Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2014 21:59:39 GMT
Well, Djokovic won the Wimbledon tennis, the Germans won the football World Cup and Rory won the Open golf......what are we armchair sportsmen going to do with ourselves for the rest of the summer ? Well there's always Cricket, and the series with Sri Lanka we lost 0-1 and unless we pull our socks up tomorrow it will be the same scoreline versus India ! Anyway, here's a cricketing quiz with a nod this time to India:
1 In what decade did India play their first Test match ?
2 Who are the two Indians to have taken more than 400 Test wickets ?
3 Which Indian was the first man to score 10,000 Test runs ?
4 Who scored 219 in a One-Day International against the West Indies in 2011 ?
5 Of Indian bowlers, who have taken at least 50 Test wickets, which spinner has the best bowling average ?
6 Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century in a One-Day International in 2012 against which country ?
7 Which leg spinner took 16 wickets on his Test debut against the West Indies in 1988 ?
8 Which Indian spin bowler scored his maiden Test century in his 121st Test innings against New Zealand in 2010 ?
9 Which Indian left-arm seamer is the only man to take a hat-trick in the opening over of a Test match ?
10 Which Indian off spinner took 6 for 47 on his Test debut against the West Indies in Delhi in 2011 ?
11 Which big-hitting batsman has compiled the three highest Test scores for India ?
12 Which New Zealander was the first overseas coach of India ?
13 Who did M S Dhoni succeed as captain of India's Test team ?
14 Who has captained India in the most test matches ?
15 Who was appointed Indian coach in April 2011 ?
16 Which former Indian captain was given a lifetime ban after an investigation into match fixing ?
17 Very Very Special is the nickname of which stylish Indian batsman ?
18 Who was Man of the Match in the 2011 World Cup final ?
19 Which Indian has been dismissed for a duck the most times in Test matches ? a)Zaheer Khan; b)Anil Kumble; or c) Sachin Tendulkar ?
20 Who scored India's first T20 century against South Africa in 2010 ? a)Virender Sehwag; b)Yuvraj Singh; c)Suresh Raina ?
1pt per correct answer, no more than 8 answers per 4 hour period. And try not to duplicate an answer that someone else has already given...... Good luck !
1 In what decade did India play their first Test match ?
2 Who are the two Indians to have taken more than 400 Test wickets ?
3 Which Indian was the first man to score 10,000 Test runs ?
4 Who scored 219 in a One-Day International against the West Indies in 2011 ?
5 Of Indian bowlers, who have taken at least 50 Test wickets, which spinner has the best bowling average ?
6 Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century in a One-Day International in 2012 against which country ?
7 Which leg spinner took 16 wickets on his Test debut against the West Indies in 1988 ?
8 Which Indian spin bowler scored his maiden Test century in his 121st Test innings against New Zealand in 2010 ?
9 Which Indian left-arm seamer is the only man to take a hat-trick in the opening over of a Test match ?
10 Which Indian off spinner took 6 for 47 on his Test debut against the West Indies in Delhi in 2011 ?
11 Which big-hitting batsman has compiled the three highest Test scores for India ?
12 Which New Zealander was the first overseas coach of India ?
13 Who did M S Dhoni succeed as captain of India's Test team ?
14 Who has captained India in the most test matches ?
15 Who was appointed Indian coach in April 2011 ?
16 Which former Indian captain was given a lifetime ban after an investigation into match fixing ?
17 Very Very Special is the nickname of which stylish Indian batsman ?
18 Who was Man of the Match in the 2011 World Cup final ?
19 Which Indian has been dismissed for a duck the most times in Test matches ? a)Zaheer Khan; b)Anil Kumble; or c) Sachin Tendulkar ?
20 Who scored India's first T20 century against South Africa in 2010 ? a)Virender Sehwag; b)Yuvraj Singh; c)Suresh Raina ?
1pt per correct answer, no more than 8 answers per 4 hour period. And try not to duplicate an answer that someone else has already given...... Good luck !
