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1. If the batsman hits the ball over the boundary, without bouncing, he scores "a maximum". What is the "maximum" runs that is scored when this happens?
2. In June 2008, in a Twenty20 match in England against Worcestershire, Gloucestershire's Carl Greenidge conceded a ridiculous amount of runs off what amounted to one legal ball. How many runs did the second ball of Greenidge's second over cost his side?
3. As well as setting the world record for the highest score in test matches twice, Brian Lara also set the record for the highest score in first class cricket - how many did he score?
4. Who was the first bowler to take all 10 wickets in a Test Match innings? He took 19 wickets in total in the match.
5. If a batsman is dismissed for a "Golden Duck", how many balls will he have faced in his innings?
6. How many legal balls would be bowled in a full innings of Twenty20 cricket?
7. How many runs did Sir Gary Sobers of Nottingham hit off Glamorgan's Malcolm Nash's final over of the first innings at Swansea in August 1968?
8. In England, the cricketers' "unlucky" number is "The Nelson" - what is this unlucky cricketing number?
9. In one of cricket's most infamous incidents, how many runs did New Zealand need to tie the game off the last ball of the match in a One Day International at Melbourne in 1981 when the bowler, Trevor Chappell, was instructed to bowl the last ball underarm at the New Zealand batsman, Brian McKechnie?
10. Don Bradman finished with the highest ever Test batting average of 99.94 - but how many runs did "The Don" need in his final innings to have pushed his average to 100.00?
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