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The Changing of the Guard Trivia Quiz

This quiz features the changes to test cricket's highest individual score since the first test way back in 1877.

A multiple-choice quiz by hews. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
hews

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

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176,718

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who scored 165 runs in the very first test match, establishing the first individual test innings record? Hint

Charles Bannerman

Len Hutton

Victor Trumper

WG Grace

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Question 2 of 10

2. The record for highest test score, established in the first ever test match, didn't last long. In 1884 another Australian stepped forward to claim the mark, with an innings of 211 at The Oval. Who was he? Hint

Billy Moore

Dean Jones

Billy Murdoch

WG Grace

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Question 3 of 10

3. The record of highest test score fell to Tip Foster in 1904 when he scored 287 for England against Australia in Sydney. This record was to stand for 26 years, until cricket's first triple century was made in 1930. Who was the batsman? Hint

Donald Bradman

Andy Sandham

George Headley

Alex Rodriguez

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Question 4 of 10

4. The record set in 1930 (cricket's first triple century) lasted only three months until it was eclipsed by an innings of 334 by arguably cricket's greatest ever batsman. He finished his career with an average of 99.94, scoring 6996 runs from only 52 tests. What was his name?

Answer: ( Two words, or just surname)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who broke the record for an individual test innings score in Auckland in 1933? Hint

Wally Hammond

Len Hutton

Martin Crowe

Herb Sutcliffe

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Englishman broke the record for highest individual test innings on home soil in 1938? Hint

Wally Hammond

Len Hutton

Denis Compton

Geoff Boycott

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Question 7 of 10

7. The record for highest test score, set in 1938, stood for 20 years, before the Australia-England monopoly on the record was broken by a cricketer from the West Indies in 1958. Who was this player? Hint

Garfield Sobers

Clive Lloyd

IVA Richards

Wes Hall

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Question 8 of 10

8. Many experts believed that the record set in 1958 would never be broken. That fateful day, however, arrived on 1994 when another West Indian scored 375 runs against England? Who was it this time? Hint

Brian Lara

Keith Arthurton

Richie Richardson

Jimmy Adams

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Question 9 of 10

9. In 2003, the record for highest individual test cricket innings fell to an Australian batsman in Perth. Who was it? Hint

Matthew Hayden

Adam Gilchrist

Ricky Ponting

Michael Bevan

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Question 10 of 10

10. On April 12, 2004, the record for highest test innings changed hands again. As in 1994, the venue was Antigua, the opponent England. Who was the batsman? Hint

Brian Lara

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Ridley Jacobs

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who scored 165 runs in the very first test match, establishing the first individual test innings record?

Answer: Charles Bannerman

Bannerman, playing for Australia against England in Melbourne, also scored the very first runs in test cricket.

Answer: Billy Murdoch

Murdoch captained Australia to an honourable draw in that match, and later in his career turned out to play a Test for England!

Answer: Andy Sandham

Playing for England against the West Indies, this was Sandham's last test. His innings was part of an English first innings total of 849. This was a so-called "timeless match", with no time limit of five days. The match had to be called off after the seventh day however, because the English team had to catch their boat home!

Answer: Bradman

Playing for Australia against England at Headingley, 21 year-old Bradman played a near flawless innings and embarrassed further the English experts who had questioned his ability to score runs outside Australia. "....Leeds was an event, 300 runs he took and rewrote all the books. That really knocked those gents" (from the lyrics of Paul Kelly's song, "Bradman").

5. Who broke the record for an individual test innings score in Auckland in 1933?

Answer: Wally Hammond

Wally Hammmond brutalised a weak New Zealand attack to claim Bradman's record. This tour immediately followed the infamous "Bodyline" tour of Australia.

6. Which Englishman broke the record for highest individual test innings on home soil in 1938?

Answer: Len Hutton

England declared their innings at 7 for 903 in the match.

Answer: Garfield Sobers

The 21-year old Sobers broke the record against Pakistan, playing in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1958. It was also his first test century.

Answer: Brian Lara

Lara scored his runs in Antigua playing against England. Like many of the matches featuring these big scores, the match was drawn.

9. In 2003, the record for highest individual test cricket innings fell to an Australian batsman in Perth. Who was it?

Answer: Matthew Hayden

Matthew Hayden scored 380 runs against Zimbabwe in Perth. Australia declared their innings on 735 after losing only six wickets and went on to win the match by an innings and 175 runs.

10. On April 12, 2004, the record for highest test innings changed hands again. As in 1994, the venue was Antigua, the opponent England. Who was the batsman?

Answer: Brian Lara

Brian Lara became the first player to regain the record with an innings of 400 not out. Unlike in 1994, however, the West Indies were down 3-0 in the test series and playing for pride. This innings also saw Lara overtake Sachin Tendulkar to take fourth place on the all time runmakers list.

Source: Author hews

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