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South African Test Cricket Trivia Quiz

This little quiz will test you on what you know about South Africa and its cricketing legacy.

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

Author
Dalgleish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
74,083

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

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1553

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Question 1 of 5

1. Who was South Africa's first Test captain after their readmission in 1992? Hint

Hansie Cronje

Kepler Wessels

Peter Kirsten

Clive Rice

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Question 2 of 5

2. Which member of the 1970 South African Test team actually played tests for another country? Hint

John Traicos

Mike Procter

Tony Greig

Eddie Barlow

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Question 3 of 5

3. Geoff Griffin is the only South African bowler to be no-balled for throwing in Test Cricket. What else was significant about this incident? Hint

He took a Hat Trick in the same match

It was his last test

He was no-balled 11 times

All of these

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Question 4 of 5

4. Up until their exclusion from Test Cricket in 1970, which of these countries had South Africa never played against? Hint

India

Australia

England

New Zealand

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Question 5 of 5

5. Which of these great Test players has captained South Africa in Test cricket? Hint

Graeme Pollock

Clive Rice

Aubrey Faulkner

Dudley Nourse

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was South Africa's first Test captain after their readmission in 1992?

Answer: Kepler Wessels

Kepler led them against the West Indies in April, 1992. The first official captain in the new era was Clive Rice, but he only captained Soiuth Africa in ODIs.

2. Which member of the 1970 South African Test team actually played tests for another country?

Answer: John Traicos

Traicos turned out for his native Zimbabwe when they were granted Test status from 1992-93. (Even though Zimbabwe was regarded as a part of South Africa for cricket purposes in the past, it is now a separate country). Tony Greig played First Class cricket in South Africa, but not Test Cricket. Mike Procter actually qualified to play for England in the 1980s, but was never selected.

3. Geoff Griffin is the only South African bowler to be no-balled for throwing in Test Cricket. What else was significant about this incident?

Answer: All of these

He had a big couple of days, didn't he?

4. Up until their exclusion from Test Cricket in 1970, which of these countries had South Africa never played against?

Answer: India

South Africa only played against the so-called 'white countries' until 1970. Ironically, after the abolition of 'Apartheid', the first test they played was against the West Indies, and the first ODIs were against India.

5. Which of these great Test players has captained South Africa in Test cricket?

Answer: Dudley Nourse

Nourse captained in the 1940s. Pollock only captained 'unofficial tests' against rebel sides. Faulkner was a great all-rounder around the first World War, but didn't captain. In one of the great travesties of the game, a player of the calibre of Clive Rice never got to play official Test cricket because of the 'Apartheid' ban, and, like Pollock, only captained against rebel sides, as well as 3 token ODIs in 1992.

Source: Author Dalgleish

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