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Cricket Quiz
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Enjoy this folks, :)
1.Son of a Manchester prostitute,my father was unknown to me.I was for some time an assistant coach at a minor public schoo before joining the Manchester Gaurdian where I worked for 20 years.My autobiography is called _________________
2.In Births & Deaths section of the early years of Wisden we find 2 gentleman-F. Shacklock (who played for Derbyshire, Notts and Otago) and Thomas Mycroft (of Derbyshire). Complete the trio
3.While I was batting for my 232 at Nottingham in 1938, Sir Don Bradman summoned the Aussies from a card game in the dressing room to the pavilion and told them 'Come and watch this.You may never see something like it again'.Who am I?
4.On the Ides of March at 1'o clock Aussie local time a bearded Englishman Alfred Show ran in to bowl the first ball of a test match ever played to whom?
5.Who is the only cricketer to play for both the English and the Aussies against the other?
6.Why is Harris Memorial Challange Shield so significant in cricket history?
7.In 1949 J.H. Fingleton(the bravest Aussie as per HL) along with Duckworth goes to visit Harold Larwood in Blackpool.On that day HL receives a letter from a young fast bowling aspirant saying 'Don't you think Mr Larwood thatyou might have been a better bowler if you had begun the swing of
your left arm from lower down'.From where did the letter come?
8.A sick Imran Khan was watching a youngster bowling for United Bank on TV.So impressed he was that he immediately went to the ground and asked the guy to go to the national teams nets.Who is the guy?
9.My autobiography is '10 for 66 and all that'.A marvellous leggie in my first encounter with the peerless Victor Trumper I clean bowled him after he had hit a couple of fours.Then I remarked 'I was ashamed as though I had killed a dove'.Who am I?
10.The first professional cricket tem was the All England XI found in 1846 by Bill Clarke.This side used to tour the country and play 11:22 matches against local teams.It played the first
match against Twenty of Sheffield.Now Clarke was a wily spinner who grabbed over 2000 wickets in a single year.A guy then wrote something on Clarke.What was it called?
11.While he was ambassador to Paris in 1786 the 3rd Duke of Dorset J. F. Slackville asked the foreign secy. The Duke of Leeds to arrange a cricket tour of Paris.He would have been the first touring captain but for _____________
12.A flamboyant cricketer I also represented Arsenal and England in Soccer.Who am I?
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deepa
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Re: Cricket Quiz
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08/05/02 at 22:13:40 » |
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Let's have a try
1.Clive LLoyd
2.A C Doyle
8.Waqar Younis.
Others ??? |
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debajyoti
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Re: Cricket Quiz
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08/06/02 at 03:21:45 » |
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lets have a few wild guesses ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
1. fred truman
2. bob simpson
9. jim laker
ami jani kar mathat kita boairam, aro dimo. just wait n watch |
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Himadri
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Re: Cricket Quiz
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08/06/02 at 08:23:41 » |
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1. Neville Cardus ?? (don't remember the name of the book)
3. Stanley McCabe
4. Bannerman
5. Waqar Younis
7. Fred Trueman ??
9. Jim Laker
12. Bobby Moore.
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debajyoti
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Re: Cricket Quiz
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08/07/02 at 06:41:39 » |
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lil modification
5. tony greig
ignore no 2 of my previous post. |
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Shovon
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Re: Cricket Quiz
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08/10/02 at 08:20:15 » |
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Lemme take a few guesses ;D
1.Autobiography
2.Pass
3.Stan McCabe
4.Charles Bannerman
5.Pass
6.Sachin & Kambli scored the highest partnership total.
7.Fred truman??
8.Waqar Younis
9.Arthur Mailey
10.Pass
11.French revolution was brewing on the horizon
12.Denis Compton |
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tuxedo
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Re: Cricket Quiz
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08/19/02 at 19:30:02 » |
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Well here r the answers:
1.Autobiography(Neville Cardus)
2.A C Doyle(these guys inspired him for S Holmes series)
3.Stan McCabe
4.Charles Bannerman
5.Billy Midwinter
6.Tendulkar and Kambli scored 664n.o. for Shardasram Vidyamandir in this trophy
7.Bowral(Bradman's birthplace)
8.Waqar Younis
9.Arthur Mailey
10.'How to Play Clarke'
11.French Revolution
12.Dennis Compton
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