Cricket World Cup A-Z

KevIRL

Perhaps this could replace the Ashes series countdown sticky.....

(unfortunately I've missed A thru E)


F ... is for fast scoring
Chris Old hit England's quickest World Cup fifty off 30 balls, against India at Lord's in 1975

TrueDub

Are BBC doing one of these now?

KevIRL

TrueDub wrote:

Are BBC doing one of these now?

Yep, and t'will be up here each day too

county

KevIRL wrote:

Perhaps this could replace the Ashes series countdown sticky.....

(unfortunately I've missed A thru E)


F ... is for fast scoring
Chris Old hit England's quickest World Cup fifty off 30 balls, against India at Lord's in 1975

tut tut;)

KevIRL

G ... is for giant-killing
Sri Lanka became the first side to beat a Test nation when they won by 47 runs against India at Old Trafford in 1979

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H ... is for hat-trick
There have been four so far...by Chetan Sharma (1987), Saqlain Mushtaq (1999), Chaminda Vaas (2003) and Brett Lee (2003).

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I ... is for impossible task
South Africa were left a revised target of 22 off one ball against England in 1992 after rain interrupted the semi

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J ... is for Jacobs
Windies gloveman Ridley is the only man to carry his bat in the World Cup. He hit 49 out of 110 all out against Australia in 1999

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L
... is for Clive Lloyd
the first man to hold aloft the majestic gold World Cup trophy at Lord's in 1975 and he did it again four years later

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M ... is for MVP
Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most World Cup Man of the Match awards with eight

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N ... is for nearly man
Australia's Adam Gilchrist is the only player dismissed for 99 in a World Cup match, run out against Sri Lanka in 2003

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O ... is for Oval ordeal
England were bowled out for 103 by South Africa in 1999, which led to their dismal early exit from the tournament

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P ... is for parsimonious
The most economical World Cup bowling figures ever were England all-rounder Dermot Reeve's 1-2 from five overs against Pakistan in 1992

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R ... is for run-out
Allan Donald and Lance Klusener were to blame in 1999 and the resulting semi-final tie against Australia saw South Africa eliminated

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S ... is for switching sides
Kepler Wessels played for Australia in 1983 and nine years later led South Africa to victory against them, scoring 81 not out

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T ... is for thrashing
Australia beat Namibia by 256 runs at Potchefstroom in 2003 after bowling them out for 45

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U ... is for umpire
England's David Shepherd stood in a record 46 World Cup matches between 1983 and 2003

mikeruurds

KevIRL wrote:

R ... is for run-out
Allan Donald and Lance Klusener were to blame in 1999 and the resulting semi-final tie against Australia saw South Africa eliminated

I still have nightmares...

KevIRL

V ... is for veteran
Dutch batsman Nolan Clarke was 47 years 257 days old when he made his World Cup debut against South Africa in 1996

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W ... is for wasteful
New Zealand's Lee Germon and Chris Harris shared a record fourth-wicket partnership of 168 at Madras in 1996 but could still not prevent defeat by Australia

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Y ...is for youthful
Ricky Ponting became the youngest World Cup centurion aged 21 years and 76 days against West Indies in 1996

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Z ... is for Andrew Zesers
He played two games for Australia in 1987. Can you name the other World Cup players whose names begin with a Z?