KQA Cricket Quiz 2020 - Finals

WELL OF
COURSE
ANNUAL KQA CRICKET QUIZ – EDITION
X (FINAL)
Sreeram, Sohan, Manish

WHAT’S ON OFFER
 List It
 Written Round 1
 Clockwise (18 questions)
 Written Round 2
 Anti-clockwise (18 questions)

LIST IT
 Who has the highest score by an overseas batsman in each country.
 5 points per correct answer – 11 in all.
 5 points bonus for getting all 11 correct.

Country Batsman
India
Pakistan (includes UAE)
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Australia
South Africa
England
West Indies
New Zealand
Zimbabwe
Ireland
To help with your guesses, there are 3 Sri Lankan entries, 2 Pakistani entries, 2 New
Zealand entries, 2 Aussie, 1 English, 1 West Indian entry

Country Batsman
India Mahela Jayawardene 275
Pakistan (includes UAE) Mark Taylor 334*
Sri Lanka Gayle 333
Bangladesh Kumar Sangakkara 319
Australia Ross Taylor 290
South Africa Stephen Fleming 262
England Don Bradman 334
West Indies Hanif Mohammad 337
New Zealand Wally Hammond 336*
Zimbabwe Kumar Sangakkara 270
Ireland Faheem Ashraf 83

WRITTEN ROUND 1
 8 images on monuments/statues of cricketers
 +7 for getting each question
 +4 bonus for getting all 8 correct

AUDIENCE
 Who is this a
monument
to?

1
 Whose memorial in Hope Street,
Liverpool?

2
 Gates at a venue
named after
whom?

3
 Statue of whom
outside a cricket
stadium?

5
 2 statues at 2 ends
of a Bridge in a
town called
Woking. Identify
them. It is
supposed to be
how they played
cricket as kids.

6
 This is the gravestone of
a cricketer called George
Summers. His
gravestone was paid for
by MCC. Why?

8
 Statue seen outside
Bellerive Oval.
Identify.

A
 Bedser twins
 Alec and Eric Bedser

A
 The Lords pitch was
dodgy, and he died
from a ball that him.

CLOCKWISE ROUND
 18 questions
 10 points on the bounce
 DRS Pounce system – 2 wrong pounces throughout the quiz after which -10 for
every wrong pounce

1
 Tony Pope was a Derbyshire 2nd XI cricketer and member of a family that produced
several cricketers. He was an engineer, worked in Rolls Royce and fancied himself as
an inventor.
 A certain idea came to him while watching India play West Indies at Barbados in
1989. On his return home, he made some sketches and added a revolving
component to an object in the ground that had always been intended to be static. He
pitched this idea to MCC as a source for easy additional revenue. Three of the test
venues in England used it in 1993, it is now adopted by almost all venues in
important matches. What exactly did Pope invent ?

A
 Revolving sightscreen
to show ads when
not in use

2
 George Dobell was tasked by Cricinfo to write the match report of the 2019
world cup final.
 Like many reporters he wrote a draft and was waiting for the conclusion to
finish the details. As it looked likely that new Zealand would win - his article
headline was going to be a pun on a line generally used when England does
well but with a significant performer that day. What was the article headline
going to be?

A
 Its coming De
Grandhomme

3
 Glenn McGrath on a podcast said the best technical coach on fast bowling is
the head coach at MRF pace academy. Someone who worked with Dennis
Lillee for 23 years. This guy was the first to have a distinction that only 12
other Indians have had.
 Who? What distinction?

A
 Senthilnathan who was
a batsman during his
career is now a fast
bowling coach at MRF.
 He was India’s first ever
captain at an U19
world cup

4
 The dressing rooms at the Holkar Stadium in Indore are named after 2
legendary cricketers neither of whom played for MP or in its old avatar Holkar
but were born in MP. Identify the 2 legends.

A
 Rahul Dravid – born
in Indore
 MAK Patuadi – born
in Bhopal

5
 The first 2 are in one day internationals, the other one is in a test match.
Connect them.

A
 Made their debuts in
matches which were
abandoned due to
dangerous conditions
 H Kanitkar – Indore
1997
 S Tyagi – Delhi 2009
 N McLean – Jamaica
1997

6
 The name is a nod to the city's role in shaping the music scene of decades
gone by - from The Hacienda nightclub, New Order and the Stone Roses to
Oasis.
 The designers also created an alphabet with prominent landmarks and
symbols which will be used in posters and advertising around the team.
 What name?

7
 X and Y were close mates at their state team, and both eventually played for the
national team. X primarily a leg spinner struggled and was dropped after a few tests.
Y became a legend and was a shoe in for an all time XI, till somebody else replaced
him and did even better.
 X, became the selector and one of his first calls was to remove Y despite a request for
a farewell test at his home ground and get him replaced. X and Y's relationship has
not recovered since then.
 Id X and Y.

A
 X – Trevor Hohns
 Y – Ian Healy

8
 In the lower Blue Mountains, just west of Sydney, a four-year-old arrived home
after a day of preschool, full of excitement. He had a bag of sweets for each of
his four brothers and sisters and he couldn't wait to show them.
 His younger sister, Laura, was in the bathroom. In his eagerness, he opened
the door and waved the lollies at her. Unhappy with the intrusion, Laura
slammed the door on him.
 What happened because of this incident? Who is the cricketer in question?

A
 Pat Cummins -
middle finger got
chipped off.

9
 This ground has hosted 4 miscellaneous matches as per cricket archive. The
first one in this list - the only instance of something happening. Identify either
the venue or what is unique about the first game.

A
 Exhibition Ground,
Vincennes
 Only cricket match at
the Olympics

10
 Which team last played a FC game against Somerset in Taunton in 2011? Their
first official game was in 1911.
 Though they have played after that their games have not been deemed FC
because of lax participation rules and the fact that the games are not
scheduled as often as before due to shorter tours.

A
 Indians
 Whenever India play a side
game on tour, they are
called Indians. Post 2011
these games don't get FC
status as they play the
whole squad and any 11 can
bat and any 11 can field.

11
 Tej ___ played a few FC games for J&K in the 70's before joining the National Institute
of Sports. He worked as a coach, trainer, physiotherapist on and off with the Indian
women's team since 1981. In the mid 80's Tej did a course on training and fitness in
Germany and introduced these techniques to Indian women in the camp. It all
helped India during their first tour of England in 1986, where they drew the test
series 0-0.
 Two of Tej's children played FC cricket with one of them even representing the
national team. What is his surname?

A
 Tej Kaul
 Father of Siddharth
Kaul and Uday Kaul

12
 At Lord’s in 1966, West Indies was in trouble in the second innings before Garry Sobers and
David Holford scored hundreds. When each of them reached the century, a few West Indies
supporters rushed to the ground and celebrated with the batsman in a certain fashion.
 On the last day, England themselves scored a century of their own. England supporters now
invaded the ground and a couple of them tried to celebrate in the same fashion with the
batsman. It is recorded that their attempts failed in a hilarious fashion.
 Who scored a hundred for England ? Why did their celebration with the English player fail?

A
 Colin Milburn scored the
century for England.
 The West Indians
celebrated by lifting
Sobers and Holford. The
England supporters could
not do the same with
Colin Milburn who
weighed around 115 k

13
 Since 1995 Wisden produces a limited edition of numbered leather almanacs - 150
of them these days. The first five numbers are given to the Cricketers of the Year.
These are obviously rare and valuable. Only two copies with numbers 1-5 have come
up for sale and both fetched over 3000 pounds.
 X was a bits and pieces player who played 3 Tests and the 1992 and 1996 World
Cups. He went bankrupt and auctioned his 1996 Cricketer of the Year Wisden, which
he won mainly for his captaincy, in 2017. The other numbered copy is more recent
and went for auction in 2016.
 Who is X ? Which was the other numbered Wisden that was auctioned?

A
 X – Dermot Reeve
 In 2011 Mohammed
Amir was the 5th
Cricketer of the Year,
but was not awarded
due to Spot fixing,
hence nobody was
given the 5th book.

14
 He had an impressive start to his Ranji career,
taking 38 wickets from his first 4 matches. He
played only 2 test matches taking just the 1 wicket,
but his lasting contribution came in his debut
match where he ended a famous streak.
 Who and what streak did he end?

A
 Nirode ‘Putu’
Chowdhury
 He ran out Everton
Weekes on 90, when
he had a 5 innings
century streak at that
point

15
 If it is named after
them in women's
cricket - what is the
men's equivalent
called?

A
 Compton Miller
medal for the best
performer in the
Ashes series
 Peden-Archdale were
the first test captains
for Australian and
English women

16
 In India's epic 1971 victory against England, Dilip Sardesai had a limited role
after his stellar performance against WI earlier in the year.
 Ajit Wadekar though asked Sardesai to do something that helped India get the
crucial wicket of Basil D'Oliveira though Sardesai was not on the ground.
 What did Wadekar ask Sardesai to do?

A
 Wadekar asked
Sardesai to limp so that
a much more agile
fielder - Kenia Jayantilal
can be brought onto
the field. Kenia took a
fantastic catch to
dismiss D'Oliveira

17
 Before the 1987 World Cup India played a series of warm up games against
local sides such as South Zone A, South Zone B, Tamil Nadu etc.. One of the
games was against South Zone at Madras.
 Even cricketarchive does not have the complete scorecard but shows that one
person helped South Zone win a high scoring thriller by scoring 55 in 34 balls.
His current role has nothing to do with batting. Who is this player?

A
 Bharat Arun
 Indian’s bowling
coach

18
 This is George Duckworth. He was a
wicketkeeper during his playing days, but he
was a manager of a touring team to India.
 Which Indian wicketkeeper got his name as a
nickname as he participated in that tour? We
know of this cricketer due to his relative who
went on to achieve much higher things.

A
 Madhav ‘George’
Mantri
 Sunil Gavaskar’s
uncle

ABBA KE ZAMANE MEIN
 10 questions
 +7 for every correct answer
 +5 bonus for getting everything right

1
 Identify the player talking about a record that he has.

2
 Identify this very successful coach

3
 The 2 men on the
right, played test
cricket for England.
Identify them.

5
 A test match in
progress at
Lords. What are
these TV
cameraman
doing?

7
 Identify both. The younger man got a
sobriquet that is now given to any short
statured batsman. The older one is famous for
a cricket school.

9
 Identify the 2
people (closest
to the bowler)
looking at Ian
Peebles bowl?

10
 Ken Barrington and Alec Bedser are to the right and left of which national
record holder?

A
 Bert Sutcliffe
 Played 42 tests
without winning one

A
 Dennis Lillee asked
Queen Elizabeth 2 for
an autograph, which
she refused.

A
 John Arlott
commentating for
the last time in a test
match

A
 Alf Gover
 Hanif Mohammad

A
 Robin Jackman being
deported from
Guyana

A
 Ranjitsinhji
 Duleepsinhji

ANTICLOCKWISE ROUND
 18 questions
 10 points on the bounce
 DRS Pounce system – 2 wrong pounces throughout the quiz after which -10 for
every wrong pounce

1
 One of the perks of playing in this tournament was that the players could stay
in this palace for as long as they felt. This tournament has seen luminaries
such as Jack Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe etc.
 What tournament, that runs to this day, is this, though without the luxury of
the palace stay?

A
 Moin-Ud-Dowlah
tournament in
Hyderabad
 The players could
stay in the Basheer
Bagh Palace

2
 Beth Mooney, Rachel Haynes, Meg Lanning, Ash Gardner, Megan Schutt,
Sophie Molineux, Alysea Healy, Elysee Perry have replaced Lillee, Pascoe,
Marsh, Hookes, Chappell's, Walker, Ian Redpath, Bruce Laird, Doug Walters
and Gus Gilmour.
 What are we talking about?

A
 C’Mon Aussie C’Mon
 The latest version is
for the T20 women’s
world cup

3
 There are 2 images from 2 different stadiums.
 Explain the oddities here.

A
 MCG – the place where
a six by Simon
O’Donnell landed –
122m long six
 Eden Park – the place
where Grant Elliot six,
which enabled NZ to
win the semis against
SA, landed.

4
 X got worldwide fame after a performance in a game against A in which he led his
team to an improbable 1 wicket win. This game was the first game of a bilateral
series. X, in the process of winning the game for his country, got a country record to
his name.
 Y part of A, had got the same record for his country in the previous game between
these 2 sides in A. Interestingly both X and Y had identical figures when they
achieved their records.
 X and Y?

A
 X – Douglas Marillier
 Y – Ajit Agarkar
 Both have the record
of the fastest 50 in
ODI cricket for their
country’s and both
scored it off 21 balls

5
 Probably the first IPL question in WOC.
 After the disastrous 2008 IPL season, Buchanan thought of this multiple
captain theory. One of the captains that he had in mind, hadn't played cricket
for more than a year. KKR went on a developmental tour to Australia in
December and decided to have this guy as captain, to assess his cricketing
fitness. Eventually it was decided that he cannot play an entire season and
didn't join KKR. Who captained in this game?

6
 Ranji trophy introduced the Zonal System in 1957-58 season. Typically each
zone would have 4 to 5 teams and they would play each once before the
knockout teams would be decided. Shown on the image is the zonal league
table from an edition of the Ranji trophy.
 Why are certain teams missing? Which edition of the Ranji Trophy is this?

A
 1962-63 edition
 This was impacted by the
Chinese Aggression of
1962.
 Bihar had to pull out as
their cricketers, who
were employed in firms
and factories, were asked
to help with defence
production.

7
 Play in test matches in Australia used to be 5 hours from the very first test in
1877 till 1881-92 and again after that. England's tour of Australia in 1891-92
the day was only 4 and a half hours.
 The tests in England right from 1880 to 1899 were only 5 hours long but post
1899 went to 6 hours.
 Why?

A
 All due to his (WG) Grace
 Grace negotiated a
contract on his only test
tour of Australia where
they would play only 4
and half hours a day
 He similarly negotiated
with the then board for
lower playing hours.

8
 Pakistan introduced a change in their home Test matches during the 1978-79 tour of
India. It was possibly influenced by the events in the country at the time. Pakistan
still often follows this while no other Test nation has attempted it.
 This change helped Mark Taylor to perform a batting feat at Peshawar in 1998 during
his innings of 334*. He is the only Australian to do this in Asia, and it is something
that has eluded even batsmen like Virender Sehwag.
 What playing condition ? What did Taylor do and how did the change help him ?

A
 Long lunch breaks for
Friday prayers.
 This usually means early
starts and longer
morning sessions. Mark
Taylor scored a century
before lunch but in a 150-
minute session.

9
 Who, when asked about his only test wicket –
 “People don't realise that Wrighty dropped a catch off me a couple of overs
beforehand. But I have to give Mr Lawson his dues, because everyone knows that
John Wright can't catch a ball on the boundary."
 What did the wicket prevent?

A
 Vaughan Brown
 Prevented Hadlee
getting all 10

10
 This is Monte Lynch who played for Surrey from 1977
to 1994. By the end of 1983, he was considered as a
serious prospect for England and was expected to
make his debut in the following season.
 Then something went wrong. Despite scoring more
than 1500 runs in both 1984 and 1985, Lynch did not
make his ODI debut for England till 1988. He did not
play international cricket after that one series.
 Why was his career disrupted ?

A
 He went to South
Africa with the rebel
West Indies team

11
 Who talking about his cricketing ambitions?

12
 Joe Hardstaff played in five Tests and umpired in 21, including in India's first
Test match. Towards the end of his career, Hardstaff came close to receiving a
unique honour. “What greater tribute would there have been than this to an
umpire”, wrote his compatriot Frank Chester about this in his autobiography.
 But a hand injury suffered while cranking a car meant that Hardstaff couldn't
have that honour which remains elusive in Test cricket.
 What would have been Hardstaff’s unique achievement in Test cricket ?

A
 Joe Hardstaff’s son Joe
Hardstaff Jr was also a
cricketer. Umpire
Hardstaff was elected
to stand in a Test
match where his son
played but Junior
dropped out due to an
injury.

13
 What role did ‘Bosser’s Pet’ have to play in this famous test match?

A
 Bosser’s Pet refers to
the roller used in this
game. The endless
rolling by what was
known as "Bosser's
Pet" helped turn the
Oval pitch into a
bowlers' graveyard

14
 What is famously thought to be Peter, is in fact his successor Sinbad – which
was taken during a match between Southern Schools and the Rest.
 Peter is unique in Wisden history. What am I talking about?

A
 Peter the cat, the
only animal with an
obituary in Wisden.
 The photograph used
is of another animal
Sinbad who was the
MCC cat.
Photo used by Wisden
True photos of Peter

15
 The South front of this building has
features similar to Notre Dame and
the Church of St. Jean-Baptiste de
Belleville in Paris, including an
ornate rose window above the main
entrance which depicts stories of
South Australia and the Bible.
 Why is this in a cricket quiz?

A
 This is St Peters
Cathedral, that gives
its name to the
Cathedral end at the
Adelaide Oval.

16
 Whose FC career consisted of these 5 first class matches? Among other things,
he has chronicled something that he could never do as a cricketer.

17
 During the last years of his career, Kapil Dev used to express the wish he
wanted to beat Richard Hadlee's record before something happened. He did
not get his wish as that event came to pass on February 26, 1993. Kapil Dev
took a year more to beat Hadlee.
 What event spoiled Kapil’s plans?

A
 Kapil wanted to be the
top wicket-taker along
with Sunil Gavaskar as
the top run-getter. But
Allan Border became
the highest run-getter
in a game against New
Zealand in 1993.

18
 While not a cricket or even a sporting quote, it has been used by several
cricketers. One of the earliest uses in a cricketing context was by Patsy
Hendren when Vijay Merchant asked him a question in 1936.
 Merchant was fond of the quote and often offered it as an advice to young
cricketers. He too apparently repeated it in 1952. When Ashish Nehra quoted
it in a press conference in 2017, people found it amusing.
 What quote ?

A
 “Retire when people
ask why, not when
they ask why not”

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