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Cricket History and Facts

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Cricket History and Facts Questions

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Which was the first Indian cricket club that was founded by the Parsis?

  1. National Cricket Club

  2. Oriental Cricket Club

  3. Indian Cricket Club

  4. Parsi Cricket Club
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The white cricket elite in India offered no help to the cricket enthusiastic Parsis. In fact, there was a quarrel between the Bombay Gymkhana, a whites-only club, and Parsi cricketers over the use of a public park. When it became clear that the colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of Englishmen, the Parsis built their own gymkhana called the Oriental Cricket Club in Bombay to play cricket.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
a) Cricket, in Victorian England, was an all season leisure game for aristocrats.
b) The captain of the team was traditionally a batsman in Victorian England as amateurs played only as batsmen.
c) Len Hutton was the first professional Yorkshire Batsman to lead the English test team.
d) There was a clear social hierarchy between the batsmen and the bowlers in Victorian England.

  1. a, b and c

  2. a, b and d

  3. a, c and d

  4. b, c and d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Among the given options, other than first statement, remaining are true.

  • Cricket in England was seasonal.
  • The captain of the team was traditionally a batsman in Victorian England. This is because amateurs played only as batsmen as they were rich and played for pleasure. They left energetic, hardworking aspects of game to professionals.
  • Len Hutton was the first professional Yorkshire Batsman to lead the English test team.
  • There was a clear social hierarchy between the batsmen and the bowlers in Victorian England because rich were called amateurs and were called gentlemen who were batmen. On the other hand professionals were described as players. They even entered from different entrances.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Find the wrong statement about Cricket.

  1. The first written laws of Cricket were drawn up in $1744$
  2. The stumps must be $22$ inches high and the bail across them six inches
  3. The World's first Cricket Club was formed in Hambledon in the $1760$'s
  4. The Sikhs founded the first Indian Cricket Club, the Punjab Club in Amritsar in $1820$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The statement regarding the Sikhs founding the first Indian Cricket Club in 1820 is historically inaccurate. The first cricket clubs in India were established much later, primarily by British colonial influence.

Multiple choice maths parts and whole multiplication of a fraction multiplication of a fractions multiplication of fraction finding the whole when a fraction is given

Indian cricket team won 4 more matches than it lost with New Zealand If it won $\displaystyle\frac{3}{5}$ of its matches how many matches did India play

  1. 8

  2. 12

  3. 16

  4. 20
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Let the number of matches lost = x
Number of matches won = x + 4
Total matches played = x + x +4
                                   = 2x + 4
We have,
x + 4 = $\displaystyle\frac{3}{5}\left ( 2x + 4 \right )$
5x + 20 = 6x + 12
x = 8
$\displaystyle\therefore $ total matches played = 2x + 4
$\displaystyle= 2\left ( 8 \right )+ 4= 20$

Multiple choice

Which team won the women’s IPL?

  1. Trailblazers

  2. Supernovas

  3. Velocity

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Trailblazers won the 2020 Women's T20 Challenge (often referred to as the women's IPL) by defeating the Supernovas in the final.

Multiple choice

Who had the best bowling economy in the IPL 2020?

  1. Sam Curran

  2. Jofra Archer

  3. Rashid Khan

  4. Pat Cummins

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rashid Khan maintained the best economy rate among the top bowlers during the 2020 IPL season, proving highly effective for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Multiple choice

Which team won the BBL 2019-2020?

  1. Sydney Sixes

  2. Melbourne Stars

  3. Sydney Thunder

  4. Brisbane Heat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Sydney Sixers won the 2019-2020 Big Bash League (BBL) title by defeating the Melbourne Stars in the final.