So, Why Neil Harvey? Is it because cricket blogs were better in his day? Maybe. Lets see what I can dig up about him.

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Dedication of the month : July 2008 : Neil Harvey

Asif Karim is the man we were talking about in Cricket Trivia 3

*Played three World Cups: 1996, 1999, and 2003; captained Kenya in 1999.

*Played another sport: Captained Kenya’s Davis Cup team. Woah, he had talent!

* Renaissance Man of Kenya Cricket: Played Kenya’s first 25 ODI’s and was their most popular player for a while.

(I mentioned in the comments he had an India connection. Well, he’s of Indian origin. So that’s the connection.)

Surprise fact: Kenya lost their match against Australia in the 2003 World Cup, but Asif Karim went home with the Man-of-the-Match for his bowling. Interestingly, Brett Lee had struck a hatrick in the same match.

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There were some other answers, like Dave Houghton, that fit the bill as well, but Asif Karim is what I was looking for.

Oh, and I know I kept you all confused right until the end. You know how I am. Heh.

Thanks for playing. You’re all superb. No, really, I mean it.

The first correct responder was S. Jagadish. Congratulations!

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Cricket Trivia 3 Answer

I did it. I outsmarted Google this time. None of the folks are getting the right answer!

But here’s to your help.

So far the following responses have come up.

1. Viv Richards: Close, but not quite it. Had an Indian girlfriend, but he played four World Cups. Our trivia guy played just three.

2. Dave Houghton: Uh, no. I heard this name for the first time!

3. Rick Charlworth: Same as no. 2

4. Hansie Cronje: This is again close, but I’m afraid, the answer is no.

Our guy is from Hansie Cronje’s continent and the India connection is that he has Subcontinental origin.

That should be enough?

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Cricket Trivia 3: Hints

He’s a former hero (of sorts) of ours.

So here’s *blip* described in quick bullet points.

*Played three World Cups. Even captained his team in one. (Of course, we won’t name the years)

*Played another sport for his country. (What sport? Um, no. That would make it too easy)

*He’s often considered the renaissance man of his home country’s cricket.

Jonty Rhodes played another sport for his country as well, by the way. Of course, this is in no way related to this trivia. And it shouldn’t really help you.

So, dahlin’ readers, whose name did we, ahem, blip out?

Answer on Sunday.

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Cricket Trivia 3: Who Am I?

Sourav Tiwary, a player from Under-19 Cricket World Cup is the correct answer to Cricket Trivia 2. Looks a bit like Mahendra Singh Dhoni. No surprise though: he hails from Jharkhand, Dhoni’s state. In fact, he’s being hailed as Dhoni’s lookalike.

The clue lied in his resemblance to Dhoni, something we hinted in “faking the smile”; we emphasized million in million-dollar smile owing to all the millions Dhoni is getting.

Congratulations to Baseer and Kishore for the correct responses!

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Cricket Trivia 2 (Who Am I?) Answer

We’re back with another weekly trivia.

Identify this player:

Looks familiar, doesn’t he? Look around yourself; you know who he is.

Answers on Sunday.

Hint: He’s got a million-dollar smile. Or maybe, he’s just trying to fake a million-dollar smile.

ETA: Sorry, but we’d to remove the image for technical reasons.

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Cricket Trivia 2: Who Am I?

eat Cricket, drink Cricket, sleep Cricket

Neil Johnson is the correct answer to the last trivia question.

With a broad space between his incisors, he makes for a good caricature model, but this man had real gift and emerged a hero for Zimbabwe in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Bagged three player-of-the-match and was pivotal in getting zimbabwe into the Super Six where they beat South Afica.

This Zimbabwean team had also defeated India in the league matches. Henry Olanga made some news with his singing skills during the same tournament.

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This was by far my most favorite World Cup. I didn’t miss a match. Since it happened during the summer break, that made things easier. For months after the tournament, this was the hottest topic at school. Lance Klusener’s explosive batting conjures up in mind, suddenly, and that semi-final runout, too.

Neil Johnson was such a hero of mine that I drew his sketch. It turned out so beautiful that I kept it with me for years. Then I recently threw it while decluttering my room. I guess I shouldn’t have.

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Winner:

Biplob Kishore Deb

The answer of the question is Neil Johnson, an excellent all rounder of Zimbabwe. He won three man of the tournament awards in 1999 World cup, leading his team to get into the super six of that tournament. Another interesting thing is that he was a right arm first medium bowler and a left hand batsman

Congrats, Kishore!

Thank you, everyone, for jumping in. We are “testing” this feature at this moment. The goal is to make the contest absolute Google-proof. Any suggestions appreciated! In the near future, we might have actual prizes!

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Cricket Trivia (Who Am I?) Answer

I might not have been a real great in that sense,
But I did help my country get into a World Cup Super Six,
And surprise the biggies
What’s more, I bagged three Man-of-the-Match awards at the same World Cup,
I knew I could do more,
The gifted all-rounder I was,
But I wasn’t being paid much,
So I just called it quits…
Now if you recognized me,
That should make me content for life,
So..who am I?

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D: Who is he? Tell us and show your cricketing genius. Look for the correct response in a few days.

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Cricket Trivia: Who Am I?

While we wait for the Adelaide Test to commence, here’s some fun watch. This video is already in circulation, but just in case you haven’t yet watched it, we have it up for you.

And here’s a CricInfo article on weird dismissals, with a different set than in the video.

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Top Ten Weird Dismissals in Cricket

We had some fun here amidst the umpiring row. I had a hunch this would be rather controversial so kept mum on it, but now I feel there’s nothing wrong or particularly racist about it, as some had suggested.

That is a lookalike of, hold your breath, Shantakumaran Sreesanth. Now, how many had got it right?

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Cricket Lookalike Correct Answer