Cricket Junkies!!!!

 Round Of Questions Delivered  for Crazy Cricket Maniacs, Its Time to Rain
                                    " SIXES OR FOURS " OR " GET BOWLED"


1)   Connect all the pictures below for a Single answer. The 
       Pictures might be tricky , but it is a complete cricket 
       question !!!     ( I need  a  clear  explanation )
       

                                                                  
           

2)   Connect The Persons in the Picture for a Common 
       answer

             

3)  What Unique Connection do  Javagal Srinath, Anil 
      Kumble, Zaheer Khan & Mahendra Singh Dhoni share
      apart from being cricketers ( Clue : Think Out of the box)

 4)  Identify The Celebrity Couple. The Man in the pic was 
      a  great cricketer of his times . I Want you to identify and
      name the lady who is also a stardom??

                                               
5)  Connect The Two Pictures for a Cricketing Term( An Easy one)

     
6)  The Following  Lines are a cricket calypso providing 
      tribute to a  well renowned cricketer and the same being
      composed by a  renowned west Indian poet on being
      attracted by the cricketer's stylish game. I Just want you to
      name the cricketer in missing lines below and also the
      poet. So Complete the lines to find out as  to who gave the
      West  Indies a real torrid time

It was ______
De real master
Just like a wall
We couldn't out _______ at all, not at all
You know the West Indies couldn't out ________ at all 

 7)   Identify the Cricket Duo who are inseparable and who
        have made a mark for themselves in the cricketing era

 7)  Rahul Dravid " 399 ", Shivanarine Chanderpaul "393",
      Allan Border "364" & Steve Waugh "348". Interesting 
      much isnt it, these numbers  convey a record held by 
      the respective cricketers in ascending order, these
      record really lends justice to the their cricketing ability. 
      What is the record which is discussed here ???

8)    Below Are Scorecards of Two Different Matches , have 

        a glimpse and explain  the common attribute in both the

        matches, which is the answer am expecting???

        ( Hint: A peculiar but a rather significant indeed)

HAVE A RUN FOR YOUR SHOTS BUDDIES!!!