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Pakistani Test Cricket Trivia Quiz

Just a few testers to see what you know about the illustrious history of Test Cricket in Pakistan.

A multiple-choice quiz by Dalgleish. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Dalgleish

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
78,944

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1877

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was Pakistan's first Test captain? Hint

Fazal Mahmood

Jehangir Khan

Hanif Mohammed

Abdul Kardar

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Question 2 of 10

2. Pakistan won their first Test Match. True or False?

Answer: (True or False, T or F)

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Javed Miandad first started playing Test Cricket, he was regarded as an allrounder. What did he bowl? Hint

Right-Arm Off-spin

Slow Left-Arm Chinaman

Right-Arm Leg Breaks

Right-Arm Medium Pace

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is the first Pakistani player to score a hundred, and take 5 wickets in an innings of the same match, on two separate occasions? Hint

Intikhab Alam

Imran Khan

Mushtaq Mohammed

Wasim Akram

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Question 5 of 10

5. The youngest player to take 10 wickets in a Test Match was who? Hint

Waqar Younis

Sarfraz Nawaz

Imran Khan

Wasim Akram

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Test venue used to be a 'home' game for Pakistan, but has since been regarded as an 'away' game? Hint

Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore)

Dacca (Dhaka)

Sheikhupura Stadium

Iqbal Stadium (Faisalabad)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of the following Mohammed brothers never officially played Test Cricket? Hint

Raees

Wazir

Sadiq

Hanif

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the first Pakistani player to open both the batting and bowling (in the first innings) in the same Test? Hint

Mudassar Nazar

Fazal Mahmood

Imran Khan

Asif Iqbal

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Question 9 of 10

9. Pakistan's longest stretch without a Test victory was between 1958-59 and 1964-65. How many Tests? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Pakistan's longest stretch without a Test defeat was between 1986-87 and 1987-88. How many Tests? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was Pakistan's first Test captain?

Answer: Abdul Kardar

Abdul Hafeez Kardar capained Pakistan for their first 23 Tests, after previously playing 3 Tests for India.

2. Pakistan won their first Test Match. True or False?

Answer: False

They lost to India in their first Test (played in 1952-53) by an innings and 70 runs. However, they won their SECOND Test, also against India that season, by an innings and 43 runs!

3. When Javed Miandad first started playing Test Cricket, he was regarded as an allrounder. What did he bowl?

Answer: Right-Arm Leg Breaks

He was a reasonable leg-spinner, but sensibly stuck to batting as his forte.

4. Who is the first Pakistani player to score a hundred, and take 5 wickets in an innings of the same match, on two separate occasions?

Answer: Mushtaq Mohammed

Mushtaq was, as well as being a great batsman, an outstanding (and under-rated) leg-spinner.

5. The youngest player to take 10 wickets in a Test Match was who?

Answer: Wasim Akram

Wasim achieved this feat in his very first Test Series, against New Zealand in 1984-85. He was 18 years and 256 days old at the time.

6. Which Test venue used to be a 'home' game for Pakistan, but has since been regarded as an 'away' game?

Answer: Dacca (Dhaka)

Dacca was a Pakistani Test venue from 1955 until 1971, when East Pakistan became Bangladesh. Since 1999, it is now, of course, Bangladesh's home ground.

7. Which of the following Mohammed brothers never officially played Test Cricket?

Answer: Raees

Raees only made it as far as 'twelfth man'. Hanif, Wazir, Mushtaq and Sadiq all had long and fruitful careers for Pakistan, as did Hanif's son Shoaib.

8. Who was the first Pakistani player to open both the batting and bowling (in the first innings) in the same Test?

Answer: Mudassar Nazar

Mudassar achieved this on 9 occasions during the 1980s.

9. Pakistan's longest stretch without a Test victory was between 1958-59 and 1964-65. How many Tests?

Answer: 22

They defeated West Indies at Dacca in 1958-59, but never tasted victory again until New Zealand in 1964-65.

10. Pakistan's longest stretch without a Test defeat was between 1986-87 and 1987-88. How many Tests?

Answer: 16

Pakistan lost on home soil against West Indies in 1986-87, and their next loss was in West Indies in 1987-88.

Source: Author Dalgleish

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