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Quiz about India v Australia 2003 1st Test

India v Australia 2003 1st Test Quiz

This quiz should be easy if you have followed the 1st Test on the Indian tour of Australia, 4-8 December, 2003.

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

Author
bommii

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
160,153

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
410

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where was this Test played? Hint

Adelaide

Perth

Brisbane

Melbourne

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Australian player made his debut in this test? Hint

Stuart MacGill

Nathen Bracken

Brad Williams

Andy Bichel

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the highest wicket taker for India in this test? Hint

Ajit Agarkar

Virender Sehwag

Harbhajan Singh

Zaheer Khan

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Question 4 of 10

4. How much did Australia score in the first innings? Hint

323

391

278

409

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was adjudged the Man of the Match?

Answer: (Two words or just surname)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who took the most number of wickets for Australia? Hint

Gillespie

MacGill

Gillespie & MacGill

Bracken

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Question 7 of 10

7. How did Sachin Tendulkar get out in the first innings? Hint

Runout

Bowled

LBW

Stumped

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these players scored century for their respective teams? Hint

Langer & Laxman

Waugh & Ganguly

Hayden & Ganguly

Langer & Ganguly

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which player reached the mark of scoring 1000 runs in a calender year during the first test? Hint

Matthew Hayden

Rahul Dravid

Justin Langer

Steve Waugh

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the result of this test? Hint

India Wins

Tie

Draw

Australia Wins

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was this Test played?

Answer: Brisbane

The first test was played in the GABBA cricket ground in Brisbane, the second, third, and fourth iwere played in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney respectively.

2. Which Australian player made his debut in this test?

Answer: Nathen Bracken

Nathan Bracken is a left arm pace bowler,he took a total of 3 wickets in the first test. His first ever test scalp was the wicket of Virender Sehwag in the first innings.

3. Who was the highest wicket taker for India in this test?

Answer: Zaheer Khan

Zaheer Khan took 5 wickets in the first innings, and even though he didn't take a single wicket in the second innings, his tally was more than Agarkar(4), Harbhajan(1), and Sehwag(0).

4. How much did Australia score in the first innings?

Answer: 323

Australia were all out for 323. At one stage Australia were 262/2 and looked like amassing a big total, but the Indians bowled well in the second day to restrict the Australians to 323.

5. Who was adjudged the Man of the Match?

Answer: Saurav Ganguly

Ganguly scored a fantastic century in the first innings which greatly helped India to get the first innings lead.

6. Who took the most number of wickets for Australia?

Answer: Gillespie & MacGill

Both Gillespie and MacGill took 4 wickets each in the first innings. Bracken was the only Australian bowler to take wickets in both the innings in this test, but his total is only 3.

7. How did Sachin Tendulkar get out in the first innings?

Answer: LBW

Tendulkar was adjudged LBW by the umpire Steve Bucknor of the bowling of Jason Gillespie for a duck.

8. Which of these players scored century for their respective teams?

Answer: Langer & Ganguly

Both Justin Langer and Saurav Ganguly scored a century in the first innings. Hayden came close but he skied a Harbhajan delivery to Sehwag on 99.

9. Which player reached the mark of scoring 1000 runs in a calender year during the first test?

Answer: Matthew Hayden

During his knock of 99 in the second innings, Hayden become the first player to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year for three successive years.

10. What was the result of this test?

Answer: Draw

The test ended in a draw. There could have been a result if there wasn't any rain. Almost 2 days of play was lost due to rain.

Source: Author bommii

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