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Cricket Statistics Trivia Quiz

One of the many facets of cricket is the statistics, and this quiz is a tribute to the statistic nerds like me. Enjoy :)

A multiple-choice quiz by AllanAllan. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
AllanAllan

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
327,817

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
240

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Question 1 of 10

1. In a 1999 Test match against South Africa, New Zealand tail-ender Geoff Allott batted a memorable innings which lasted 101 minutes. How many runs did he score? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. In a 1996 ODI against Sri Lanka, Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi scored his debut ODI century. How many balls did he face to reach his century? Hint

3. In a 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Super 8 match against India, English bowler Stuart Broad's last over was remarkably hit for 6 sixes by Indian batsmen Yuvraj Singh. Broad recorded figures of 0/60 from his 4 overs. How many runs did Broad concede in his first over? Hint

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Question 4 of 10

4. In a 1995 county first class match against Glamorgan, Australian batsmen Andrew Symonds scored 254 not out for Gloucestershire in the first innings. How many sixes did Symonds hit in that innings? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. In a 2002 county one day match between Surrey and Glamorgan, a combined total of 867 runs were scored by both sides. Ali Brown scored 268 not out for Surrey. Robert Croft and David Hemp scored 119 and 102 respectively for Glamorgan. Of these three centurions, who scored the quickest century? Hint

David Hemp

All three scored their century of 45 balls

Ali Brown

Robert Croft

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Question 6 of 10

6. In a 2008 county T20 match against Sussex, Graham Napier scored 152 not out from 58 deliveries for Essex. How many fours did Napier hit? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the 1999-00 season, how many consecutive Test ducks did Indian bowler Ajit Agarkar accumulate against Australia? Hint

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Question 8 of 10

8. Mohammad Azharuddin played Test match cricket for India between 1984-2000. How many Test appearances did he make? Hint

105

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Question 9 of 10

9. English batsmen Graham Gooch scored 333 at Lords in 1990. What score was Gooch on when Indian wicket keeper Kiran More dropped him? Hint

173

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Question 10 of 10

10. In a 1956 Test match against Australia, of the 20 wickets available, English bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets. How many runs did he concede? Hint

114

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In a 1999 Test match against South Africa, New Zealand tail-ender Geoff Allott batted a memorable innings which lasted 101 minutes. How many runs did he score?

Answer: 0

In a 32-run last wicket stand with Chris Harris, Allott faced 77 balls which lasted 101 minutes for his score of zero. Allott's ridiculously slow innings was utilised for time wasting purposes in order to minimise South Africa's chances of winning the match (reduce the time available for South Africa to bat).

2. In a 1996 ODI against Sri Lanka, Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi scored his debut ODI century. How many balls did he face to reach his century?

Answer: 37

Aside from coming into bat at number 3 as a 16-year old, what made Afridi's achievement more astounding was that 65% of his innings was accumulated through sixes (11).

Answer: 4

In Broad's first over, he bowled 3 dot balls, a wide and conceded 3 singles which contributed to his 4 runs (0,0,1,0,1,wd,1). The Indian batsmen on strike were Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.

Answer: 16

Symonds later scored 76 runs in his second innings where he hit an additional 4 sixes. For the match, Symonds scored 330 runs of which 36% was accumulated through sixes (20).

Answer: Robert Croft

Croft scored his 100 off 56 balls. Brown scored his 100 off 80 balls whilst his 200 came off 134 balls. Hemp scored his 100 off 85 balls. Surrey won the match by 9 runs.

6. In a 2008 county T20 match against Sussex, Graham Napier scored 152 not out from 58 deliveries for Essex. How many fours did Napier hit?

Answer: 10

Of Napier's 58 deliveries, 10 were hit for fours and an astonishing 16 were hit for sixes. Napier's 152 off 58 rendered a mind boggling strike rate of 262.06.

7. In the 1999-00 season, how many consecutive Test ducks did Indian bowler Ajit Agarkar accumulate against Australia?

Answer: 5

Of Agarkar's 5 consecutive Test ducks which expended 7 minutes at the crease, 4 were golden ducks and the other was a 2 ball duck. Oddly enough, Agarkar once scored a Test century (109 not out) against England at Lords.

8. Mohammad Azharuddin played Test match cricket for India between 1984-2000. How many Test appearances did he make?

Answer: 99

Match fixing allegations not only tainted Azharuddin's reputation, but left him stranded on 99 Test caps.

9. English batsmen Graham Gooch scored 333 at Lords in 1990. What score was Gooch on when Indian wicket keeper Kiran More dropped him?

Answer: 36

Gooch was on 36 runs when More dropped him, which consequently cost India 297 runs as Gooch scored 333 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, Gooch scored 123 runs as England won the Test match by 247 runs.

10. In a 1956 Test match against Australia, of the 20 wickets available, English bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets. How many runs did he concede?

Answer: 90

Laker took 9/37 in the first innings, 10/53 in the second innings, and 19/90 for the match. Laker's spin partner, Tony Lock, was the bowler who took the "other" wicket.

Source: Author AllanAllan

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