Sunday 12 April 2015

2015 Cricket World Cup

 1) The 2015 Cricket World Cup was jointly hosted by? - Australia and New Zealand

2) How many teams participated in the tournament? - Fourteen teams

3) Total how many venues were there for the 2015 Cricket World Cup? - 14

4) When was the first and last time Australia and New Zealand jointly hosted the Cricket World Cup? - 1992

5) Who was the Ambassador of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup? - Sachin Tendulkar

6) Which ground hosted the final match of the tournament? - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia

7) Which team lifted the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup? - Australia

8) The final match was played between Australia and? - New Zealand

9) Who was the leading run scorer (547 runs) of the Cricket world cup 2015? - Martin Guptill

10) Who scored the highest individual score of Cricket world cup 2015? - Martin Guptill (237 Runs)

11) Which player had the highest average of Cricket world cup 2015? - Kumar Sangakkara (108.2)

12) Which player scored the most number of 100s in Cricket world cup 2015? - Kumar Sangakkara (Four)

13) Which players took the most number of wickets in Cricket world cup 2015? - Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult (22 wickets each)

14) Who took the most number of wickets in a single innings of Cricket world cup 2015? - Timothy Southee (7/33 against England)

15) Name the two players who scored double century in Cricket world cup 2015? - Martin Guptill and Chris Gayle

16) Which is the only test playing nation that did not qualified for quarter finals? - England

17) Who was named the player of the Tournament? - Mitchell Starc

18) Name the two players who took a hat-trick in the World Cup 2015? - Steve Finn and JP Duminy

19) Who scored the fastest World Cup fifty in 18 balls during this edition? - McCullum

20) Who hit the fastest 150 in ODIs (in 64 balls) during this edition of World Cup? - AB de Villiers

21) Which team defeated India in the Semi Finals of Cricket world cup 2015? - Australia

22) Who became the first Indian to score a World Cup century against Pakistan during this edition? - Virat Kohli

24) Who was named the Man of the Match in the final of Cricket world cup 2015? - James Faulkner


25) Who captained Australia in the Cricket world cup 2015? - Michael Clarke