MUMBAI: BBC's Tamil Service, Tamilosai, will distribute prizes to the winners of a cricket quiz held during the March cricket world cup in South Africa earlier this year.

In a ceremony in Chennai on 10 August 2003 prizes will be given to listeners from India. The quiz - in which Tamilosai asked the listeners four questions on the probable outcome of the World Cricket Cup - generated nearly 1,500 letters and emails from India, Sri Lanka and cricket buffs from across the world.

Nine listeners emerged as winners, giving the correct answers to all the four questions. Five of them are from Tamil Nadu (India), three from Sri Lanka and one from Canada.The prizes will be presented in two events, on 10 and 11 August, in Chennai and Colombo.

At the Chennai function, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, Krish Srikkanth, will distribute prizes to Indian listeners.