Cricket Quiz – Must Try Special

[ehteshamul]

CRICKET QUIZ – MUST TRY SPECIAL

The incessant rain at Dhaka for the last 2 days and NO play has made us frustrated, and boring .

Weather reports from theweathernetwork.com forecasts says showers will continue today . In such a situation I thought it would be nice to divert our focus to an interesting Cricket Quiz which is based on Great performances of Batsmen/Captain of the past .

Hence this Endeavour.

Here we go

QUIZ - SINGLE QUESTION CRASH VERSION

Question 1

How many ways can a Batsman be dismissed?

Will accept upto 80% correct answer


QUIZ – MINI VERSION

Question 1

This Bangladesh Cricketer is the holder of the record of the third youngest Triple Centurion in First Class cricket.

Who is this prodigy ?

What was his age when he scored that ?

How much did he score and in how any mts and balls? How many boundaries ?

Question 2.

Who wore the first protective helmet in a test match and in which year ?

Question 3

Name the cricketers who has been selected Wisden’s Cricketer of the Year 2008

QUIZ – STANDARD VERSION

Question 1
He is one of the best players of pace and shook the world when he made a sensational debut against West Indies in 1971 and blunted the famed and fearsome pace attack of the West Indian with incredible performances throughout the series.

Who is the Batting Genius ? How many Runs, Centuries did he score in that series ?
What was his batting average ?

Who were the rival skippers of India and West Indies side ?

Question 2

He Is known as Street Fighter to the Cricket world.

He is Master Technician so far as batting is concerned and has salvaged his team zillion times from a desperate to a saving and winning situations as well.

His famous last ball six has become legendary.

Who is the Master batsman ? Who was the bowler who suffered at his hand ?

Question 3

This cricketer is probably one of the most astute skipper England ever produced. Could play in the team purely as Captain.

In terms of leadership he had outstanding man management skills and was second to none and brought the best out of his team mates like Ian Botham and brought England a great number of victories.

Who is this Captain per excellence ?

Question 4

This Sri lankan batting pair redefined One day Batting Style and approach.

Their Mantra was to attack the opposition ferociously from the word go and unsettle them with a flow of Run riot and thus give their team the advantage of an early unbelievable Run rate.

Their contribution paved their way for their country ultimately winning the World cup in 1996.

One is still active and the other retired.
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Who are these Cavalier Batsmen?

Question 5

These batsmen never wore helmets in their cricket carrier.

One was a Master Blaster and the other pure Class and Poetry – Incredible Wristwork and Sheer Timing.

Who are these Batting geniuses?

Question 6

Who won Wisden’s Cricketers of the Century Award that was conferred in 2000 ?

Answers to Crash Version will be posted on Monday October 27 2008 at 10 : 00 p.m. EST

Answers to Mini Version will be posted on Wednesday October 29 2008 at 10:00 p.m. EST

Answers to Standard Version will be posted on Friday October 31 2008 at 10:00 p.m. EST

[nzfan]

1)

10?

Handle Ball, Obstruct fielder, hit ball twice, caught, bowled, stumped, run out, timed out, hitting own wicket and lbw

2)

Raqibul hasan , aged 19, 313 runs off 609 balls in exactly 11 hours, 33 foura were hit

[Green Tea]

2. javed miandad
4. Sanath Joysuria
3.Mike Brierley

[Tigers_eye]

caught and bowled, caught by a fielder, caught by the wicket keeper. =3
Bowled off stump, middle stump, leg stump, hit wicket = 4
lbw, obstruction, handle ball = 3
Timed out, stump, multiple hits = 3

1) 13, lucky for some.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Green Tea
...
3.Mike Brierley

and he was a faltu player (statistics wise). No, this can't be a reason for us to keep Ash in the team. Ash is no Mike.

[auntu]

এহতেশামুল মানেই একগাদা প্রশ্নের ঝাঁপি। কেন জানি ক্রিকেট নিয়ে আঁকি-বুকি কাটতে গিয়ে প্রশ্নের উত্তর খুঁজতে উৎসাহ পাই না

[shabbir]

answer of crash version
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1.bowled,lbw,caught and bowled,caught,caught behind,hitwicket,stamped,runout,handle the ball,obstruction the field.hitting the ball twice-total 11no

[shabbir]

answer of standard version
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1.S M GAVASKAR 774 RUNS AT AVERAGE 154.8
INDIA SKIPPEER- WADEKAR
WI SKIPPER- SOBERS
2.JAVED MIANDAD BOWLER CHETAN SHAMRA
3.MIKE BARELY
4.SANATH JOYSURIA AND ROMESH KALUWITHARANA
5.SUNIL M GAVASKAR AND SIR VIVIAN RICHARDS
6.A.DON BADMAN B.JACK HOBBS C.SIR VIV RICHARDS D.SHANE WARNE E.GARY SOBERS

[shabbir]

answer of mini version
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1.md raqibul hasan 19yrs, 313 runs off 609 balls 11 hours, 33 four
2GRAHAM YALLOP-australia-1978
3.ian bell,zahir khan,chanderpaul,sidebottom and ottis gibson

[Rabz]

So far what i get:

Standard version: Test cricket.
Mini version: One day

is there a 20/20 version?

tiny-iny-mini version?
like those real short mini skirts.......

[ehteshamul]

Originally Posted by Rabz
So far what i get:

Standard version: Test cricket.
Mini version: One day

is there a 20/20 version?

tiny-iny-mini version?
like those real short mini skirts.......

I had introduced three version of quizzes on the basis of follwing rationale :

Crash Version:One question or small parts one question for readers who are cricket lovers who are very busy and all they can afford is one question.

Mini Version : They are also crcket lovers . But they can afford a littele more time.

Answering 3 questions is within their affordable time.

Standard Version . Meant for cricket lovers who have real passion for the game and willing to spare enough time for 6 questions time .


So far I am concerned I love to share my cricket knowlege with fellow readers.

When you share anything with others it gives you a great satisfaction.

Hope this heps.

Cheers!

[ehteshamul]

CONGRATULATIONS NZFAN, MIJAN BHAI AND SHABBIR!

CRICKET QUIZ – MUST TRY SPECIAL

ANSWERS TO CRICKET QUIZ (MUST TRY SPECIAL) - SINGLE QUESTION CRASH VERSION

Question 1

How many ways can a Batsman be dismissed?

Will accept upto 80% correct answer

Answer :

1. Bowled
2. Caught
3. Leg before wicket
4. Run out
5. Stumped
6. Hit wicket
7. Hit the ball twice
8. Obstructed the field
9. Handled the ball
10. Timed out

Congratulations nzfan, Mijan BHai and Shabbir !

Nzfan is the Winner

Tiger- Eye and Shabbir are Runner Up

Both have pretty much covered 10 .but has excess number of dismissals for reasons explained below

Caught

Caught and Bowled, Caught behind the wicket, Caught belong to same category Caught and should b considered as one . Laws of Cricket has one category for caught.

Bowled

Similarly Bowled off Stump, Middle Stump, leg Stump all belong to one category Bowled .

Laws of Cricket has one category for Bowled.

As a token of appreciation I would like to confer upon:

The title of ‘ Cricket Quiz Grand Master ‘ to nzfan and

The title of ‘ Cricket Quiz Master’ upon Mijan Bhai and Shabbir

[ehteshamul]

CRICKET QUIZ – MUST TRY SPECIAL.

ANSWERS TO QUIZ MINI VERSION

Question 1

This Bangladesh Cricketer is the holder of the record of the third youngest Triple Centurion in First Class cricket.

Who is this prodigy ?

What was his age when he scored that ?

Answer : Raqibul Hassan.

19 years 161 days

How much did he score and in how any mts and balls? How many boundaries ?

Answ : 313*, 660 mts, 619 balls and 33 boundaries.

Question 2.

Who wore the first protective helmet in a test match and in which year ?

Answer : Graham Yallop( Australia).

1978.

Question 3

Name the cricketers who has been selected Wisden’s Cricketer of the Year 2008

I.R. Bell, S. Chanderpaul, O.D Gibson, R.J. Sidebottom, Zaheer Khan

Congratulations Shabbir!

Awesome performance !.

You have scored 100% correct (3 out of three)

Hats off to you!

Good Try nzfan!

Nzfan attempted one question # 2 and that was correct.

I would like to confer the title of Cricket Quiz Superstar to Shabbir.

and a consolation title to nzfan of Cricket Quiz Smarty to nzfan.

[ehteshamul]

Hints : The cricketer I am referring to comes off a cricketing family from one of the subcontinent Cricket playing nations.

He was at his majestic best during the 60s and 70’s .

Also during his playing time he was the holder of record for 5 sixes in one over in a first class match in England which was Off course later broken by Sir Gary Sobers.

Now try.

[ehteshamul]

CONGRATULATIONS SHABBIR! YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN.

Here is the result of QUIZ – STANDARD VERSION.

QUIZ – STANDARD VERSION.

Question 1
He is one of the best players of pace and shook the world when he made a sensational debut against West Indies in 1971 and blunted the famed and fearsome pace attack of the West Indian with incredible performances throughout the series.

Who is the Batting Genius ? How many Runs, Centuries did he score in that series ?

What was his batting average ?

Who were the rival skippers of India and West Indies side ?

Answer : S. M. Gavaskar(India)
Runs : 774
Centuries : 4 including one double century
Batting Average : 154.8

Skippers
West Indies : Sir G. S. Sobers.
India : A L. Wadekar.

Question 2

He is known as Street Fighter to the Cricket world.

He is Master Technician so far as batting is concerned and has salvaged his team zillion times from a desperate to a saving and winning situations as well.

His famous last ball six has become legendary.

Who is the Master batsman ? Who was the bowler who suffered at his hand ?

Javed Miandad ( Pakistan.

Chetan Sharma(India).

Question 3

This cricketer is probably one of the most astute skipper England ever produced. Could play in the team purely as Captain.

In terms of leadership he had outstanding man management skills and was second to none and brought the best out of his team mates like Ian Botham and brought England a great number of victories.

Who is this Captain per excellence ?

Mike Brearley (England).

Question 4

This Sri lankan batting pair redefined One day Batting Style and approach.

Their Mantra was to attack the opposition ferociously from the word go and unsettle them with a flow of Run riot and thus give their team the advantage of an early unbelievable Run rate.

Their contribution paved their way for their country ultimately winning the World cup in 1996.

One is still active and the other retired.
.
Who are these Cavalier Batsmen?

Sanath Jayasuriya & Romesh Kaluwitharana ( Sri Lanka)

Question 5

These batsmen never wore helmets in their cricket carrier.

One was a Master Blaster and the other pure Class and Poetry – Incredible Wristwork and Sheer Timing.

Who are these Batting geniuses?

Master Blaster Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (West Indies).

Pure class & Poetry : Majid Jahangir Khan (Pakistan).

Question 6

Who won Wisden’s Cricketers of the Century Award that was conferred in 2000 ?

D .G. Bradman, G. S . Sobers, J.B Hobbs, S.K Warne, I.V.A Richards.

Congratulations Shabbir!

Fantastic Performance : 5.5 on 6.

The cricketer I meant for Question 5 - Pure Class and Poetry – Incredible Wristwork and Sheer Timing is Majid Jahangir Khan (Pakistan.

).I had provided hints yesterday.

However I will give you 6 on 6 because apparently Gavaskar also fits to the definition of pure Class and Poetry – Incredible Wristwork and Sheer Timing.

It would be unfair to deprive you of .5 So you have deservedly secured that.

So bottom line is you have got 100% correct (6 out of 6).

Hats off to you!

I would like to confer you the title of Cricket Quiz Sensation.

Keep it up!

All the best!