Cricket Quiz - 3! A Protea Special!

1) X is the term used in the United Kingdom to refer to a domestic league cricketer, on whom, any quotas setting maximum numbers of such foreign players in teams are deemed illegal under EU law. This term, which has obtained its name from the rule known as X ruling, has allowed English county cricket clubs to employ the services of a multitude of overseas cricketers. What is X?

2) The name calamari is given to Mediterranean dishes involving squid, and it is a popular food in many parts of the world. The cricketer X was involved in what is probably the most bizarre stoppage in the history of cricket, when 'calamari stopped play'. X bowled to Daryll Cullinan, who hit the ball for six, straight into a pan of frying calamari in a kitchen (according to Wisden). Even after ten minutes the bowler couldn't grip the ball, and eventually it had to be replaced. Who?

3) The cricketer X, who was known as Vinnige Fanie by his fans, was a judge in the 1995 Miss World pageant in Sun City. In 2003, renowned cricket writer Trevor Chesterfield published a biography of X entitled X: Portrait of a Test Bowler. ID X.

4) X suffered from epilepsy. When he helped Kerry Packer start World Series Cricket signing up many of English, West Indian and Pakistani cricketers, a move which cost him the captaincy of England, and a number of commentators ridiculed him, questioned his judgment in the matter and speculated that epilepsy impaired his ability to make decisions. After that, X was offered a "job for life" by Packer as a commentator during Nine's cricket coverage. Who was the cricketer X?

5) Finally, a sitter for some Biz enthusiasts :)
X is a stadium in South Africa, which was renamed to its present name after the leading sports provider in South Africa, Y, bought shares in the stadium. It is the home ground of the Titans Cricket Team, formerly known as Northern Transvaal. ID X and Y.

Cricket Quiz - 2

1. It is very well known that the great Don has the world record for the most number of aggregate runs in a bilateral test series with a mammoth 974 in the 1930 Ashes. Who holds the corresponding record for a bilateral One-day International series?

2. Connect.


3. Tests:-

ODIs:- X and Y.
ID X,Y.

4. Who is the only cricketer to score a double century in One-Day Internationals?

[Chuck this question now.. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar rocks :) ]

5. Which famous rockstar once quipped, "I want to play cricket. It doesn't seem to matter whether you win or lose."??
Hint :- With insomnia, nothing is real. Everything is far away. Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy. ;-)

My first Cricket Quiz!! :)

1. Put fundae about the following partnerships in Test Cricket. :)
i. Warne - Mark Taylor
ii. Kumble - Dravid
iii. Warne - Hayden

2. This made its debut in cricket, in June 1991 in the NatWest Trophy game between Derbyshire and Hertfordshire at Bishops Stortford. But we came to know of this currently defunct entity in cricket much much later. What am I referring to here?

3. Put fundae..

Hint :- This is a WORLD-FAMOUS quote about a truly world-class player, and think what's AB doing here! :)

4. This occured for the first time in Test Cricket in the England vs Zimbabwe test match from Dec-18 to 22, 1996 at Bulawayo. What is its significance? Put fundae..

5. Now, an absolute sitter to end the quiz! :)

X, in his autobiography, Out of My Comfort Zone, states that his teammate Y had noticed that Z had developed a habit of celebrating a wicket by throwing the ball in the air prematurely after taking catches, and instructed his colleagues not to leave the crease too quickly if they happened to be caught by Z.

ID X, Y and Z, and put fundae why X says this. :)