Amazing Allans Trivia Quiz

Answer: Border

Allan Border played 156 tests for Australia. Alan Knott represented England at the highest level 95 times. Allan Donald played for South Africa on 72 occasions, and Allan Lamb played for England in 79 tests.

Answer: Knott

Alan Knott first played for England in 1967, against Pakistan. His last test match was in 1981, against Australia. In his test career he took 250 catches and made 19 stumpings. In One Day Internationals he took 15 catches and made one stumping, in 20 games.

Answer: They all did

Knott played for Kent, and Lamb played for Northamptonshire. Border represented Gloucestershire and Essex, while Donald played for Warwickshire.

Answer: Donald

Allan Donald took 330 wickets for South Africa between his debut for his country in 1992 and his retirement from test cricket in 2002. He was the first South African to take more than three hundred test wickets for his country. Alan Knott did not bowl at test level. Allan Lamb took only one wicket and Allan Border took 39 wickets.

Answer: Alan Knott

Kerry Packer signed up 35 of the world's best cricketers to play World Series Cricket in Australia. He had a team of Australians, a team of West Indians and a Rest of the World team. Knott represented the Rest of the World in 1977-78-79.

Answer: Allan Lamb, who was born in South Africa

Allan Lamb was born in Cape Province, South Africa, in June 1954. His parents, however, were English born, and it was this that allowed him to represent England.

Answer: False

Allan Border scored 27 centuries, with a highest score of 205. Allan Lamb scored 14 test centuries. His highest test score was 142. Alan Knott made 5 centuries and his highest score was 135. Allan Donald, however, has a highest test score of 37.

Answer: Yes, Border and Lamb did

Border captained Australia very successfully in 93 tests between 1984 and 1994. In this time Australia won 32 tests, and lost 21. Allan Lamb captained England three times during 1990, losing all three tests.

Answer: Yes, they all did

Knott played in the 1975 World Cup. Border played in 1979, 1983, 1987 and 1992. Lamb played in 1983, 1987 and 1992 and Donald played in 1992, 1996, 1999 and 2003. Allan Lamb scored a total of 656 runs in his World Cup appearances, while Allan Donald took 38 wickets in his World Cup matches. Allan Border has 452 runs to his credit, and 9 wickets. Knott only batted once, scoring 18.

Answer: Border

Knott only bowled 104 balls in first class cricket, taking two wickets with his off breaks. Donald was a right arm fast bowler and Lamb right arm medium pace. All three batted right handed. Border, however, batted left-handed and bowled slow left arm.
I hope you have enjoyed the quiz and don't mind that Alan Knott has been given an extra 'l' in his first name in the title of the quiz!