International Career of Tom Moody Quiz

Answer: New Zealand

Tom made a very encouraging debut with the baggy green. Australia batted first and Tom came in with the score at 1-28. He and David Boon combined for a partnership of 149. Moody himself contributed 61 runs to the Australian total of 9-521 (declared).

Moody also dismissed Martin Crowe in New Zealand's second innings to take his first test wicket, caught by Mark Taylor. This wicket was in vain though as New Zealand, largely through a good innings my Mark Greatbatch, managed to draw the test.

Answer: Chandika Hathurusingha

Moody's total test bowling figures were 72 overs for 147 runs with 2 wickets, for the bowling average of 73.50 and an economy rate of 2.04 runs per over. His best figures were 1/17 against Sri Lanka in the Second Test at Colombo in 1992.

Answer: Champaka Ramanayake

Ramanayake dismissed Moody a total of 4 times in tests, with each dismissal occurring in the 1992 four-test series between Sri Lanka and Australia. Ramanayake dismissed Moody in each innings of the Columbo and the Moratuwa tests.

Ratnayake was the only other bowler to dismiss Moody multiple times in test cricket, taking Big Tom's wicket twice. The other bowlers who dismissed Moody once in test cricket were Asoka Da Silva, Graeme Labrooy, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabahakar, Martin Snedden, Dulip Liyange and Tauseef Ahmed.

Answer: Dean Jones

Tom Moody shared in century stands with all of these great batsmen except for Mark Taylor.

Moody's partnership of 173 with Jones occurred during the 5th test of the Australia v India test series at the WACA Ground in 1991-92. Tom scored 101 runs out of this partnership before being dismissed and played a large role in Australia's eventual 300 run victory over India.

Answer: Pakistan

Tom's top score of 89 came against Pakistan in a One-Day International at the Gabba on 11th February 1990. Tom opened the batting with Mark Taylor and together they put on an excellent opening stand of 154 which led Australia to it's total of 5/300 of 50 overs.

This total proved too much for Pakistan who were dismissed for 233. Moody was awarded the Man of the Match for his innings. His 89 runs came off 82 balls with four 4's and four 6's.

Answer: India

Tom Moody played a total of 18 One-Day International matches against India. He played 15 against the West Indies, 9 against both New Zealand and Pakistan, 7 against both Sri Lanka and South Africa, 6 against Zimbabwe, 4 against England and 1 against Bangladesh.

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar was dismissed a total of 4 times by Moody in One-Day Internationals. Adams, Azharuddin and Klusener were each dismissed on 3 separate occasions. Moody's total figures with the ball in ODI matches was 466.1 overs for 31 maidens. He conceded 2014 runs and took 52 wickets at an average of 38.73.

His best figures were 3/25 taken against Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street in the 1999 World Cup.

Answer: 18

The most 6's Moody ever hit in an innings was four in his highest One-Day International score of 89 against Pakistan in 1990. Moody also hit seventy-four 4's in his ODI career and made 404 runs in boundaries. This comprised roughly 1/3 of Moody's runs in ODI cricket.

Answer: 28

Moody eventually scored 56 not out of 29 balls, hitting six 4's and two 6's.

Earlier in the day Tom had returned bowling figures of 3/25, his best bowling figures in ODI cricket, to help restrict Bangladesh to 7/178 of their 50 overs. Australia then overhauled this total after only 19.5 overs. Moody was given the Man of the Match award in recognition of his excellent batting and bowling performances in this match.

Answer: Abdul Razzaq & Azhar Mahmood

Moody dismissed Abdul Razzaq for 17, caught by Steve Waugh in the covers, while Azhar Mahmood was for 8 after a good caught and bowled by Moody. Tom's figures in the Final were 2/17 off 5 overs. Due to good performances by all of the Australia bowlers, especially Shane Warne, Pakistan were bowled out for 132 off 39 overs. This was a total Australia overhauled with 8 wickets and 30 overs to spare.

After this victory at the 1999 World Cup, Tom became the only other player, with Steve Waugh, to be involved in both of Australia's triumphs at the 1987 and the 1999 Cricket World Cups.