So you think you know your cricket? - Part 1

Do you know your cricket?All right folks, it’s time to test your CQ (Cricketing Quotient)! A bunch of cricketing trivia questions that every die-hard cricket fan ought to know! You can post answers to any of the questions in the comments. In order to keep this a fair quiz, you are requested not to “google” or “cricinfo” any of the answers! Comments will not be published for the next two days so everyone can have a fair shot at answering the questions. So are you ready guys?

Here goes - Remember, please try to maintain the integrity of this well.. “challenge” :) And lastly, good luck guys!

  1. In cricketing-slang, what is a perfume ball? :)
  2. Think laterally.. if cricket was Roman, what institution would 1200 represent?
  3. How do you get a batsman run out when he tries to take a run even after both bails are off?
  4. OK how is this situation possible - A batsman drives the ball to long-off, doesn’t even so much as leave his crease and is yet dismissed run-out! How is this possible?
  5. If every batsman in a cricket match is clean bowled first ball, which batsman would remain not out at the end of the innings?
  6. Whose autobiograhy is called “Anything but an autobiography”?
  7. Who holds the dubious honour of the most number of ducks in test cricket? (I’ll give you hint - It isn’t Agarkar!)
  8. Who gave Geoff Lawson well gift-wrapped chewing gum after Curtley Ambrose broke his jaw? (Talk about saddism) :)
  9. Easy one - Complete this popular Ashes rhyme:- Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if Lillee don’t get ya, then ___________ must! :)
  10. If Shoaib Akhtar is the Rawalpindi Express, which bowler is nicknamed the ‘Burewala Bomber’?

Best of luck and no cheating! You have 2 days starting now!!…

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  1. Prashant Malani
    Comment by Prashant Malani | 2006/06/23 at 23:36:49

    1.> I think its a bouncer ( I’m figuring, that way, you can, “smell”, the ball? )
    2.> the M.C.C.
    3.>Uproot the stumps
    4.>He’s got a runner, who get’s run-out
    5.> no.8
    6.>Geoffery Boycott?( wild guess! )
    7.>Courtney Walsh
    8.>Merv Hughes( once again, wild guess!)
    10.> Thomson
    11.> Danish Kaneria? :-P

  2. Ram
    Comment by Ram | 2006/06/24 at 00:04:57

    1. A bouncer that goes past your nose so closely while swaying away that you can actually smell it like a perfume!

    2. Marylbourne Cricket Club (MCC)

    3. Uproot the stumps using the hand that has the ball.

    4. The batsman might be using a bye-runner.

    5. Though the answer seems to be the No. 8 batsman, technically speaking it can be anybody..

    6. Sounds familiar but can’t recollect..Is it Steve Waugh’s?

    7. Danny Morrison?

    8. Is it Dennis Lillee?

    9. nerves (I think am right!)

    10. Irfan Pathan?

    Disclaimer: I didn’t refer to ANY external source for information and that all my answers were based on my prior knowledge of the game.

  3. Angshuman Hazra
    Comment by Angshuman Hazra | 2006/06/24 at 00:11:34

    1. The fast ball kicking from back of a length and passing by the batsman’s nose or thereabouts. [Lower than that lies the chin - in case someone needs a lesson in human anatomy - and then it may be called chin music]
    2. MCC
    3. Uproot a bloody stump and hold it aloft in contact with the ball while the batsman is still out of crease. [Would love to have a 3rd umpire decision on that some day, and see how cameramen rise to the consequent challenge of capturing a precise moment of uprooting.]
    4. If you are named Inzamam and you are jumping in the crease to avoid getting hit while scoring a ton against England at home in the year 2005 anything’s possible, even that. But there’s a good thing about it - that dismissal splits two centuries you scored in the same test!
    5. Assuming no run outs, no balls and Mankading it should be no. 8
    6. No idea - maybe Javed Miandad, going by the name..
    7. Progression of THE record: Morrison->Walsh->McGrath??
    8. Must be Merv Hughes, I am almost ready to bet a hundred dollars on that.
    9. Thommo! [How I wish to see it get reworded two years down the line as ‘if VRV doesn’t get you Munaf must’!!]
    10. Waqar You-nis-I-hit

  4. Ankur Nagpal
    Comment by Ankur Nagpal | 2006/06/24 at 00:18:28

    Thanks to a rather seasoned cricket follower, lets just let him remain anonymous for now, I would like to make a correction to the fifth question… Q5. assumes no run-outs, “Mankad”-ings and no-balls!

    Good luck!

    P.S. With the responses so far, I’m starting to think the quiz was too easy :). A very high CQ here!

  5. asif
    Comment by asif | 2006/06/24 at 01:20:15

    1)i dont know
    2)i dont know
    3)if anyone wud take the stumps off the ground
    4)i aint got that question
    5)the non striker …the second batsman i guess
    6)sunil gavaskar…am i right?
    7)glenn mcgrath
    rest i dont know lol i suck i know.

  6. mOideen
    Comment by mOideen | 2006/06/24 at 01:48:39

    hmmm…

    1) a perfume ball is one that whizzes past the nose…one can smell the leather, literally. i heard navjot sidhu using this term in one of his stories.

    2) MCC — that was too easy.

    3) aim at the other stump, you moron. :)

    4) The umpire is high. (this answer fits a lot of questions)

    5) The 7th batsman in the order due to strike change…this was very confusing to think of so dont blame me if its wrong.

    6) Sounds like Adam Gilchrist — unconventional writing.

    7) Wasim Akram … i read this long ago, it must’ve changed by now

    8) S.M. Saud would be a good bet. Perhaps one of the Chappel brothers.

    9) Marsh (a guess)

    10) Munaf Patel — pwnage to the max.

    well let’s see how it goes. i’m not really all that much into cricket anyway, but this kinda thing is fun.

  7. JacksSmirkingRevenge
    Comment by JacksSmirkingRevenge | 2006/06/24 at 04:28:46

    gah, its late. im’a come back to this - thanks for the heads up ankur

  8. Stu
    Comment by Stu | 2006/06/24 at 09:58:17

    1. Don’t know
    2. The MCC
    3. Take out a stump and hold hte ball against it.
    4. He has a runner
    5. Number 8 assuming no skied catches where the batsmen cross ;-)
    6. Don’t know
    7. Courtney Walsh
    8. Sounds like something Merv Hughes wouild do
    9. Thomo
    10. Murali :-)

  9. Matt Thornton
    Comment by Matt Thornton | 2006/06/24 at 14:37:18

    1. Bouncer
    2. MCC
    3. Take the stump out of the ground
    4.
    5. 7
    6. Richie
    7. (I think you mean MOST number of ducks). Guess : Courtney Walsh
    8. Guess : Allan Border
    9. Thomson (I think you have it the wrong way round?)
    10.

  10. Ashton
    Comment by Ashton | 2006/06/24 at 17:35:37

    Great idea Ankur but I ain’t much of a trivia buff but here goes:-

    1. Perfume ball - maybe a case of ball tampering gone wrong? :) - My guess would be something related to ball tampering
    2. The MCC.. beauty question mate!
    3. You hold the stump in your hand (and you could threaten the umpire with it to strengthen your case)
    4. A stoned umpire maybe?
    5. Lets see.. in the first over no. 1,3,4,5,6 and 7 would be out.. Second over 2,9,10 and 11.. So I guess the answer would be No. 8
    6. Must be an Australian.. any idea who these Australians get to write their autobiographies?
    7. I don’t care what you say it has to be Agarkar!
    8. Merv Hughes baby!
    9. Thommo!! (wow thats 2 straight questions i know!)
    10. Sounds like someone destructive - lets try Murali :)

    Will be interesting to see everyone elses responses - I have a feeling I might just win this one :D

  11. Aditya Kuber
    Comment by Aditya Kuber | 2006/06/24 at 18:12:44

    1. In cricketing-slang, what is a perfume ball? :):
    ANS: Bouncer going past the face

    2. Think laterally.. if cricket was Roman, what institution would 1200 represent?
    ANS:

    3. How do you get a batsman run out when he tries to take a run even after both bails are off?:
    ANS: Pull out a stump with the ball in hand. Of course, the batsman has to be out of the crease!

    4. OK how is this situation possible - A batsman drives the ball to long-off, doesn’t even so much as leave his crease and is yet dismissed run-out! How is this possible?
    ANS:

    5. If every batsman in a cricket match is dismissed first ball, which batsman would remain not out at the end of the innings?
    ANS: No. 7

    6. Whose autobiograhy is called “Anything but an autobiography”?
    ANS: Richie Benaud

    7. Who holds the dubious honour of the most number of ducks in test cricket? (I’ll give you hint - It isn’t Agarkar!)
    ANS: Courtney Walsh… or is it Murali?

    8. Who gave Geoff Lawson well gift-wrapped chewing gum after Curtley Ambrose broke his jaw? (Talk about saddism) :)
    ANS: Malcolm Marshall

    9. Easy one - Complete this popular Ashes rhyme:- Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if Lillee don’t get ya, then Thommo must! :)

    10. If Shoaib Akhtar is the Rawalpindi Express, which bowler is nicknamed the ‘Burewala Bomber’?
    ANS: Waqar Younis

  12. Ram
    Comment by Ram | 2006/06/24 at 20:42:54

    Ankur, Even if there were no run outs, Mankadings or no balls, I would still stick to my answer!!

  13. Aaditya
    Comment by Aaditya | 2006/06/24 at 22:08:16

    1.A bouncer goin whizzing past the nose so u can smell it.
    2.Marylebone cricket club, or Melbourne maybe
    3.Hold/uproot the stump
    4.He had a runner.
    5.eighth i guess.
    6.anyone but me.
    7.murali? mcrgath? walsh?
    8.the chewing-gum vendor
    9.Thomson maybe
    10.Ntini?

  14. S Jagadish
    Comment by S Jagadish | 2006/06/25 at 07:12:51

    1 - Bouncer which whizzes past your nose, giving you the ’smell’ of leather.
    2 - Pass
    3 - Pluck at least one stump out of the ground
    4 - Inzamam, India v Pakistan, Peshawar, 2005/06.
    5 - #8, who watches the carnage from the other end at the end of the first over when he comes in at the fall of #7
    6 - Benaud
    7 - Courtney Walsh
    8 - David Boon or Merv Hughes, I’m guessing - given they were the resident 1980s pranksters
    9 - Thommo
    10 - Waqar

  15. Naresh Kamath
    Comment by Naresh Kamath | 2006/06/25 at 22:38:19

    1) Must be a new ball
    2)srry i don think laterally :-(
    3)U need to remove the wicket from the ground when the ball is in your hand
    4)He can be run out if he has a runner and he is obviously run out if the runner is not back in time
    5)The 8th batsman.nice one
    6)wild guess..Steve Waugh
    7)thought it was agarkar den must be Shohaib akhtar.just guessing man
    8)Siddhu..lol..
    9)Ashes..guess again…just love da game of cricket
    10)Mohammed Sami ???

  16. Ankur Nagpal
    Comment by Ankur Nagpal | 2006/06/25 at 23:18:05

    Great work guys - I never expected such a high CQ from the readers of this blog! I’ll publish the list of answers, along with the winners :) in a seperate post in a couple of hours after the Ind-WI game…

  17. Ankur Nagpal
    Comment by Ankur Nagpal | 2006/06/26 at 03:11:10

    The answers along with the scores can all be found here:-

    http://caughtbehind.com/blog/so-you-think-you-know-your-cricket-part-1-answers

    Cheers!


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