The 2003 Cricket World Cup Quiz

The 2003 Cricket World Cup was one of the best ones according to those who watched it and here’s one cricket quiz around this tournament that has been called one of the best by those who have attempted it too! Jokes aside, if you are a cricket fan, this is a quiz to solve. 

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. Other than South Africa and Zimbabwe, which other country/countries hosted the 2003 World Cup?
   1. Kenya
   2. Kenya and Namibia
   3. Namibia
   4. No other country
2. How many teams participated in the 2003 World Cup?
   1. 10
   2. 12
   3. 14
   4. 16
3. Which player was refused from participating in the 2003 World Cup because he tested positive for banned diuretics before the start of the tournament?
   1. Andrew Symonds
   2. Michael Atherton
   3. Shane Warne
   4. Shoaib Akhtar
4. Which Chaminda Vaas finished this tournament as the highest wicket-taker, which Australian grabbed the most wickets for his country in the 2003 World Cup?
   1. Glenn McGrath
   2. Brett Lee
   3. Andy Bichel
   4. Brad Hogg
5. Sachin Tendulkar scored the most runs in the tournament with 673. The second-best was 465 runs made by __________?
   1. Ricky Ponting
   2. Adam Gilchrist
   3. Rahul Dravid
   4. Sourav Ganguly
6. Which former England cricketer was also the coach of another side during the 2003 World Cup and would then go on to play for a third team in 2005 before turning out for Warwickshire?
   1. Doug Brown
   2. Ashley Giles
   3. Richard Pybus
   4. Dav Whatmore
7. What was bizarre about South Africa’s ouster from the 2003 World Cup?
   1. Lance Klusener was the not-out batsman again when SA bowed out like was the case in the 1999 World Cup
   2. For the second successive tournament, a tie had ended South Africa’s campaign
   3. Mark Boucher celebrated at the end of their final game thinking they had qualified for the second round
   4. All of the above
8. What was different in the 2003 World Cup format from the 1999 World Cup?
   1. Teams did not carry forward any points from the first round to the Super Six
   2. Teams carried forward all the points from the first round to the Super Six
   3. Teams carried forward all the points against other Super Six teams and quarter of the points from non-qualifiers
   4. It was exactly the same as the 1999 World Cup
9. Two teams finished the tournament with zero wins to their name. Namibia was one. Which was the other?
   1. Bangladesh
   2. Netherlands
   3. Canada
   4. West Indies
10. In India’s only loss during the group stages of the tournament, which bowler finished with figures of 3/13 in 10 overs at Centurion?
    1. Glenn McGrath
    2. Brett Lee
    3. Jason Gillespie
    4. Shane Warne
11. Glenn McGrath and Andy Bichel grabbed seven-fers during this tournament while there were two bowlers who ended with figures of 10-2-23-6 in the tournament. Who were they?
    1. Ashish Nehra & Chaminda Vaas
    2. Chaminda Vaas & Shane Bond
    3. Ashish Nehra & Shane Bond
    4. Ashish Nehra & Wasim Akram
12. Rahul Dravid kept wickets for India throughout the tournament. Who was India’s reserve wicket-keeper though?
    1. Vijay Yadav
    2. Dinesh Karthik
    3. Parthiv Patel
    4. Ajay Ratra
13. Which Pakistani fielder dropped Sachin Tendulkar on his way to his dazzling 98 in their Centurion game?
    1. Azhar Mahmood
    2. Abdul Razzaq
    3. Shoaib Akhtar
    4. Wasim Akram
14. Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn were involved in a 234-run partnership against India in the final which was the second-biggest of the tournament. Which two players were involved in the highest stand during the 2003 World Cup?
    1. Tendulkar & Sehwag
    2. Tendulkar & Ganguly
    3. Gilchrist & Hayden
    4. Hayden & Ponting
15. While Australia topped the Group A in this competition which side topped Group B?
    1. Sri Lanka
    2. Kenya
    3. New Zealand
    4. Zimbabwe
16. Which player recorded figures of 3/15 from his 10 overs against a team, then smashed a 76-ball 111 against another and then made 75 off 62 and took 3/61 against a third side?
    1. Maurice Odumbe
    2. Aravinda de Silva
    3. Tushar Imran
    4. John Davison
17. Against which team did Adam Gilchrist ‘walk’ back to the pavillion despite being given not-out by the umpire
    1. Sri Lanka
    2. India
    3. Pakistan
    4. Zimbabwe
18. Which of the following is true about the 2003 World Cup?
    1. The only Australian to score a century in the tournament was Ricky Ponting
    2. Kenya became the only non-Test playing nation to make the semis
    3. West Indies became the first World Cup winner to finish last in their group games
    4. All of the above
19. Two teams forfeited their matches in this tournament because of different reasons. England was one, which was the other team?
    1. West Indies
    2. New Zealand
    3. Australia
    4. Sri Lanka
20. Who kept wickets for Pakistan in their match against India?
    1. Rashid Latif
    2. Taufeeq Umar
    3. Inzamam-ul-Haq
    4. Javed

Get the answers to this World Cup 2015 Quiz here.