Sunday, March 25, 2007

WORLD CUP CRICKET : QUIZTION OF THE DAY - 14

WORLD CUP CRICKET QUIZ :

March 26th 2007 : Quiztion of the Day - 14

With Bermuda unable to answer the prayers of Billion Indian Cricket Fans, Bangladesh progresses to the Super 8s stage along with Ireland, a second successive entry of a non-test playing nation into the second phase of a World Cup Tournament. Kenya was the non-test playing nation that not only entered into the Super 6s stage of 2003 World Cup but also advanced to the Semi finals aided by some forfeitures and boycotts of crucial matches due to political unrest in Zimbabwe.

March 26th will be the first off-day of the tournament. It resumes again on March 27th with the first Super 8 encounter between Australia and West Indies at St. Peter's Antigua. I strongly believe the drama and upsets that we have witnessed during the Group Stages may not have ended with the exit of Pakistan and India before the Super 8s stage. Here is the match schedule of the Super 8s Stage.

Match Date For Vs Against Venue of the Match
March, Tue 27 West Indies v Australia Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St Peter's, Antigua
March, Wed 28 South Africa v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana
March, Thu 29 West Indies v New Zealand Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St Peter's, Antigua
March, Fri 30 Ireland v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
March, Sat 31 Australia v Bangladesh Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St Peter's, Antigua
April, Sun 1 West Indies v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana
April, Mon 2 Bangladesh v New Zealand Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St Peter's, Antigua
April, Tue 3 Ireland v South Africa Providence Stadium, Guyana
April, Wed 4 England v Sri Lanka Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St Peter's, Antigua
April, Sat 7 Bangladesh v South Africa Providence Stadium, Guyana
April, Sun 8 Australia v England Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, St Peter's, Antigua
April, Mon 9 Ireland v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana
April, Tue 10 West Indies v South Africa National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
April, Wed 11 England v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Barbados
April, Thu 12 Sri Lanka v New Zealand National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
April, Fri 13 Australia v Ireland Kensington Oval, Barbados
April, Sat 14 South Africa v New Zealand National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
April, Sun 15 Bangladesh v Ireland Kensington Oval, Barbados
April, Mon 16 Australia v Sri Lanka National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
April, Tue 17 South Africa v England Kensington Oval, Barbados
April, Wed 18 Ireland v Sri Lanka National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
April, Thu 19 West Indies v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Barbados
April, Fri 20 Australia v New Zealand National Cricket Stadium, Grenada
April, Sat 21 West Indies v England Kensington Oval, Barbados

Four teams that topped their Groups in the first phase, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies and New Zealand will carry forward two points each to the Super 8s stage which may prove very crucial in case of any upsets for them to reach the last four. Following Points table provides the standings of all Super 8 teams even before a single match is played.

Super Eights Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR For Runs/Os Against Runs/Os
Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 0 2 4.304 310/46.0 112/46.0
Australia 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.660 377/50.0 294/50.0
West Indies 1 1 0 0 0 2 1.041 190/38.1 189/48.0
New Zealand 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.942 210/41.0 209/50.0
England 1 0 1 0 0 0 -0.942 209/50.0 210/41.0
Ireland 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1.041 189/48.0 190/38.1
South Africa 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1.660 294/50.0 377/50.0
Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 0 -4.304 112/46.0 310/46.0


Anyway, Lets get to the Quiztion of the Day. Today's Quiztion is very simple and straight forward. Here it is:

Identify the cricketer in the picture shown below and a unique record that he holds in World Cup history.


Remember to email your answers for each quiz individually to vijay@dreamcricket.com with the subject line as 'Quiztion of the Day - X' (X being the question number) through out the tournament duration. Results will be first posted on http://www.dreamcricket.com/ website within a week of the World Cup Final.

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