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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.
- In what year did the 1st Cricket World Cup take place?
- Name the Australian media magnate who signed up 51 Test players in 1977 to create the World Series Cricket Championship?
- Which Test wicket keeper was nicknamed "Iron Gloves"?
- Who was the first Pakistani batsman to score 100 centuries in a first class career?
- Which two Middlesex players each scored over 3000 runs inÊ 1947?
- In which year did Durham join the County Championship?
- Who were known as the 3 W's?
- 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?
- Which West Indian batsman scored 214 and 100 not out on his Test debut in 1972?
- 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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- Dominic Cork and Darren Gough
- Lara played for Warwickshire versus Durham
- Middlesex
- Tony Greig
- 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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