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Write Brothers - 1

English cricketers (past and present) showed off their artistic skillsfor a charity called Cricket United. Their art work was auctioned toraise awareness and funds for Chance to Shine.

Identify the cricketers

7 cricketers. 5 points each

Identify all 7, get a bonus of 5 points

Please exchange sheets

Clockwise Round

17 questions

Infinite Bounce. 10 points

First 2 incorrect pounces will not be penalized after which incorrectpounces will be -10.

No part pounces

1.

Commenting on X’s famous feat a few days after, Yorkshire Postposed this question –

“X’s pace?” and answered with the classic “Ten Notts, of course..”

Who is X and what achievement are we talking about?

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Hedley Verity, 10 for 10

2.

Nadeem Moosa was a decent left arm spinner who played 29 firstclass matches from 1983-87. He had modest returns in his career,but was considered a legend of street cricket. This was primarilydue to the "finger" grip that he possessed, not unlike the caromball.

The ball was held between a bent middle finger and thumb, withthe index finger as loose support. The ball is then flicked out, withthe spin imparted from the quick flick out of middle finger andthumb. To nullify the threat of Moosa, an innovation was donewhich led to something that is now associated with the particularregion.

This is one of the many stories about the origin of what?

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Tape Ball cricket in Pakistan

The idea was that the tape would add another layer to the ball andmake it very difficult for Moosa to grip the ball.

Tape Ball emerged in Pakistan only after the 1980’s.

3.

The completely forgotten fact is that the bowler had attemptedsomething similar to batsman Aftab Habib, but missed the legstump in the previous over. The bowler had used the absence ofadditional screening above the sight screen to help him. Who isthe bowler and what am I talking about?

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Chris Read dismissal at Lord’s

4.

David "Dave" _____ had an unremarkable cricket career, playing 3first class matches taking 0 wickets and scoring a total of 55 runs.An English coach once told Dave _____ that he would never amake Test cricketer. Thirty years later, he was able to nudge thesame coach and reply, “You were right, I never made a Testcricketer, I made two!".

What was David’s surname? Name his 2 sons.

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Jeff and Martin Crowe

5.

X was a cricket enthusiast (unlike Mr Meiyappan) and was anadequate cricketer at Westminister school. When fielding, he wascontent to stand apart from the rest, observing events at adistance.

Murray Sayle, the only western journalist to interview X inMoscow, found him by waiting outside the foreign post office inthe hope that he would stop by to buy a copy of The Times andcheck county scores.

Who is this cricket enthusiast?

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Kim Philby

6.

When X got his first ever call to the national team, they asked himabout his formative years and how he learned the game. He saidhe was given a book and in that there was a sequence ofphotographs of Bishen Singh Bedi bowling and he studied everyphotograph and learnt bowling.

Identify X and the photographer who has covered over 325 testmatches.

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Monty Panesar, Patrick Eagar

7.

Fans in Sri Lanka commenting about the disastrous performance ofan umpire. Some may think that it is Virat Kohli calling them afterhearing his name. Who?

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B.C.Cooray

8.

In 1895, the ________ _____ Cricket Football and Athletic Clubpooled their resources with Bluemantle Cricket Club andpurchased the _______ Ground on a 99 year lease from theMarquis of Abergavenny. They built a pavilion at significant costbut that was destroyed in 1913 much to the dismay of cricketlovers like AC Doyle.

But this ground is remembered for some other type of destructionin the only international game played here.

Fill all 3 blanks.

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Tunbridge Wells, Neville Ground

9.

Harry Calder died aged 94 in 1995 having never played first classcricket. He was tracked down in South Africa in 1994 as being theoldest surviving Wisden cricketer of the Year award winner.

How was it possible for Calder to win despite never having playedfirst class cricket?

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School cricket

During the War, there was no County cricket, but Wisden wantedto continue the tradition of awarding the cricketer of the year.They chose school cricket as it continued to be played despite thewar.

Calder did not even know that he had won it, until 1994 when hewas tracked as the oldest surviving winner of the award

10.

South Africa took on Australia in 2 three match back to back seriesin 2001-02. Marketed as “The clash of kings”, South Africa werecompletely obliterated in the 6 tests and were defeated 5-0.

The administrators got together and realized the best way forwardwas to ape their conquerors in the way they prepared their playersfor international cricket.

What was the most important change implemented in South Africaafter this series?

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Franchise model

South Africa had followed a system similar to India where eachprovince had a team. They had 11 teams in their domestic circuit.After the humiliation at the hands of the Australians, they decidedto imitate the Aussies and ended up having a franchise system withonly 6 domestic teams

11.

The third test between Pakistan and England in 1977-78 in Karachi,finally broke a sequence of 89 tests. If a misfiring opening batsmenhad not been dropped and a leg spinning all-rounder beenrecalled, this sequence might have continued.

However the sequence recommenced immediately in the next testand continued for 11 more tests before completely coming to astop.

What sequence is this?

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Presence of at least one Mohammad brother in the team

At least one of the 4 Mohammad brothers had played in every testmatch for Pakistan. The last test involving a Mohammad brotherwas in 1979 between Australia and Pakistan at Perth. MushtaqMohammad retired shortly after that.

12.

Eddie Paynter achieved cricketing immortality during the 1932Bodyline series in the series winnings test at Brisbane by scoring 83after spending the night in the hospital. He was not supposed to bein the squad and was only called in after X suffered fromtuberculosis. X had scored a hundred on debut couple of years agoand was considered a certainty for the tour.

X later returned to Australia as a government official some 18years later.

Who is X?

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Duleepsinhji

13. The origin of these 2 trophies are similar. A very rich man sentacross these 2 trophies on a voyage and told them to give it to thebest challenge posed by local against the visitors.

The man said - “It would not be fair for you to bring the cup away,as you would rather they keep it; but perhaps you may come tosome agreement to play for it some future time, when, if thewinners desire to offer it for competition, you could go out andbring it home.

"I think, however, the sportsmen out there would like to keep thecup among themselves in recollection of your visit and as a giftfrom myself.“

Who be the man? <Image next slide>

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Sir Donald Currie

South African domestic rugbycompetition is still called the CurrieCup

Cricket sold itself by removing thename and replacing it with sponsorssometime in the 90’s.

14.

A Young Victorian opener had been called up to the first classteam. In order to ensure that he reached the railway station ontime, he left his home early. He obviously did not have to face theWhitefield traffic and ended up at the station ahead of time.

In order to pass time, he purchased something from the cigaretteshop in the station. When his teammates turned up, they saw theopener sitting on a bench with ______. Naturally he was given thatnickname.

Who? What nickname?

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Bill Lawry, Phantom

15.

This structure served initially only as a memorial, but a waterfountain was added making it a public utility. It has always beenassociated with the ground, being installed in 1882. It was movedslightly outside the ground in 1917 and almost immediately itsvandalisation started. It was considered beyond repair by the1960’s.

The city council decided to restore it in 2003 and move it to theParliament, but historians showed photographs of when themonument was inside the ground. On the basis of this evidence,they decided to move the restored structure back to the groundand it is currently only 10m away from its original location.

Which ground?

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Basin Reserve, William Wakefield Memorial

16.

He has played many important innings and daddy centuries, but to himhis most important innings was a 57 on a cold day in Manchester.

Overnight rain had ensured that the green pitch had freshened upmaking batting difficult. Also the cold and strong winds bothered him.

He made it difficult for himself because of a superstition. He did not useX during his first tour, which was a historic win for his side. He did not useX during the first test of the tour which ended in a draw. He decided tocontinue to do so in Manchester.

"Never during the inter-school and even during the inter-varsity matches,some of which were played in the winters. So it was part superstition andpartly the fact that I had never batted using X.“

Who rated this 57 as his best innings? What was the superstition that hefollowed at that time, which did not continue for long?

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Sunil Gavaskar, Wearing a sweater

17.

This guy gets his nickname from something that is conspicouslyabsent in this photo. Who / nickname?

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Bill Frindall, Bearders

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Write Brothers II

10 images

+10 for each

Bonus of 10 for getting all 10 right

1.

Who in of her earliestclub games?

2.

Classic Catch –Who is the bowler?

3.

"I just got a glimpse of a red blur and the speed of the ball actuallyknocked me off my feet," X wrote about his "fluke of a lifetime"catch in the gully at Lord's in 1956.

4.

Who (on the left) enjoying abeer after helping his team wina domestic ODI title, justbefore turning 18?

5.

Seen here in full pomp on his best day as a cricketer

6.

Someone playing withmake shift equipment inRome. Who?

7.

In a game between the Army and the RAF at Lord’s in 1944. Whatis happening?

8.

Who returning on a ship,after being kicked out ofa tour?

9.

Identify this player. His longstanding record was broken afew days ago.

10.

Could have been a thrillingtest. Which venue?

Please Exchange Sheets

1.

Who in of her earliestclub games?

Charlotte Edwards

2.

Classic Catch –Who is the bowler?

Dayle Hadlee

3.

"I just got a glimpse of a red blur and the speed of the ball actuallyknocked me off my feet," X wrote about his "fluke of a lifetime"catch in the gully at Lord's in 1956.

Richie Benaud

4.

Who (on the left) enjoying abeer after helping his team wina domestic ODI title, justbefore turning 18?

David Boon

5.

Seen here in full pomp on his best day as a cricketer

Duncan Fletcher

Scored 69 and took 4 wickets to help Zimbabwe beat Australia inthe 1983 World Cup

6.

Someone playing withmake shift equipment inRome. Who?

Audrey Hepburn

This was on the sets of Roman Holiday

7.

In a game between the Army and the RAF at Lord’s in 1944. Whatis happening?

Air Raid

8.

Who returning on a ship,after being kicked out ofa tour?

Lala Amarnath

9.

Identify this player. His longstanding record was broken afew days ago.

Gul Mohammed

His record for the highest score in a Ranji Trophy final was beatenby Karun Nair

10.

Could have been a thrillingtest. Which venue?

Headingley, Leeds

Vandals demanding the release of one George Davis dug up thepitch and poured oil in it. On the final day, Australia needed 225runs more to win with 7 wickets in hand.

Anti-Clockwise Round

17 questions

Infinite Bounce. 10 points

First 2 incorrect pounces will not be penalized after which incorrectpounces will be -10.

No part pounces

1.

In 1976 at the MCG, Ian Redpath was caught on long on for 101.Fred Trueman was riskily awoken in the early hours and asked for acomment. He responded in typical fashion "I'm not surprised, thebugger's been playing for twenty years.“

What had just happened?

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Lance Gibbs broke his record

2.

Herbie Collins was anAustralian cricketer from 1921to 1926. He played 19 tests andalso captained Australia in thattime. What was his professionthat in today's time would haveensured he would be no wherenear a cricket field?

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Bookmaker

There is a suspicion that the 1926 Ashes decider was fixed thanksto Herbie Collins. Australia had managed a slender lead andEngland resumed after a violent thunderstorm. Collins, the captain,used inexperienced Arthur Richardson instead of Arthur Maileyand Grimmett. England ended up scoring 436 and Australia lost by289 runs.

3.

Australian crowds gave Mike Brearley a bad time on his debut tour.On his second tour in 1979-80, he grew a beard to look tougherand less like the toff figure that Australians enjoyed mocking.

The beard however, merely led to cries of "X!". Being called X wasnot very flattering for Brearley as X came into prominence aroundthe time and was an extremely divisive figure in the world. X?

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Ayatollah!

4.

Trailer of a TV movie called Tangiwai: a love story. Whose lovestory? Identify the bandaged guy.

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Bob Blair, Bert Sutcliffe

5. The title of this book comes from MartinJohnson's piece just before the first test inthe 1986-87 Ashes in Australia.He wrote: ""There are only three thingswrong with this England team. They _______, ____ _____, ____ _____".England, despite being on a run of 8 defeatsin 11 tests, turned the tables to win the 1sttest by 7 wickets. They promptly wore t-shirts with the same blanks. Johnsonadmitted that, while it was the rightsentiment, he’d applied it to the wrongside.” FITB.

England went on to win the Ashes 2-1. Listen to the audio of John Embureyreminiscing about partying with X after theAshes win. Who?

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Can’t bat, Can’t bowl, Can’t fieldElton John

6.

This chap made over 10,000 runs in first class cricket and was setto make his debut against Pakistan in 1988. He missed his debutthough, after suffering from debilitating gastro that allegedly cameafter he made the diabolical decision to ice his warm beer inQuetta. He played his only international game in an ODI on thesame tour scoring 32.

He was also the recipient of a classic Steve Waugh sledge. Waughtook a few minutes settling at the crease, checking the field andtaking his guard when he remarked from the slip cordon, "forChrist sake, its not a test match!". Waugh coolly replied, "Of courseit isn't, you're playing".

Who?

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Jamie Siddons

Coached Bangladesh from2007 to 2011.

7.

Identify the centurion in this game

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Nolan Clarke

Oldest to ever play a world cup game.

He scored 159 against MCC in 1973. Made his international debutin 1996

8.

Shortly after the 1983 world cup, West Indies embarked on a tourof India to avenge their loss in the world cup final. They managedto do so comfortably winning both tests and odi series.They visited the Taj Mahal and had their pictures taken. But therewas significant delay in the pictures being delivered to them.

Clive Lloyd was informed "Sir, there was one white man in all thepictures. I had to cut him out. Hence the delay."

Who was the white man?

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Dennis Waight

He was their trainer and ensured that the great West Indies teamremained fit

9.

The very first U-19 world cup was held in Australia. A number offuture international captains such as Naseer Hussain, Inzamam,Brian Lara etc. participated.

A team comprising of associate nations was made up for thisevent. The team included the likes of Tim De Leede (Netherlands),Treveor Penney (Zimbabwe) etc. Only one member of that squadended up playing test cricket. He even scored a hundred on testdebut. His nickname will instantly remind Kannada cinemas fans ofan epic line from a superstar’s debut appearance.

Identify the test player.

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Aminul Islam

Because there are multipleAminul Islam, he was known byhis nickname Bulbul

10.

X excelled in table tennis and basketball at school, but was aconstant presence in the Mumbai railway colony games. Duringone of the weekend ‘grudge’ matches, X played on a mattingwicket for the first time. X not used to the higher bounce wentforward to a tall bowler and was hit of the face. X lost some frontteeth and the top part of the gum.

X played for almost 20 years and played with a denture throughoutas one more similar mishap would have made things more difficult.Identify X who is known for protruding teeth thanks to dentures.

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Diana Edulji

11.

Billy Williams was a member of the MCCfrom 1900. He played for 38 First Classgames, with 27 games for Middlesex.

But his greatest contribution to the field ofsports, was his discovery of a cabbage fieldand the subsequent purchase of thecabbage patch. What did that cabbagepatch eventually become?

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Twickenham Rugby Stadium

The rugby stadium for a long time was called Billy WilliamsCabbage Patch. This stadium will host the rugby world cup finals in2015

12.

WRT Australian domestic cricket what connects these followingcricketers?

Bill Lawry (Victoria)

Don Bradman (South Australia)

Steve Waugh (NSW)

Ricky Ponting (Tasmania)

Ian Healy (Queensland)

Lawrie Sawle (Western Australia)

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Best player awards in domestic cricket

13. Thomas _______ was an English cricketerwho played for Derbyshire and MCCbetween 1877 and 1887.

After his FC career got over, he returnedto the game as an umpire and evenofficiated in 2 tests.

However, he was said to be the umpire ina non first class game involving X. X, took7 wickets for 61 runs in that game.Thomas’ presence in this game played animportant part in X’s subsequent career. Xplayed 10 FC games, and famously endedup with one wicket, but a very significantone.

Identify X and fill in the blank

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Arthur Conan Doyle, Mycroft

Arthur Conan Doyle’s only First Class wicket is W. G. Grace

14.

Jack Cheetham played 24 tests for South Africa and captained in 15of them. He captained in one of the closest series against Englandin 1955-56 which England won finally in the 5 test 3-2.

He chronicled his experiences in a book titled “_ _______”. It wassomething that he did 3 times in his career.

A much hated Englishmen in India, used the same title “________” for his autobiography. Though he used it 4 times in hiscareer, people suggest that the title meant he had had enoughafter a battering that he received in Australia towards the end ofhis playing career.

Identify the Englishmen and give the title of their books

Mike Denness, I declare

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Victoria hadn’t won the domestic ODI title in over 15 years. At thestart of the 1994-95 tournament, they brought out an innovationwhich divided their supporters.

“Troy Corbett doesn't look too bad, but the sight of Merv Hughes'legs pumping away by the boundary rather uncomfortably broughtto mind the window of a butcher's shop.” ~as per a blog onAustralian cricket.

The embarrassment probably galvanized the team and they wontheir first ODI title. The innovation was not seen afterwards.

What innovation was seen this season which thankfully was brief?

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Wearing shorts

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He was spending time in South Africa for a short time where hewas trying to make money in the gold business and also dabbled instockbroking. He played a game for an English side against a SouthAfrican side and captained them. Many years later, this game wasgiven test match status making him one of the few people to havecaptained a country on their debut test.

Identify this captain, whose big break came in 1895 and whicheventually took him to newer lands where he made a name forhimself.

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Charles Aubrey Smith

He captained England in theonly test that he played. Hemade his London stage debut in1895 and moved to Hollywoodin the 1920’s.

17.

This chap (X) played 47 tests for Australia, scoring 5 hundreds and17 fifties and is remembered as a gritty, courageous player. In whathe calls his best innings, he actually retired hurt with the with theteam's score on 28. Neil Harvey came to bat and was out first ball,hitting a full toss to short mid-on. X came back to bat the next dayand was finally dismissed for 89.

Who is X? What would have happened if X didn't come out to bat?

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Colin McDonald

Jim Laker wouldn’t have got all 10 in the 2nd innings

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The Karnataka cricket team has had representatives in each ofIndia’s world cup squad barring 2011.

So essentially list all the Karnataka players who have been part ofIndia’s squad at the World Cup.

10 names – 5 points each

Please exchange sheets

Brijesh Patel

Gundappa Vishwanath

Roger Binny

Syed Kirmani

Javagal Srinath

Anil Kumble

Venkatesh Prasad

Rahul Dravid

Robin Uthappa

Stuart Binny

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Tie Breaks

1.

David Boon and Michael Hussey titled their autobiographies“_____ ___ ________ _____” or slight variations of it. They werepall-bearers of a tradition involving “_____ ___ ________ _____”.

Give the 4 word title

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Under the Southern Cross

2.

His autobiography is titled ______: Through My Eyes.

Who?

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3.

After Pakistan came into being, organized cricket in Lahore,centred around X league, which took place during the monsoonsstarting in April and running through till August. It was named aftera batsman who played 7 tests for India and migrated to Pakistanafter partition. His brother also played for India and his sonrepresented Pakistan twice in the 1950's. X?

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Wazir Ali league

4.

This is the album cover of Last Train to Paris by Diddy. Who is thephotographer? We know him for writing some superb articles andranting in videos.

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Jarrod Kimber

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14 Indian bowlers have made it to honors board at Lords. Namethem