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Cricketing Terms Trivia Quiz

Confused? You still will be, after this quiz. I give you a definition and you give me the term or phrase. Go on, try it. It's not as hard as it seems. Good Luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by wez. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
wez

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,270

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3502

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Question 1 of 10

1. An attempt at a cut shot, which hits the bottom edge of the bat and travels into the area behind square leg. Hint

Spanish Cut

French Cut

Italian Cut

Portuguese Cut

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Question 2 of 10

2. A batsman of sound defensive technique, and, usually, little else. Hint

Sheet slipper

Slip anchor

Sheet anchor

Slip knot

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Question 3 of 10

3. An Australian superstition concerning the number 87 and, by association, 187, 287 etc. Hint

Napoleon

The English number

The Devil's number

Nelson

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Question 4 of 10

4. Any batting shot, played with very little skill. So beloved of 'tail-enders'. Hint

Cultural shot

Angling shot

Agricultural shot

Milkman's shot

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Question 5 of 10

5. A wet pitch, drying in the sun, on which batting is extremely difficult. Hint

Sticky cat

Sticky dog

Sticky hamster

Sticky tape

6. A ball, bowled by an unorthodox slow left-arm bowler. The ball being spun by the wrist as well as the fingers, so that, when it pitches, it breaks in from the off to the leg, to a right-handed batsman. Hint

Chinaman

Nip On

Korean

Phillipino

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Question 7 of 10

7. A ball which, after pitching, travels almost along the ground. Hint

Groober

Grubber

Grabber

Greeby

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Question 8 of 10

8. Derogatory term, applied to slow medium pace bowling. Hint

Winky - wonky

Wibbly - wobbly

Dibbly - dobbly

Hanky - panky

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Question 9 of 10

9. A terrible, talentless, scared, batsman. Hint

Guinea Pig

Rabbit

Gerbil

Hampster

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Question 10 of 10

10. Even worse than a terrible, talentless, scared, batsman. Hint

Ferret

Stoat

Weasel

Shrew

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An attempt at a cut shot, which hits the bottom edge of the bat and travels into the area behind square leg.

Answer: French Cut

Also known as a 'Chinese Cut' or a 'Harrow Drive'. Usually an attempted attacking shot, which will leave the fielding side looking at you with 'admiring' glances.

2. A batsman of sound defensive technique, and, usually, little else.

Answer: Sheet anchor

The more common term, for this type of batsman, is 'blocker'. Geoffrey Boycott was England's most prolific 'sheet anchor', playing this role in 108 Test Matches between 1964 and 1982. Yawn!

3. An Australian superstition concerning the number 87 and, by association, 187, 287 etc.

Answer: The Devil's number

The theory being, that when an Australian batsman is on 87, 187, 287 etc, he is on the mystical number. '13' away from scoring his century. The English equivalent being, 111, or 'Nelson'.

4. Any batting shot, played with very little skill. So beloved of 'tail-enders'.

Answer: Agricultural shot

Also known as a 'Hoick'. England's Phil Tufnell is a particularly fine exponent of this shot.

5. A wet pitch, drying in the sun, on which batting is extremely difficult.

Answer: Sticky dog

Also know as a 'Sticky wicket'. Very rare in First Class cricket nowadays, as most pitches are covered.

Answer: Chinaman

A left-handed bowler's 'googly'. So called because the first person to have bowled such a delivery, was of Chinese extraction, in the West Indies.

7. A ball which, after pitching, travels almost along the ground.

Answer: Grubber

Impossible for the bowler to bowl intentionally, but when straight and fast, almost always terminal for the batsman.

8. Derogatory term, applied to slow medium pace bowling.

Answer: Dibbly - dobbly

Usually bowled by a 'trundler', a former fast-bowler who, owing to the ravages of time, has lost all of his pace. Still surprisingly difficult to score runs from though.

9. A terrible, talentless, scared, batsman.

Answer: Rabbit

This type of batsman, will appear at the crease, with all the aplomb of a 'rabbit' caught in the glare of a car's headlights. Literally 'startled' into submission.

10. Even worse than a terrible, talentless, scared, batsman.

Answer: Ferret

So called because the 'ferrets' go in after the 'rabbits'. Hey, I'm English, we know all about 'ferrets'.

Source: Author wez

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