The 1996 Cricket World Cup Cricket Quiz

The 1996 World Cup came back to the subcontinent as India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka hosted this tournament making it the first such tournament to be hosted by three countries. Below is the 1996 World Cup cricket quiz.

The answers to this quiz can be found on another page linked below, so you don’t have to worry about reading it by mistake. Here we go with the questions.

1. Which team qualified for the quarterfinals before even having played a game in the tournament because they were awarded two wins as a result of a forfeit?
   1. Sri Lanka
   2. Australia
   3. West Indies
   4. India
2. Which of the following venues in India hosted more than one game at the 1996 World Cup?
   1. Eden Gardens, Kolkata
   2. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
   3. PCA Stadium, Mohali
   4. None
3. Only one stadium hosted four matches in the entire tournament. Which was it?
   1. SSC Cricket Ground, Colombo
   2. Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
   3. National Stadium, Karachi
   4. Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
4. How many teams qualified for the 1996 World Cup through the ICC Trophy?
   1. 1
   2. 2
   3. 3
   4. 4
5. Which team(s) were making their debut in this World Cup?
   1. Kenya, Scotland & UAE
   2. UAE & Scotland
   3. UAE & Bermuda
   4. Kenya, Netherlands & UAE
6. Which team scored 398 for five, the highest ODI score in the history of the sport and which remained so for another 10 years?
   1. Australia
   2. Sri Lanka
   3. Pakistan
   4. India
7. Who was South Africa’s wicket-keeper in the 1996 World Cup?
   1. Dave Richardson
   2. Mark Boucher
   3. Steve Palframan
   4. Daryl Cullinan
8. Among the matches that Australia played, they lost just one match in the group stages of the tournament. Against which team?
   1. West Indies
   2. India
   3. Zimbabwe
   4. Kenya
9. Who broke the record for the highest individual score in a World Cup match by scoring 188 in a game against UAE?
   1. Inzamam-ul-Haq
   2. Nathan Astle
   3. Gary Kirsten
   4. Sanath Jayasuriya
10. Sanath Jayasuriya won the player-of-the-tournament award at this tournament but both, the highest run-scorer and the highest wicket-taker belonged to which country?
    1. Sri Lanka
    2. India
    3. Australia
    4. West Indies
11. Who won the man-of-the-match award in both, the semi-final and the final of the 1996 World Cup?
    1. Aravinda de Silva
    2. Sanath Jayasuriya
    3. Muthiah Muralitharan
    4. Arjuna Ranatunga
12. Who was the only batter to score three centuries during the 1996 World Cup?
    1. Sachin Tendulkar
    2. Mark Waugh
    3. Aravinda de Silva
    4. Gary Kirsten
13. In India’s quarterfinal win over Pakistan, who won the player-of-the-match award?
    1. Sachin Tendulkar
    2. Venkatesh Prasad
    3. Navjot Singh Sidhu
    4. Ajay Jadeja
14. Which Barbados first-class batter played five matches in the tournament, ended with the record for being the oldest cricketer to feature in an ODI but scored just 50 runs in five matches?
    1. Courtney Browne
    2. Sherwin Campbell
    3. Ottis Gibson
    4. Nolan Clarke
15. Who was the match referee in the World Cup 1996 semifinal match between India and Sri Lanka who then awarded the match to the latter because of crowd trouble?
    1. Clive Lloyd
    2. Raman Subba Row
    3. Andy Pycroft
    4. Mike Proctor
16. Who opened the bowling for India with Javagal Srinath in their semifinal against Sri Lanka?
    1. Venkatesh Prasad
    2. Anil Kumble
    3. Sachin Tendulkar
    4. Ashish Kapoor
17. Who top-scored in the 1996 World Cup semifinal between Australia and West Indies?
    1. Stuart Law
    2. Michael Bevan
    3. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
    4. Richie Richardson
18. Which batsman kick-started the World Cup with a century and then proceeded to score just 10 runs from the next five matches?
    1. Graeme Hick
    2. Nathan Astle
    3. Chris Harris
    4. Graham Thorpe
19. What was bizarre about Sultan Zarwani’s innings for UAE in their game against South Africa?
    1. He went out to bat without a helmet and was hit on his head by Allan Donald
    2. It was his third successive duck in ODI cricket
    3. He went out to bat at number 11 despite being a captain and top-order batter
    4. He blasted six successive fours in an over
20. What was strange about Maurice Odumbe’s innings against West Indies in the 1996 World Cup?
    1. He scored more than what the entire West Indies side got in their batting
    2. It was the first of his two hit-wicket dismissals in his World Cup career
    3. He took 36 balls to get off the mark
    4. He scored the quickest 50 for Kenya in World Cup cricket

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