Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Quizarre: Quiz 4

Cricket. The gentleman's game. The game which unites India. Ten questions for you. Please to answer. And then mail the answers to quizarre[at]gmail[dot]com with the subject line "Quizarre Quiz 4 answers".


1. Born in Egypt, played for South Africa, laid low for 22 years, then turned out in the Zimbabwe colors and even took a five-for against India in tests. Who?


2. Identify this West Indian great



3. Mike Brearley and his bowler Phil Edmonds tried something new against Yorkshire to get them to score faster. The ploy doesn't seem to have worked, but Edmonds did take three wickets, and shortly afterwards the regulations were amended so the ploy couldn’t be tried again. What rule was created to stop this incident from recurring?


4. In a women's league match in Denmark, the new batswoman was several months pregnant. She got tired while batting and asked for a runner but the umpire declined. On what grounds was this justified?


5. Which famous cricketer and captain had a 3 pound bat nicknamed "Big Bertha", after the German WWI howitzer of the same name?


6. Name this gentleman who once clean bowled 10 batsmen in an innings but is much more famous for something he did after his retirement.



7. Time for some theory. Name the five ways a batsman can get out, wherein the bowler does not get credit for the dismissal.


8. India were well placed on 210/4 in 40 overs against Pakistan in Sialkot in October 1984, with Dilip Vengsarkar on 94* poised to be the first Indian ODI centurion in Pakistan. But the match was abandoned. Why?


9. Identify this cricketer who started off with a 200 and a 100 on debut, also has a triple to his name but had to retire early because he was allergic to grass.



10. Connect the two people you see in the pictures.