Statistics for Cricket: Iconic Commentary Lines

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This quiz has been taken 13 times
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Year	Match	Line	Answer	% Correct
2016	England vs West Indies - World T20 Final	"Carlos Brathwaite - remember the name!"	Ian Bishop	75%
2011	India vs Sri Lanka - World Cup Final	"Dhoni! Finishes off in style. A magnificent strike into the crowd. India lift the World Cup after 28 years."	Ravi Shastri	67%
2019	England vs New Zealand - World Cup Final	"He's got it! England have won the World Cup by the barest of margins. The barest of all margins! Absolute ecstasy for England. Agony. Agony for New Zealand!"	Ian Smith	50%
2007	India vs England - World T20 Group Game	"And he's put that away! Or has he? Yes! Into the crowd! Six sixes in an over. Yuvraj Singh finishes things off in style!"	Ravi Shastri	50%
2015	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals - IPL Group Game	"Here we go. Sanju Samson, he's got the big gloves on. Misses. Right, where's the batsman? Halfway through. Faulkner. What does he do? Misses! Now what does he do? What's the batsman doing? And he's out! That is one video that he will never, ever, ever want to see again. He was strolling. He was like a lost kid in the park!"	Harsha Bhogle	42%
2005	England vs Australia - 3rd Test	"Out! Ohhh. No ball! Bad luck! Ohh, bad luck you Aussies! Couldn't happen to a nicer people, Michael."	Sir Geoffrey Boycott	33%
2019	England vs Australia - 3rd Test	"Lyon's dropped it, Lyon's dropped it! He was run out by yards and Lyon has dropped the ball! Leach survives!"	Jonathan Agnew	25%
2020	Australia vs India - 4th Test	"It's full. It's down the ground. It'll be at least one. Saini has got an injury with the groin. It goes, as far as the fence! India, incredible! Rishabh Pant is the star! India win the Test. They win the series. And they win the hearts and minds of cricket fans all around the world."	Mark Howard	25%
2005	England vs Australia - 2nd Test	"Jones... Bowden... Kasprowicz the man to go!"	Richie Benaud	25%
1998	Australia vs India - Coca-Cola Cup Final	"Oh he's hit the one miles! Great shot. Ohh! It's a biggie! Straight over the top. The little man has hit the big fella for six. He's half his size! And he's smashed him down the ground. What a player. What a wonderful player!"	Tony Greig	25%
1999	Australia vs South Africa - World Cup Semi Final	There it is, they’ll go…this’ll be out, surely! Ohh he's out, he's going to be run out! Oh that's it, South Africa are out. Donald didn't run. I cannot believe it! Australia go into the World Cup Final."	Bill Lawry	17%
2006	Australia vs England - 1st Test	"Gone! Gone! Gone! Has he? Ohh, he dropped it. What an effort! He had it. Ricky Ponting dives away and for just one brief moment, it looked out."	Bill Lawry	17%
2008	New Zealand vs England - 2nd Test	"Look at Monty's hotspots in his pocket. He's got hand warmers in there. Looks like the umpire's got a little hotspot as well!" cue combox laughter	David Lloyd	17%
2005	England vs Australia - 4th Test	"Flintoff, he's up to the wicket now. Great leap, he bowls and Gilchrist edges. He's caught! He's caught! It's an absolutely staggering catch by Strauss. He edged it, Strauss flung himself miles to his left and one-handed somehow managed to hold on! It was an extraordinary effort! My goodness me, what a catch!"	Henry Blofeld	17%
2011	England vs Australia - 1st Test	"Oh well bowled, that's close. He's given him! He's given him! Peter Siddle's got a hattrick on his birthday!"	Mark Taylor	17%
2017	India vs Pakistan - Champions Trophy Final	"In the air! Gone! Not that important, he's gone the next ball. Brilliant from Amir! Pakistan cricket at it's best. One minute down, next minute up."	Nasser Hussain	17%
2008	Australia vs India - 4th ODI	"Lee, going for the yorker. He didn't miss the yorker by much. Tendulkar didn't miss the middle of the bat either."	Ian Chappell	8%
2019	England vs Australia - 3rd Test	"That is the most extraordinary innings ever, ever been played by an Englishman."	Sir Alastair Cook	8%
2006	Australia vs South Africa - 5th ODI	"Straight down the ground. What a victory! That is a sensational game of cricket. And it is a superb victory. Well I've been around the world watching this game... Look at tears! They are crying out there."	Tony Greig	8%
2001	Australia vs India - 2nd Test	Oh he’s padded up, oh he's given him! He's given him! Umpire Bansal's given him! That's the end of the test match! India have won! India have won in dramatic style! The whole of Bengal are on their feet. The series has been levelled!"	Tony Greig	8%