain Cook used the leaves to brew an
infusion. Its Maori name, normally the word for it in both Australia and NZ, lends its name to a cricket ground. Which ground?
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5
In 2001, the ICC made it mandatory
for
all Test umpires to be from neutral
nations. Who was the last umpire
to have been officially nominated
(ignore emergencies where the
Third Umpire had to step in) to
umpire a Test in his home nation?
And which Test? [No part points.]
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Ian Gould. During one of the rare “neutral
Tests”.
Pakistan vs. Australia
at
Leeds, in 2010.
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Only two post-World War II
bowlers
classified as “chinaman” bowlers
have taken 10fors. One is
obviously Paul Adams, so who is
the other?
[Ignore bowlers like Johnny
Wardle, who used a canny mix of
orthodox and wrist spin.]
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Michael Bevan; against West Indies,
in
1997.
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In March 2012, Calcutta University
announced that it would be awarding
a posthumous degree to Bina Das
(along with one to Pritilata
Waddedar). Bina Das was denied her
degree due to a 1932 event.
You find her story in many history
schoolbooks, but why does she
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She was the person
who shot at
Stanley Jackson,
the Governor of
Bengal; although
he escaped
unhurt.
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Lines written by Rudyard Kipling:
Winds of the World, give answer! They are whimpering to and fro,
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
The poor little street-bred people that vapour and fume and brag,
They are lifting their heads in the stillness to yelp at the English Flag!
The modified version of the blanked out line is one of the most quoted lines in the game. What?
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What do they know of cricket who
only
cricket know?
9 “I haven't been on _____ yet, so I can't really tell you.” This was the sarcastic reply given by an
Australian selector when questioned about the team line up during Ashes 2009. It was a
reference to a bizarre controversy that surely
happened for the first time in international cricket. a) Name the selector, who shares his last name with
the cricketer involved. [5] b) What was the issue? [5]
9 Merv Hughes was the selector. Phil Hughes's Twitter feed announced his dropping from the side, which revealed some plans and left the Australians
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The man pictured here, X, is the holder of a record that he created during his Test career, which lasted between 1983 and 1990.
He was in the news
throughout the summer of 2011, as Y equalled it and finally broke it in April 2012. However, currently X is the sole owner of the record
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X = Eldine Baptiste; Y = Tim Bresnan. Baptiste
holds The record for a 100% career Test record;
he played 10 Tests and won all of them.
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The Player of the Tournament
trophy
at the Hong Kong Sixes is named
after a person who isn't a cricket
legend, by any means.
He played just 2 Tests and 20
ODIs for his country, with moderate
success, but spent some time
growing up in Hong Kong. Who is
this cricketer?
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X played under the captaincy of Y in
the
2006 U19 World Cup. By the time Y
finally made his international debut, in
August 2012, X and Y were playing for
different national teams.
In an ironic twist of fate, Y removed X
with just his third ball in international
cricket.
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X = Craig Kieswetter; Y = Dean Elgar
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England's legendary glovesman Godfrey
Evans found employment in another field after his retirement.
But an infamous mistake during his
subsiquent career left him and his director, Ron Pollard, red faced as the company
lost £15,000. It was unexpected, as
something hadn't happened since 1894. What was Godfrey Evans's mistake?
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Godfrey Evans was the cricket
expert for
Ladbrokes during the 1981 Ashes;
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Amongst Indians, who makes this list
exhaustive, with respect to a 1983 feat.
Also identify both the cricketers shown
here.
14 Balwinder Sandhu. The great spoilsports of Indian
bowling – the people who took one wicket every time a bowler finished on a 9for.
The other two are Vasant Ranjane and Chandu Borde.
1) There are nine possible answers to the statement that will soon be given.
2) Each correct answer gets you 3 points.
3) A 3 point bonus goes to the team(s) that get ALL nine correct.
There are 9 Test cricketers with the
last name of Patel. Name all of them.
Jasu Patel Brijesh Patel Rashid Patel Parthiv Patel Munaf Patel Deepak Patel Jeetan Patel
Min Patel Samit Patel
I n f i n i t e Po u n c e
( A n t i c l o c k w i s e )
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Although the stat was mostly ignored by
the mainstream media, keen eyed cricket
fans were quick to point
out that Jonathan Trott
had broken this
gentleman’s 48 year old
Record in the Auckland
Test of this year.
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Vijay Manjrekar, who earlier held the record for most Test runs without hitting a six.
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The gentleman on the left is David Coltart, a
prominent human rights activist. Although cricket
fans worldwide don’t immediately associate him with it, he was behind something that will forever be
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He gave the idea (at least partially) for the black armband protest
that effectively ended the careers of Flower and Olonga.
[In case people missed it, that’s Mugabe on the right, in the previous slide.]
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This was the match was when X debuted for Ireland as one of their first ever overseas players.
[Scorecard follows.]
In fact, people still talk of X's legendary exploits in Irish club cricket in the 1980s, where he was so
succesful that they ended up banning overseas
players in Section 2 cricket! Identify this player, who humorously self-styled himself as the “Don of
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Raman Lamba
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One on the wandering Twenty20 players…
The first person to have scored three T20 hundreds in the various leagues that have
mushroomed across the world, was ironically, a man who never played single international T20.
Besides playing in three officially sanctioned leagues, he also gained fame in India for
winning the Player of the Tournament award during the inaugural ICL season. Who is this T20 legend?
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Many a Australian batting prodigy of the post-war era has been hailed as the "New Bradman". But this New Bradman (X), a fantastic batsman in his own right, was dropped for good just at the age of 28 despite averaging 45.55.
In 1963, in another part of the world, Y's parents thought of a very cheeky way to
name him after X, and he went on to play 9 Tests in the 1980s. Identify X and Y.
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Norm O’Neill. Anil Dalpat’s parents were the
geniuses who realized that the perfectly acceptable Subcontinental name “Anil” sounds like O’Neill.
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Identify this cricketer, who holds the record for most runs conceded in an innings. In the modern era, he is
often mentioned in
cricketing culture because he lends his name to
one of the most popular video blogs on cricket.
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No batsman has ever scored four
consecutive ODI 100s. But X came
heartbreakingly close to it at the
Willowmoore Park in 2002. He was on
96* with 6 runs required to win, when
Y bowled 5 wides and X was ultimately
stranded on 97*.
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Ten written questions. The points that you score depend on the number of teams that
get a question correct.
1/2 teams with the correct answer = 20 points. 3/4 teams with the correct answer = 15 points. 5/6 teams with the correct answer = 10 points. 7/8 teams with the correct answer = 5 points.
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In September 2002, X was named to play for Border against Free State in East London. A farce ensued because he was playing in the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka and wasn't even in the city when the match started!
What happened as a result of this has been a favourite in sports quizzing
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The Guardian did something unique by publishing, in book form, the complete over-by-over online
commentary for a
series. The title is a
reference to at least one of William the Conqueror and Arthur Mailey.
3
Identify this cricketer who has been breaking a few barriers
recently, and credits Bishan Singh Bedi for his rise.
4
Chris Gayle, with his innings of 63*
against Sri Lanka in June 2009, became
the only person in international T20 cricket
to do what?
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One of the cult heroes of cricket,
but
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Although Rest Days had long
been
considered unnecessary in
England (thanks to people realising
how much money could be made),
they made sporadic appearances
at one Sunday per summer in
Tests held in July, till 1996.
Why?
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There are just 8 instances of this. 7 were by the people shown here. Who did it the one other time, and what did he do?
Colin Cowdrey Javed Miandad Gordon Greenidge Alec Stewart Inzamam-ul-Haq Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith
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One of the most memorable ODI matches between Pakistan and India was played on 30th September, 1997. It was marred by crowd trouble as Indian players were frequently pelted by stones, and the
Pakistan innings was called off in the 48th over.
But with 8 runs required from the last
over of the Indian chase, who hit a six off Saqlain Mushtaq to ensure the win?
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In May 2011, this match from the Lincolnshire Premier League made it to national papers in England.
It would have been unremarkable for most cricket followers (not many of us follow the
LPL…), had it not been for the innings of 128, which is considered to be a worldwide first.
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Unofficial as it was, X will go down in
history as the first Indian to score a Test ton, with his 148 in a 1926 “Test”
against the MCC at Bombay.
Unfortunately when India finally played its first official Test in 1932, X, now all of 40 but showing no signs of slowing down, was considered too old to tour and he missed out on a Test cap that was probably deserved.
1
In September 2002, X was named to play for Border against Free State in East London. A farce ensued because he was playing in the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka and wasn't even in the city when the match started!
What happened as a result of this has been a favourite in sports quizzing
1
2
The Guardian did something unique by publishing, in book form, the complete over-by-over online
commentary for a
series. The title is a
reference to at least one of William the Conqueror and Arthur Mailey.
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3
Identify this cricketer who has been breaking a few barriers
recently, and credits Bishan Singh Bedi for his rise.
3
4
Chris Gayle, with his innings of 63*
against Sri Lanka in June 2009, became
the only person in international T20
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That is the only instance of a player
carrying the bat in international T20.
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One of the cult heroes of cricket,
but
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Although Rest Days had long
been
considered unnecessary in
England (thanks to people realising
how much money could be made),
they made sporadic appearances
at one Sunday per summer in
Tests held in July, till 1996.
Why?
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There are just 8 instances of this. 7 were by the people shown here. Who did it the one other time, and what did he do?
Colin Cowdrey Javed Miandad Gordon Greenidge Alec Stewart Inzamam-ul-Haq Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith
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Ricky Ponting yet again. Those are people
who have scored 100s in their 100th Test, and Punter did it twice.
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One of the most memorable ODI matches between Pakistan and India was played on 30th September, 1997. It was marred by crowd trouble as Indian players were frequently pelted by stones, and the
Pakistan innings was called off in the 48th over.
But with 8 runs required from the last
over of the Indian chase, who hit a six off Saqlain Mushtaq to ensure the win?
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In May 2011, this match from the Lincolnshire Premier League made it to national papers in England.
It would have been unremarkable for most cricket followers (not many of us follow the
LPL…), had it not been for the innings of 128, which is considered to be a worldwide first.
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Arran Brindle; who is considered to be the only woman to have scored a 100 in men’s semipro cricket.
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Unofficial as it was, X will go down in
history as the first Indian to score a Test ton, with his 148 in a 1926 “Test”
against the MCC at Bombay.
Unfortunately when India finally played its first official Test in 1932, X, now all of 40 but showing no signs of slowing down, was considered too old to tour and he missed out on a Test cap that was probably deserved.
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A historic moment. Just explain what happens next…
“ The constant speculation, criticism and innuendo by former players and section of the media over
the past four-five years have finally taken their toll. It is in the interest of the team…”
A voice in the background says, "I think the spelling is right. In the interest of the team…”
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Kim Hughes breaks down during his resignation Speech and Bob Merriman