1. He played the lead role in his first and only Marathi movie opposite actress Chanda. Name this cricket player.

ANS: Sunil Gavaskar

2. How did "Ashes" get its name ?

ANS : From a mock obituary when England lost the 1884-85 series at Home.

3. The only pair in the history of Test Cricket to have opened both the bowling and batting for their team.

ANS: Snedden And Morrison for New Zealand.

4. If a batsman hits the ball ....and it breaks into two. When is he declared out ?
a. Each piece is caught
b. At least one is caught
c. He is not out regardless of ....

ANS: Not Out ..The Ball is declared Dead.

5. Which other indian other than Ravi Shastri ... has the distinction of having been at the crease on everyday of a Five day test ?

ANS: ML JaiSimha

6. This English cricketer lead England in the 1911-12 series against but didnt play a single Test match. Johny Douglas took over from him. Who is he ? (He is the only captain to have done so !)

ANS: For the 1911-12 tour of Australia, 'Plum' Warner was the appointed captain for England. After the first match of the tour, he fell ill and even though he stayed with the team throughout he didn't appear in any match, first-class or Test. Johnny Douglas took over the captaincy from him.

7. Whats "timed out" in cricket ?

ANS: The new batsman is given out for "not coming to the crease within a specified time after the players and umpire are ready (either after a lunch/tea break or at the fall of a wicket) "

8. Whats special about Kapil Dev's figures of : 9-5-15-1 in the ODI match between Ind v Aus in Sydney on Jan 8, 1981 ?

ANS: Highest Maidens in a 10 over/bowler ODI

9. The only team in test cricket to have been dismissed twice on the same day of a test is .....? ( hint : the scores were 58, 82 !)

ANS: The only team to be dismissed twice in one day was India (58 & 82) against England at Manchester in 1952 on the third day. In fact thats the lowest Test score by any team !

10. This English captain once walked in to the crease after a tea break, without a bat !

ANS: Bob Willis at Edgbaston during the 1982 Test against Pakistan walked on to the field after a tea break without bringing his bat with him.

11. During one of India's Test series against Pakistan ... Zaheer Abbas lost a watch in a bet with Sunil Gavaskar. What was it about ?

ANS: Score a century on every innings of a test match( in any one of the 3 tests of the series). Gavaskar got two centuries ( and the watch) in the last test at Karachi.

12. Who holds the record for the fastest 100 wickets in ODI ? His team mate holds the same record for 250 wickets !!! ( hint ...again !)

ANS: Saqlain Mushtaq - Waqar Younis holds it for 250 wkts

13. Mark waugh and Steve waugh have played one more sport other than Cricket ( I mean at pro level). Also name the team they were playing for !! oops ... did I give a hint ?

ANS: Soccer for Professional Soccer Club - Croatia.

14. He was born in Bombay on May 27, 1962. He made his Test debut at the age of 18 years and 270 days against New Zealand at Wellington on Feb 21, 1981. India lost the match by 62 runs. His first scoring stroke resulted in Kirmani being run out going for the fourth run. He took the wickets of BL Cairns, MC Snedden and GB Troup with his last four balls in the New Zealand second innings (all caught by Vengsarkar). He captained India in only one Test against West Indies at Madras in Jan 1988. India won the match by 255 runs. In case you don't remember, this was the match in which Hirwani made his memorable Test debut. Who is this ?

ANS: Ravi Shastri

15. Whats so special about the numbers 228, 193 and 140 ! ( Probbly a tough one ... it has to do with individual scores !

ANS: The lowest individual score in Test matches "not recorded" is 228; however no one has been dismissed for 193. i.e There is one 'not out' score of 193. The lowest 'not out' score not yet recorded is 140*. ( So far ... I mean till Jan 1998 !)