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Cricket Mania Trivia Quiz

Just a few trivia questions from the ICC World Cup, 2003 held in South Africa!

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

Author
ace_sodium

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
126,670

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1200

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Question 1 of 10

1. During the Sri Lanka v New Zealand match, how many times did a Sri Lankan batsmen hit more than 10 runs in an over? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the match between Bangladesh and Canada, the Bangladeshis were out for a paltry 120 runs - setting up a Canadian win in only their fourth ODI. How many Bangladeshi batsmen were out for a duck? Hint

No-One

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Question 3 of 10

3. The match against Sri Lanka was a watershed for the Dhaka boys! Which bowler took 4 wickets in his first over to send Bangladesh on the backfoot even before the second over was bowled? Hint

Nuyan Zoyza

None of these

M. Muralitharan

Chaminda Vaas

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Pakistani player was accused by Adam Gilchrist of making racist comments against him after the Australia v Pakistan match? Hint

Waqar Younis

Rashid Latif

Younis Khan

Javed Miandad

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who top scored for the Pakistanis in their match against the English? Hint

Saeed Anwar

Shoaib Akhtar

Yousuf Yohanna

Younis Khan

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Question 6 of 10

6. The first match for the Zimbabweans was against ICC qualifiers Namibia. Soon Zimbabwe sent the minnows on a leather hunt; Wishart being the chief culprit. In which of the following regions (of the ground) did he get the LEAST runs? Hint

Mid On

Fine Leg

Mid Off

Cover

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Question 7 of 10

7. In one of the most glorious innings played by a non-test nation batsman, John Davison took the Windies bowling apart and soon scored the fastest 100 in a World Cup match. How many balls did he take to reach there? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Holland came with a brilliant performance against India and had the latter in more than a 'spot of bother'. Which of these bowlers was primarily responsible for this feat? Hint

Lefebvre

Troost

Adeel Raja

de Leede

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Question 9 of 10

9. Kenya's match with South Africa was a not a memorable one for the former. Only one batsman was able to make a half-century. Who? Hint

Ravindu Shah

Steve Tikolo

Kennedy Otieno

Maurice Odumbe

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Question 10 of 10

10. The first major upset of the tournament came when Canada defeated the Bangladesh team (a country with test status)! Which bowler was primarily responsible for this, thanks to his 5 wicket haul? Hint

Joseph

Codrington

Thuraisingham

Davison

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. During the Sri Lanka v New Zealand match, how many times did a Sri Lankan batsmen hit more than 10 runs in an over?

Answer: 6

Ironically no Lankan batsman was able to hit more than 10 runs in an over during the last ten overs of the match. The Kiwis, when they batted, scored more than 10 runs an over 5 times.

Answer: 3

The three batsmen were E. Haque, T. Baisya, and M. Mortaza. The top score in the Bangladeshi innings was 25.

3. The match against Sri Lanka was a watershed for the Dhaka boys! Which bowler took 4 wickets in his first over to send Bangladesh on the backfoot even before the second over was bowled?

Answer: Chaminda Vaas

Chaminda Vaas, in the first over of the match, took 4 wickets, including a hat-trick!

4. Which Pakistani player was accused by Adam Gilchrist of making racist comments against him after the Australia v Pakistan match?

Answer: Rashid Latif

This was brought to the attention of the Match Referee, Clive Lloyd, who heard the case from the concerned. However, as there was insufficient evidence, he decided not to take action. Latif decided not to sue the Australians after this.

5. Who top scored for the Pakistanis in their match against the English?

Answer: Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar hit a quick fire 43 off just 16 balls with 3 sixes and 5 four. Slogging at its best! This set a new record for the highest score by a No 11 batsman.

Answer: Fine Leg

Wishart scored just one run in the "behind square of leg" region (during the entire game)! Most of his shots (and other Zimbabwean batsman) were in front of the wicket.

Answer: 67

He broke the record of Kapil Dev who scored his century off 72 balls. He was out at a personal score of 111 (76 balls, 8 fours, 6 sixes).

8. Holland came with a brilliant performance against India and had the latter in more than a 'spot of bother'. Which of these bowlers was primarily responsible for this feat?

Answer: de Leede

de Leede came with a brilliant performance taking 4 for 35 in 9.5 overs. His wickets included the 'prize' scalps of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and also included Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan. de Leede got the 'Man of the Match' reward for his efforts.

9. Kenya's match with South Africa was a not a memorable one for the former. Only one batsman was able to make a half-century. Who?

Answer: Ravindu Shah

Kenya's total score in this match was 140. Shah's innings included a total of 7 fours and it took him 87 balls to get there.

Answer: Codrington

Codrington took 5 wickets for 27 runs; he performed well with the bat also, contributing 16 runs - which was the fourth highest score made by a Canadian batsman in this match.

Source: Author ace_sodium

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