General Awareness April 2016 - Sports

Sports

CRICKET
Australia in New Zealand
Test Series result: Australia won the three-match series 2-0.
Most Wickets: Nathan Lyon (Aus.)
Most Runs: Adam Voges (Aus.)
ODI Series result: NZL defeated Australia 2-1 in the three-match series.
Most Wickets: Matt Henry (NZL)
Most Runs: Martin Guptill (NZL)


England in South Africa
Test Series result: England won the four-match series 2-1.
Player of the Series: Ben Stokes (Eng.)
ODI Series result: South Africa defeated England 3-2 in the five-match series.
Player of the Series: Alex Hales (Eng.)
T20 Series result: South Africa blank England 2-0 in the two-match series.
Player of the Series: Imran Tahir (South Africa)


Sri Lanka in India
T20 Series result: India won the three-match series 2-1.
Player of the Series: Ravichandran Ashwin (India)


TENNIS
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam
Winner: Martin Klizan (Slovakia)
Runner-up: Gael Monfils (France)


Dubai Tennis Championships,Dubai
Men’s
Winner: Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
Runner-up: Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)
Women’s
Winner: Sara Errani (Italy)
Runner-up: Barbora Strycova (Czech Republic)


Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro
Men’s
Winner: Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay)
Runner-up: Guido Pella (Argentina)
Women’s
Winner: Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
Runner-up: Shelby Rogers (U.S.)


St Petersburg Ladies Open, St Petersburg
Women’s Singles
Winner: Roberta Vinci (Italy)
Runner-up: Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
Women’s Doubles
Winners: Martina Hingis (Swtizerland)/Sania Mirza (India)
Runner-up: Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)/Vera Dushevina (Russia)