Cricket by LuceroM

Champion(s):

CrosslandC
Timeo Daenerys et Dona ferentes


Runner(s)-Up:

DuffyM


Quiz Description

In honor of the Twenty20 World Cup, here's a quiz about cricket. The sport.

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 39 70 39 47 31 93 62 24 62 99 54 93
1 CrosslandC 460 96 15
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2 DuffyM 384 88 15
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3 RalliP 368 80 15
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4 MattinglyD 345 73 15
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5 MatherV 338 65 15
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6 ChernicoffS 331 57 15
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7 Sharpj 246 50 15
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8 IrwinK 162 42 15
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9 ZellwegerS 139 30 00
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9 IngramB 139 30 00
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11 CarterBurke 0 11 00
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11 HoH 0 11 00
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11 AllenJ 0 11 00
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Questions:

What batsman has the highest average in Test Cricket? (edited at 10:00 am, April 1, 2016 (EDT))

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Don BRADMAN

To the nearest hundredth, what is the average referenced in Question 1?

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99.94

Everyone knows the Twenty20 league in India is the Indian Premier League (IPL). What is the name of the Twenty20 league in Australia?

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BIG BASH LEAGUE

What is the name of the group of supporters that follows the England team on tour, generally singing and partaking in general merriment?

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The BARMY ARMY

What is the full name of the cricket club, based in London, that was formerly the governing body of world cricket, which still retains the copyright to the Laws of Cricket?

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The MARYLEBONE Cricket Club

What batsman has the highest average in One Day International Cricket? (edited at 10:00 am, April 1, 2016 (EDT))

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Ryan TEN DOESCHATE (edited at 9:59 am, April 1, 2016 (EDT))

What is the effect of a ball which strikes the batsman on the pads outside the line of leg stump, which would have gone on to strike the stumps?

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The batsman is NOT OUT

What is the term for an over where no runs are scored? (edited at 10:01 am, April 1, 2016 (EDT))

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MAIDEN

There were six Associate (non-Test) nations that qualified for the current Twenty20 World Cup. Name three of them.

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SCOTLAND, The NETHERLANDS, IRELAND, HONG KONG, AFGHANISTAN, OMAN

What late umpire famously would stand on only one foot at a time when a team or player was on a score that was a multiple of 111, also known as a "Nelson"? (edited at 10:01 am, April 1, 2016 (EDT))

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David SHEPHERD

What former South African captain was banned from the sport of cricket for his role in a match-fixing scandal? He died in a airplane crash in 2002. (edited at 10:03 am, April 1, 2016 (EDT))

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Hansie CRONJE

Brian Lara holds the world record with an innings of 400 in a Test Match. He had previously held the record with a score of 375, that was broken by whom? This man held the record for only six months.

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Matthew HAYDEN