Q.191

Cricket World Cup special: 5/5

Mahela Jayawardena's unbeaten century in the final of the recently concluded World Cup was the first time a centurion ended up on the losing side. Since a five-wicket haul by a bowler is often considered the equivalent of a batting century, who is the only person to have taken a five wickets in a World Cup final and still couldn't manage to be on the winning side?

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Gary Gilmour of Australia, in the 1st World Cup in 1975.

Q.190

Cricket World Cup special: 4/5

With respect to ICC World Cup finals, what do these statistics represent:

England: 9 appearances
West Indies: 5 appearances
Pakistan: 3
India, New Zealand, Australia: 1 each

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No. of times an umpire (on-field) from these countries has officiated in the final.

Q.189

Cricket World Cup special: 3/5

Of the 14 squads in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, two had players from more than one sovereign nation state. One squad is obviously the West Indies, with players from many countries in the Caribbean. Which is the other?

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Ireland, who had representation from both the Republic of Ireland as well as Northern Ireland of the UK. England's squad nominally also represents Wales, but Wales is not a separate nation state.

Q.188

Cricket World Cup special: 2/5

As is well-known, the Indian under-19 side captained by Reetinder Singh Sodhi Mohammad Kaif won the U-19 World Cup for cricket in 2000 (a feat later matched by a side led by Virat Kohli, in 2008). The team defeated Sri Lanka in the final. Who was the man of the tournament in this event?

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Yuvraj Singh. The third coincidence between this event and the 2011 World Cup was that in both finals, the Indian captain was the Man of the Match The man of the match was Reetinder Singh Sodhi, but he wasn't captain; it was Mohammad Kaif. Sodhi had captained the side in the U-15 world cup win a few years earlier. The match report is here..

Thanks to Aviral Shrivastava for pointing out the error about the captaincy in this question.

Q.187

Beginning a special cricket World Cup series: 1/5

Mike Horn won a Laureus award for "World Alternative Sportsperson of the Year" in 2001 and was elected to the Laureus World Academy in 2007. He has quite a few 'extreme' records to his credit, such as being the first person to go around the Arctic Circle without motorized transport or dogs. Currently, his main project is termed the "Pangaea Expedition" aimed at promoting knowledge of the world through exploration and about environmental issues.

What has he got to do with the cricket World Cup?

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Mike Horn is also a well-known motivational speaker, and addressed the Indian cricket team before the Cup began and also before their semi-final. He also accompanied the team for the next couple of days, and was named by Sachin Tendulkar as being a significant motivational influence for the team.