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Irish Cricket Quiz: March 2004

The competition will close on Thursday 15 April, with prizes being given to the first two correct entries drawn.

  1. In what year did the 1st Cricket World Cup take place?
  2. Name the Australian media magnate who signed up 51 Test players in 1977 to create the World Series Cricket Championship?
  3. Which Test wicket keeper was nicknamed "Iron Gloves"?
  4. Who was the first Pakistani batsman to score 100 centuries in a first class career?
  5. Which two Middlesex players each scored over 3000 runs inÊ 1947?
  6. In which year did Durham join the County Championship?
  7. Who were known as the 3 W's?
  8. Which England Test cricketer did the Guyuan government refuse a visitors permit causing a Test match to be cancelled between England and the West Indies in the early 1980's?
  9. Which West Indian batsman scored 214 and 100 not out on his Test debut in 1972?
  10. Which Indian batsman, a brother-in-law of Sunil Gavaskar, scored 0 and 137 on his Test debut, and went on to play in 87 consecutive Tests for India, captaining them twice?

The answers to last month's quiz were as follows:

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  1. Dominic Cork and Darren Gough
  2. Lara played for Warwickshire versus Durham
  3. Middlesex
  4. Tony Greig
  5. North DownÊbeat BreadyÊby 1 run
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The lucky winners were Michael Taylor, Peter Gillespie, Iain Arthur, and Deryck Vincent.

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