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Cricket Decoder

Answer these questions about cricket, then use the answers' initial letters to complete this phrase about the game:
"Cricket Isn't Life Or Death. _________________"
Except for the quote, all answers are a single word
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Jerry928
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Last updated: August 26, 2020
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First submittedJune 12, 2015
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I
All-rounder Khan
Imran
T
International 5-day match
Test
S
Slow bowling style
Spin
M
NZ triple-centurion
McCullum
U
Referee
Umpire
C
Most common dismissal method
Caught
H
Attacking shot
Hook
M
Most international wickets (1347)
Muralitharan
O
Set of six pitches by one bowler
Over
R
India's domestic trophy
Ranji Trophy
E
Birmingham's ground
Edgbaston
 
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I
Matches have 1 or 2 per side
Innings
M
Home of MCG
Melbourne
P
Father & son Peter & Shaun
Pollock
O
The "O" in ODI
One
R
Captain then commentator
Richie Benaud
T
Nickname for century
Ton
A
Australia vs England trophy
Ashes
N
Home of Trent Bridge
Nottingham
T
Most international runs (34,357)
Tendulkar
 
 
 
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8 Comments
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Level 80
Aug 25, 2015
Love cricket, love this quiz.. #welcome home Ashes
+1
Level 60
Aug 9, 2017
This should be featured! I got all except Mccollum, which I had forgotten!
+3
Level 58
Nov 2, 2017
I thought that quote was from Bill Shankley about football, have never heard it in reference to cricket. Who said/wrote it?
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Level 53
Aug 26, 2020
Jerry928
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Level 74
Dec 19, 2017
The only question I have a problem with is the one about "pitches". In cricket parlance they are deliveries or balls
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Level 61
Mar 31, 2021
Yes, I had to read it three times before I understood it, especially as the ground is the place you play cricket on
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Level 56
Aug 26, 2020
Make this featured!
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Level 65
Jul 14, 2024
yipi, quiz got spotlighted