The 2012 T20 Cricket World Cup Quiz

Sri Lanka hosted the 2012 edition of the T20 Cricket World Cup and in one of the more exciting finishes, West Indies went on to grab their first title here. Below is one of the best T20 World Cup 2012 cricket quizzes you could play!

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. 10 of the 12 teams that participated in this T20 World Cup had a direct entry. Which were the two teams that made it through the qualifiers to enter the main draw here?
   1. Afghanistan & Netherlands
   2. Netherlands & Ireland
   3. Ireland & Scotland
   4. Afghanistan & Ireland
2. The R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo was one of the three venues used for the main draw matches of the 2012 T20 World Cup. Which were the other two?
   1. SSC in Colombo & Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Pallekele
   2. Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota & Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Pallekele
   3. SSC in Colombo & P Sara Oval in Colombo
   4. P Sara Oval in Colombo & Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Pallekele
3. Brendon McCullum slammed the only century of the tournament. One other batter finished unbeaten 99 in this tournament in their match against Afghanistan. Who was he?
   1. Luke Wright
   2. Jos Buttler
   3. Alex Hales
   4. Eoin Morgan
4. Which player won four successive man-of-the-match awards in the tournament with his team losing the only two matches in which he did not perform as well?
   1. George Bailey
   2. Mitchell Starc
   3. David Warner
   4. Shane Watson
5. Among batters who scored over 70 runs in the entire tournament, only one ended with an average of over 50 in the 2012 T20 World Cup. Who was he?
   1. Mahela Jayawardene
   2. Marlon Samuels
   3. Michael Hussey
   4. Brendon McCullum
6. Only one Indian batter made it to the list of the top 20 run-getters in the tournament. Who was he?
   1. Virat Kohli
   2. MS Dhoni
   3. Yuvraj Singh
   4. Rohit Sharma
7. For the second T20 World Cup tournament in a row, which of these events occurred?
   1. The Player of the Tournament award went to someone who did not even make the final
   2. A team winning no matches in the first round went on to win the tournament
   3. There were no tied matches but multiple final finishes in the tournament
   4. All of the above happened again
8. What was so fascinating about Australia’s bowling attack for the 2012 T20 World Cup?
   1. None of their four best bowlers from the 2010 edition were selected for this one
   2. They occupied four of the top five spots in the top wicket-takers list this tournament
   3. No Aussie bowler took more than two wickets in any of the matches
   4. None of them had an economy-rate of over seven an over for the tournament
9. What was West Indies’ score at the end of the 10th over in the final of the 2012 T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka?
   1. 90/0
   2. 75/6
   3. 50/7
   4. 32/2
10. India won four of their five matches in the tournament including two in the Super Eight stage and yet, failed to make the semifinal. What was the chief reason behind this?
    1. A heavy defeat to Australia meant they bowed out of the tournament because of a poor net run-rate
    2. All the four teams who qualified for the semifinals won all their matches in the Super Eight stage
    3. They went out in a Bowl-Out used to decide the semifinalists
    4. They were disqualified after fielding an ineligible player
11. Which team were knocked out from the Super Eight stage after two of their matches ended in a tie but were followed by a Super Over which they lost?
    1. England
    2. South Africa
    3. New Zealand
    4. Bangladesh
12. Which team became the first in this tournament to make it to four semifinals in a row in T20 World Cups?
    1. Pakistan
    2. Sri Lanka
    3. South Africa
    4. West Indies
13. William Porterfield, Stuart Broad, Mohammad Hafeez and Nowroz Mangal – what was common between these 2012 T20 World Cup players?
    1. All of them recorded their best career bowling figures in T20Is in this tournament
    2. All of them captained their respective sides in this competition
    3. They all hit five sixes apiece in the tournament
    4. All finished with batting averages over 30 & batting strike-rates over 150
14. Which bowler, among those who picked up at least five wickets, finished the tournament with the best bowling average of 9.77?
    1. Shane Watson
    2. L Balaji
    3. Sunil Narine
    4. Lasith Malinga
15. We all know that Darren Sammy captained West Indies to the title here. Who was West Indies’ coach and manager for this tournament?
    1. Phil Simmons & Viv Richards
    2. Sammy himself & Viv Richards
    3. Ottis Gibson & Richie Richardson
    4. Graham Ford & Richie Richardson

Get the answers to this T20 World Cup 2012 Quiz here.