Robin’s Cosy Corner – West Indies Bangladesh Special Quiz

[robin2855]

Answer to Cricket Quiz 6.Congratulations to Bladescape!.You have put in a wonderful performance.

Congratulations to Bladescape!.You are the undisputed Champion of Cricket Quiz 6 with 100% correct Answers(Inclusive Q4 Special).

King Cricket deserves notable mention for answering Q4 correctly.

Once again it was very heartening to see that their has been 100% correct Answers from participants.

Here you go with the answers.

Answers to Cricket Quiz 5

Question 1

Textbook Strokes
1. Block
2. Cut
3. Drive
4. Leg glance
5. Sweep
6. Pull
7. Hook

Unorthodox Shots
1. Paddle-scoop
2. Paddle sweep
3. Reverse sweep
4. Marillier shot
5. Slog
6. Slog-sweep

Question 2

Keith Ross Miller (Australia)

Question 3

Fazal Mahmood(Pakistan)

12 wickets for 99 runs

Question 4

Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani

Question 4 Special

Kiran Shankar More

Question 5

When

November 10-13, 2000

Where

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Against

India

Opposing Captains

Sourav Ganguly (India)

Naimur Rahman(Bangladesh)

Result

India won by 9 wickets

Star Performers

India

Bat : Ganguly 84, Joshi 92 (First Innings)
Ball: Joshi 45.3- 8-142- 5 & Joshi 18-5-27-3

Bangaldesh

Bat : Aminul Islam 145,Habibul Bashar 71(First Innings)
Bowl Naimur Rahman 44.3-9-132-6(First Innings)

Lone centurion

Aminul Islam 145

Bonus Question

First Instance: George Headley and his son Ron Headley both played for West Indies.

George Headley?s grandson Dean Headley played for England.

Second Instance : Dr. Mohammad Jahangir Khan played for India. His son Majid Khan and Grandson Bazid Khan played for Pakistan.

 

[bladescape]

1. What are the Standard fielding positions in Cricket?

(Will accept 80 % correct answers)
A.Of the top of my head:
Keeper
Slips
Short Leg
Silly Mid On
Mid On
Mid Off
Long On
Long Off
Straight,can't remember what this positions called
Long Leg
Square Leg
Fine Leg
3rd Man
Mid Wicket
Deep Mid Wicket
Deep Square Leg
Cover
Extra Cover
Gully
Bat Pad

2. He is probably the best Australian batsman after the Sir Don Bradman and Neil Harvey to have graced Australian cricket.

He was a Master against all types of bowling and played in an era when the West Indian had the most lethal pace attack in the world and performed admirably against them.

Has a fantastic record in his WSC career (very unfortunate this is not accepted in official statistics) with 5 centuries, 1415 runs, average of 56.6 in 14 Supertests against the famed West Indies pace quartet at their lethal best.

He is the first test batsman in history to score centuries in both his first and last test innings

Who is this Australian Batting phenomenon of the past?
A.Gregory Steven Chappell.

3. They formed the most lethal pace attack West Indies ever had and was called the Fearsome Four.

a) Who are these fearsome four that dominated the best of the batsmen in the seventies and eighties?
A.Garner,Holding,Roberts and Croft.(Thanks Dare for posting up them first,I couldn't think of the fourth one,Croft.)

b) Who amongst them were known as ‘Whispering Death’ and ‘Big Bird’?
B.Holding and Garner.

c) Who has taken the most Wickets in their test and One day career?
C.Garner(Thanks again Dare.)

d) Who has taken the most Wickets in one and both innings of a test match ?
D.Holding(No need for Dare this time,for once I knew it!)

e) Who has the best bowling figures in a One day ?
E.Croft(Dare,thanks again!)

I'm a bit tired,I'm going to bother with the rest a bit later.

 

[robin2855]

Robin?s Cosy Corner ? Cricket Quiz Bumper 2 ? IPL Special(A must for everyone)

This is the second IPL Special Quiz.

I hope readers will like it.

Here you go:

Q1 How does IPL differ from ICL?

Q2

a) Where, When and between what times will the First IPL match of 2009 edition be held?

b) When, When and between what times will The Semi Finals and Finals of 2009 edition be held?

Q3 What Is The Team Composition Rules For IPL?

Q4 Which TV’S acquired The Regional Broadcasting Rights of IPL Matches around the world(Will Accept 75% Correct Answers )?

Q5

a) Which two are the richest Franchises?

b) What are the values of those Franchises?

c) Who are the owners of the aforementioned Franchises ?

Q6 Modified Version Who are the most expensive foreign cricketers(Name 5) who have got contracts from the 2nd round of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 auction held in Goa?

Q7 Which Foreign Cricketers have won contracts in 2nd Round of the Indian Premier League IPL Twenty20 auction?

Q8 Name reputed 10 Players who remained unsold.

Q9 What has been the Overall Performance (Wins, Loss, Points) of Rajasthan Royals And Chennai Super Kings In the last edition of IPL

Q10 Only Two Franchises made Net Profit in the 2008 Edition of IPL.

Who are those Lucky Ones?

Bonus Question (optional): Shane Warne had predicted to unleash
a pace sensation hitherto unknown to most of us.

Who is this raw talent he is referring to?

What sort of speed has he generated so far?

 

[bladescape]

Q1 How does IPL differ from ICL?
A.The BCCI condones the IPL,but not the ICL.

Q6 Name 5 Most Expensive Players of 2009 IPL Edition
A.Flintoff and Peitersen are all I can think of.

Bonus Question (optional): Shane Warne had predicted to unleash
a pace sensation hitherto unknown to most of us.

Who is this raw talent he is referring to?
A.He had Kamran in his name!

What sort of speed has he generated so far?
A.Somewhere about 140kms.

 

[Dare]

Ill take a shot at Q6

Flintoff, KP, Dhoni, Sharma, Sehwag or maybe Ganguly?

Im sure that the 1st 3 are correct but Im not sure about the rest of them.

 

[bladescape]

I think Symonds was in there as well,or am I thinking last year?

 

[Dare]

I think Symonds was in there as well,or am I thinking last year?

is the question for only this year? or last year too?

 

[bladescape]

I've got no idea!

 

[adyhorn]

Bonus Question (optional): Shane Warne had predicted to unleash
a pace sensation hitherto unknown to most of us.

Who is this raw talent he is referring to?
Kamran Khan

 

[King Cricket]

Q1 How does IPL differ from ICL?
IPL- 8 teams, ICL- more than 8 teams. IPL- homw/away match ICL- nothing of that sort. IPL- 8 franchises owning eight teams ICL- All teams except two controlled by Zee officials

Q2

a) Where, When and between what times will the First IPL match of 2009 edition be held?
When: This Saturday 18th April 09
Where: Cape town most probably
What time: 8 to 11?
b) When, When and between what times will The Semi Finals and Finals of 2009 edition be held?
Don't know

Q3 What Is The Team Composition Rules For IPL?
Maximum 10 foreigners, Minimum 5 U-19 players and domestic players? Don't know about the Indian intl stars.

Q4 Which TV’S acquired The Regional Broadcasting Rights of IPL Matches around the world(Will Accept 75% Correct Answers )?
Set Max
Fox
Sky?
Geo TV?


Q5

a) Which two are the richest Franchises?
IB Group- RCB, Reliance Group- MI

b) What are the values of those Franchises?
Don't know

c) Who are the owners of the aforementioned Franchises ?
Vijay Mallya and Mukesh Ambani

Q6 Name 5 Most Expensive Players of 2009 IPL Edition
KP, Freddie, Shaun Tait, Bopara, ??
Q7 Which Foreign Cricketers have won contracts in 2nd Round of the Indian Premier League IPL Twenty20 auction?


Q8 Name reputed 10 Players who remained unsold.

Q9 What has been the Overall Performance (Wins, Loss, Points) of Rajasthan Royals And Chennai Super Kings In the last edition of IPL

Q10 Only Two Franchises made Net Profit in the 2008 Edition of IPL.

Who are those Lucky Ones?
KKR and Kings XI?

 

[robin2855]

Q 6 Modification

I think Q 6 needs clarification.

It is now modified as :

Who are the most expensive foreign cricketers(Name 5) who have got contracts from the 2nd round of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 auction held in Goa?

Everyone who has answered this question have got the first 2 Correct. Great Start. It needs to be finshed up strongly.

Hints : The remainder three are from South Africa and South Asia.

It should be easy now.

Hope this helps

robin2855 added 5 Minutes and 2 Seconds later...

Bladescape & Adyhorn - Both of you are bang on target.Good job.

robin2855 added 10 Minutes and 7 Seconds later...

Q1 It is still open.

robin2855 added 19 Minutes and 11 Seconds later...

King Cricket : Once again a Flying start.

You need to work on : Q1, Q2a(What time), Q2b, Q4(one correct so far ? last one), Q6(Two correct so far. Try remainder 3 based on hints I have provided), Q 7, 8, 9

Please let me know if you need any hints on any questions. I will be more than happy to help you and others as well.

Good luck!

 

[bladescape]

Wait a second.
5 most expensive:
KP,Freddie,Duminy
The other two are still open,can't remember now.

 

[Dare]

was Steyn signed this year or last? I know Mendis was signed last year but I dont know if he was up for auction this year.

 

[bladescape]

Steyn was in last year.

 

[robin2855]

Steyn and Ajantha Mendis - IPL UPDATE

was Steyn signed this year or last? I know Mendis was signed last year but I dont know if he was up for auction this year.

Both Steyn and Ajantha Mendis signed up last year.

Steyn and Ajantha Mendis were bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders respectively.

robin2855 added 6 Minutes and 13 Seconds later...

Wait a second.
5 most expensive:
KP,Freddie,Duminy
The other two are still open,can't remember now.

You are almost there.

Additional Hints :

4th one is a South African - Abbreviation T.H.

5th one - South Asian : I have an Exclusive IPL thread on him in this Forum.

It should be easy for everyone now.