World Cup Cricket Quiz

1. Cricketers from Antigua & Barbuda were part of the West Indies team

which won the inaugural World Cup in 1975. To celebrate the grand

occasion the Antigua government published three stamps featuring the

champion Windies squad & the two Antiguan cricketers of that victorious

side. If one of them was Viv Richards, who was the other one?

(a) Joel Garner

(b) Colin Croft

(c) Andy Roberts

(d) Michael Holding

2. South Africa again choked badly in the Quarter Final of the 2011

World Cup against New Zealand at Dhaka. This South African

batsman got trolled badly even by the gentle Kiwi cricketers as he was

responsible for his partner’s run out. Who is this batsman?

(a) AB deVilliers

(b) Faf du Plesis

(c) Johan Botha

(d) Jacques Kallis

3. X took one of the best catches of the 1987 World Cup, a blur of

motion, as he sprinted across mid-wicket and brought off a diving one-

handed catch off a Krishnamachari Srikkanth shot, just when the ball

seemed to be heading for a certain six. Id X.

(a) Martin Snedden (NZ)

(b) Peter Taylor (Aus)

(c) Grant Paterson (Zim)

(d) Neil Foster (Eng)

4. Which Australian batsman was hit on his face by a brutal Michael

Holding bouncer & had to carried away in a stretcher in a 1983 World

Cup match?

(a) Graeme Wood

(b) David Hooks

(c) Tom Hogan

(d) Graham Yallop

5. Who is unplugged here from 1999 World Cup?

(a) Klusener

(b) Donald

(c) Cronje

(d) Woolmer

6. Here all the 16 captains of the 2007 World Cup are posing for a

photo shoot. All but one captain came in formals, i.e. Shirts, Ties

Blazers & Trousers. Who didn’t follow the exact dress code?

(a) Luuk van Troost, Netherlands

(b) Craig Wright, Scotland

(c) Irving Romaine, Bermuda

(d) Anti Corruption Officer

7. Here Sourav Ganguly is planting a tree as per the tradition of the

ground which says a cricketer has to plant a tree if he scores a century

or takes a fifer here. Ganguly scored a hundred at this ground against

Namibia in the 2003 World Cup. Id the ground.

(a) North West Stadium, Potchefstroom

(b) Boland Park, Paarl

(c) Willowmoore Park, Benoni

(d) City Oval, Pietermaritzburg

(8) The 2019 World Cup is going to be start on May 30th, 2019.

However, India is starting their campaign almost a week later. What is

the reason for that?

(a) BCCI requested ICC to delay it as their players need some more

times to recover after the completion of IPL

(b) BCCI thought 5 was a lucky number, hence wanted to start the

tournament on 5th June

(c) As per the‘Lodha Regulations’, there should be a minimum 15

days gap between two major competitions.

(d) Indian team management want more time to get accustomed with

the typical English weather.

(9) It’s a quite common fact that Sunil Gavaskar played one of the

slowest innings ever against England in the 1975 World Cup.

However, it is almost forgotten that he played a similar kind of innings

again in the next World Cup also. Opening the batting he scored 55 on

144 balls with a poor strike rate of 38.19 only. Id India’s opponent

who chased the score with ease.

(a) New Zealand

(b) West Indies

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Australia

10. Connect the cricketers to an unfortunate World Cup feat.

(a) Only batsmen to be dismissed on 99

(b) Only batsmen who were out facing without a ball

(c) Only batsmen who were out for a duck 4 times in a single World

Cup

(d) Only batsmen who were dismissed on a wide ball

11. Martin Crowe intentionally dropped a catch of Zimbabwe’ s

Alistair Campbell in the group league match of 1992 world Cup. Why

did he miss that?

(a) He was the last batsman so Crowe wanted Chris Harris who took

two wickets in his last two balls of the previous over to complete his

hat-trick in the next over

(b) He was scoring too slowly so the required run rate was always

going higher

(c) The match was finishing much earlier denying the home crowd

some more action. So he dropped that to stretch it little longer.

(d) The dismissal would mean at least a couple of minutes delay to

bowl the next ball. As it was raining already Crowe ensured no time

was wasted & minimum overs for a result was delivered

12. India faced England at Birmingham in a do or die clash in a 1999

World Cup match. At a crucial juncture of the game, England batsman

Graham Thorpe was adjudged LBW by a certain Pakistani umpire.

However the ball was missing the stumps by a long way. It set the

stage for an Indian victory. As at that time India were involved in the

Kargil war against Pakistan, it was jokingly said that the umpire should

be the messenger of peace. Who was the Pakistani umpire?

(a) Khizir Hayat

(b) Asad Rauf

(c) Javed Akhtar

(d) Nadeem Ghauri

13. In his first tour to India in 1976, he had terrible experiences. He

flung a bail at the umpire after Anshuman Gaekwad wasn't ruled out

hit-wicket. To make things worse, the heat and humidity contributed

to him falling violently ill ten minutes into the game, and kept him off

the field for a day and a half. He swore that he would never return to

the subcontinent. So he gave the 1987 World Cup a miss. Id this

legend.

(a) Ian Botham

(b) Richard Hadlee

(c) David Gower

(d) Malcolm Marshall

14. They were absolute underdogs in a World Cup knock out match.

When the skipper was asked about their chances in that match, he

gave an example of a clash where overwhelming favorite Mike Tyson

was beaten by underdog James Buster Douglas in a boxing ring.

Which captain made this statement?

(a) Imran Khan before the 1992 WC Semi Final against New Zealand

(b) Steve Tikolo before the 2003 WC Semi Final against India

(c) Mashrafe Mortaza before the 2015 WC Quarter Final against India

(d) Darren Sammy before the 2015 WC Quarter Final against New

Zealand

15. Identify this World Cupper painting during his leisure time at the

1996 World Cup.

(a) Peter Cantrell

(b) Jack Russell

(c) Shane Tomson

(d) Charlie Lock

16. For their record breaking World Cup performances at St. Kitts &

Nevis, Mathew Hayden (fastest World Cup century at that time) &

Herschelle Gibbs (six sixes in an over) were felicitated by the Prime

Minister Denzil Douglas. What did they get as rewards?

(a) Citizenships of St. Kitts & Nevis

(b) Highest civilian award of St. Kitts

(c) Plots in the capital Basseterre

(d) Lifetime free fooding & lodging whenever they return to the island

nation

17. All the 14 participating nations had official 15 memberssquads

during the 2015 World Cup. However, India had an unofficial 16 th

member in their dressing room throughout the tournament. For this

special case BCCI had to compensate ICC a whopping 2.4 crores. Id

the bowler.

(a) Barinder Sran

(b) Pankaj Singh

(c) Rishi Dhawan

(d) Dhawal Kulkarni

18. Zimbabwe beat Australia on the inaugural day of World Cup 1983.

However, it got unnoticed on the following day’s newspapers. What

was the reason for that?

(a) Everyone thought that Australia would win it easily so no reporters

were there to cover the match.

(b) Margaret Thatcher was reelected as the Prime Minister of UK so it

took all the newspaper coverage

(c) Just like BBC the sports reporters also called a strike during that

match day

(d) It was a national holiday. So no newspaper was published on that

very day

19. In a 1996 World Cup match Netherlands’ Marcel Schewe was

stumped for 12. It gave a prolific batsman his only international

wicket. Who was this wicket taker?

(a) Stephen Fleming

(b) Brian Lara

(c) Inzamam-ul-Haq

(d) Ricky Ponting

20. The crazy West Indies fans invaded the ground after their victory in

the 1975 World Cup final. They also robbed sporting equipments from

the cricketers. Thompson lost his pads, umpire Bird lost his cap in the

process. How did Keith Boyce who was fielding at the furthest corner of

the ground - long leg at the Nursery End, save his new pair of shoes?

(a) He was barefooted during the last half of the match

(b) Before the fall of the final wicket, he had already gone to the

dressing room & a substitute came to field.

(c) He removed his shoes instantly & kept it in his pockets

(d) He had anticipated the situation and replaced his new boots with old

ones at tea.

Answers

1. (c) Andy Roberts

2. (b) Faf du Plesis.

De Villiers was run out.

3. (c) Grant Paterson (Zim)

4. (a) Graeme Wood

5. (c) Cronje

6. (c) Irving Romaine, Bermuda

He wore a Bermuda, not a usual trouser as per their tradition

7. (d) City Oval, Pietermaritzburg

8. (c) (c) As per the‘Lodha Regulations’ , there should be a

minimum 15 days gap between two major competitions.

9. (a) New Zealand

10. (a) (a) Only batsmen to be dismissed on 99

11. (d) The dismissal would result in at least a couple of minutes delay

to bowl the next ball. As it was raining already Crowe ensured no time

was wasted & minimum overs for a result was delivered

12. (c) Javed Akhtar

13. (b) Richard Hadlee

14. (d) Darren Sammy

15. (b) Jack Russell

16. (a) Citizenships of St. Kitts & Nevis

17. (d) Dhawal Kulkarni

18. (b) Margaret Thatcher was reelected as the Prime Minister of UK

so it took all the newspaper coverage

19. (a) Stephen Fleming

20. (d) He had anticipated the situation and replaced his new boots with

old ones at tea