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World Cup Trivia

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:50 am
by rod_rooster
Name the 5 players who are playing in the 2007 World Cup that played in the 1992 World Cup in Australia.

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:56 am
by Dogwatcher
Inzy
Lara
Tendulkar
two more????

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:58 am
by rod_rooster
3/5
2 to go

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:00 am
by RustyCage
Dogwatcher wrote:Inzy
Lara
Tendulkar
two more????
Jayasuria?

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:01 am
by rod_rooster
That's 4 down.

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:09 am
by Dogwatcher
Murali?

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:13 am
by rod_rooster
Not Murali. Still 1 to go.

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:18 am
by am Bays
Can't be Ganguly as he toured Australia prior to the World Cup but didn't make the World Cup squad

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:19 am
by am Bays
Vaas?

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:21 am
by rod_rooster
Not Ganguly or Vaas.

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:27 am
by Dogwatcher
stumped.

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:27 am
by am Bays
Kumble

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:35 am
by rod_rooster
Not Kumble either. Thought this might prove tricky. Someone will know.

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:39 am
by Scooby
How bout Anderson Cummins, played for WI now playing for Canada..

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:41 am
by Dogwatcher
Damn it - I knew it was going to be something tricky like that. lol
Is that right?

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:46 am
by rod_rooster

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:53 am
by JK
LOL even tried cheating and couldn't for the life of me work it out, good work lads!!
LOL it wasn't all a waste of time, found a Bangladeshi player by the name of Habibul Bashar quite amusing (small things huh)

Posted:
Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:23 pm
by spell_check
I had done a list with every player who was chosen in each 15 men squads who had played in a match in other World Cups. I didn't have Cummins on the list, because I did not realise he played in 1992. Here is the list:
4 World Cups: (1992, 1996, 1999 and 2003)
Sachin Tendulkar
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Sanath Jayasuriya
Brian Lara
3 World Cups: (1996, 1999 and 2003)
Ricky Ponting
Glenn McGrath
Anil Kumble
Steve Tikolo
Thomas Odoyo
Stephen Fleming
Muttiah Muralitharan
Chaminda Vaas
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
2 World Cups: (1999 and 2003 unless stated)
Adam Gilchrist
Mohammad Rafique
Andrew Flintoff
Rahul Dravid
Sourav Ganguly
Tony Suji
Bas Zuiderent - 1996, 2003
Tim de Leede - 1996, 2003
Craig McMillan
Abdul Razzaq
Mohammad Yousuf
Shahid Afridi
Shoaib Akhtar
Mark Boucher
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
Shaun Pollock
Marvan Atapattu
Mahela Jayawardene
1 World Cup: (all 2003 unless stated)
Matthew Hayden
Brad Hogg
Brett Lee
Andrew Symonds
Habibul Bashar
Mashrafe Mortaza
Tapash Baisya
Anderson Cummins - 1992, with West Indies
John Davison
Desmond Chumney
Ashish Bagai
Ian Billcliff
Austin Codrington
James Anderson
Paul Collingwood
Michael Vaughan
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Virender Sehwag
Yuvraj Singh
Collins Obuya
David Obuya
Ravi Shah
Luuk van Troost
Edgar Schiferli
Jeroen Smits
Daan van Bunge
Shane Bond
Brendon McCullum
Jacob Oram
Scott Styris
Daryl Tuffey
Daniel Vettori
Lou Vincent
Younis Khan
Gavin Hamilton - 1999
Graeme Smith
Andrew Hall
Charl Langeveldt
Makhaya Ntini
Robin Peterson
Russel Arnold
Dilhara Fernando
Kumar Sangakkara
Corey Collymore
Chris Gayle
Marlon Samuels
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Stuart Matsikenyeri