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Kiwis In Flight
As India meets Australia for the TVS cup final, here's a cricket quiz for you. Let's see if it leaves you stumped or you are able to be Dravid-like dismissive.
ANIRUDHA BHATTACHARJEE

1. To begin with the venue for the final - the first ODI played at Eden Gardens saw a reversal of fortunes with a player tilting the scales in his and his team's favour after being almost dropped from the team. Who?

Salim Malik
Md. Azharuddin
L Sivaramakrishnan

2. Before he lost the Hyderabad match on 15 November, Chris Cairns had an enviable record as Captian of the NZ ODI team, captaining 1 and winning 1 against a side in their own country. Which side?

South Africa, 2001-2002
Australia, 2001-2002
Pakistan, 2002-2003

3. Once, when NZ played at Hyderabad, they won the match only after an exemplary catch by a great which marked the end of a great innings in a World Cup match in 1987. Who caught whom?

Sir Richard Hadlee caught Steve Waugh
Martin Crowe caught Dave Houghton
John Bracewell caught Carl Hooper

4. The Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium is witness to two of India's highest ODI performances. Which of these?

Sachin Tendulkar - 186, Saurav Ganguly - 173
Sachin Tendulkar - 186, Sanjay Manjrekar - 105
Sachin Tendulkar - 186, Rahul Dravid - 153

5. Who was Brad Hogg's - the Australian spinner who claims to have learnt a trick or two from Shane Warne - first test victim?

Nayan Mongia
Saurav Ganguly
Arshad Ayub

6. Which stadium was promoted by a film named 'The Dream comes true' after its inagural test match between India and the WI which the Windies won with centuries by Kallicharan, Greenidge & Lloyd?

Green Park, Kanpur
Barabati stadium, Cuttack
Chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore

7. Which part time Right arm off break bowler, transferred from New South Wales to Western Australia in 1994-95, has been one of the stars of the Australia A team prior to his involvement as a key person of the Australian National team?

Adam Gilchrist
Matthew Hayden
Ian Harvey

8. Gilbert Enoka joined one of the teams on 15.11.03. Who is he?

Sports psychologist of the NZ team
Replacement for the injured Stephen Fleming
Australian cheer-leader captain

9. Matthew Hayden became the owner of a record highest runs in Tests in a calendar year for Australia when he scored 1391 in 2001. Whose record did he break?

Mark Waugh
Neil Harvey
Bobby Simpson

10. Which of the umpires currently officiating in the TVS cup series has to his credit more than 10000 runs in First Class cricket?

S Venkataraghavan
David Shepherd
NA Mallender

11. What is common to the last 3 Man-of-the-match awards for Virendra Sehwag?

He scored centuries in all 3
All the 3 came against NZ
Both

12. Dravid's 50 off 22 balls at Hyderabad agaisnt NZ was a monumental effort, however, the fastest ODI 50 by an Indian is by somebody else. Who?

Sachin Tendulkar
Ajit Agarkar
Atul Bedade

13. Which team is supposed to visit India on a tour starting November 23, 2003?

The Australian test team
Sri Lanka - test & one-day team
NZ womens team

14. The only time India has played an ODI agaisnt Australia at Eden Gardens before the TVS cup final was in 1987. What was the outcome?

India won by 2 wickets
Australia won by 7 runs
The match was rained out

15. Which Australian team member shares his Birthday with Sir Don Bradman, ie August 27?

Andy Bichel
Nathan Bracken
Brad Williams

16. Aavishkar Salvi's action is supposedly modelled on which bowling great?

Michael Holding
Richard Hadlee
Glenn McGrath

17. Though Sachin has the highest number of ODI tons, he took a pretty long time to crack his first. Which was the match in question?

His 75th
His 78th
His 81st

18. Though he is not in the current NZ side, he can lay his claim to an unusal birthplace - a Taxi!!. He was in the limelight during the 1999 WC as he headed the averages for his country in that tournament. Who?

Roger Twose
Bryan Young
Andrew Jones

19. Which cricketer in the current TVS cup has the nickname 'Billy Ray'?

Damien Martyn
Scott Styris
Yuvraj Singh

20. Which of the present Australian squad has a maternal uncle in Greg Cambell, a player of repute in Tasmania, who has also played in 4 tests and 12 ODIs for the aussies?

Ricky Ponting
Michael Kasprowich
Adam Gilchrist



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