Cricket Players Trivia

1. Which former Australian captain became the first cricketer to complete the test double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets?

From Quiz Bats, Balls and Bails

Answer: Richie Benaud

In 1963, Richard "Richie" Benaud became the first player to complete the test double of scoring 2000 runs and taking 200 wickets in test cricket. An accomplished lower order batsman and a fine close in fielder, Benaud was also a legspinner who was known for out-thinking and outfoxing his opponents. He finished his test career with 2201 test runs and 248 wickets. However it was as captain of Australia that Benaud had his greatest success. His appointment as Australian captain in 1958 was somewhat controversial as there were those who felt that the then vice captain, Neal Harvey, should have been given the job. However, that year Benaud led Australia to a 4-0 series win over England to win back the Ashes. He went on to twice retain the urn. From 1958 until his retirement in 1964, Australia never lost a series under Benaud's captaincy. He went on to forge a career in broadcasting and became known for his somewhat droll comments. He once opined that "the art of a great captain is the ability to win the toss at the right time".

From Quiz International Cricketers Middle Names [2]

Answer: Anirudhsinh

Born on 6th December 1988 in Navagam-Khed, Saurashtra, Ravindra Jadeja made his ODI debut for India on 8 February 2009 v Sri Lanka. Jadeja was part of the under-19 team that won the World Cup in Malaysia 2008.

From Quiz Identify the Players

Answer: Jim Laker & Laker

Laker was the first player to pick up all 10 wickets in an innings against Australia, which was known as 'Laker's Match' and was played in 1956. The total figures for him in that match was an astonishing 19-90! He played for the Surrey County Cricket Team.

From Quiz Great Bowlers of the Game

Answer: Jeff Thomson

Jeff Thomson played 51 Test Matches and had an average of exactly 28. He also had a classy strike of 52.6 but, not such a good record in ODI's averaging 35.3 and having taken 55 wickets.

From Quiz International Cricketers Middle Names [1]

Answer: Sharath

Rahul Dravid was assigned Indian Test and ODI captain. He did well for a couple of years, until he resigned in 2007 and the Test captaincy went to Anil Kumble while the ODI and T20 captaincy went to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

From Quiz A Quickie World Tour

Answer: Wasim Akram

Brian Lara, multiple world record holding batsman, has gone on the record numerous times saying that Wasim Akram was the most difficult bowler he ever faced. His bowling was noteworthy for the fact that he constantly attacked the stumps, therefore the batsman had very little room for error or respite. As well as being one of the world's greatest fast bowlers, Akram was no slouch with the bat either, as his Test top score proves.

From Quiz They Died Too Young!

Answer: As a result of a fracas outside a nightclub

David Hookes was an aggressive left handed batsman who won 23 Test caps for Australia between 1977 and 1985. At the time of his death, he was coach of the Victoria state team, and was at a nightclub celebrating a victory with the team when he was involved in a fracas, fell and hit his head, and died of his injuries the next day. Zdravko Micevic, former boxer and a security guard at the club where the incident took place, was acquitted of manslaughter at a subsequent trial, due to conflicting evidence.

From Quiz Cricket Nicknames

Answer: Joel Garner

Due to his height, no doubt. The fine leg boundary seemed that more difficult to clear for a batsman when big Joel was down on the fence.

From Quiz Alliterated Cricketers

Answer: Matthew Maynard

Maynard was born in Lancashire, but never played for an English county. He represented Glamorgan, played for Northern Districts and Otago in New Zealand, and played four Tests and 14 ODI's for England.

From Quiz Jolly Rogers

Answer: Roger Twose

Twose's top score in Tests was 94, but he averaged 49.3 with the bat in the 1995/96 and 1999 World Cups. Blunt was also born in England and played for New Zealand, but never in a World Cup. Tolchard (Twose's uncle) and Prideaux both played a few Tests for England.

From Quiz Alliterations in Cricketers' Names!

Answer: Andre Adams

Andre Adams was born on 17th July, 1975 in Auckland. His full name is Andre Ryan Adams. The tennis great he shares his first name with is Andre Agassi.

From Quiz Incredible Ians

Answer: Healy

This was Healy's highest test score. During his career he played 119 tests, scoring 4356 runs at an average of 27.39. He hit four centuries, two against England and one each against the West Indies and New Zealand.

From Quiz Cricket's All Time Greats

Answer: Kenneth Barrington

Kenneth's career lasted between 1955 and 1968. After retiring after a heart attack at the age of 39, he became manager and assistant coach for England tours. Another heart attack during the 2nd test against the West Indies in 1981 killed Kenneth.

From Quiz Cricketers and Nicknames

Answer: Clive Lloyd

He was the captain of the all conquering West Indies team. He sure was a Big Cat.

From Quiz Alas Smith and Jones Cricketers

Answer: Cammie & Cammie Smith

Cammie Smith played for the West Indies. In 1992, he became an ICC Match Referee, and officiated for nearly ten years in this role.

From Quiz Cricketers: Real Christian Names

Answer: Hendrik

Hendrik Human Dippenaar is his full name. I don't know where you get Boeta from Hendrik. The versatile Right-Handed batsman is from South Africa.

From Quiz So...You've Chosen Cricket

Answer: 3

At the international level the forms of cricket played are: Test Cricket, One Day International and Twenty Cricket. Twenty Cricket was introduced in 2004. Over a billion viewers worldwide watch these international cricket games.

From Quiz Bats, Balls and Bails

Answer: Mike Procter

Between 1967 and 1970 Michael John "Mike" Procter played just seven test matches for South Africa, all against Australia, when his international career was abruptly curtailed by South Africa's isolation over its apartheid policies. However, in this short time, he took 41 wickets at an average of 15 runs and scored 226 runs to help South Africa to two successive series wins. Procter played county cricket for Gloucetershire from 1965 to 1981 as their overseas professional. His career there was so successful that the team was lightheartedly referred to "Proctershire" by the fans. He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1970. He was a fearsome bowler with pace, a wicked bouncer and the ability to swing the ball both ways. His armoury also included the ability to bowl off-spin should the conditions require it. As a batsman he was both powerful and solid. In 1970 he joined Sir Donald Bradman and CB Fry in the record books by hitting six successive first class centuries for Rhodesia. He twice scored over 500 runs and took 50 wickets in a South African domestic season. Mike Procter was the South African coach when they returned to the international scene in 1990. One can but wonder what he would have achieved as an international player had he been given the chance.

From Quiz International Cricketers Middle Names [2]

Answer: Matthew

Simon Matthew Katich was born on 21st August 1975. He made his Test debut for Australia against England in 2001. He is a left-hand batsman and a left-arm Chinaman bowler.

From Quiz Howzat? The Top Cricketers

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973, in Mumbai, India. In 159 Test matches between November 1989 and April 2009, he scored 12,700 runs at an average of 54.58. In that total were 42 centuries and 53 half-centuries. He also took 44 wickets.

From Quiz Identify the Players

Answer: Sunil Gavaskar & Gavaskar

He made 34 Test Centuries and 10,122 runs in his career. His son, Rohan, was also a county cricketer who played for the Bengal Ranji Trophy team.

From Quiz Great Bowlers of the Game

Answer: Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1985 and has made a statement as one of the great bowlers of the game. He took 414 Test Wickets at an average of 23.62 and in ODI's he had an amazing average of 23.52 and an economy rate of 3.89.

From Quiz International Cricketers Middle Names [1]

Answer: Joseph

Chaminda Vaas' full name is Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas. He is one of the best Sri Lankan bowlers ever. He bowls left handed and bats left handed as well.

From Quiz They Died Too Young!

Answer: Shot in Normandy 2 months after D Day

Maurice Joseph Lawson Turnbull was born on 16th March 1906, in Cardiff, Wales, and died on 5th August 1944, in the village of Montchamp, in Normandy, France. He was a Major in the Welsh Guards, and had been in Normandy since June 12th (D Day +6). On 5th August, his company had been pinned down during an attack, and whilst undertaking a reconnaissance mission, Maurice Turnbull was killed by a single sniper shot to the head. As well as being a popular leader amongst his men in the army, Turnbull had been a tremendous success on and off the cricket pitch, both for England and for his beloved Glamorgan. After retiring from playing, Turnbull almost singlehandedly turned round Glamorgan's fortunes and finances off the field in his capacity as club secretary. He was also a Welsh rugby and hockey international, and played squash to county level. An all-rounder in the truest sense of the expression.

From Quiz A Cricketing Long Hop

Answer: Don Bradman

How do begin to quantify Sir Donald Bradman's contribution not only to cricket, but to sport in general? His statistics speak for themselves, leaving him a country mile ahead of any other cricketer who has played Test cricket over the past century and a half. In terms of his contribution to world sport, some of the following awards, nominated by various bodies, won by "The Don" give you just a feel of his place in the history books; Australian Sportsman of the Century; Captain of the Greatest Team of the Century (1948 Australian cricket team); Wisden Cricketer of the Century; Captain of the Australian Cricket Team of the Century; Nominated in the top ten world sports figures of the century by the World Confederation of Sport; Elected in the top 100 world figures of the twentieth century.

From Quiz Cricket Nicknames

Answer: Michael Holding

He got this name due to his graceful and calm approach to the wicket, which would be the calm before the storm as he sent down a delivery with searing pace. Some would also describe his commentary style in a similar way in his post playing days.

From Quiz Alliterated Cricketers

Answer: Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey, whose full name was Michael Colin Cowdrey, therefore bore the initials "M.C.C.", the same as "Marylebone Cricket Club" which was the epitomy of English cricket and repository of the official rules. His son, Chris, also captained England in one Test.

From Quiz Jolly Rogers

Answer: Roger Harper

Harper was an off-break bowler who could bat a bit, but never commanded a regular place in the West Indies Test XI. His top Test score was 74, and best bowling figures were 6/57, his only five wicket haul.

From Quiz Alliterations in Cricketers' Names!

Answer: Chris Cairns

Chris Cairns was born on 13th July, 1970 in Picton, Marlborough. His full name is Christopher Lance Cairns. His father Lance Cairns is also a famous cricketer. The place in Queensland he shares his last name with is Cairns.

From Quiz Incredible Ians

Answer: Smith

Smith won the man of the match award for this innings, as he scored his century batting at number 9 and rescuing New Zealand from 131-7. In partnership with Hadlee, who made 87, they put on 103 for the eighth wicket. Ian Smith played for New Zealand between 1980 and 1992. He scored 1815 runs, at an average of 25.56.

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