Cricket World Cup Quiz -2 (Answers)

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Hope you're doing very well. As the count down has begun for Cricket World Cup so here is the second Cricket ODI World Cup Quiz for you. You can check the first part here - cricket-world-cup-quiz-1  I'll publish the answers for both of these two parts in my next post. So enjoy and let me know your feedback. And please provide your name while you answer the questions. You can also subscribe by your email to get notifications of latest quiz questions and answers.

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1.  Connect or link them together.

2. This country were given very thin chance of beating its opponent in one of the World Cup final, so much so that, the wife of that country's captain X expected obvious defeat of her country's side and went for shopping! Fortunes turned and eventually it was history for X's country for their first world cup victory. Identify X.

3. Identify this player who appeared world cup twice (1987 and 1992). How he is connected to the first world cup indirectly?  That connection is a feat that is still not broken in world cup history.

4.  In the 2003 World Cup, before the start of Zimbabwe's opening match against Namibia, the likes of Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands "mourning the death of X." Identify X.

5. New Zealand off-spinner John Bracewell has the worst average featuring in two World Cups (1983, 1987), Bracewell played seven matches, conceded 310 runs and picked up just 1 wicket, meaning he had an average of 310. If he has the worst average then who has the best bowling average (0.00) in World Cup history with the very first ball wicket he bowled?

Answers Below -

1. Chetan Sharma hat-trick victims against NZ in 1987 world Cup

2. Kapil Dev

3. Derek Pringle (renowned cricket journalist) - he played in 1987 & 1992 world cup. His father Don Pringle played in 1975 world cup for East Africa

4. Democracy

5. Mohammad Yousuf

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