THE CRICKET WORLD

CUP QUIZ

By:

Narayanan Murali

Akash Kaushik

1. X played in both cricket as well as football world cups.

He represented Y in the football world cup and Z in

the cricket world cup. Identify X,Y and Z.

X – Viv Richards

Y- Antigua

Z- West Indies

2.Name the 3 players who have represented two

different countries in the cricket world cup.

1. Anderson Cummins – West Indies and Canada

2. Kepler Wessels – Australia and SA

3. Graeme Hick – Zimbabwe and England

3.X has a nickname after an African tribe. He was

known for his unique playing style which resembled

playing styles of another sport, Y. X also till date has

the highest batting average in the tournament.

Identify X.

X- Lance Klusener

4. X was described by his captain Y as someone

better than Sachin Tendulkar. He came into the

limelight after his swashbuckling 37 ball 60 runs

against Z , the hosts that knocked them out.

Identify all.

X – Inzamam

Y- Imran Khan

Z- New Zealand

5. Identify the below player and the batsman

he caught in this iconic catch.

Dwayne Leverock of Bermuda. He caught

Robin Uthappa.

6. After this famous (rather infamous) incident a

new rule was brought into cricket. Name the

rule. Extra brownie points if you guess the

incident.

It was the 1992 WC semifinal between SA and

England. SA needed 22 off 13 balls. After rain

came pouring down it was revised to 22 off 7

balls before it became 22 off 1 ball due to the

rain rule. This led to the introduction of the

Duckworth Lewis rule.

7. The number of African countries that

have played in the world cup.

5. South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Namibia

and East Africa.

8. Connect

Steve Waugh to Gibbs after he dropped

his catch “ You dropped the cup mate

!!”

9.“Anhonee ko honi kar de, honi ko anhonee !

Ek jagah jab jama hon tinoh - Rajni, Gajni

aur Dhoni !!!!! “.

Who tweeted the above line and what

occasion was it?

Amitabh Bachchan during the 2011 WC final.

10. This legendary player has the unique

distinction of playing in the first 6 world cups.

Name him.

Javed Miandad

11.What unique feat did this player achieve?

Chetan Sharma – took the first hat trick in WC

history against NZ in the 1987 edition

12. Connect

Only players to win 3 World cups !!

13. In 1983, X captained his unsung team to

an upset victory. For the last decade though,

he has achieved fame (and some infamy as

well) in another capacity in cricket. Name X.

X- Duncan Fletcher

14. Connect

Man of the tournament award winners.

15. "It felt like playing football with both hands

tied behind my back." Tweeted X after a match

in the 2011 world cup in familiar dew filled

conditions. In his last world cup tournament he

was his country’s highest wicket taker. Name X.

X- Graeme Swann

16. This interesting cricketer was born in 1947

in Egypt. He was of Greek origin. He

represented two countries separated by a gap

of 13 years. He made his world cup debut in

1983 at the age of 36. Name the cricketer.*

John Traicos. He represented South Africa in

1970 in test cricket before they were exiled.

He made his WC debut in 1983 for Zimbabwe.

17. In 1987 when World Cup was handed over to India and

Pakistan, they faced a real problem of finding a sponsor

for the mega event. They met a successful London-based

Indian businessman who readily offered to make the

payment and sponsor the World Cup but the then Indian

prime minister, X , expressed his discomfort with a UK-

based business holding title rights for a tournament being

conducted in India. So the organizer settled on textile

tycoon Y. But Y had one condition that he be seated next

to the Prime Minister X during an exhibition match

between India and Pakistan held just before the World

Cup, which would be broadcast live on national television

to send the message that he enjoyed warm relations with

the government. Identify X and Y.

X- Rajiv Gandhi

Y- Dhirubhai Ambani

18.

1.)Don Pringle – Derek Pringle

2.)Lance Cairns -Chris Cairns

3.)Chris Broad – Stuart Broad

4.)

5.)

After WC 2015 , there will be 2 new entries in this

elite group. Fill the entries.

Roger Binny – Stuart Binny

Geoff Marsh – Mitchell Marsh

19. East Africa played in 1975 WC .Which

countries sent team members to play in the

East African team?

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia

20. Only player to get out hit wicket in a WC

final

A) Roy Fredericks

B) Clive Lloyd

C) Mohinder Amarnath

D) Lance Cairns

A) Roy Fredericks

21. In reply to West Indies' 286 for 9 in 1979

WC final , England made good start , getting

to tea without losing any wicket , with X

taking 17 overs to get into double figures.

Just after tea Clive Lloyd dropped a simple

catch of X. A lot of people suggested he put

[the catch] down purposefully just to keep

him in.

ID X

Geoff Boycott

22. First player to score century in World

Cup history.

A) Geoff Boycott

B) Dennis Amiss

C) G Viswanath

D) Rohan Kanhai

B) Dennis Amiss

23. First Indian Player to score century in

world cup

A) Mohinder amarnath

B) Kapil Dev

C) G Viswanath

D) Sunil Gavaskar

B) Kapil Dev

24. Which bowler’s action was taken for the

1999 World Cup graphical logo

Debasish Mohanty

25. In the match against ZIM in 1983 WC,

Kapil Dev scored 175 runs. What was the

second highest score by an Indian in the

match and who hit those runs?

24 by Syed Kirmani

26. Name the person who has been part of four

WC finals but not in the same role.

Hint: 3 WC as a player and last WC in a

different role

Clive Lloyd

1975,79,83 as a player

1996 as a match referee

27. Name the umpire who stood in maximum

number of world cup finals.

Steve Bucknor

28. The captain of one of the minnows ,after a

match between South Africa and his team X,

said "Before the game we said let's make

history today by beating South Africa. We made

history, but not by beating them" . Id the

Occasion

Herschelle Gibbs who created a record by

smashing 6 sixes against Netherlands.

29. The only team that has never won a

single knockout game is X, who have no

wins from three semi-finals and two

quarter-finals.

South Africa

30. X has appeared in 134 test matches but has

never played in the world cup. This is the most by

any Test batsman without having played a World

Cup. Identify X.

VVS Laxman

31. Who holds the record for the highest

individual score by a batsman from a non

test playing team?*

David Houghton of Zimbabwe who scored 142

in the 1987 edition against NZ. In 1987,

Zimbabwe had not been accorded the test

status.

32. Complete the sequence:

Clive Lloyd

Viv Richards

Aravinda De Silva

Ricky Ponting

Adam Gilchrist

X

Identify X.

X- Mahela Jayawardene

All centurions in the WC final.

33. Identify the bowler and his achievement.

Geoff Allott of NZ. With 20 wickets he was

the highest wicket taker in the 1999 WC.

34. Name the bowler,

the batsman and the

reason why this image

is iconic.

The bowler- Balwinder Sandhu

The batsman – Gordon Greenidge

This delivery became famous as the

Banana Skin delivery.

35. In a crunch situation, X the non striker,

backed up too far and was out of the crease.

But Y, the bowler refused to run him out. For

this act of sportsmanship, Y was gifted a hand

woven carpet by a fan from X’s country.

Identify X and Y.

X- Saleem Jaffar

Y- Courtney Walsh