{"id":518854,"date":"2026-03-04T20:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/518854\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T20:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:58:11","slug":"quiz-name-the-highest-ranked-mens-odi-bowlers-on-the-eve-of-the-2015-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/518854\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz! Name The Highest-Ranked Men\u2019s ODI Bowlers On The Eve Of The 2015 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200px\" height=\"675px\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/CsPZLxXKvg.jpg\"  alt=\"\" importance=\"low\" class=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"drop-cap-intro\">Can you name the bowlers in the top 30 of the ICC\u2019s ODI bowling rankings on February 13, 2015 and ace this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">quiz<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The 2015 World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, began on February 14. It replicated the structure of the 2011 version: the 14 teams were split into two groups, from which eight teams proceeded to the semi-final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/quiz-name-top-ranked-odi-bowlers-world-day-before-1992-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Quiz! Name the top-ranked men\u2019s ODI bowlers on the eve of the 1992 World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>India were unbeaten until the semi-final, where a defeat was enough to eliminate them. New Zealand\u2019s unbeaten run extended to the final, but they could not pull it off. Australia won both matches to extend their record of World Cup titles to five (they would win again in 2023).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/quiz-top-25-bowlers-in-icc-mens-odi-rankings-the-day-before-2003-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Quiz! Name the top-ranked men\u2019s ODI bowlers on the eve of the 2003 World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2015 World Cup was dominated by fast bowlers. Two left-armers, from Australia and New Zealand, topped the wickets chart. The next five places were also occupied by fast bowlers \u2013 two from India, and one from each of South Africa, the West Indies, and Pakistan. A New Zealand spinner followed them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/quiz-name-the-top-ranked-odi-bowlers-in-the-world-the-day-before-the-1996-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Quiz! Name the top-ranked men\u2019s ODI bowlers on the eve of the 1996 World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several of these bowlers dominated the ICC men\u2019s ODI bowling rankings going into the tournament. In this quiz, you have to name the top 25 on that list on February 13, the day before the World Cup. We have revealed their teams and ranks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/quiz-top-25-bowlers-in-icc-mens-odi-rankings-the-day-before-2007-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Quiz! Name highest-ranked men\u2019s ODI bowlers on the eve of the 2007 World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got five minutes \u2013 let\u2019s see what you can do.<\/p>\n<p> Can you name the top-ranked men&#8217;s ODI bowlers in the world ahead of the 2015 World Cup <\/p>\n<p>Please refresh the page if the quiz does not load properly.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Can you name the bowlers in the top 30 of the ICC\u2019s ODI bowling rankings on February 13,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-518854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}