CRICKET QUIZ #4

Cricket Quiz #4

Dear Friends,

Quiz #3 seemed to be very easy for some really smart people. Lets see how you do in Quiz #4.

Again, please answer wisely, I will archive the best response/responses.

Question 1: For a spinner what are these 2 deliveries, (left and right) called?



Question 2: What spin delivery is this?




Question 3 : What is this shot called (full form please)?



Question 4: Why is this person famous?

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BEST ANSWER was by PRINCE

(the posts are as is and minimally edited to fit)

A bit about Prince and his favourites in cricket:

Favourite Cricket Shot: Late Cut

Favourite positin to Bat : One Down: Because : Thats an Importanat Position .. when the wicket falls early you need to put a solid base .. or if you have had a great start then you have to consolidate.

Favourite Bowling Delivery: Out Swinger.. and Inswinging Yorker

Preferred Fielding positin: Point

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According to Prince the correct answers are:

1)Googly (Right) and Doosra (Left)

2)Top spin

3)Leg Flick or an Hip Flick (It was Lara's Favourite shop)

4)Dickie Bird ..the Great test Umpire

and yes all were correct responses. Fantastic job, you sure know your cricket !
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Some favourites :

I had also asked a few general questions to my friends:

1. What is your favourite cricket shot?
2. What position do you like to bat and why?
3. What is your favourite bowling delivery?
4. What is your preferred fielding position?


These are some intersting replies:

Prince says:

Favourite Cricket Shot: Late Cut

Positin to Bat : One Down: Because : Thats an Importanat Position .. when the wicket falls early you need to put a solid base .. or if you have had a great start then you have to consolidate.

Favourite Bowling Delivery: Out Swinger.. and Inswinging Yorker

Preferred Fielding positin: Point


Furioso Lion88 says:

Salaam Rehman.

Edit:1. What is your favourite cricket shot?Anywhere around the field.

2. What position do you like to bat and why?I'm a middle order batsman that, is very aggresive as an opener batsman.

3. What is your favourite bowling delivery?My favorite bowling delivery is the inswinger deliveries or yorkers bc, i have passion to bowl for wickets only since childhood However, I love to bowl bc, Bowling is my only gate way ticket to express my feelings & emotions for wickets only.I love bowling.I have passion & inside anger that motivates me to get the wickets i want VS any batsman.My actions & glory comes off my bowling actions.I'm a fast right arm pace bowler that has nothing to lose but, wickets from the oppostion batting line-up.AMEN.

4. What is your preferred fielding position?I play silly mid on bc, i have 100% confindence i will catch any cric ball from a fatal mis hit from a batsman.

..................... further Bro. Furious (as I call him) writes:

Even if i got all four wrong, i just like to say you got a cool blog Rehman & your a unique Pakistani person. I never seen or met a Pakistani person like you that has intrest of other cultures or diversity. (I have many Pakistani cricket friends & 4our Pakistani friends i know since my early teens)
10 hours ago
Source(s):
Barhiya...blog Rehman.
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Thanks Bro. Furious for your compliments. One of the main purpose of my writing has been to understand from different people different aspects of their fascinating cultures. I want to also establish that irrespective of whether we are muslims, christians, hindus or jews we can all see the unity in each others religions. Furthermore, by the name of the Almighty and all the prophets there are or have been : the biggest religion (as stated by the Sufi saints and all great people in the world) is to give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked and shelter to the homeless.

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Also posted by Mumbhai Indian:

1. What is your favourite cricket shot?

Straight Drive

2. What position do you like to bat and why?

No.3.

What is your favourite bowling delivery?

Left arm off spin

4. What is your preferred fielding position?

covers

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Thank you all

Rehman of Multan

EDIT: MISTAKE POINTED OUT BY MUMBHAI INDIA

He just sent me this email:

Message: Hey thnx Rehman bhai 4 adding me in ur contact's list!I saw the correct answers to the Quiz #4..but I didn't get the first one...you have mentioned that the right one as googly and left one as doosra..hws that possible?For a right arm off spin bowler, from off it is turning inwards..so off spin and leg to off will be a doosra right?That means left is an off spin and right one will be a doosra.For a leg spinner, left will be wrong-un or googly and right will be leg-spin.Please don't hesitate to clarify me.Loved your Q's.TC bbye

My comments: yes indeed Mumbhai Indian you are absolutely correct. Very astute obeservation. Thank you and please accept my apologies.

REHMANS QUIZ #3 (AUSTRALIAN CRICKET ICONS)

CRICKET QUIZ #3

Dear Friends,

Good evening! The memorial day weekend is now upon us. Hope all of you have a fantastic weekend.

The topic of my quiz today is Australian cricket icons:

I begin with my apologies to the English people here. This cartoon was quite irresistible :



Friends the rivalry between England and Australia is well known, so, I suspect that the person who composed this cartoon must have been an Australian. Would the English users care to comment on this cartoon (as a repartee).

Question 1:



What is the claim to fame for this cricket bat?

Question 2:



To who did this cricketer say :"Tickets please" and why? (1991 AT)

Question 3:



Who devised a plan to get this cricketer out? What was it called? Was the plan successful? If you know how this cricketer countered the plan--it will be an added bonus

Question 4:



Who is this Australian cricket icon? Although he can be seen wearing non-cricketing gloves, the question to you is: What was the controversy surrounding his gloves? Which hand was he wearing it?

First correct response by

DingDong: (Great answer !)

Hello Rehman offfff Muuuuuuultaaannnnnnn....

I would choose the following as Australian Cricket icons:

1. Don Bradman: He is a cricket icon period! An average of 99.9 over 52 test matches may never be matched. He is not just an aussie icon but a world icon.

2. Greg Chappell: Can be considered as the most complete Aussie batter of his era. Ever reliable in tests and much more attacking than usual in ODIs for his era.

3. Shane Warne: Not just because of his record number of wickets but because of his immense stature! He brought magic to every game he played in and he was a real drama-queen off the field. Also was the best Aussie captain Australia never had.

1. What is the claim to fame for this cricket bat?

That is the famous Dennis Lillee Aluminum bat!!! He used it in a test match but was ordered to stop using it before he threw it with anger!

2. To who did this cricketer say :"Tickets please" and why? (1991 AT)
He said it to Pakistani batter Javed Miandad. Javed called him a fatty and a bus conductor and Hughes got him out and shouted "ticketsplease!!"

3. Who devised a plan to get this cricketer out? What was it called? Was the plan successful? If you know how this cricketer countered the plan--it will be an added bonus

This cricketer is the great Don Bradman and it was England captain Douglas Jardine who devised this plan -called BODYLINE. He had some help from Larwood, his fast bowler to devise this plan.
The plan was kind of successful though not completely. Bradman countered it by moving towards leg and punching the ball to off.

4. That is Gilly!!

He used the squash ball in his gloves during the WC! And he also scored a 100 using this tactic. He put the ball in his left glove.