England batsman Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott won the ICC Test player and player of the year awards respectively. Sri Lankan Kumara Sangakkara won the ICC One Day player of the year award. Aleem Dar won the Umpire of the year award. Devendra Bishoo (West Indies) won the emerging player of the year award. New Zealand bowler Tim Southee got T20 performance of the year award. Ryan Ten Doeschate is the best player from associate and affiliate countries. Indian captain M.S. Dhoni got the spirit of the cricket award for recalling Ian Bell during Headingly Test match. West Indies cricketer Stafanie Taylor won the woman cricketer of the year award. Quiz questions: 1. Jonathan Trott is the first England cricketer to win the ICC Player of the year award. 2. Who is the ICC Cricketer of the year in 2010? Answer: Sachin Tendulkar. ICC Cricketer of the year: 2004: Rahul Dravid (India). 2005: Jacques Kallis (South Africa) & Andrew Flintoff (England). 2006: Ricky Ponting (Australia). 2007: Ricky Ponting (Australia). 2008: Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (West Indies). 2009: Mitchell Johnson (Australia) 2010: Sachin Tendulkar (India). 2011: Jonathan Trott (England) … [Read more...]
Sports quiz: Cricket and Tennis questions and answers
Sports quiz: 1. Who is the first double amputee to qualify for an able-bodied athletic event? Answer: Oscar Pistorius (South Africa). "Blade runner" is his nickname. 2. Who is the first athlete to participate in World Athletics Championships? Answer: Oscar Pistorius (400 metres) – He reached semi-finals in 2011 World Championships. Cricket quiz: 3. Which Indian batsman scored 3 consecutive centuries at Lord's cricket ground? Answer: Dilip Vengsarkar. He scored centuries at Lord's in 1979, 1982 and 1986 Test series. 4. Who was the captain of Indian cricket team when it played first ever Test match against England in June, 1932? Answer: C.K. Naidu. Douglas Jardine captained England team. 5. India recorded first victory in Test cricket against which team? Answer: England in 1952 at Chepauk stadium in Chennai. Vinoo Mankad took 12 wickets while Pankaj Roy scored a century in that match. 6. India recorded first series victory in Test cricket against which team? Answer: Pakistan in 1952. 7. First Indian bowler to take 5 wickets in an innings of a Test match? Answer: Mohammad Nissar (Punjab). He took 5 wickets for 93 runs in the first innings of first ever Test match played by India in 1932. He took the wickets of legendary players like Herbert Sutcliffe, Percy Holmes & Les Ames. 8. Who was the highest scorer in an innings in India-England Test cricket series history? Answer: England batsman Graham Gooch. He scored 333 runs against India at Lord's in 1990. Vinod Kambli (224) is the highest scorer for India against … [Read more...]
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