KQA Cricket Quiz 2019 Prelims

Well Of Course
Prelims
Annual KQA Cricket Quiz
Sreeram, Sohan, Manish
Edition IX

2
Rules
• Teams of 4 or fewer
• 30 questions
• First 5 questions are *ed
• In case of ties, sudden death from last question
• 8 teams in the final

4
1
• A Bangalore cricket question to start with.
• Bishop Cotton Boys School is a famous school in Bangalore which
was established in 1865. Among it’s better known alumni are people
like General Thimayya, Dr Raja Ramanna, Nandan Nilekani, Feroz
Khan, Lucky Ali.
• Among test cricketers – 3 are known to have played tests. 2 of them
are Brijesh Patel and Mayank Agarwal. Who is the Ooty born 3rd
alumni of Cottons to play tests?

5
2
• In the Chittagong test in 2017, when an Australian batsman was
dismissed by 2 Bangladeshis, it was only the second time where all 3
players in a dismissal had the same initials, the first being R Surti c R
Sellers b R Simpson in 1964-65.
• Who were the batsman, bowler and fielder?

6
3
• Identify this cricketer

7
4
• Which 60 test veteran played his only international T20 in the
inaugural T20 international played at Eden Park in 2005? He also
played 6 ODI’s all of which were against the same opponent.

8
5
• The best bowler fielder combination for India in tests are as follows
• Kumble – Dravid (55)
• Kapil – Kirimani (51)
• Harbhajan – Dravid (51)
• Ishant – Dhoni (47)
• Zaheer – Dhoni (43)
• What combo comes next with 35 dismissals?

9
6
• Who were the top 2 in batting averages in the Australian Season
2010-11?

1
0
7
• Promotion for an event. What/Who is this a tribute to?

1
1
8
• The first cricket book that one of the QMs owned was the Indian Cricket annual of
1985. It had two articles on recent series whose titles were plays on the titles of
other cricket books.
• a. "From X to Y" was a review of the series against England. India won the first
Test but lost the series 1-2. The title of the article was borrowed from Sunil
Gavaskar's book 'X n’ Y' about the previous season where he beat Bradman's
record for centuries but India were decimated by the West Indies.
• b. R Mohan wrote ' _ _ _ _ ' (four words, each word longer than previous word by
one letter) about India's WCC victory in Australia. It is also the title of an
acclaimed 1976 book by Ray Robinson about Australian captains. When Kohli
won the series in Australia, some media naturally invoked this phrase.
•

1
2
9
• The picture shows 2 current cricketers with their school coach. Identify
all of them.

1
4
10
• St. Johns cricket academy in Hyderabad has had 5 international
cricketers – VVS Laxman, MSK Prasad, Tarun Sai Nethula (Who
played for NZ) and Hanuma Vihari are 4 of them. Who is the 5th?

1
5
11
• Which Indian cricketer’s Statsguru page on cricinfo looks like this?

1
6
12
• Australia took on England for an ODI series of 5 matches in June
2018. At Vauxhall station, volunteers handed over placards to
spectators with 4 or 6 on one side and with the name of an online
investment company on the back – with the aim of mocking the
Australians. These placards are not known to have made an
appearance again in the series. What was unusual about these
placards?

1
7
13
• In a game between Rajshahi Kings and Dhaka Dynamites in the
Bangladesh Premier League, Rajshahi Kings might have got extra
inspiration from their jerseys and performed well to beat Dhaka by 20
runs.
• Similarly India adopted the same jersey strategy successfully in the
deciding game of the 5 match ODI series between India and New
Zealand at Vishakapatnam in 2016 when they won the decider by 190
runs.
• What was the strategy?

1
8
14
• Watch this video – what is unusual about this dismissal

1
9
15
• What was the only condition put by Neetu David’s fairly liberal parents
in order for her to play cricket? Because of that condition, something
about her became distinctive.

2
0
16
• This was titled “New Horizons” and was written by Brian Bennett. It
was originally written for a man named Brian Phillips, who worked for
a music library company. There wasn’t a specific use case planned,
but was first used in a cop show “Bluey”, which lasted for one season
before it was nicked for its most famous use.
• We didn’t hear it though during the India Australia series.
• What?

2
1
17
• What happened in this game? Something that happened very
famously a few years later in international cricket

2
2
18
• The first time it happened in T20’s was in 2017-18 which had an
unusual broadcasting arrangement in India
• The first time in ODI’s was in 1979-80
• It is much rarer for tests, but when did it happen for the first time for
test cricket? Also what are we talking about?

2
3
19
• List of top 25 career opening partnerships in tests has only 2 current
pairs. One is Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Silva for Sri Lanka in the
25th spot. Which other pair occupies the 15th spot?

2
5
20
• Who is the first and so far only cricketer born in the 2000’s to play for
India?

2
6
21
• A month after a traumatic event, Shaun Pollock went to the Durban
Derby. He was advised not to put money on the No 10 horse, saying it
won’t run, and he duly obliged.
• Pollock’s bad luck – No 10 horse won.
• Why was he asked not to put money on No 10?

2
7
22
• What piece of cricket footage is available only because BBC Wales
wanted more practice at cricket broadcast and hence did not switch
off the cameras at tea as originally planned?

2
8
23
• Aged 40 he made a return to the national side in 2010 playing 2 ODI’s
against South Africa, 6 years after his last match. Coincidentally, he
was also the batting coach of the team at that time. He had modest
returns – 7 overs for no wicket as a bowler and scored 35 runs.
• Who?

2
9
24
• When WG Grace scored 344 in 1876, it was the highest score by a
person in medical profession. More than a century later, this record
was bettered by which doctor from South India? He played a very
prominent role as the Indian team manager during the Monkeygate
scandal.

3
0
25
• These 2 sixes by Gary Sobers over long off and long on off
consecutive balls is often considered as the highest point in of the
finest innings of all time – 254 for Rest of the World against Australia
in 1970-71.
• Identify the bowler, who is still active in Australian cricket and
occasionally known to make a comment or two.

3
1
26
• The 2020 T20 women’s world cup will be a stand alone tournament
and will be held in Australia. Australia will also host the men’s version
of the world cup in October- November.
• On what specific date will the Women’s World Cup T20 final be held at
MCG? The date was chosen for its significance and a chance to have
the largest crowd for a women’s game ever at MCG.

3
2
27
• “The right hand index finger in Islam has a special meaning as it’s
used to denote the unity of Allah and I don’t want to use that finger to
make incorrect decisions”
• Who talking about what?

3
3
28
• The memorabilia seen here belongs to a person
who is associated with a significant triumph.
Among his favourties in the collection is a Kerry
Packer WSC cap signed by X.
• “X and I, we played together for Osmania
University in the Rohinton Baria tournament.
Subsequently of course, when he came as
captain in 1979, I was the liason man for them. So
I saw that (Kerry Packer) cap and another shirt
with him. I went and told him 'I am taking this, you
cannot stop me' and I just picked it up. He was
kind enough to sign it.”
• Identify X and the memorabilia collector

3
4
29
• Mark Church is a BBC commentator, who in the memory of his father
Tony, decided to run 1000 miles in aid for Pancreatic Cancer. He hit
upon the idea of doing this in 50 days by running 200 times between 2
locations.
• On his final run he was welcomed at the finish by Rory Burns and Ben
Foakes, who were fresh off a test tour in Sri Lanka.
• Between which 2 locations did Mark Church run 4 times a day?

3
5
30
• There is a story that goes like this.
• Kraigg Brathwaite studied at Combermere School at Barbados. This
school has produced 15 West Indian test cricketers and 2 English
cricketers.
• But being a little kid, he was often bullied in his school bus. He was
often rescued by someone who was 4 years senior at school, who
would beat up any kid who dared to bother Kraigg.
• This person now has moved to the United States. Who?

3
7
1
• A Bangalore cricket question to start with.
• Bishop Cotton Boys School is a famous school in Bangalore which
was established in 1865. Among it’s better known alumni are people
like General Thimayya, Dr Raja Ramanna, Nandan Nilekani, Feroz
Khan, Lucky Ali.
• Among test cricketers – 3 are known to have played tests. 2 of them
are Brijesh Patel and Mayank Agarwal. Who is the Ooty born 3rd
alumni of Cottons to play tests?

3
9
2
• In the Chittagong test in 2017, when an Australian batsman was
dismissed by 2 Bangladeshis, it was only the second time where all 3
players in a dismissal had the same initials, the first being R Surti c R
Sellers b R Simpson in 1964-65.
• Who were the batsman, bowler and fielder?

4
0
A
• Matt Renshaw c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mustafizur Rahman

4
1
3
• Identify this cricketer

4
2
A
• Irfan Afridi
• He is Shahid Afridi’s nephew who plays for Uganda

4
3
4
• Which 60 test veteran played his only international T20 in the
inaugural T20 international played at Eden Park in 2005? He also
played 6 ODI’s all of which were against the same opponent.

4
4
A
• Jeff Wilson
• He played 60 tests for New Zealand Rugby team
• Jeff Wilson
• He played 60 tests for New Zealand Rugby team

4
5
5
• The best bowler fielder combination for India in tests are as follows
• Kumble – Dravid (55)
• Kapil – Kirimani (51)
• Harbhajan – Dravid (51)
• Ishant – Dhoni (47)
• Zaheer – Dhoni (43)
• What combo comes next with 35 dismissals?

4
6
A
• Anil Kumble – Anil Kumble
• 35 caught and bowled is a world record for the most caught and
bowleds in tests

4
7
6
• Who were the top 2 in batting averages in the Australian Season
2010-11?

4
8
A
• Sir Alistair Cook
• Ian Bell

4
9
7
• Promotion for an event. What/Who is this a tribute to?

5
0
A
• Glasses worn by Alyssa
Healy in the World T20 in
the West Indies

5
1
8
• The first cricket book that one of the QMs owned was the Indian Cricket annual of
1985. It had two articles on recent series whose titles were plays on the titles of
other cricket books.
• a. "From X to Y" was a review of the series against England. India won the first
Test but lost the series 1-2. The title of the article was borrowed from Sunil
Gavaskar's book 'X n’ Y' about the previous season where he beat Bradman's
record for centuries but India were decimated by the West Indies.
• b. R Mohan wrote ' _ _ _ _ ' (four words, each word longer than previous word by
one letter) about India's WCC victory in Australia. It is also the title of an
acclaimed 1976 book by Ray Robinson about Australian captains. When Kohli
won the series in Australia, some media naturally invoked this phrase.
•

5
2
A
• A. From Runs to Ruins
• B. On Top Down Under

5
3
9
• The picture shows 2 current cricketers with their school coach. Identify
all of them.

5
5
A
• Current Players – Lungi Ngidi, Tom Curran
• High School Coach – Neil Johnson

5
6
10
• St. Johns cricket academy in Hyderabad has had 5 international
cricketers – VVS Laxman, MSK Prasad, Tarun Sai Nethula (Who
played for NZ) and Hanuma Vihari are 4 of them. Who is the 5th?

5
8
11
• Which Indian cricketer’s Statsguru page on cricinfo looks like this?

5
9
A
• Rajesh Chauhan
• Under Match Result – we do not have an option of ticking Lost
matches
• Rajesh Chauhan played 21 tests for India. He was never involved in a
defeat.

6
0
12
• Australia took on England for an ODI series of 5 matches in June
2018. At Vauxhall station, volunteers handed over placards to
spectators with 4 or 6 on one side and with the name of an online
investment company on the back – with the aim of mocking the
Australians. These placards are not known to have made an
appearance again in the series. What was unusual about these
placards?

6
1
A
• They were made of sandpaper

6
2
13
• In a game between Rajshahi Kings and Dhaka Dynamites in the
Bangladesh Premier League, Rajshahi Kings might have got extra
inspiration from their jerseys and performed well to beat Dhaka by 20
runs.
• Similarly India adopted the same jersey strategy successfully in the
deciding game of the 5 match ODI series between India and New
Zealand at Vishakapatnam in 2016 when they won the decider by 190
runs.
• What was the strategy?

6
3
A
• Mothers name on the jersey

6
4
14
• Watch this video – what is unusual about this dismissal

6
5
A
• Father ruling his son LBW
• Subhash Modi ruled that his son Hitesh Modi was LBW

6
6
15
• What was the only condition put by Neetu David’s fairly liberal parents
in order for her to play cricket? Because of that condition, something
about her became distinctive.

6
7
A
• Not cut her hair
• She ended up having a
ponytail for a large part of
her career

6
8
16
• This was titled “New Horizons” and was written by Brian Bennett. It
was originally written for a man named Brian Phillips, who worked for
a music library company. There wasn’t a specific use case planned,
but was first used in a cop show “Bluey”, which lasted for one season
before it was nicked for its most famous use.
• We didn’t hear it though during the India Australia series.
• What?

6
9
A
• Channel 9 intro music

7
0
17
• What happened in this game? Something that happened very
famously a few years later in international cricket

7
1
A
• Rahul Dravid batting the
whole day with somebody else
undismissed
• In the Ranji Trophy game, he
batted with Arjun Raja – which
for a very long time was the
highest score by a Karnataka
batsman in FC cricket
• He famously batted with
Laxman whose 281, was the
highest score by an Indian
batsman in tests

7
2
18
• The first time it happened in T20’s was in 2017-18 which had an
unusual broadcasting arrangement in India
• The first time in ODI’s was in 1979-80
• It is much rarer for tests, but when did it happen for the first time for
test cricket? Also what are we talking about?

7
3
A
• Tri-series – the series in NZ-Aus was broadcast on 2 channels. It’s the
last trophy won by an Australian men’s cricket team.
• First tri-series in test cricket happened in 1912

7
4
19
• List of top 25 career opening partnerships in tests has only 2 current
pairs. One is Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Silva for Sri Lanka in the
25th spot. Which other pair occupies the 15th spot?

7
6
A
• Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal

7
7
20
• Who is the first and so far only cricketer born in the 2000’s to play for
India?

7
9
21
• A month after a traumatic event, Shaun Pollock went to the Durban
Derby. He was advised not to put money on the No 10 horse, saying it
won’t run, and he duly obliged.
• Pollock’s bad luck – No 10 horse won.
• Why was he asked not to put money on No 10?

8
0
A
• No 10 was Alan Donald’s jersey number and he did
not run in the 1999 Semifinals.

8
1
22
• What piece of cricket footage is available only because BBC Wales
wanted more practice at cricket broadcast and hence did not switch
off the cameras at tea as originally planned?

8
2
A
• Gary Sobers 6 sixes off Malcolm Nash
• This was for Nottinghamshire against
Glamorgan at Swansea

8
3
23
• Aged 40 he made a return to the national side in 2010 playing 2 ODI’s
against South Africa, 6 years after his last match. Coincidentally, he
was also the batting coach of the team at that time. He had modest
returns – 7 overs for no wicket as a bowler and scored 35 runs.
• Who?

8
5
24
• When WG Grace scored 344 in 1876, it was the highest score by a
person in medical profession. More than a century later, this record
was bettered by which doctor from South India? He played a very
prominent role as the Indian team manager during the Monkeygate
scandal.

8
6
A
• ‘Doc’ MV Sridhar
• He scored 366 in the game where
Hyderabad raked up 944/6 against a
hapless Andhra Pradesh team.

8
7
25
• These 2 sixes by Gary Sobers over long off and long on off
consecutive balls is often considered as the highest point in of the
finest innings of all time – 254 for Rest of the World against Australia
in 1970-71.
• Identify the bowler, who is still active in Australian cricket and
occasionally known to make a comment or two.

8
9
26
• The 2020 T20 women’s world cup will be a stand alone tournament
and will be held in Australia. Australia will also host the men’s version
of the world cup in October- November.
• On what specific date will the Women’s World Cup T20 final be held at
MCG? The date was chosen for its significance and a chance to have
the largest crowd for a women’s game ever at MCG.

9
0
A
• March 8th – International Women’s Day

9
1
27
• “The right hand index finger in Islam has a special meaning as it’s
used to denote the unity of Allah and I don’t want to use that finger to
make incorrect decisions”
• Who talking about what?

9
2
A
• Aleem Dar using his left index finger to give decisions while umpiring

9
3
28
• The memorabilia seen here belongs to a person
who is associated with a significant triumph.
Among his favourties in the collection is a Kerry
Packer WSC cap signed by X.
• “X and I, we played together for Osmania
University in the Rohinton Baria tournament.
Subsequently of course, when he came as
captain in 1979, I was the liason man for them. So
I saw that (Kerry Packer) cap and another shirt
with him. I went and told him 'I am taking this, you
cannot stop me' and I just picked it up. He was
kind enough to sign it.”
• Identify X and the memorabilia collector

9
4
A
• Collector – PR Man Singh
• X – Asif Iqbal

9
5
29
• Mark Church is a BBC commentator, who in the memory of his father
Tony, decided to run 1000 miles in aid for Pancreatic Cancer. He hit
upon the idea of doing this in 50 days by running 200 times between 2
locations.
• On his final run he was welcomed at the finish by Rory Burns and Ben
Foakes, who were fresh off a test tour in Sri Lanka.
• Between which 2 locations did Mark Church run 4 times a day?

9
7
30
• There is a story that goes like this.
• Kraigg Brathwaite studied at Combermere School at Barbados. This
school has produced 15 West Indian test cricketers and 2 English
cricketers.
• But being a little kid, he was often bullied in his school bus. He was
often rescued by someone who was 4 years senior at school, who
would beat up any kid who dared to bother Kraigg.
• This person now has moved to the United States. Who?

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