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Quiz about Highest Scores for Each Country

Highest Scores for Each Country Quiz

This is all about who hit the highest scores in an individual innings, with a slight twist! Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by sportzking89. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
sportzking89

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,004

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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1512

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Question 1 of 10

1. Whose record did Len Hutton break when he set the record for the highest score ever made by an Englishman? Hint

Walter Hammond

Andrew Sandham

Graeme Gooch

Peter May

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Question 2 of 10

2. Whose record did Brian Lara break when he made 375 in 1993-94?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 3 of 10

3. When VVS Laxman set the record for the highest individual score in an innings for India, whose record did he break? Hint

Sachin Tendulkar

Sunny Gavaskar

Rahul Dravid

M Mankad

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Question 4 of 10

4. When Sanath Jayasuriya set the record for highest ever score in a single innings by a Sri Lankan, whose record did he beat? Hint

Arjuna Ranatunga

Aravinda De Silva

R Mahanama

Marvin Atapattu

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Question 5 of 10

5. When Don Bradman hit his record-breaking score of 334 runs for an Australian in a single innings, whose record did he break?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 6 of 10

6. When David Houghton broke the record for Zimbabwe of highest score in a solitary innings, whose record did he break?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 7 of 10

7. When Hanif Mohammad scored 337 in a single Test Innings for Pakistan whose record did he break? Hint

Javed Miandad

Alimuddin

Himself

Imtiaz Ahmed

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Question 8 of 10

8. When Darryl Cullinan scored 275* in an individual Test Innings he established the record for highest score an individual Test Innings by a South Africa. Whose record did he break? Hint

Graeme Pollock

E Barlow

Gary Kirsten

Himself

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Question 9 of 10

9. When Martin Crowe scored 299 to set a new record for highest ever score in an individual innings by a New Zealander, whose record did he break?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 10 of 10

10. When Dean Jones made 145 in an individual innings of One Day Cricket, who was the SECOND person to break this record with a score of 229*?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname .. female)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Whose record did Len Hutton break when he set the record for the highest score ever made by an Englishman?

Answer: Walter Hammond

Hutton broke his record six years after Hammond set it. Hammond broke the record set by Andrew Sandham.

2. Whose record did Brian Lara break when he made 375 in 1993-94?

Answer: Gary Sobers

The previous record was set 36 years earlier by Sobers when he made 365* in the 1957-58 season.

3. When VVS Laxman set the record for the highest individual score in an innings for India, whose record did he break?

Answer: Sunny Gavaskar

Gavaskar made 236* in the 1983-84 season. Laxman blew this record out of the ground, beating it by 45 runs!

4. When Sanath Jayasuriya set the record for highest ever score in a single innings by a Sri Lankan, whose record did he beat?

Answer: Aravinda De Silva

De Silva made 267 runs in a single innings in the 1990-91 season. Jayasuriya made 340 runs in the 1997-98 season (in the same innings that Mahanama made 225 runs).

5. When Don Bradman hit his record-breaking score of 334 runs for an Australian in a single innings, whose record did he break?

Answer: Donald Bradman

Donald Bradman made 232 and 334 in the same year on the England tour (in which he made a toal of 974 runs).

6. When David Houghton broke the record for Zimbabwe of highest score in a solitary innings, whose record did he break?

Answer: David Houghton

Houghton made 121 to get the first ever century by a Zimbabwean and then backed it up with 266 to get the 4th century ever made by a Zimbabwean.

7. When Hanif Mohammad scored 337 in a single Test Innings for Pakistan whose record did he break?

Answer: Imtiaz Ahmed

Imtiaz Ahmed made 209 runs in a single Test innings. Two seasons later Mohammad blew the record out of the water, beating it by 128 runs! That's a high enough score on it's own.

8. When Darryl Cullinan scored 275* in an individual Test Innings he established the record for highest score an individual Test Innings by a South Africa. Whose record did he break?

Answer: Graeme Pollock

Graeme Pollock made 274 in a Test Innings. Cullinan set the record in the 1998-99 season and Kirsten equalled it in the next season, but he didn't break it.

9. When Martin Crowe scored 299 to set a new record for highest ever score in an individual innings by a New Zealander, whose record did he break?

Answer: Glenn Turner

Glenn Turner scored 259 runs in the 1971-72 season. Crowe made 299 in the 1990-91 season.

10. When Dean Jones made 145 in an individual innings of One Day Cricket, who was the SECOND person to break this record with a score of 229*?

Answer: Belinda Clark

Lisa Keightley was the first to break it, making 156* 10 months before Clark got that record on 16 December 1997 v. Denmark, when she scored an incredible 229*, the first double century in a ODI.

Source: Author sportzking89

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