A Quiz on Wicketkeepers

2. Who will come next in this ‘entertainment’ connection?
Also mention the connection as well.
Q1

3. Chenge the game ad campaign of Pepsi during 2011 WC.
A1

4. We Know that Gilchrist's Only
wicket in his entire career was
in IPL & the victim was none
other than the turbanator
Harbhajan Singh.
Question is who kept the
stumps in that particular over
(rather than that particular
ball)?
Q2

5. Praveen Kumar
A2

6. When X was playing his last test in Sydney, young Y tried to
sledge him. In response X famously told him: “Show a bit of
respect, you were in nappies when I played my first Test match.”
15 Years later when Y was playing in Australia again he met X's
son there as a substitute fielder in a practice session. Y
repeated exactly the same words to his son that day as a bit of
naughtiness.
Just identify X & Y.
Q3

7. X- Steve Waugh Y- Parthiv Patel
A3

8. X once hold the fastest half century record in ODI WC. But his
feat was overshadowed by someone from his team who went
on to do something first in International cricket in the same
match.
However X's feat was broken just 6 days after when Brendon
McCullum scored the fastest half century in WC.
Who is X & who overshadowed his doings in the same match?
Q4

9. Mark Boucher & Hercshell Gibbs hitting Six Sixes in an over.
A4

10. X started his coaching career in football for Forest Green Rovers in
the National Conference. He also went on to coach and mentor
Gloucestershire in 2008.
X was also an enthusiastic painter from his very early days. He
began his career as a painter with Man Reading His Newspaper a
moment captured when rain had stopped play during a match
between Gloucestershire and Warwickshire. He wrote 3 books on
paintings The Art of X: Caught on Canvas, New Horizon, A Personal
Journey Through Eighteen Counties.
He was one of unconventional wicketkeepers not because of his
style but because of a piece of kit whose name came from a French
word meaning 'draw out’.
Identify him & also mention the kit.
Q5

11. Jack Rusell & his Terry Towel Hat/Bucket Hat
A5

12. X is a South African-born former international cricketer who
played for a different country. There are several records in his
name. He holds the record of most dismissals by a wicket-keeper
for his country and has been involved in the highest 6th and 7th
wicket partnerships of his country in Tests. He is the first wicket-
keeper batsman to score a double hundred for his country in
Tests.It was the second-longest Test innings by a wicket-keeper in
terms of number of balls faced, with only Sri Lanka’s Brendon
Kuruppu 548-ball 201 against New Zealand in 1987 lasting longer.
Just Identify him(X).
Q6

13. Wish You a very happy 2nd innings Bradley John Watling
A6

14. Nicknamed as Khokon, he was the first Bengali to
represent India in Test matches, and the first
Bengali to keep wickets for India.His finest
moment was in the final Test against England at
Madras in 1951–52. He played a notable part in
the historic victory, taking five stumpings, all off
Vinoo Mankad to help his side to a famous win.
i) In his debut test series against Australia what
feat was achieved by him as only Indian
wicketkeeper to do so?
ii) Along with Alan Smith they are the only
wicketkeepers to achieve what feat till date?
Q7

15. Probir Sen
i) Only Indian wicketkeeper to stump Sir Don Bradman.
ii) Wicketkeepers to take hat-trick in first class cricket.
A7

16. X became the first player to be recognised twice in one
edition of Wisden, as both Leading Cricketer in the
World and a Cricketer of the Year.
He is the first player to score 150+ scores in four
consecutive Test matches. He is the first batsman to
score half centuries in 2 different ICC T20 World Cup
finals.
Just Identify this prolific wicketkeeper-batsman.
Q8

17. Kumar Sangakkara
A8

18. A right-handed wicketkeeper batsman, X wore
his cap at a 'bewildered angle' and 'stood with
his toes pointing up at an angle of 45 degrees'.
During his first Test at Lords he chipped a bone
in his finger and suffered from blurred vision.
This injury led him early exclusion from the
sport.
However his nephew (Y) & grand nephew (Z)
represented India in international level later on.
Y was also a wicketkeeper but famous for his
batting against pace bowling.
Z is one of prolific commentators from India
currently.
Identify all X,Y & Z.
Q9

19. X- Dattaram Hindlekar Y- Vijay Manjrekar Z- Sanjay Manjrekar
A9

20. What Specific connection do they share in respect to
wicketkeeping?
Q10

21. Most Catching dismissal in a Test (11)
Jack Russell (England) did it against South Africa at New
Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, in November–
December 1995. AB de Villiers (South Africa) matched Russell’s
feat against Pakistan, also in Johannesburg, in February 2013.
And, on 7–10 December 2018, Rishabh Pant (India) took 11
catches against Australia at the Adelaide Oval in Australia.
In all three cases, six catches were taken in the first innings, and
five in the second innings.
A10

22. X made his Test debut in on his 31st birthday & took 200
catches in his playing career making him only the 2nd
keeper to achieve the feat from his country. He also
jointly holds the world record for taking seven catches in
a Test innings, which he achieved in Melbourne in 2000.
Coincidentally X is the only test wicket of an occasional
ODI wicketkeeper Y who never did keeping duties in test.
Just Identify X & Y?
Q11

23. Ridley Jacobs & Rahul Dravid
A11

24. On 5 June 2015 during a T20 Blast game between
the Worcestershire Rapids and the
Northamptonshire Steelbacks, what peculiar thing
happened in the 16th over of the match, when
spinner Moeen Ali bowling?
Q12

25. Keeper Ben Cox, became an extra fielder at fly slip
A12

26. X made his Ointernational ODI debut in World cup against Sri
Lanka. He is the only player to score an ODI hundred on debut
in a world cup match.He also has the record for the most
matches (149) to score his second ODI century after scoring a
century on debut, when he did it in only in his 150th ODI.He
also holds the record for the highest ever test score posted by a
wicketkeeper batsman in an innings of a test (232*). He is also
the first and only wicketkeeper batsman to have a batting
average of 50 in test cricket.
Just Identify this prolific wicketkeeper-batsman.
Q13

27. Andy Flower
A13

28. Wicketkeeper Rod marsh inspired X take up wicket-keeping. Greg
Chappelle watched X's progress in Queensland, and believed that
he offered the lower-order batting stability and determined
approach to the game that the Australian team was lacking. By the
time of his retirement, he held the world record for most Test
dismissals by a wicket-keeper. He is the only wicketkeeper who has
been run out in both innings of a Test on two occasions.
Currently, X's one of relatives (Y) is doing the national duty for the
team as wicketkeeper. Y who is related to Z (not by blood) is also a
sports person who is much more familiar with us. Z's brother is a
gold medalist in high jump in Commonwealth games.
Identify all X,Y,Z & Z’s brother.
Q14

29. X- Ian Healy Y- Alyssa Healy, wife of Mitchell Starc (Z)
Z’s brother- Brendon Starc
A14

30. During the 2011 test series Ind-Eng, on the 3rd day of second
test, Eoin Morgan strucked a ball on the leg-side which was
stopped just short of the boundary by Praveen Kumar. Ian Bell
and Morgan thought it was a boundary and ran back to the
pavilion for the interval.However, Kumar then threw the ball
to MS Dhoni, who passed it to Abhinav Mukund to dislodge the
bails. Later the umpires ruled in favor of MS Dhoni's appeal
and the batsman was run out.
Why this incident was again in news last year?
Q15

31. A15