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2003 World Cup Final Trivia Quiz

2003's cricket World Cup Final was played at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on the 23rd of March. Australia of course won. Have fun and good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by undisputed brock. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
undisputed brock

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
125,533

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
2316

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many extras did the Indian bowlers give away in Australia's innings? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many deliveries did it take Ricky Ponting to make his 140 not out?

Answer: (A 3 digit number (between 120 and 130))

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Indian player below took a catch? Hint

Rahul Dravid

Harbhajan Singh

Sourav Ganguly

Yuvraj Singh

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many Australian bowlers took more than 2 wickets? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. How many runs did Matthew Hayden have when Australia reached 50 runs?

Answer: (1 diget number)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who didn't bowl 10 overs out of these bowlers? Hint

Javagal Srinath

Glenn McGrath

Brad Hogg

Ashish Nehra

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Question 7 of 10

7. Combining both of the team's scores together, how many runs were scored together throughout both innings? Hint

600

602

597

593

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many overs were bowled when the Indians were batting? Hint

39.3

39.4

39.1

39.2

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which fielder made two catches and one run out? Hint

Brett Lee

Glenn McGrath

Darren Lehmann

Damien Martyn

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was man of the Series?
Hint

Brian Lara

Brett Lee

Sachin Tendulkar

Steve Tikolo

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many extras did the Indian bowlers give away in Australia's innings?

Answer: 37

Not very good bowling by the Indians with the 37 extras. 2 byes, 12 leg byes, 16 wides and 7 no balls. The most extras bowled by a bowler for India was Akram Khan, he bowled 8 - 2 no balls and 6 wides.

2. How many deliveries did it take Ricky Ponting to make his 140 not out?

Answer: 121

In Ricky Ponting's great innings, he hit double the amount of 6's than 4's with 4 fours and 8 sixes.

3. Which Indian player below took a catch?

Answer: Rahul Dravid

Dravid caught a fine edge from the bowling of Harbhajan Singh to dismiss Matthew Hayden on 37.

4. How many Australian bowlers took more than 2 wickets?

Answer: 1

The only man to take more than 2 wickets for Australia and for the match was Glenn McGrath. He bowled 8.2, no maidens, 52 runs were scored against him, he took 3 wickets and bowled no extras.

5. How many runs did Matthew Hayden have when Australia reached 50 runs?

Answer: 9

Matthew Hayden faced 54 balls, hit 5 fours and made 37 before he was caught by Dravid to the bowling of Harbhajan Singh.

6. Who didn't bowl 10 overs out of these bowlers?

Answer: Glenn McGrath

McGrath only bowled 8.2 overs with 3 for 52, Srinath bowled 10 overs with none for 87, Nehra bowled 10 overs with none for 57 and Hogg bowled 10 overs with 1 wicket for 61 runs.

7. Combining both of the team's scores together, how many runs were scored together throughout both innings?

Answer: 593

Australia scored 359 runs with a loss of only 2 wickets throughout the 50 overs, whilst India was bowled out for 234 from 39.2 overs.

8. How many overs were bowled when the Indians were batting?

Answer: 39.2

Sehwag top scored for India with 82, Dravid scored 47, Ganguly and Yovraj Singh both scored 24 and the extras were 21.

9. Which fielder made two catches and one run out?

Answer: Darren Lehmann

Darren Lehmann caught Ganguly off the bowling of Lee, he caught Khan off the bowling of McGrath and he ran out Sehwag for 82.

10. Who was man of the Series?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

In this year's cricket World Cup Tendulkar scored 673 runs, a high score of 152, an average of 61.18, a strike rate of 89.25, one hundred, six fifties and 4 catches. Thanks for playing and please rate my quiz.

Source: Author undisputed brock

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