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Australia vs India 2004 Trivia Quiz

I went to this One Day International with some of my friends (including one Indian).

A multiple-choice quiz by leegend2000. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
leegend2000

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
182,892

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
379

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Question 1 of 10

1. This match was the 7th game of the VB Series in Australia in 2003/04. Where was this match held? Hint

Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)

Adelaide Oval

Telstra Stadium (Sydney)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who won the toss and what did they decide to do? Hint

India won the toss and batted

Australia won the toss and batted

India won the toss and bowled

Australia won the toss and bowled

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which one of the Indian openers was first out? Hint

Virender Sehwag

Parthiv Patel

Sachin Tendulkar

Sourav Ganguly

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Question 4 of 10

4. VVS Laxman and Yujraj Singh put together a good partnership for India in this innings. Yuvraj scored his highest one day score with 139, how many did Laxman score? Hint

106, not out

99, not out

106, out

117, out

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Question 5 of 10

5. Laxman had a golden series, scoring three centuries in his 10 innings and had the highest average for the Indians in the whole series. Who was second? Hint

Yuvraj Singh

Murali Kartik

Sachin Tendulkar

Hemang Badani

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Question 6 of 10

6. Brett Lee was heavily criticised in the leadup to this game for his costly bowling (1-83 off 10 overs in the last match). What were his figures here? Hint

0-68 off 10

2-46 off 10

2-46 off 9

1-50 off 10

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Question 7 of 10

7. One of Australia's regular openers wasn't playing in this match. Which left hander took his place opening the batting? Hint

Jimmy Maher

Darren Lehmann

Simon Katich

Michael Bevan

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Question 8 of 10

8. Adam Gilchrist launched a blistering assault from the start of the innings. How many boundaries (including 6's) did he hit before the rain break in Australia's innings? Hint

Nine

Ten

Four

Six

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who bowled the final over for India? Hint

Irfan Pathan

Ajit Agarkar

Lakshmipathy Balaji

Sourav Ganguly

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who hit the fourth ball of the final over for 6 to virtually win the match for Australia? Hint

Ian Harvey

Andy Bichel

Brett Lee

Andy Symonds

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This match was the 7th game of the VB Series in Australia in 2003/04. Where was this match held?

Answer: Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)

This match was the 7th game of the VB Series 2003/4 held in Australia, between Australia, India and Zimbabwe. This match was the second of the series held at the SCG.

2. Who won the toss and what did they decide to do?

Answer: India won the toss and batted

India's captain Sourav Ganguly decided to bat after winning the toss, which he did every time he won the toss in the series.

3. Which one of the Indian openers was first out?

Answer: Sourav Ganguly

Sehwag and Tendulkar were both out injured, while Patel was the not out opening batsman. Ganguly top edged Brett Lee's third ball of the match through to Gilchrist.

4. VVS Laxman and Yujraj Singh put together a good partnership for India in this innings. Yuvraj scored his highest one day score with 139, how many did Laxman score?

Answer: 106, not out

Laxman scored 106 not out from 130 balls with only 5 fours. He should have been given out run out with one ball to go, but he was at the non-striker's end, so it didn't really matter. In contrast, Yuvraj pounded the bowling with his 139 from 122 balls with 16 fours and 2 sixes.

5. Laxman had a golden series, scoring three centuries in his 10 innings and had the highest average for the Indians in the whole series. Who was second?

Answer: Murali Kartik

Kartik only batted twice in his 4 games - 32* when the Indians were floundering at Perth and 23 in the second final, giving him an average of 55. Yuvraj scored 314 at 39.25, Sachin 236 at 33.71, Badani 133 at 44.33.

6. Brett Lee was heavily criticised in the leadup to this game for his costly bowling (1-83 off 10 overs in the last match). What were his figures here?

Answer: 2-46 off 9

Ian Harvey was smashed by Yuvraj for 22 from his last over and he took 0-68. Gillespie was tight early and got 1-50 off 10. Brett Lee in fact took his 2-46 off only 9 overs.

7. One of Australia's regular openers wasn't playing in this match. Which left hander took his place opening the batting?

Answer: Simon Katich

Although batting at number 6 in the tests, Katich's form at opener for NSW in the ING Cup earned him a call up in order to rest Hayden. Maher didn't play in the series, but less than a month later broke the Australian domestic record for highest score - 187 off 129 balls. Lehmann was out injured for most of the summer. Bevan played in the match, but batted at number 6.

In fact, he has only opened the batting once in 232 matches - against Bangladesh in 2003 - 40*.

8. Adam Gilchrist launched a blistering assault from the start of the innings. How many boundaries (including 6's) did he hit before the rain break in Australia's innings?

Answer: Ten

He hit 9 fours and 1 six and was 48* off 29 balls.

9. Who bowled the final over for India?

Answer: Lakshmipathy Balaji

The last over was trusted to Balaji. Agarkar bowled the second last, Ganguly, the third last, while Pathan finished his overs much earlier. Balaji was the only option left, since all his other bowlers for the evening had already bowled 7.

10. Who hit the fourth ball of the final over for 6 to virtually win the match for Australia?

Answer: Brett Lee

Yep, this was Brett Lee's famous 6 in the last over. There were 7 needed off only 3 balls when he cover drove Balaji for 6. Appararently Hemang Badani (Indian number 7) later said "Lee must have seen the white ball much more easily as it came out of your dark hand."

Source: Author leegend2000

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