Cricket Crossword - 1
This is an introductory crossword to keep the fans engaged in a creative way. The idea is to share interesting trivia, encourage cricket research and generally raise the level of curiosity and passion for the game. Take a look and feel free to share your thoughts, ideas and concerns, if any, on the level of difficulty
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1. Sent in as a night watchman in a test against Australia, this wicketkeeper played nearly the whole day and scored a century! (7)
2. He had a record haul of wickets in a World Cup series (5)
3. The God of Intoxication, his last appearance was in his team's most famous losing match(7)
5. With his awesome power, he left a mark on anyone who dared to bowl him out... including an Indian maiden! (6)
7. Indian who broke the back of the opponent's batting for a famous win (5)
8. A wicketkeeper of the 1980s who was never part of any losing series in Tests (5)
10. A master at staging 'comebacks', he called the selectors a 'bunch of jokers' (8)
11. If you've got all others, you can't leave this guy out - for he has been your friend in success (6)
15. A menacing bowler, but Vishy had him for breakfast, lunch and dinner whenever he got a chance (7)
19. If Olive is seen as medicinal, magical, fascinating symbol of wealth, power, abundance and glory, he had plenty of it in his name and game (5)
21. In his first ever Test series, he scored 774 runs at an awesome average of 154.80 (5)
22. One of the most destructive openers who was key to his team's dominance during his time (6)
23. Partner-in-crime of the destructive opener of 22 Across (6)
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1. Eminent and free parliamentarian, one of the earliest fast scoring batsmen in ODI era (5)
4. A dashing batsman whose style was perfectly suited for fast cricket (7)
6. The surprise winner in one of cricket's biggest matches (5)
9. When IPL 2010 begins, this man will be telling himself, "exactly this day, 22 years back, was the 1st day of my last test" (5)
11. His only claim to fame is the wicket he took of 22 Across (6)
12. He put Mohammed Ali to shame by the way he broke the nose of batsmen with his bouncers (8)
13. There is a dash in everything he did or does - batting, talking, selecting or even wearing glasses! (9)
14. In the post television era, his effort is cricket's most significant rescue act, but alas, there is no televised recording (5)
16. A flying umpire with feet firmly on ground (4)
17. He kicked the stumps in frustration when an appeal for caught behind was turned down (7)
18. He has the most successful bowling figures for any World Cup Final (6)
20. On this pitch was recorded the most stunning upset in cricket's history (5)
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Wanted to give some good hints but was out of town and got back late in the night. Its past the deadline as I post this comment.
I will post Crossword-2 around noon, Sat 30 Jan - till then I dont mind throwing afew hints!
1) 'Twas a famous victory : a line from the poem "The Battle of Blenheim" by poet Robert Southey
2) 22 players of the match - see if you've got all 22 of them! Why leave out one or two guys?
This should do :) till I post the solution
Cheers
Clue 11A can be considered as "Integration Testing" - if you are an IT guy, you would know what it "exactly" means. If you aren't I suggest you get hold of an IT guy and get some dope on integration testing.
You may have to do a 'string test' too - isn't a string required for integration??
You seem to have passed the 'stress test', though -which is the most difficult of all.
:)
@Quizzomaniac - read the clue again. That's precisely why it is worded that way. Looks like you didn't go back to your school poetry :)
You have travelled quite far dude. You seem to be a recently born cricket fan, else you'd have finished by now ;)
You can still get it, provided you go back to all your school poetry and read them at least once again! One inspirational line from one of the school poems and you are through!
Hope my clue helps :)