FUNDAMENTALS
England, the original home of cricket, has many hallowed grounds including the holiest of them all — Lords. Take this whistlestop tour of cricket grounds in England. Write in with your comments and questions (with answers) to senjam@gmail.com
ENGLISH CRICKET GROUNDS
1. Lords is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club. It is home to which first class cricket side? 2. Sachin Tendulkar scored his first Test century at the age of 17 in the home ground of Lancashire County cricket club. Identify the venue. 3. Which Test venue in England hosted England’s first ever international football match as well as the first FA cup final? 4. If you were to play in a cricket ground with two ends named Kirkstall Lane end and Football stand end, which stadium will you be in? 5. This ground is located in West Bridgford in Nottinghamshire but it is named after a river and a structure over the river. Identify. 6. This ground is primarily known as a football stadium and is home to Sheffield United. However, it was also a cricket ground where Yorkshire played 391 first class matches between 1863 and 1973. Identify. 7. For one particular bats- man, Lords has been a happy hunting ground. Who holds the record of highest number of runs (2015), highest number of centuries (8) as well as highest score (333) at Lords? 8. Edgbaston has several stands named after people. RES Wyatt stand is named after all rounder Bob Wyatt and Eric Hollies stand is named after leg spinner Eric Hollies. After whom is Stanley Barnes stand named?
ANYTHING GOES
1. In the final of the Bombay Pentangular Tournament of 1943 between Rest & Hindus, this cricketer who played for Rest scored 309 runs in his team’s total of 387 runs which is a world record. The next top scorer was 21 runs! This cricketer later played with distinction for India in Test cricket. Name this Test cricketer. (BK Harinath, Mysore) 2. The first Indian to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of London is Ardasree Cursetjee way back in 1841. The second Indian to be an FRS did not have a formal degree from an Indian University. Who? (ASM Rao, Vijaywada) 3. Cricketer Ridley Jacobs made his Test debut at the age of 31 scoring three Test centuries. His name is also etched in the record books for being connected to a world record. Which one? (UN Murthy, Secunderabad) 4. “I want a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison” — Which tycoon gave this brief to his friends who were looking for a life partner for him? (Rajeev G. Pillai, Kochi) 5. Gatun Lake, at one time the largest man-made island in the world, is a part of 77 km long canal known for its intricate lock system. Which canal are we talking about? (Philip Joshua, Secunderabad) 6. In intelligence parlance, what is a black site? (Aadisht Grover, Kolkata) 7. What connects the players Andrew Symonds, Yusuf Pathan, Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Watson, Virat Kohli and Wriddhiman Saha in IPL? (Praveen Bhat, Benguluru)