English Cricketers Trivia Quiz

Answer: David Lloyd

David Lloyd played just 9 test matches for England and scored 552 runs with a double century (214 not out) as his highest score. But 'Bumble' was known as a good coach, having coached his county Lancashire successfully. He was coach for the English cricket team from 1996 to 1999.

He is very popular worldwide as a jolly commentator and is a regular with Sky Sports. He also worked with ESPN-Star was commentated in the first T-20 world cup in South Africa.

Answer: Fred Trueman

Fred Trueman or 'Fiery Fred' was one of the greatest fast bowlers to have played for England. In his test career spanning from 1952 to 1965, Trueman will always be in the record books for being the first bowler to take 300 wickets. In his 67 tests, he took 307 wickets at an average of 21.57 and had taken 17 five-wicket hauls.

He had an astounding bag of 2304 wickets in his first class career. He was one of the first great fast bowlers to intimidate the batsmen with his looks and personality. He worked as a commentator post-retirement and died in 2006, succumbing to cancer.

Answer: Jim Laker

Jim Laker played for England from 1948 to 1959 and in 46 tests took 193 wickets at an excellent average of 21.24. He took 5 wickets in an innings 9 times and 10 wickets in a match 3 times. He is known for his amazing bowling performance in the 1956 Old Trafford test against Australia, when he took all the ten wickets in the innings.

In the first innings, he took 9/37 and in the second innings his tally read 10/53. With a match aggregate of 19 wickets, his bowling performance will be remembered forever. Post-retirement, Laker worked as a commentator for BBC.

He died in 1986.

Answer: Allan Lamb

Allan Lamb was born in South Africa, but played 79 test matches for England scoring 4656 runs with an average of 36.09 and 122 one dayers, with an average of 39.31. He is known for his one-day exploits, having hit 18 runs in the last over a match against Australia and also for his exploits in the 1987 world cup.

He is known for his off the field partnership with Ian Botham. Known as 'Beef and Lamb', they are popular world-wide for their stage tours.

Answer: Ian Botham

Ian Botham, known as 'Guy the Gorilla', is one of the greatest all-rounders in the game of cricket. In his career spanning from July 1977 to June 1992, he played 102 tests for England, scoring 5200 runs with a batting average of 33.54, with 14 centuries and 22 half-centuries.

He took a massive 383 wickets, at an average of 28.40, with 27 five wicket hauls and 4 ten-wicket hauls. And to add to this, he has taken 120 catches, making him without doubt one of the all-time great all rounders. Known for his on and off field exploits, this controversial cricketer is known for his charity walks and as a commentator on Sky Sports.

Answer: Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey played for England from 1954 to 1975 and in his 114 tests scored 7624 runs at an average of 44.06. He scored 22 centuries and 38 fifties, with a top score of 182. Cowdrey was captain of England from 159 to 1969. Post-retirement, he was known as a great cricket administrator and was President of the Marlyebone Cricket Club (MCC) and also the International Cricket Council (ICC).

He was a member of the House of Lords and died of a heart attack in 2000.

Answer: Paul Collingwood

Paul Collingwood made his test debut for England in 2003. He has a good average of more than 40 in test cricket. He played in the successful Ashes 2005 series against Australia, when he helped to draw the last test, thus ensuring his team won the series.

He was awarded the MBE. He received accolades for his performance in the CB series in Australia in 2006-07, when he helped England to thrash Australia 2-0 in the finals. He has served as captain of England in the limited overs version of the game.

Answer: Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen was born in South Africa, but could not get into the South African squad, reportedly because of the policy favouring quotas for coloured players. So, he served a mandatory 4 years in county cricket and then made his ODI debut in 2004. He has an impressive batting average of more than 45 in both forms of the game.

He made his mark in the series in South Africa, when he won the man of the series award having scored 454 runs in five innings. He was also one of the fastest to score 1000 and 2000 runs in ODI matches.

He received both the emerging player and the best one day player award in the ICC awards in 2005.

Answer: Nasser Hussain

Nasser Hussain played for England from 1989 to 2004. He was captain of England from 1999 to 2003 and won 17 tests as captain. He was born in 1968 in Madras in India, his father was an Indian and mother an Englishwoman. He retired from first class cricket in 2004.

He played 96 tests and scored 5764 runs with an average of 37.18 with a top score of 208. In first class cricket, he scored 20,698 runs in 334 matches with an average of 42.06. Since his retirement, he has worked as a commentator with Sky and ESPN-Star.

Answer: Dennis Compton

Dennis Compton was a legendary batsman who played for England from 1937 to 1957. In his 78 tests he scored 5807 runs with 17 centuries and 28 half-centuries. In first class cricket, he played 515 matches and scored an amazing 38,942 runs at an average of 51.85 with 123 centuries and 183 fifties.

He had also taken 622 wickets in first class cricket with his left arm spin bowling. He died at the age of 78 in 1997.