The document contains excerpts from cricket articles and summaries of cricket matches. It discusses various cricket players, teams, statistics, and events. Key details mentioned include Sachin Tendulkar coining a phrase, a book on Afghanistan cricket, the sale of a cricket fan's home, terms used in different sports, votes for players of the century, dates of cricket matches and tours, extra names on team lists, cities and clubs associated with cricket, wine collections named after stats, debut match stats of players, quotes from matches and about batting, and titles of news articles.

1. QM : Santonab Chakraborty
Shamsuddin Haider
Shiladitya Roy (The greatest jugaroo)

2. Cutoff : 9 maybe
Highest : 20 marks followed by
19.5

3.  30 Questions Preliminary
 26 Dry and 4 Humourous graphs
 30 points
 2,5,7,15,22,26 are starred
 Don’t be evil ;) (Lord is watching you)
 For today, Quiz Masters are always correct.
Thanks!

5.  X is credited with coining the phrase Y , though it
appeared in the Australian media the year before he
first used it on England’s 1990 tour of the West Indies.
 Y is also the name of a book on Afghanistan cricket .
 X wrote a book named Z ,which is a wordplay on Y .
The subtitle, ‘My Life beyond Cricket’, is misleading.
Three-quarters of the book is about cricket, and the
remainder is a harrowing account of his successful
fight against cancer with heart-warming tributes to his
long-suffering wife.

6.  Tom Gueterbock approached the wisden.com
website to help publicise the sale of his
£495,000 home in Battersea, south London,
which he thought might particularly appeal to
Indian cricket fans.

8.  XY is a term used in various sports like ice
hockey, football .
 Etymology of this term in football is quite
debatable . According to Alex Leith's book Over
the Moon, Brian -The Language of Football, " X
refers to the testicles of the player through
whose legs the ball has been passed and X is just
a development from this “
 Clue : A player of many sports and many
country

9.  Wisden asked the jury of 100 people to cast vote
for 5 players of the century(Total 5 hundred
votes) .Bradman got 100 votes .Each and
everyone voted for Bradman.
 X voted forY. X wrote about voting in favor ofY
,"This has to be embarrassing for me, But
there's a job to be done. I will cite the bare
facts."And also a dozen of people voted in favor
ofY .

10. This is an exhaustive List of Dates
according to ESPN Cricinfo
 April, 2006
 July, 2010
 May ,2011
 December ,2014
 February ,2017

11.  In 1933-1934 MCC’s tour of India , MCC was
captained by Douglas Jardine .Team included
the likes of HeadleyVerity ,Stan Nichols.The
team had 16 members .
 A book owned by Laxmi Merchant, sister of
legendaryVijay Mechant, had an extra name
on the list .To their list of numbered signatures
was now included, 17. X ?

12.  X is aYorkshire town .X club was originally formed
at 1849 at a meeting in Queen Hotel.The likes of
Brian Close, David Hunter, George Hirst played for
this Club .
 Since 1876 ,there have been a cricket Festival
named X cricket Festival .In 1923 west Indies team
played against a virtual English side in X cricket
Festival .The likes of Bradman,W G Grace played in
the Festival . Bradman participated in 3 of them .He
scored 153 in final innings and was made lifetime
member ofYorkshire .
 Apart from cricket ,X may ring bells of many non-
cricket lovers .

13.  X launched his own wine collection . Each one is
named with a number which are related with his
cricket career.
 Four numbers - 11,81,54,400
 No 81- his highest score for the team,which is part
of a world record . ,
 No 54- he played 54 innings from debut without
Scoring a duck .(Pic in next slide)


15.  Who is the First wicketkeeper to take catch in
the first ball he kept wicket (InTest) ?

16. "He looked as though someone had just
nicked his lunch",
"If it had been a cheese roll, it would
never have got past him"

18.  X is a great cricket fan .X was seen watching Ashes
1972 ,in oval. X was so interested in cricket he
decided to buy audio rights of Sharjah trophy
involving india,England, Pakistan, West Indies.
 X set up a company called _______ Internetworks for
the purpose.TheWebcast involves a tie-in with the
sports marketing company WorldTel and with
CricInfo. Name this cricket lover .
 X even tweeted about this years IPL final.
“I don't think Mumbai have scored enough runs
in the #IPLFINAL to win this, but you never know?"

19.  X andY made debut in the same match .Y scored
some 5 runs more than X in that match with the
strike rate of 250 . X andY played for same IPL
team.
 X once said toY ,"You have bowled so many
overs in domestic cricket with so much
dedication, when no one is watching. Don't
worry, cricket won't let you down now.”

20.  The mayor of the city Pudsey sent many
telegrams. Nation huddled round its wireless
sets heard this "...... Oh beautiful stroke, there's
the record!That was the most lovely stroke, a
late cut off Fleetwood-Smith's leg-break which
absolutely flashed to the boundary for four runs
to give...."
 Bell at Church of Pudsey rang for half an hour by
Eight ringers for ____ times to commemorate
the record .

21.  Australia won the toss and batted first. Australia were
383 for eight andWest Indies were looking good to wrap
up the innings around the 400-run mark. However, Merv
Hughes put up provided unexpected defiance . Coming
in at No 10, he scored an unbeaten 72 and added 114
runs for the ninth wicket with Dean Jones .
 The match ended in a draw .
 X looked in the eye of Y and said "You couldn't even get
Merv Hughes out.You'd have no chance against me,
mate!"

22.  DefendingChampion Sunrisers Hyderabad started
with a 200+ total in their first match at 2017 IPL
against RCB .Yuvraj singh’s blazing knock and
Rashid khan’s bowling on IPL debut ensured a
victory for the orange army .
 Indian Express came up with a interestingArticle
with an interesting title . “IPL 2017 first day,
Yuvraj Singh show: “__ __________
________ “ (Blanks are indicative)

24.  Gubby Allen, Rajinder Singh Ghai, Nikhil
Chopra, Iqbal Sikander were some of the
international players to play for Hollywood
Cricket club (HCC).
 But controversy visited Hollywood when they
signed X and fielded him in two matches at the
end of the 2001 season, who was facing a ban
from all form of cricket by his home board at
the time. Both HCC's decision to play him and
their subsequent fine for doing so, had drawn
fire from the opposing sides of the press. X ?

25.  X is a former captain of the Bengal team and X
scored 3208 runs from 57 matches in his career
spanning 14 years. His highest score was 205*.After
retirement X was appointed coach of the Bengal
team in 1989-90 when he guided them to their
second RanjiTrophy triumph.
 "I still remember the day when I was in shorts,
playing the U-19s and I met X at Mohun Bagan club
and he was the coach," said CAB President Sourav
Ganguly, who made his domestic debut under X's
coaching. On 8th August this year, CAB honored him
with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Id X

27. X
Y

28. Z

29.  Cricket is Dead,Long live cricket- is
written there

30.  In 1949, Lala Amarnath fell out with the then Board
President. In a meeting of the Board, Board
President charged Amarnath with serious breach of
discipline, suspending him from playing any
representative cricket for India or for any province
in India.
 There were 23 charges against Amarnath among
which the final one was about his illegal acceptance
of a purse of Rs 5,000 from the Calcuttans in return
for promise to include X in the final twoTests
against theWest Indies.The allegation was denied
by Amarnath stating that he accepted the money
as a part of AmarnathTestimonial Fund.

31.  X played 103Tests and 283 ODIs for his team
.ShaneWarne used to call him rat .According to
him, he calls X rat because he looks like a rat .
 He was called solemn alec by one commentator.

32.  Mana Sarabhai is the daughter of industrialist Gautam
Sarabhai and niece of Vikram Sarabhai who needs no
introduction.
 During the 1976-77 tour of India, X first met her in
Ahmedabad and the bond has remained strong since.
 X spends the Christmas every year in Ahmedabad. X
says ,"If she can spend 11 months of the year with me
, I can spend a month in Ahmedabad" .
 X bought many CDs and listened to Gujarati programs
to learn the language before finally giving up.

33.  ICC who unveiled a raft of technological
innovations to be showcased at the ICC CT17,
stuck the speed gun on X and showed him
clocking 24kmph (around 15mph) while X did
one of the instance of hisY. Cricket world is
witnessing X'sY since 2011.While an attempt
of Y earlier this year, X did a certain thing as a
tribute to Z whom X used to follow and
admire.

35.  4 Graphs, which are neither correct nor
accurate .Basically they are humorous take
on something.
 Just FITB the Blanks, Blanks must be filled
with exact word .
 Hints are there in the visuals.
 QM will provide more hint if needed.
 All four are taken from ‘LOL-WORLD’
website, so thanks to them.

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40. Only 2 minutes
to wrap up....

41. Time
submit your
papers....

42.  X is credited with coining the phrase Y, though it
appeared in the Australian media the year before he
first used it on England’s 1990 tour of the West Indies
 Y is also the name of a book on Afghanistan cricket .
 X wrote a book named Z ,which is a wordplay on Y .
The subtitle, ‘My Life beyond Cricket’, is misleading.
Three-quarters of the book is about cricket, and the
remainder is a harrowing account of his successful
fight against cancer with heart-warming tributes to his
long-suffering wife.

44.  Tom Gueterbock approached the wisden.com
website to help publicise the sale of his
£495,000 home in Battersea, south London,
which he thought might particularly appeal to
Indian cricket fans.

48.  XY is a term used in various sports like ice
hockey, football .
 Etymology of this term in football is quite
debatable . According to Alex Leith's book Over
the Moon, Brian -The Language of Football, " X
refers to the testicles of the player through
whose legs the ball has been passed and X is just
a development from this “
 Clue : A player of many sports and many
country

50.  Wisden asked the jury of 100 people to cast vote
for 5 players of the century (Total 5 hundred
votes) .Bradman got 100 votes .Each and
everyone voted for Bradman.
 X voted forY. X wrote about voting in favor ofY
,"This has to be embarrassing for me, But
there's a job to be done. I will cite the bare
facts."And also a dozen of people voted in favor
ofY .

52. This is an exhaustive list of dates
according to ESPN Cricinfo
 April, 2006
 July, 2010
 May ,2011
 December ,2014
 February ,2017

54.  In 1933-1934 MCC’s tour of India , MCC was
captained by Douglas Jardine .Team included
the likes of HeadleyVerity , Stan Nichols.The
team had 16 members .
 A book owned by Laxmi Merchant, sister of
legendaryVijay Mechant, had an extra name
on the list .To their list of numbered signatures
was now included, 17. X ?

56.  X is aYorkshire town. X club was originally formed
at 1849 at a meeting in Queen Hotel.The likes of
Brian Close, David Hunter, George Hirst played for
this Club .
 Since 1876 ,there have been a cricket Festival
named X cricket Festival .In 1923 West Indies team
played against a virtual English side in X cricket
Festival .The likes of Bradman,W G Grace played in
the Festival . Bradman participated in 3 of them .He
scored 153 in final innings and was made lifetime
member ofYorkshire .
 Apart from cricket ,X may ring bells of many non-
cricket lovers .

58.  X launched his own wine collection . Each one is
named with a number which are related with his
cricket career.
 Four numbers - 11,81,54,400
 No 81- his highest score for the team , which is part
of a world record .
 No 54- he played 54 innings from debut without
Scoring a duck .(Pic in next slide)

61.  Who is the First wicketkeeper to take catch in
the first ball he kept wicket (In test)?

63. "He looked as though someone had just
nicked his lunch",
"If it had been a cheese roll, it would
never have got past him."

67.  X is a great cricket fan . X was seen watching Ashes
1972 ,in Oval. X was so interested in cricket he
decided to buy audio rights of Sharjah trophy
involving india, England, Pakistan, West Indies.
 X set up a company called _______ Internetworks for
the purpose.TheWebcast involves a tie-in with the
sports marketing company WorldTel and with
CricInfo. Name this cricket lover .
 X even tweeted about this years IPL final.
“I don't think Mumbai have scored enough runs
in the #IPLFINAL to win this, but you never know?"

69.  X andY made debut in the same match .Y scored
some 5 runs more than X in that match with the
strike rate of 250. X andY played for same IPL
team.
 X once said toY ,"You have bowled so many
overs in domestic cricket with so much
dedication, when no one is watching. Don't
worry, cricket won't let you down now.”

71.  The mayor of the city Pudsey sent many
telegrams. Nation huddled round its wireless
sets heard this "...... Oh beautiful stroke, there's
the record!That was the most lovely stroke, a
late cut off Fleetwood-Smith's leg-break which
absolutely flashed to the boundary for four runs
to give...."
 Bell at Church of Pudsey rang for half an hour by
eight ringers for ____ times to commemorate
the record .

73.  Australia won the toss and batted first. Australia were
383 for eight andWest Indies were looking good to wrap
up the innings around the 400-run mark. However, Merv
Hughes put up provided unexpected defiance . Coming
in at No 10, he scored and unbeaten 72 and added 114
runs for the ninth wicket with Dean Jones .
 The match ended in draw .
 X looked in the eye of Y and said "You couldn't even get
Merv Hughes out.You'd have no chance against me,
mate!"

75.  DefendingChampion Sunrisers Hyderabad started
with a 200+ total in their first match at 2017 IPL
against RCB .Yuvraj Singh’s blazing knock and
Rashid Khan’s bowling on IPL debut ensured a
victory for the orange army .
 Indian Express came up with a interestingArticle
with an interesting title . “IPL 2017 first day,
Yuvraj Singh show: “__ __________
________ “ (Blanks are indicative)

78.  Gubby Allen, Rajinder Singh Ghai, Nikhil
Chopra, Iqbal Sikander were some of the
international players to play for Hollywood
Cricket club (HCC).
 But controversy visited Hollywood when they
signed X and fielded him in two matches at the
end of the 2001 season, who was facing a ban
from all form of cricket by his home board at
the time. Both HCC's decision to play him and
their subsequent fine for doing so, had drawn
fire from the opposing sides of the press. X ?

80.  X is a former captain of the Bengal team and X
scored 3208 runs from 57 matches in his career
spanning 14 years. His highest score was 205*.After
retirement X was appointed coach of the Bengal
team in 1989-90 when he guided them to their
second RanjiTrophy triumph.
 "I still remember the day when I was in shorts,
playing the U-19s and I met X at Mohun Bagan club
and he was the coach," said CAB President Sourav
Ganguly, who made his domestic debut under X's
coaching. On 8th August this year, CAB honored him
with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Id X

83. X
Y

84. Z

85. 

86.  Cricket is Dead,Long live cricket- is
written there

88.  In 1949, Lala Amarnath fell out with the then Board
President. In a meeting of the Board, Board
President charged Amarnath with serious breach of
discipline, suspending him from playing any
representative cricket for India or for any province
in India.
 There were 23 charges against Amarnath among
which the final one was about his illegal acceptance
of a purse of Rs 5,000 from the Calcuttans in return
for promise to include X in the final twoTests
against theWest Indies.The allegation was denied
by Amarnath stating that he accepted the money
as a part of AmarnathTestimonial Fund.

90.  X played 103Tests 283 ODIs for his team .Shane
Warne used to call him rat .According to him, he
calls X rat because he looks like a rat .
 He was called solemn alec by one commentator.

92.  Mana Sarabhai is the daughter of industrialist Gautam
Sarabhai and niece ofVikram Sarabhai who needs no
introduction.
 During the 1976-77 tour of India, X first met her in
Ahmedabad and the bond has remained strong since.
 X spends the Christmas every year in Ahmedabad. X
says ,"If she can spend 11 months of the year with me
, I can spend a month in Ahmedabad" .
 X bought many CDs and listened to Gujarati programs
to learn the language before finally giving up.

94.  ICC who unveiled a raft of technological
innovations to be showcased at the ICC CT17,
stuck the speed gun on X and showed him
clocking 24kmph (around 15mph) while X did
one of the instance of hisY. Cricket world is
witnessing X'sY since 2011.While an attempt
ofY earlier this year, X did a certain thing as a
tribute to Z whom X used to follow and
admire.

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106. Thanks Folks