MENTAL DISINTEGRATIO

NThe Open Cricket Quiz

Quizmaster – Amit Sinha

Rules• Teams of two or lonewolf.• 6 team into the finals after written prelims.• Star marked questions to resolve tie

issues.• Take a good guess. Try reading between

the lines. • Top 3 teams get benefit of Negative

Removal System. 3 for Prelims toppers. 2 for finishing second in Prelims. 1 for those with third best score in Prelims.

Good luck for the Prelims.

Play like the man in the picture!

Special thanks to Arka Panda and Amrit Patnaik.

1. In the long history of the game, they were the only two in the list till they were

joined by someone else who made his debut and a lot of news in 2014. Who is the latest

entrant to this small club?

Answer: Sean AbbotLeap Year babies

in Cricket. The others being Alf Gover and Gavin

Stevens

2. Hans Ebling played a solitary Test for Australia in 1934 before he took to administration where he remained the

President of the Melbourne Cricket Club. What novel and successful idea

in Cricket is attributed to him?

Answer : Centenary Test of 1977

3. Which two teams play for a trophy named after this person?

Answer : India and England (in India)

The Anthony de Mello Trophy, called the Pataudi Trophy when played in England.

4*.With Misbah having announced his retirement from ODIs after this World Cup,

there are chances that he may end his 160 odd ODI career without having scored a ton.

However, Misbah’s wait for an ODI century won’t be the longest in ODIs. X had to wait till

his 187th appearance before he got a ton against his name. He went to add only two

more in next 148 matches? Who is X?

Answer: Steve Waugh

5. List of bowlers who have taken 6 wicket hauls in ODIs twice and more. FITB with two

missing names.

Chaminda VaasShane Bond

Ajantha Mendis_____ _____________ _______Waqar YounisAshish NehraMitchell StarcShahid Afridi

Answer: Henry Olonga and Chris Woakes

6. Just a month before the match was scheduled to take place at X, in a major

embarrassment to the BCCI, the ICC inspection committee ruled out X as the host of India’s matches. This resulted in India playing two matches of the 2011

World Cup in the same venue, Y.Which two venues are X and Y?

Answer : X- Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Y – M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

India vs England match was to be played at Edens, but was played in Bangalore eventually along with the game

against Ireland .

7. Once part of a deadly duo with Courtney Walsh, now a wrestler. Who?

Answer: David ‘Syd’ LawrenceQuit cricket in 1991-92 after a horrific knee injury.

8. Only once has the ICC Cricketer of the Year award been shared. Who were the two gentlemen who won it?

Answer: Jacques Kallis and Andrew Flintoff

9. Bangladesh’s first big upset on the World Cup stage in 1999 came on the

backdrop of a rather controversial event when their coach, a legend in his own right, was sacked just a day before the

match against Pakistan. The coach even mulled legal action against BCB before

deciding against it, thus averting an ugly situation. Who was this sacked coach?

Answer : Gordon Greenidge

10. In 1996, two cricketers made their debut in this One Test match

series of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1996. One of them is the only one of the 22 players of this

match who continues to play competitive cricket till today. Who?

Answer : Brad Hogg

11*. Harry Calder’s Wisden story is an unique one. He became Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1918, the first time the honour was given after the Great War. Calder soon went off of

the cricketing radar and when he was tracked down in 1994, he was declared the longest surviving

Wisden Cricketer. However, Calder also revealed that he did not know he had ever been a Cricketer of the

Year.

However, there is still something more unique about Harry Calder that separates him from all the recipients

of this honour. What?

Answer: Only Wisden Cricketer of the Year to

have never played FC Cricket.

After the war, when no substantial Cricket was played, 5 schoolboys were given Wisden Cricketer of the year awards in 1919. 4 of them went on to

play First Class Cricket, but Calder didn’t.

12. Their record was shattered recently. Before that, however, for a brief while

these two held the record. Who held it for 15 years before them?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid

The record was of Highest List A Partnership created in 1999 by the Indian Duo. 331 RunsBroken by the Morne Van Wyk and Cameron

Delport in 2014. 367 RunsNow held by Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels.

372 Runs

13. Identify the body.

Answer: Federation of Cricketers’ Association

14. The late 1980’s were turbulent times for English Cricket. In 1988, they

went to the Caribbean and were thrashed 4-0. In the five match series, the English

Captaincy changed hands four times, leading this disastrous campaign to be

mocked as ‘Summer of Four Captains’ in the English media. Just name the four

Englishmen.

.5 for each correct name

Answer: John EmbureyGraham Gooch

Mike GattingChris Cowdrey

15. Ashington are a Football Club struggling in division one of the Ebac Northern League -- the ninth tier of English football. This club came in

news in cricketing circles for appointing an ex cricketer who

featured for Ashington in central defence before he decided to concentrate on cricket. Who?

Answer: Steve Harmison

16*. These world cup matches are the only four instances of what in World Cup

Cricket?

Answer: WalkoversMatches forfeited by teams for security reasons.

17. The current record for most runs conceded in a 10 over spell in an ODI innings is held by Mick Lewis

when he conceded 113 against South Africa on 12 March, 2006. From whom did he take over this

dubious record?

Answer:Muttiah Muralitharan

18.* Of what cricketing innovation, that is evoking much

debate as it comes closer to becoming a reality, was this match

the first trial of?

Answer:Pink Ball Tests

19. Simon Francis ______ is a British mercenary and former British Army officer. He

had been sentenced to a 34-year prison sentence in Equatorial Guinea for his role in a failed coup d'état in 2004, before receiving a presidential

pardon on humanitarian grounds on 2 November 2009. He was also involved in planning

clandestine operations to provoke a reaction from Saddam Hussein's regime and justify the invasion

of Iraq. Out from jail, ____has written an account, called Cry Havoc, of the Equatorial Guinea mission as well as his experience on other frontlines. Talks

are being held, he says, for the book to be turned into a Hollywood film.

What is Simon Francis ______ doing in a Cricket Quiz?

Answer:Son (George Mann)and grandson (Frank Mann) of the only Father-Son Duo to have captained

their national teams on debut.

20. Identify this umpire who umpired in 48 tests.

Answer: Frank Chester

Congratulations to the teams who have made it to the Finals.

1. Pounce and Bounce I-17 Questions

2. Visual Round3. Pounce and Bounce II-17

Questions 4. Long Connect

Bounce &

Pounce- I

For ten long years We ruled the cricket world

Now the rule seems coming to an end But down here

Just a ***** in the armour Is enough, enough to lose a friend

Some of the old generals have retired and gone

And the runs don't come by as they did before

But when the Toussaints go the Dessalines come

We've lost the battle but yet we will win the war

Chorus: _____, ______ ______ ___ _____ _______

Now and forever _____, ______ ______ ___ _____ _______

Never say never Pretty soon the runs are going to flow like

water Bringing so much joy to every son and

daughter Say we're going to rise again like a

raging fire As the sun shines you know we gonna

take it higher _____, ______ ______ ___ _____ _______

Now and forever _____, ______ ______ ___ _____ _______

1.What’s this song? And what is

its significance/releva

nce in cricket?

Answer :Rally ‘round the West Indies

The anthem sung by West Indian cricketers when they represent West Indies

2. John Guy played 12 tests for New Zealand from 1955 to 1961. After an

unremarkable career in Cricket, he joined Newbery Bats. There he developed a unique looking bat which looked like a

cross between a club and a baseball bat named X. X was used to brutal effect in the 1970s and 80’s by its most famous

user Z.

Give both X and Z.

Answer :X- Excalibur

Z – Lance Cairns

3. What feat only achieved 5 times in Cricket?

Bill Copson (Derbyshire v Warwickshire, 1937) William Henderson (Northern Transvaal v

Orange Free State 1938)

Pat Pocock (Surrey v Sussex, 1972) Yasser Arafat (Rawalpindi v Faisalabad 2004)

Neil Wagner (Otago vs Wellington, 2011)

Answer :Five Wickets in an Over

4. St. Kitts born Right arm fast bowler Joey Benjamin was a one test wonder

whose Test debut came late at the age of 33 in 1994. He came out all guns blazing

in the 1st innings with the best figures from his team with a 4/42. However, in the 2nd innings, due to something by another Jamaican, Benjamin’s efforts were completely overshadowed and

forgotten. And after his sole appearance on the Intl circuit, he became history. Who was the Jamaican or what did he

do?

Answer :Devon

Malcolm 9/57 against South Africa

5. Although Bodyline generated enough controversy in 1932 itself, it was continued to be used till much later. In 1934, when West Indies

arrived to play England, they were unhappy to see that England had prepared soft pitches to reduce the

effectiveness of their fast bowling. In response, Captain Jackie Grant ordered his bowlers

X and Constantine to use Bodyline tactics.X was an instant success, troubling the whole English batting line up and getting Hammond to retire after

hitting him on the chin, finally ending with 5/73.While the rest struggled against X and Constantine, Y

notched up a century against the intimidatory bowling, the only one of his career.

Give X and Y.

Answer :X –Manny Martindale Y – Douglas Jardine

6. What world record equaled in a World Cup tie between India and Zimbabwe didn’t last for a day as it was broken the very next

day when Pakistan met Scotland?

Answer :Most extras conceded in a match

India v/s Zimbabwe – 91Pakistan vs Scotland - 98

7. When X came to India in 2008, X writes in his autobiography that Y promised him that X would be producing the theme song for the

2011 World Cup to be held in subcontinent. X concludes by writing

“I’m disturbed by what has happened, but believe the sheer weight of public and financial

support for it will ensure that it continues to grow. As an aside, Y’s ouster meant my chance

to produce the 2011 World Cup song disappeared.”Give X and Y.

Answer :X – Brett Lee, Y- Lalit Modi

8. Adding which former Indian great and a skipper would make a list that includes

these two gentlemen with him exhaustive?

Answer :Gundappa

Vishwanathan

Scored a century and duck on debut.The other two are

Md. Wasim and Andrew Hudson.

9. Aftab Gul played 6 tests for Pakistan in the late 60s-70’s. is His initial selection in the Test

side, when England toured Pakistan during 1968-69 amid political turmoil, had less to do

with his cricketing abilities than with his position as a student leader, in an attempt to placate

the rioters.

Aftab played a few more Tests without much success, and was then arrested after a change

of government: he supposedly had some grenades and a rocket launcher hidden under

his bed. For what dubious reasons did he come back in

cricketing news in 2010-11?

Answer :Represented Butt, Asif and Aamer in Spot Fixing Scandal

10. X is one of those very few batsmen to have a century and a double century in the

same test to his name. After achieving it once in 1971, X came close to an encore in 1979 when he followed his 107 in the first innings with 182 not out in the second. As a captain, he declared

the innings when he was 18 runs short of a double to give his team enough time to win the Test. Unfortunately, on his return to pavilion, he

was welcomed with pelting and booing. ID X.

Answer :Sunil Manohar Gavaskar

11. Roland Holder vs India in 1992Robin Smith vs Australia in 1993Shoaib Malik vs Sri Lanka in 2002

To what very popular cricketing incident of 1992, would you associate

the above three names?

Answer :Sachin’s runout by Jonty Rhodes. First use of Third Umpire

for Run Out

Roland Holder – Bowled

Robin Smith – Stumped

Shoaib Malik - LBW

12. X didn’t his six sixes in an over, yet hit six sixes off six balls -4 sixes off first over's last 4 balls, the batsman at other

end played out the next over maiden and he hit the first two balls of the next over off the same bowler for sixes, making it

six out of six. Besides the famed names of Sobers, Shastri, he stands the only one to

have done so in FC. But since the sixes didnt come in an over, his feat is often

forgotten. Who?

Answer :Mike

Procter

13. Connect

Answer :Century before lunch on the First Day of the

Test

14. Waterford Crystal is a crystal manufacturing company. Named after the city of Waterford in Ireland, it is owned by

WWRD Holdings Ltd, a luxury goods group. Chandeliers made by the company

adorn Westminster Abbey, Windsor Palace, and Kennedy Center among

others. It also makes the famous New Year's Eve Ball that is dropped each year

in New York City's Times Square.

What is this company’s very important cricketing connect?

Answer :The urn is not used

as the trophy for the Ashes series, and,

whichever side "holds" the Ashes, the urn remains in

the MCC Museum at Lord's. Since the 1998/99 Ashes

series, a Waterford Crystal

Trophy has been presented to the

winners.

15. West Indies tour to India in 1966 brought X to his last journey to the

subcontinent, and although he wasn’t playing, his charisma and crucial interventions in a

series hit by controversies brought him many fans. One of them was a foodie named Amarjit.

The story goes Amarjit had a stopover at Beirut during one of his journeys, where he ate the something that he found so tasty that on

returning to India, he at once gave it an Indian tweak and started selling it. It was an instant

success. When it came to naming his invention, he remembered his favorite cricketer and

named it ________. Identify the cricketer and Amarjit’s much popular recipe.

Answer :Tibb’s

FrankieNamed after Frank

Worrell

16. Ahead of Ashes 2005, Herefordshire’s coach Henry Pryor developed a programmable

bowling machine called Merlyn which it was claimed could bowl any ball known to man.

One of the greatest of Pryor’s claim, and according to him the whole purpose of making Merlyn was that it could emulate X’s deliveries. Its mechanism has not been publicly revealed,

though it is safe to assume it is much more complex than the other machines. Although England did win the Ashes, on the hindsight,

Merlyn’s wasn’t a great success. Why?

Answer :Merlyn was claimed to emulate Shane Warne’s

Leg Spin. Warne finished with 40 wickets.

17. Scoring a ton and picking up a fifer in the same match is a feat that is achieved rarely in

Test Cricket. Playing for Yorkshire against Somerset in

Bath in 1906, X, however went one better when he scored 111 and 117 not out with the bat and

returned with figures of 6 for 70 and 5 for 45 with the ball. Such a double has never been achieved in cricket after that. Who is this FC

great?

Answer :George

Hirst

VISUAL ROUND

1. Whose face has been blanked out from this picture of an iconic game?

Answer : Taufiq Umar.

Rashid Latif was sent to hospital after a Zaheer Khan delivery hit him on the helmet.

2. What’s the occasion?

Answer :Len Hutton

congratulated by Sir Don

Bradman after going past his score of 334 on his way to

364.

3. Whose shirt is being grabbed by the spectator?

Answer :John Snow, after one of his bouncers felled Terry

Jenner

4. Whose wicket is Kevin O’ Brien celebrating?

Answer :Krishna Chandran Karate

5. One part of a terrible story.

Who is the other?

Answer :Steve Waugh

6. Two photos from the same match. Who is the ‘assaulter’?

Answer :Jeff

ThomsonPoliceman: Who did

this to you?Jeff Thomson

Policeman: ‘’Do you want to press

charges against a Mr Thomson?'"

Pounce and Bounce - II

1. On September 6, 1959, X, Y and medium-fast bowler Tom Dewdney met after their respective Lancashire League games and were all set to travel through the night to London to take part in a charity match

the following day. They waited for Z to turn up, but living up to his fickle minded

reputation, Z made the three wait and didn’t turn up after which the three decide to drive to London in their car. What happened next?

Also, Give X and Y.

Answer :Collie Smith and Gary Sobers.

The two met an accident in which Collie Smith lost his life.

2. After more than a century of denial, acknowledgment finally came in 2004 due to increasing pressure from political and sporting circles. As a result

• The ________ flag was flown at major cricket grounds and offices on May 12th, 2006.

• The 14-members were assigned individual player numbers.

• They were also inducted in the national Hall of Fame in 2002.

What am I talking about?

Answer :Recognition of the 1868

Aboriginal tour to England.

3. On a cold November 2012 morning, Bangladesh Captain Mushfiqur Rahim , in a bid to unsettle the opposition’s openers,

used the ploy of starting with his debutant spinner. Starting the match with

a spinner, though rare, wasn’t the first such occurrence in Test History, but what

happened next was. What?

B) The record created has even been bettered. Who bettered it?

Answer :Chris Gayle hit the

first ball for Sixb) Kraig Braithwaite

broke Gayle’s record of highest

runs off first scoring shot when he got

off the mark with 7 against South

Africa.

4. The British Asian Cup was conceived as an annual tournament in 2009. The first

match was played in Jul 2009 at Lord’s and marked the first of an annual charity series. It was decided that the portion of the proceeds from the game would go to the British Asian

Trust, a Prince of Wales charity. Moreover, the fixture was to be played as a best-of-three series from 2010. Which two teams were to originally compete for the British Asian Cup?

Answer :Winners of the Indian Premier

League and Engand’s

Twenty20 Cup.Accordingly, the first match was played between Middlesex and

Rajasthan.

5. A cartoon mocking a cricketer’s defence after a controversy. What was the defence?

Answer :“No performance-enhancing drugs. Just tablets given by mother to get

rid of a double chin.”

6. This match between Pakistan and New Zealand was reduced to 46 overs a side due to a strange reason. What was it? We keep hearing the opposite of this

reason leading to similar instances in cricket.

Answer :Too much light or ‘Good

Light’

7. Shadab Kabir’s ODI career

consisted of 3 matches, in which he faced five balls

and scored 3 ducks. Yet, he

ended up with a man of the match award and that too on his debut. How?

Answer :Tom Graveney gave Man of the Match award to the whole Pakistan

team.

8. In the list of highest scores by batting position in ODIs, X had two entries at two different batting positions, although from

two different teams, for a long time. In 2009 Y took his place at one of the

positions while Z recently outscored X from the other left batting position. Give

X,Y and Z

Answer :X- MS Dhoni (183 at No. 3 and 139* at No. 7)

Y- Charles Coventry (194* at No. 3)Z- Luke Ronchi (170* at No. 7)

9. a) Identify the person. b) Whose retirement has brought

him to the cricketing world?

Answer :a) Steve Stern (of Duckworth-Lewis-Stern fame)

b) Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis

10. X made his ODI debut in 2014. On his debut, he scored a duck and followed

it with another duck in his next match before scoring a 39 ball 36 in his third

ODI. This sequence wouldn’t have attracted much attention had it not been

the exact sequence of a Y’s first three matches who started his career 25 years

ago. Who are X and Y?

Answer :X – Rilee Rossouw

Y – Sachin Tendulkar

11. With a win over India on 15th March, X had more or less qualified for

Semis in the World Cup. However, whether they would play the Semis or

not, the board had indicated, was to be decided based on the results of

something that was to take place on 17th March. Who are X and what was the all

important event?

Answer :X - South Africa in 1992 World

CupEvent – Apartheid Referendum

12. The Delhi test of 1984 against England has become popular in quizzing circles for Kapil Dev’s rash shot which got him dropped and broke the sequence of what could had been the longest career

without missing a match.

However, the same match proved to be the last match of 28 year old X who had scored

a century a match ago and had decent scores of 31 and 40 in the Delhi test.

Whose career thus prematurely ended?

Answer :Sandeep Patil

13. Connect the video to the image

Video of Sunil Gavaskar staging

his infamous Walkout after given

LBW to Dennis Lillee at MCG in

1981.

Answer :Richie BenaudDennis Lillee equalled

Benaud’s record of Highest wickets in

Test for Australia with the SMG dismissal.

The Rain-Rule was a brainchild of Richie

Benaud.

14. In December 1953 Blair, received news that his fiancée, Nerissa Love, had

been killed in the Tangiwai railway disaster on Christmas Eve. Blair was not expected to bat when his turn came on

Boxing Day, as an announcement had been made that he would take no further part in

the game. However, with his team at 154/9, when X started to walk back to pavilion he

came out to join him.

Sadly, Blair’s show of emotional courage has got overshadowed in time by X’s show of physical bravery, an image that still lives on in cricket. Who is X/What’s the image?

Answer :Bert Sutcliffe playing with

his head bandaged.

15. Late in 2008, this player achieved the unusual feat of winning his first Test cap while a match he was playing in was

still going on. He scored 243 for his domestic team, sharing an opening stand of 462 with X who went on to score 300

not out. He was cutting a cake to celebrate his double-century when news came through that he'd been called up to play Australia, as Y had been banned for

one match. By the time his team completed victory, this batsman was facing Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson.

Who is this cricketer?

Answer :Murali Vijay

16. X was a more than useful all-rounder in his days at Magdalen College School in Oxford. Wisden records that he made 301 runs and took 37 wickets in 1981, improved next year with 601 runs at 40 and 46 wickets at 15. After another good year in 1983 (552 runs and 37 wickets), he played for The Rest against the Southern Schools.

His career’s cricketing highlight came in 1997, when Shipton, from Oxfordshire, reached the Village Championship final at Lord's. Wisden says that they overcame Milstead in the semi-final "thanks to a late flurry from a famous theatre director, who hit 48 from just 26 balls".

Although cricketing fame eluded him, worldwide fame came 2 years later when he won an Oscar. He also has written the foreword of Brearly’s Art of Captaincy.

Answer :Sam Mendes

17. "It was more of a _____ thing to be quite honest. I met some of the Indian

players and I had just spent some time in India so they presented the shirt to me. I

support South Africa, and everybody knows that. The idea wasn't to spark any

fire and I'm sorry if it did that."

Put Funda.

Answer :Roger Federer’s India Shirt Controversy.

LONG

CONNECT

1. List is not exhaustive. 2 more names make it exhaustive.

2. + 5 for identification of the player on every slide.

3. Starts from +100/-50

+100/-50Ahead of a World Cup tie between X’s

team and India, X made a statement in the press conference that surprised

everyone. Talking about Sachin, he said, “Sachin's just like another batsman in the Indian team, and there are a lot of others in the Indian side.” Sachin then went on to demolish X in the crucial

match and even hooked him out of the ground for a six in the match. X finished

with 69 runs in his spell of 10 overs.

+90/-45X was more famous for his poor batting than his bowling. X’s coach once made

him a bet in a test against Pakistan. 'You get 30 and I'll buy you 30 pints of

Guinness. That's a promise.' Remarkably, against Wasim and Waqar, X started to score quickly and was on 24 with five

boundaries. "It was then that he gestured to the dressing room, and even shouted

Get ‘em in. However, he was soon bowled by Wasim without adding to his total.

+80/-40X had last played for the country in 2013 and yet was selected at 35 in the World Cup Squad ahead of a youngster many

believed deserved a chance. However, X silenced his critics as he scored heavily in the pre world cup series and was also got his name in the record books as one half

of a record partnership.

+70/-35X was the batsman on the other end

when Phil Hughes fell unconscious after being struck by a Sean Abbott bouncer.

He was also one of the pall bearers along with Aaron Finch and Michael Clarke.

+60/-30This 35 year old is the epitome of a

journeyman cricketed and has 28 teams listed against his name. His performances in the domestic circuit helped him to earn

a call-up to the national Test squad in January 2010 for a home series against

England. However, later on the same day the decision was overturned after it

became clear X was not yet eligible for the national side. He finally made his

debut in World Cup and helped his team win with a man of the match

performance.

+50/-25X has been an important figure for

Netherlands Cricket as he has captained the team to two biggest wins for

Netherelands both coming against England , first in World T20 2009 and

again in World T20 2014.

+40/-20In India’s Lord’s victory against England

there were two centurions, one was Ajinkya Rahane and the other was X.

Although England went on to lose the test despite X’s ton, the century came as a relief to X who was under pressure to perform not because of a dry patch of

runs but because of an off-field controversy.

+30/-15Players who have scored a ton on test

debut and a duck on ODI debut.

Dave HoughtonSaleem Malik

Andrew HudsonMathew Sinclair

Fawad AlamShikhar Dhawan James Neesham

Suresh Raina X

+20/-10X

GusDom

IsobelCecelia

+10Scores of a Captain in the run up to World Cup 2015.

Slide Answers

+100/-50Ahead of a World Cup tie between X’s

team and India, X made a statement in the press conference that surprised

everyone. Talking about Sachin, he said, “Sachin's just like another batsman in the Indian team, and there are a lot of others in the Indian side.” Sachin then went on to demolish X in the crucial

match and even hooked him out of the ground for a six in the match. X finished

with 69 runs in his spell of 10 overs.

Answer :Andrew Caddick

+90/-45X was more famous for his poor batting than his bowling. X’s coach once made

him a bet in a test against Pakistan. 'You get 30 and I'll buy you 30 pints of

Guinness. That's a promise.' Remarkably, against Wasim and Waqar, X started to score quickly and was on 24 with five

boundaries. "It was then that he gestured to the dressing room, and even shouted

Get ‘em in. However, he was soon bowled by Wasim without adding to his total.

Answer :Alan Mullaly

+80/-40X had last played for the country in 2013 and yet was selected at 35 in the World Cup Squad ahead of a youngster many

believed deserved a chance. However, X silenced his critics as he scored heavily in the pre world cup series and was also got his name in the record books as one half

of a record partnership.

Answer :Grant Elliot

+70/-35X was the batsman on the other end

when Phil Hughes fell unconscious after being struck by a Sean Abbott bouncer.

He was also one of the pall bearers along with Aaron Finch and Michael Clarke.

Answer :Tom Cooper

+60/-30This 35 year old is the epitome of a

journeyman cricketed and has 28 teams listed against his name. His performances in the domestic circuit helped him to earn

a call-up to the national Test squad in January 2010 for a home series against

England. However, later on the same day the decision was overturned after it

became clear X was not yet eligible for the national side. He finally made his

debut in World Cup and helped his team win with a man of the match

performance.

Answer :Imran Tahir

+50/-25X has been an important figure for

Netherlands Cricket as he has captained the team to two biggest wins for

Netherelands both coming against England , first in World T20 2009 and

again in World T20 2014.

Answer :

Peter Borren

+40/-20In India’s Lord’s victory against England

there were two centurions, one was Ajinkya Rahane and the other was X.

Although England went on to lose the test despite X’s ton, the century came as a relief to X who was under pressure to perform not because of a dry patch of

runs but because of an off-field controversy.

Answer :Gary Ballance

+30/-15Players who have scored a ton on test

debut and a duck on ODI debut.

Dave HoughtonSaleem Malik

Andrew HudsonMathew Sinclair

Fawad AlamShikhar Dhawan James Neesham

Suresh Raina X

Answer :Jonathan Trott

+20/-10X

GusDom

IsobelCecelia

Answer :Ed Joyce

+10Captain of a team in the current World Cup.

Answer :Eoin Morgan

The Connect is…

Andrew CaddickAlan MullalyGrant ElliotTom CooperImran Tahir

Peter BorrenGary BallanceJonathan Trott

Ed JoyceEoin Morgan

New ZealandNew ZealandSouth AfricaAustraliaPakistanSouth AfricaZimbabweSouth AfricaIrelandIreland

EnglandEnglandNew ZealandNetherlandsSouth AfricaNetherlandsEnglandEnglandEnglandEngland

Represented Different countries in Junior (U-19) World Cup and Senior

World Cup.U-19 World Cup Senior World Cup

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