Robin’s Cosy Corner – West Indies Bangladesh Special Quiz

[robin2855]

Tendulkar at his magical best -Tendulkar?s 98 against Pakistan in 2003 world cup at Centurion

Tendulkar?s 98 against Pakistan at Centurion is one of the rare one man demolition one has seen against the best attacks of the world Shoaib, Waqar & Wasim.

Delivery after delivery of Waqar and Shoaib were dispatched to all parts of the ground in a ruthless fashion. Tendulkar?s one man destruction of Pakistan attack demoralized Pakistan completely and even a formidable score of 273 for 7 by Pakistan looked easily gettable This is how the Pakistan famed pace attack looked after Tendulkar Blitzkrieg.

Shoaib: 10 overs no maiden 72 runs 1 wicket.

Waqar: 8.4 no maiden 71 runs 2 wickets.

Wasim off course had a comparatively respectable figure.

10 overs no maiden 48 runs 1 no wicket.

Shoaib eventually outfoxed him at 98. But the run riot of Tendulkar took the game out of Pakstan and subsequently they exited from the tournament.

Tendulkar?s marvel of 98 in 75 balls ( RR : 130.66) contained 12 glorious fours and 1 towering six that will long be remembered by many.

For those readers who have not seen this I strongly recommend you see that.

Highlights of this innings is available in YouTube.

Here are the steps to get there.

Type YouTube in google.

Type INDIAN INNINGS OF INDIA vs PAKISTAN WC 2003 in search box of utube.com.

Click on INDIAN INNINGS OF INDIA vs PAKISTAN WC 2003.

Enjoy 6 mts and 28 sec of Tendulkar magic.

Boy that was Cricket at it?s best!

Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Answers to Quiz PART 1

Congratulations again to Bladescape for winning Quiz Part 1 with 4 correct answers(including Bonus question)!

Answers to Quiz PART 1

Here you go with the Quiz Questions ? PART 1

1.

a) Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards.

b) Master Blaster, Smoking Joe.

c) 1999.

2.

a) Leeward Islands, Combined Islands.

b) Glamorgan, Queensland, Somerset.

3. Football.

4.

a) 22 November 1974 against India

b) 7 June 1975 against Sri Lanka

5

a) 1979 World Cup . He scored a century against England.

b) A priceless undefeated 138.

Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Sachin?s 134 against Australia in 1997-98 at Sharjah

This was pretty much a Sachin Vs Australia final held at Sharjah in 1997-98.

India was set a challenging total of 273 to win by Australia.

India started nervously losing Ganguly at 39. But fortunately Tendulkar found two able partners in Mongia and skipper Azharuddin. Both these batsman kept one end intact for a reasonable time as their contributions of 28 and 58 respectively suggest. In a awesome display of batting of highest Quality Sachin tore the Australian attack by carving out a gem of innings of 134 managed in only 131 balls with 12 glorious fours and 3 majestic sixes that took the game out of Australia?s reach and India eventually went on to win the match by 6 wickets.

Final Scores:

Australia:272 for 9 all out in 50 overs.

India: 275 for 4 wickets in 48.3 overs winning the match by 6 wickets.

Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Quiz 2 - time running out . One more day left

This is to remind readers that deadline for Answering Quiz 2 is tomorrrow evening (EST),May10, 2009 and answers will be posted.

So give it a shot. Who knows you can be either a Smarty, Runner up or Winner depending on how many questions you answer correctly.

Good Luck and Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Sachin?s 82 against New Zealand at Auckland, 1993/1994

Sachin?s 82 against New Zealand at Auckland, 1993/1994

Sachin before this One day match against New Zealand played for India only as a middle order batsman.

It so happened that the regular opener Navjot Sidhu was down with a stiff neck and could not make it to the eleven . So the team management took a chance by asking Sachin to play as an Opener. He responded in style by blasting a hurricane innings of 82 in just 49 balls with some incredible shots (15 boundaries and 2 sixes). It appeared he was seeing the ball as big as a balloon.

This innings announced the birth of a World Class Opener. Ever since he never looked back.He went from strength to strength and to this day remains a champion batsman and has scored heavily as an opener for India.

Final Scores:

New Zealand: 142 all out in 49.4 overs.

India: 143 for 3 wickets in only 23.2 overs winning the match by 7 wickets.

Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Readers - Notification

Hello Readers,

ROBIN'S COSY CORNER CRICKET QUIZ 1 has been around for quite sometime.

It has been decided in conjunction with mods that quizzes that has ended with regards to Answering all questions including bonus ones will be transferred to one under the name ROBIN'S COSY CORNER CRICKET QUIZ ARCHIVE.

This will not only contain this one but all previous ones that has been completed.

Today will be the last post on Tendulkar (5th and last best knocks).

Tomorrow at some point you will only able to access it under the GENERAL NAME ROBIN'S COSY CORNER CRICKET QUIZ ARCHIVE.

I will give you another notification tomorrow as to where you will be able to access this QUIZ after mods inform me.

Having said that you will be able to access the current QUIZ CRICKET LEGEND SIR VIVIAN RICHARDS in its present format till all questions have been answered. After that it will shift to Archive Header.

In future if their is two ongoing active quizzes it will be under one header.

The above step is being taken to ensure a better organization of Quizzes in the forum.

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Answers to Quiz PART 2

We only have bladescape who answered Q # 9 correctly.

Congrats to Bladesacpe for getting the title Quiz Smarty for Quiz Part 2!

Quiz Answers - PART 2

6.
a)

Matches :11
Innings :19
Runs :1710
Fifties : 5
Hundreds : 7
Highest Score : 291
Average : 90.00

b)

Matches : 4
Innings : 7
Runs : 829
Fifties : 2
Hundreds : 3
Highest Score : 291
Average : 118.43

7. Donald Bradman, Glenn Turner, Zaheer Abbas , Graham Hick

8.

a Fifth

b) First

9.

a) 1977
b) 1980 & 1986

10.

a) Wasim Akram

b) Imran Khan

c) Ian Chappell

d) Barry Richards

e) Martin Crowe

f) Mark Nicholas

g) Colin Croft

h) Dicky Bird

Bonus Question (Optional)

a) Miriam

b) Two

c) Mali Richards

Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Sachin?s 186* against New Zealand in 1999-2000 at Hyderabad

Sachin?s 186* against New Zealand in 1999-2000 at Hyderabad

Sachin?s knock of 186* against New Zealand in 1999-2000 at Hyderabad showed if the circumstances warranted he could curb his aggressive approach and play according to the merit of the situation. India lost Ganguly very early in the second over when the score was only 10 on board. Realizing the early loss he put his head down, curbed his natural aggression and played a controlled yet a majestic innings that bore pure class and timing. He occupied the crease for 221 mts facing 150 balls and executed 20 exquisitely timed boundaries and 3 glorious sixes. He stayed till the end to ensure that India was able to post a challengeable total.India?s mammoth total of 376 for 2 was too much for New Zealand and they were shot out for mere 202 runs in 33.1 overs and they comfortably won by a huge margin of 174 runs. Sachin as expected was declared Man of the match.

Final Scores:

India: 376 for 2 in 50 overs.

New Zealand: 202 all out in only 33.1 overs

India convincingly won the match by 174 runs.

Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

What is Reader?s Choice of Sachin?s Best Knock in Test and One day?

I have briefly described Sachin?s role in context of his best knocks (considered by cricket Experts) in Test and One day .

It is now reader?s turn to choose which one they think as the best.

Readers have the option of multiple choices for the best one.

I am listing below Sachin?s five best knocks in Test and One dayers.

Tests

a) 114 vs Australia at Perth in 1992.

b) 155* vs Australia at Chennai in 1998.

c) 136 vs Pakistan at Chennai in 1999.

d) 169 vs South Africa at Cape Town in 1997.

e) 57 vs. Pakistan at Sialkot in 1989.

One dayer

a) 143 against Australia in 1997-98 at Sharjah.

b) 98 against Pakistan in 2003 world cup at Centurion.

c) 134 against Australia in 1997-98 at Sharjah.

d) 82 against New Zealand at Auckland, 1993/1994.

e) 186* against New Zealand in 1999-2000 at Hyderabad .

Reader?s Choice

Test ________(Choose from: a,b,c,d,e)

One day ____ (Choose from:a,b,c,d,e)

I look forward to spontaneous responses from readers.

Cheers to Everyone!

 

[robin2855]

Cricket Legend - Sir Vivian Richards Quiz 3,4 - (1 - 3) days left - HURRY UP

Time running out! Deadline for QUIZ 3 is tomorrow May 15, 2009 and QUIZ 4 is Sunday, May 17, 2008.

Good Luck and Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Answers to Cricket Legend Quiz Sir Vivian Richards Part 3

Answers to Cricket Legend Quiz Sir Vivian Richards Part 3

1

a)Test

Matches played 121

Runs scored 8540

Highest Score 291

Average 50.24

Centuries 24

Fifties 45

Ducks 10

Catches 122

Wickets 32

b)ODI

Matches played 187

Runs scored 6721

Highest Score 189

Average 47.00

Centuries 11

Fifties 45

Ducks 7

Catches 100

Wickets 118

c) World cup

Matches played 23

Runs scored 1013

Highest Score 181

Average 63.31

Centuries 3

Fifties 5

Ducks 0

Catches 9

Wickets 10

2)

a) One dayer

189* against England at Old Trafford in1984

b)Test Match

291 against England in 1976 test series

3) Against which country has Sir Vivian Richards achieved his best batting performance in terms of runs, centuries, fifties?

a)Tests

England

Runs scored 2869

Centuries 8

Fifties 15

b)ODI?S

Australia

Runs scored 2187

Centuries 7

Fifties 20

4)1986-1987 vs New Zealand first One day held at Carisbrook

Batting: 119

Bowling : 5 wickets for 41 runs

5) 1986, England, century in 56 balls

 

[robin2855]

Answers to Cricket Legend Quiz Sir Vivian Richards Part 4

Answers to Cricket Legend Quiz Sir Vivian Richards Part 4

6) Sir Vivian Richard?s holds the highest Partnership record for 2nd. 10wicket in One Day for West Indies.

a) What are the partnership records ?

2nd wicket : 221, 10Th wicket :106*

b) Who was the other player involved in the partnership?

Gordon Greenidge, Michael Holding

c) Against which country was it achieved?

India, England

7) What is Sir Vivian Richards mode of dismissals (Bowled , Caught, Caught Behind, LBW, Stumped, Run Out, Hit Wicket)?

a)Test

Bowled 36
LBW 21
Caught Behind 35
Stumped 3
Caught 71
Run Out 4
Hit Wicket 0

b)One day

Bowled 35
LBW 11
Caught Behind 15
Stumped 4
Caught 73
Run Out 5
Hit Wicket 0

8) Which bowler has accounted for Maximum Dismissals of Sir Vivian Richards?

a)Tests

Dennis Lillee 9

b)ODI

Imran Khan 7

9 What is his Captaincy Record in terms of Win. Loss, Tie, No result?

Test

Matches:50 (Won : 27, Lost:8,Tie: 0, No Result:15,Win percentage:54)

ODI

Matches: 105 (Won : 67, Lost:36, Tie: 0, No Result:2, Win percentage:63.80)

10) How many times has Sir Vivian Richard?s won Man Of the Match awards?

a) Tests 9

b) ODI 31

BONUS question (not mandatory)

Sir Vivian Richards has a stadium named after him.

a Where is it located?

North Sound, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda

b)What is app capacity of the stadium?

10,000 (20,000 for 2007 World Cup)

c) When was the first Test and ODI held in this stadium?

Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

ROBIN?S COSY CORNER(Results of Super Legend Quiz Sir Donald Bradman)

The Quiz on Sir Donald Bradman was long overdue.

I pondered a lot where to begin with as almost everything he has done turned out to be world record.

We have seen many geniuses in the History of Cricket.But he has no equal.He is matchless.

One doubts whether their will ever be a cricketer born of his Class, Calibre, Quality and Genius.

This is a very humble endeavor to bring out some of his incredible performances in the form of Quiz.

Here you go :

1. When and against whom did Bradman make his test debut and played his last game?

2. Bradman used his own innovative way of practicing

What did he use as a bat and ball?

3. Bradman holds the record for :

a) Most runs in singles day?s play? How much did he score?

b) Most runs in a series?How much did he score?

4. Bradman is the record holder of:

a) most double centuries in his test career.How many did he score?

Bradman also scored the highest number of triple centuries.

b) How many did he score?Two other cricketers also share this with him.Who are they?

5) Bradman has unbelievable average at all levels of Cricket.

What was his Batting average in :

a) Test Career?
b) First Class Career?
c) Against England
d) Against South Africa
e) Against West Indies
f) Against India

6) Bradman lead an Australian team after the second world war which remained unbeaten throughout the tour. By virtue of their outstanding performance they were given a special name. What were they called ?

Quiz Answers will be posted on Friday evening, May 29 2009

Good luck and Cheers!

 

[robin2855]

Count down begins. 3 days left

Sir Donald Bradman Quiz. Supposed to be the easiest Quiz.

Wake up readers.

Let us give respect to this Super Legend by giving a shot .

Let's see who breaks the Ice.

Cheers!

 

[King Cricket]

I'm the first

1. When and against whom did Bradman make his test debut and played his last game?
Debut- Australia v England at Brisbane, Nov 30-Dec 5, 1928
Last test- England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 14-18, 1948

2. Bradman used his own innovative way of practicing

What did he use as a bat and ball?
I've heard this story from my grammy. Let me think, hmmm...I'll again ask grammy and then tell ya.
Still, lemme try
a) Bat- A wicket?
b) Ball- Golf-ball?
c) Wicket- A water tank?

3. Bradman holds the record for :

a) Most runs in singles day’s play? How much did he score? 309

b) Most runs in a series? How much did he score? 2, 960 runs, 974 in test matches, against England, 1936-37, avg 98.66

4. Bradman is the record holder of:

a) Most double centuries in his test career.How many did he score? 11

Bradman also scored the highest number of triple centuries.

b) How many did he score? Two other cricketers also share this with him. Who are they?
2, Sehwag, Lara.

5) Bradman has unbelievable average at all levels of Cricket.

What was his Batting average in :

a) Test Career? 99.94
b) First Class Career? 95.14
c) Against England- 89.78
d) Against South Africa- 201.50
e) Against West Indies- 74.50
f) Against India- 178.75

6) Bradman lead an Australian team after the second world war which remained unbeaten throughout the tour. By virtue of their outstanding performance they were given a special name. What were they called?