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General Cricket Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz for the cricket experts. So don't think you will get them all right but if you do then you are a cricket nut like me.

A multiple-choice quiz by Statsman. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Statsman

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
9,891

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
2689

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was fastest to 100 test wickets? Hint

S. Barnes

G. Lohmann

C. Grimmett

C. Turner

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Question 2 of 10

2. The player with the 100 fastest test wickets, how many tests did it take him to get there? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the first person to score 300? Hint

A. Sandham

W. Hammond

D. Bradman

L. Hutton

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first person to wear a helmet? Hint

D. Amiss

D. Crompton

C. Cowdrey

K. Walters

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first player to play 100 tests? Hint

G. Boycott

C. Cowdrey

G. Greenidge

D. Vengsarkar

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the lowest test match aggregate? Hint

291

234

295

231

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the highest score by a number 11, before Zaheer Khan scored 75 for India in 2004? Hint

59*

68*

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many ties Test macthes were there in the 20th century? Hint

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which country was the first to play 27 consecutive tests without a loss? Hint

Australia

West Indies

England

India

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following teams played 25 tests without a loss, March 1946 to February 1951? Hint

West Indies

England

Australia

South Africa

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was fastest to 100 test wickets?

Answer: G. Lohmann

Played for England.

2. The player with the 100 fastest test wickets, how many tests did it take him to get there?

Answer: 16

The player was G. Lohmann. 3 people took 17 tests to get 100 wickets.

3. Who was the first person to score 300?

Answer: A. Sandham

England vs West Indies in Kingston 1929-30.

4. Who was the first person to wear a helmet?

Answer: D. Amiss

Played for England in the 1970s.

5. Who was the first player to play 100 tests?

Answer: C. Cowdrey

Played 114 tests in all, with 120 test catches also, from his Test debut at Brisbane in November 1954, through to his last Test at Melbourne in February 1975.

6. What is the lowest test match aggregate?

Answer: 234

234 runs, 30 wkts, Australia v South Africa, Melbourne in February 1932:
RSA 36, Australia 153, RSA 45.

7. What was the highest score by a number 11, before Zaheer Khan scored 75 for India in 2004?

Answer: 68*

By R.Collinge for New Zealand vs. Pakistan in 1973.

8. How many ties Test macthes were there in the 20th century?

Answer: 2

Match tied Australia v West Indies in Brisbane in 1960, and the other tied match was India v Australia in Madras in 1987.

9. Which country was the first to play 27 consecutive tests without a loss?

Answer: West Indies

West Indies from January 1982 to December 1984. They broke the record of 26 set by England 14 years earlier from June 1968 to August 1971.

10. Which of the following teams played 25 tests without a loss, March 1946 to February 1951?

Answer: Australia

This record was broken by England some 20 years later, when they went 26 Tests without a loss from June 1968 to August 1971.

Source: Author Statsman

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