ON PLAYERS REPRESENTING TWO COUNTRIES
On this day in 1966, Anderson Cummins who played the World Cup for two countries was born in Barbados. He played for West Indies in the 1992 edition and for Canada in 2007. On his 54th birthday here is a quiz on players who have represented two countries.
Kepler Wessels played for Australia and South Africa in ODIs (Tests also). Playing for which country did he score his only ODI ton?
Playing for Australia, Wessels scored 107 against India in New Delhi in 1984.
South Africa
Australia
Which of these IPL teams did Kepler Wessels coach in the inaugural season in 2008?
Chennai ended as runners-up in the 1st season of IPL in 2008.
Delhi Daredevils
Deccan Chargers
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Chennai Super Kings
Anderson Cummins’ best bowling spell of 5/31 came against India in the B&H World Series in 1992. Which Indian star made his ODI debut in that game?
Ganguly scored 3 runs in that match and was one of the victims among Cummins’s five.
Ajay Jadeja
Sourav Ganguly
Venkatesh Prasad
Nayan Mongia
He made his debut for Scotland in the 1999 World Cup, their first ever ODI. Later played his only Test match for England in November. Identify him from the picture.
Hamilton played all his limited-overs career for Scotland and his only Test for England.
Gavin Hamilton
Mike Smith
Bruce Patterson
Ian Philip
Ed Joyce came in as a replacement for which England batsman in the 2006-07 Ashes tour (in Australia), but didn’t play a single game?
Trescothick pulled out of the squad citing a stress-related illness, hence Joyce came in as his replacement.
Nick Knight
Michael Vaughan
Marcus Trescothick
Andrew Strauss
Mark Chapman scored an unbeaten 124 on his ODI debut for Hong Kong. There was a significant ODI record that he achieved, what was that?
Chapman scored 124* at a strike rate of 107 against U.A.E. He is the 2nd batsman to score a debut ton at a SR over 100, Desmond Haynes was the first.
Only debutant to score a ton at a SR over 100
First associate nation player to make a debut ton
Highest individual score on debut
Most boundaries scored on debut
Geraint Jones played most of his ODI career for England. Which other country did he represent and played his last ODI as well?
Jones has played 49 ODIs for England and two for Papua New Guinea.
Netherlands
Scotland
Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong
Which of these women cricketers has played ODI World Cups for two countries?
Payne has played in the World Cup for Netherlands in 1988, 1993 & 1997. In 2000 she turned up for New Zealand.
Nicola Payne
Rowan Milburn
Bernadine Bezuidenhout
Candacy Atkins
Who is the last player to represent two countries?
Hayden Walsh shifted from USA to West Indies in November 2019.
Hayden Walsh
Mark Chapman
Izatullah Dawlatzai
Rusty Theron
Izatullah Dawlatzai made his international debut for Afghanistan. Currently which country does he play for?
Dawalatzai shifted from Afghanistan to Germany in May 2019.
Spain
Germany
Italy
Austria
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