Quiz Time - Inter-Mediate Level

      

Can you score 5/5 ?

 Check out the answers @ the end of this blog.

    1)  A member of the batting side had been off the field for treatment when his/her side was fielding                  and a substitute covered for him/her. He/she comes in to bat in the middle order and asks for a                  runner. What do the umpires advise?

          Select one:

         a. Yes, and the runner from any member of the team who has already batted

         b. Yes, but the runner must not yet have batted

         c. No, he/she cannot have a runner as his injury was not incurred whist batting

2) The batsman on strike hits the ball firmly to the off side striking a close fielder on the knee. The fielder leaves the field of play, injured as a result of the blow. He/she is absent for 100 minutes of playing time before returning to the field of play requesting to bowl immediately. What shall be the response of the umpires?

Select one:

a. He/She must wait 100 minutes before bowling

b. He/She may bowl immediately

c. He/She must wait 90 minutes before bowling

3) For which one of these would you call a No ball?

Select one:

a. The bowler’s back foot lands inside the return crease and the front foot lands across the return crease behind the popping crease

b. The bowler’s back foot lands with the heel just touching the return crease and the front foot lands between the bowling and popping creases

c. Both the bowler’s feet land behind the bowling crease and inside the return crease

4) The batsman is diving towards his/her ground, and grounds the bat behind the popping crease, but at the instant when the wicket is put down, the bat, still in hand, has bounced up so that no part of either the bat or the batsman’s person is grounded behind the popping crease. Has the batsman made good his/her ground at that end and why?

Select one:

a. Yes, it is sufficient for the bat to have been grounded as long as the batsmen continues forward momentum

b. No, the batsman’s foot can be in the air after grounding beyond the popping crease, but not the bat

c. No, there must be some part of the bat grounded at the instant the wicket is put down

5) Your colleague has given a bowler a warning for bowling fast short pitched balls. Three overs later this bowler comes on at your end. His/her second delivery is a short pitched ball which passes over the striker’s head and would have done so even if the striker had been standing upright. You call and signal No Ball and consider the delivery dangerous. What action should you take?

Select one:

a. Direct the captain of the fielding side to suspend the bowler immediately from bowling

b. Give the bowler a second and final warning

c. Give the bowler a first and final warning at your end

Answers

1. a. Yes, and the runner from any member of the team who has already batted

 

2. b. He/She may bowl immediately

 3. b. The bowler’s back foot lands with the heel just touching the return crease and the front foot                  lands between the bowling and popping creases

 4. a. Yes, it is sufficient for the bat to have been grounded as long as the batsmen continues forward            momentum

 5. a. Direct the captain of the fielding side to suspend the bowler immediately from bowling

Regards 

Sivakumar Meyyappan