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The Rights Response
Participate in the "Rights Response" with Gautam Bhimani. There are CRY keepsakes to be won every week!
Send in your answers along with your name and contact details to Ms. Namita Khurana at namita.khurana@crymail.org
Answers to Week 1's quiz
Where would you find the Liberty Life stadium?.
Johannesburg Which Indian cricketer’s middle name is Musa?
Munaf Patel The latest international cricket venue as of April 1, 2006 is the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium. What city does it serve?
Dhaka Who passed India’s Chetan Chauhan’s long standing record of 2,084 runs without a Test Century?
Shane Warne Kapil Dev has hit more sixes in Test Cricket than any other Indian (61). Who, with 41 is in 2nd place for India?
Sourav Ganguly Which current international cricketer’s Christian names are Abraham Benjamin?
AB De Villiers What did Federal Express appropriately sponsor in the 1999 Cricket World Cup?
The fastest delivery (speed gun) Connect the India Pakistan Test Series held in Pakistan in early 2006 and the venue for the opening match of the football World Cup 2006 in Germany.
ALLIANZ CUP and ALLIANZ ARENA In which cricket ground would you witness "laying the table?"
Newlands, Cape Town At which ground was the "Crane Man" present?
Headingley, Leeds
Answers to Week 2's quiz
If you were watching cricket on in a ground in Australia, on the scoreboard what head would ‘extras’ come under?
Sundries The 1996 India vs England Lord’s test that saw the debuts of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, also saw the last match of which doyen of test cricket?
Umpire Dickie Bird Connect Vikram Solanki in July 2005 to Kennedy Otieno in March 2006.
The first and last ever super subs Where would you find the only test cricket ground in the continent of South America?
Georgetown, Guyana Connect the name ICONIX to Indian sport.
The company that now manages Sachin Tendulkar The last time India met Australia in the final of the World Cup at Supersport Park, who was awarded the Player of the Match for a sensational century?
Karen Rolton (10th April 2005) (The Men’s final was played in Jo’burg, not Centurion.) An Earl from North England visited Australia in the 1891-92 and was very impressed by the capabilities of a bunch of cricketers. Who was he and what was established as a result?
The Earl of Sheffield who started the Sheffield Shield John was of the finest all rounders of his day; he once secured 10 wickets in an innings of a first class match in 1850 by clean bowling all his victims. John founded an institution in 1864 and which continues to be the last word in its particular field. What is John’s surname?
WISDEN
Answers to Week 3's quiz
Connect Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly with regard to domestic cricket.
Northamptonshire Which cricket tournament has been held in England, Holland, Kenya Malaysia and Canada and was held in Ireland in 2005?
ICC Trophy If you were watching Stanford 20/20 cricket, which part of the world would you be in?
West Indies Who are the best known members of the band 'Dread and bald head'?
Curtly Ambrose and Richie Richardson What change in rules of ODI, did the last ball bowled by Ian Botham to Colin Croft on 28th November 1979, bring about? (Incidentally croft was clean bowled)
Circles were introduced Which Durban-based player of Indian origin captained South Africa in the Under World Cup of 2002, when Parthiv Patel was captain of India.
Hashim Amla Who captained Pakistan in the under-19 World Cup 2002 held in New Zealand, and later went on to make his one day debut for the senior team in the ICC Champions Trophy 2004, finally making his mark against India at the Eden Gardens later that year.
Salman Butt Who was a captain of his Under-19 World Cup 2002 side and was later to become captain of his senior side only two years later.
Tatenda Taibu of Zimbabwe
Answers to Week 4's quiz
Which cricketer is nicknamed Oswald and why?
Brett Lee
Because one day when Steve Waugh was reading out the team list in the dressing room, he called out the last three: Lee (Shane Lee), Harvey (Ian) and the only remaining guy was Brett and he instinctively said Oswald --- for obvious reasons) On 7th of July 2005, an Udaipur-born cricketer featured in an ODI. He made no runs, didn’t bowl or take any catches. Yet, he made cricketing history on that day. Who is this?
Vikram Solanki, the first ever super sub Ken Rosewall shares a nickname with an Indian cricketer, given to the latter by a South African all-rounder nicknamed buckets. Who are the two cricketers and the nickname?
Muscles is the nickname. Venkatpathy Raju and Brian McMillan In the Teheran Asian Games, this sportsperson won gold and set an Asian record that stood for over 20 years. His son represented India in cricket. Who are they?
TC and Tinu Yohannan Along with the late Sir Don Bradman and Wally Hammond who is the only batsmen ever to score double centuries in successive innings?
Vinod Kambli The father made his test debut along with Ravi Shastri and Kirti Azad. The son made his ODI debut with Vijay Dahiya and Zaheer Khan. Who are they?
Yograj Singh and Yuvraj Singh Pakistan entered Test Cricket in Delhi against India but in which ground did Pakistan play their first ever home test match?
Dacca What unusual family trivia took place with regard to Hitesh Modi’s participation in ODIs against Bangladesh in Nairobi on Aug 12 and 13, 2006? This also happened against West Indies in 2001.
His father Subhash was the umpire. Which famous son is the subject of the chapter entitled "The Mysterious Mrs…."
Yuvraj Singh What was the name of the airport where the "wounded soldier" departed from?
VC Bird International Airport, Antigua
Answers to Week 5's quiz
Who captained Bangladesh in the Under 19 World Cup in 2002 and went on to represent the senior team, making a match saving century to draw the second test in Dhaka and help Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe for their maiden series triumph. He is also the nephew of former captain Akram Khan.
Nafees Iqbal The 2005 ICC Trophy saw associate member countries battling it out for five berths in the 2007 World Cup. What was seen at this ICC Trophy for the first time in the tournaments history?
Coloured Clothing was worn for the first time Which Nottingham born son of a former Indian international replaced Zaheer Khan in the Surrey side in June 2004? He has also represented Saurashtra and Buckinghamshire.
Nayan Doshi, son of Dilip What is the significance of the brand MASURI to the world of cricket?
The most popular brand of helmest A handful of bowlers have gone for over 200 runs in a single innings. Of all players currently playing international cricket, who is the ONLY fast bowler to have this unfortunate record. It happened against India.
BRETT LEE 4/201 AT THE SCG, 2003-04 Sharjah leads the way when it comes to number of one day international matches played. The SCG and MCG follow close behind. Which Asian ground is in fourth place?
R Premadasa, Colombo The son of which Australian Cricketer has played baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays?
Greg Chappell (son Jon) Who is the first Indian wicket keeper to score a century in one day cricket.
Rahul Dravid
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