Test Captains - Odd One Out Trivia Quiz

Answer: Keith Miller

Brown captained in one Test v New Zealand in 1946, Lindwall one Test v India in 1957, Morris captained two Tests (v West Indies 1951 and England 1954), Miller should have but never did.

Answer: Richard Hadlee

Smith captained one Test in 1991 v Sri Lanka, Parker one Test v Pakistan in 1977, and Crowe was a regular captain 1987 and 1988. Hadlee had enough to do without captaining the side as well!

Answer: Jeff Dujon

Haynes captained 4 tests in 1990 to 1991, Greenidge captained one test in 1988, Murray captained the first test following the World Series split in 1979, Dujon played 81 Tests but never got the nod.

Answer: Abdul Qadir

Rashid Latif captained 3 tests in South Africa and Zimbabwe, Rameez in 5 test v Sri Lanka from 1995 to 1997, and Sohail was the regular captain after the sacking of Salim Malik. Qadir played a lot of tests under Imran Khan and Javed Miandad, but never captained himself.

Answer: Asanka Gurusinha

De Silva took over as captain for two tests after the Sri Lankan rebels were banned for touring South Africa. Madugalle captained two tests in 1987-88. Warnapura was the first SL Test captain. Gurusinha was a possible future captain, but he had a fallout with Arjuna Ranatunga and 'retired' early.

Answer: Alan Knott

Chris Cowdrey was brought into the England side as captain v West Indies in 1988. Emburey also captained England in that series (for two tests). Butcher was selected as captain for one test v New Zealand in 1999 (and promptly dropped for the following test!). Knott captained England in a One-Day International in 1976, but never got the test position.

Answer: Syed Kirmani

Shastri was a fill-in skipper for one test v West Indies in 1988 (and won!). Viswanath captained two tests in 1980. Srikkanth took over as captain from Dilip Vengsarkar. Kirmani played under Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, but was never really considered for the position.

Answer: John Traicos

Houghton was Zimbabwe's first test captain. Flower and Campbell have alternated in the position until 2001. Traicos restarted his test career with Zimbabwe after 3 tests with South Africa, and captained the 1987 World Cup side, but never captained the test side.

Answer: Graeme Pollock

Kirsten captained one test v Pakistan in 1997-98. Wessels was the regular captain after SA's return to Test Cricket in 1992. Shaun Pollock took over from Hansie Cronje in 1999. Shaun's uncle Graeme had a truncated test career due to the ban on Apartheid, and never got the position he probably would have walked into.

Answer: Ken Barrington

Graveney and Jarman were opposing captains in 1968 (each was in their only test as captain). Roy captained India in one test in 1959 v England. Barrington was as deserving as anyone of the England captaincy, but never receiver the honour.