Australian Cricketers Trivia Quiz

Answer: David Boon

David Boon played for Australia from 1983-1996. In this 107 tests, he scored 7,422 runs at an average of 43.65 with 21 hundreds and 32 fifties. He has scored five 100s and twenty seven 50s in one day cricket. He was one of the key players in the Australian 1987 world cup win and was named the man of the match in the final.

He was known for his advertising campaign with VB beer. He also reportedly holds (an unofficial) record for drinking 52 beers in a flight from Sydney to London. He has worked on the selection committee for Cricket Australia.

Answer: Dennis Lillee

Dennis Lillee is known as one of the greatest fast bowlers in the world. He played for Australia from 1970-1984, playing 70 tests and taking 355 wickets. He had 23 five-wicket hauls and has 7 times taken ten wickets in a match. During his career he had a formidable partner in Jeff Thompson.

He reportedly bowled an apple in a first class match in England. Post-retirement, he has worked with the MRF pace foundation in India and has mentored a number of fast bowlers.

Answer: Richie Benaud

Richie Benaud is one of the all-time greats of Australian cricket. He played for Australia from 1952 to 1964. One of the great leg spinners of the game, he popularised the flipper. He was a successful captain of Australia, helping them to rise to the top in the 1950s and 60s.

He was also captain of Australia in the historic first tied test against West Indies. He took 248 wickets in his 63 tests for Australia. His best bowling figures was 7/72 against India. He scored a century in 78 minutes against the West Indies.

He was the first player to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets. Since his retirement, he became a commentator working for Channel Nine. He is regarded as one of the all-time greatest cricket commentators.

Answer: Rodney Marsh

Rodney Marsh played for Australia from 1970-1984. In his 95 test matches for Australia, he took 343 catches and 12 stumpings. Nicknamed 'Iron Gloves' for his sloppy keeping initially, he later became one of the all-time great wicket keepers. His combination with Dennis Lillee was famous and c Marsh b Lillee appeared 95 times on the score board.

He has worked as coach for the Australian Cricket academy and also for the Global cricket academy.

Answer: Bruce Reid

Bruce Reid was a left-arm fast bowler who played for Australia from 1985 to 1992. He was 6 feet 8 inches and one of the tallest bowlers of all times. He played only 27 tests for Australia and 113 wickets with 2 ten wicket hauls. Since his retirement, he worked as a bowling coach for various bodies including the Indian cricket team. An interesting fact is that his cousin John Reid played for New Zealand.

Answer: Mark Taylor

Mark Taylor was one of the most popular captains of Australia and under his leadership (1994-1999), Australia grew to become a top cricketing nation. He played for Australia from 1988-1999. He scored 7525 runs in 104 tests with 19 centuries and 40 half-tons.

He is one of the few triple centurions in test cricket scoring an unbeaten 334. Even though he had a chance to make a world record, he declared the innings closed. An interesting fact is that he was the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in a season in his debut year.

He captained Australia in 50 tests winning 26 and losing 13. Post-retirement, he has worked as a commentator with Channel Nine.

Answer: Michael Slater

Michael Slater played for Australia from 1993 to 2001. He played 74 tests for Australia and scored 5312 runs with 14 hundreds and 21 fifties. But he was not successful in one day cricket with an average of just under 25. He was involved in an infamous spat with Rahul Dravid in the Mumbai test in 2001.

He was later dropped reportedly because of his personal problems. Post-retirement, he has worked as commentator with Channel Nine and has also been a presenter and commentator for the first T-20 world cup for ESPN-Star.

Answer: Greg Matthews

Greg Mathews played test cricket for Australia from 1983 to 1993. In the famous 1986 test at Madras in India, Matthews played an important role in the second innings, helping his team in pulling off a tie. He bowled the last over of the match with India on 344/9 with four runs to win. Ravi Shastri took three runs and in the fifth ball, Maninder Singh was trapped leg before, resulting in a historic tie (the second in test history). Matthews ended up with 5/146 in the second innings and 10/249 in the match.

Answer: Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist is one of the greatest cricketers from Australia and a legendary wicket keeper. He made his one day debut in 1996, but had to wait till 1999 for his test debut. He has 416 dismissals as wicket keeper in test matches and 472 dismissals in one day cricket.

He has 17 tons in test cricket and 16 in one day. He was known for his phenomenal batting as an opener. He retired in January 2008 and post retirement played in the IPL competiton.

Answer: Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke or 'Pup' as he is affectionately called, plays for NSW in domestic cricket. Vice-captain of the Australian team in 2008, he has already captained Australia in a T-20 match. He made his debut in October 2004 in Bangalore against India and scored a century.

He also scored a century in his home debut against New Zealand in Brisbane. His sensational bowling performance in the Mumbai test against India in his debut series, saw his getting 6 wickets for just 9 runs. He also played an important role in the controversial Sydney test in 2008 against India, when he took three wickets to help Australia win the test.

He plays for New South Wales in domestic cricket.