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1. Brian Lara is the first man to hold the world record for the highest Test score twice. When he scored 400 not out for the West Indies against England, in April 2004, which England player was also there when he scored 375 ten years previously?
2. Matthew Hayden scored 380 against Zimbabwe in Perth in October 2003 to break Brian Lara's record of 375 set in 1994. What was Hayden's previous highest Test score?
3. Gary Sobers held the Test record for 36 years, having eclipsed Len Hutton's 364 by scoring 365 not out in February 1958, for the West Indies against Pakistan at Kingston, Jamaica. He shared a 446 run partnership with Conrad Hunte. How many runs did Hunte score and how was he out?
4. Len Hutton played his sixth Test for England against Australia in 1938, having already scored two Test centuries. He batted throughout the first two days, and was finally dismissed for 364 on the third day. What else was notable about this Test?
5. Sanath Jayasuriya went into bat in a Test match against India at Colombo in August 1997, facing an Indian total of 537/8 declared. Who partnered him in an epic batting display that lasted two and a bit days, and saw them both depart with Sri Lanka's score at 615?
6. When Hanif Mohammad played against the West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados, he had scored only 2 Test centuries and 4 fifties in 32 innings. Pakistan followed on 473 runs behind and a big innings was called for. How many runs did Hanif score in Pakistan's second innings?
7. Wally Hammond was one of the most prolific batsman of his generation, scoring over 50,000 runs in first class cricket, including 167 centuries. When England played New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland in 1933, how many runs did Hammond score?
8. Mark Taylor had a dream debut for Australia against England in his first Ashes tour in 1989, scoring a century and a double century. But against Pakistan in 1998, he went one better with a triple century. He equalled the Australian record, declaring overnight with his own contribution at 334 not out. Who had previously made this score?
9. Don Bradman ended his Test career with an incredible average of 99.94. If he'd scored 4 in his last innings, he'd have had an average over 100. How many double and triple centuries did he score in Test cricket?
10. Graham Gooch made the first Test triple century at Lord's in July 1990, against India. He also scored a century in England's second innings. How many runs did he score in that one Test?
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