The First Cricketer Trivia Quiz

Answer: Glenn Turner

Glenn Turner of New Zealand scored an unbeaten 171 (off 201 balls) against East Africa in the 1975 world cup in England (Birmingham). His record was broken by Kapil Dev in 1983 (175 not out off 138 balls). Subsequently, Viv Richards scored 189 not out (170 balls) in 1984.

Answer: Kiran More

Kiran More was the first wicket keeper to carry out 5 stumpings in an innings. In the India vs West Indies test match in Chennai (1998) he carried out 5 stumpings.

Answer: Spofforth

Fred Spofforth of Australia bowled a hat-trick in the test match against England in 1878-79.

Answer: Jalaluddin

In a one-day match against Australia in 1986, Jalaluddin of Pakistan dismissed Marsh, Yardley and Lawson to secure a hat-trick. Wasim Akram was the third to get a hat-trick and incidentally has taken two hat-tricks (both in Sharjah).

Answer: Andy Sandham

Andy Sandham of England: his triple ton came against West Indies in the Kingston test in 1930, April. He scored 325. Incidentally, Sandham's record came in a timeless test and it was his last test match. Don Bradman's triple century came three months later in July, 1930 at Leeds, when he scored 334 against England.

Answer: Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka: in the ODI match against Pakistan played in April 1996, he hit 11 sixes. His 134 came off 65 balls with 11 fours and 11 sixes at an astonishing strike rate of 206.15. Shahid Afridi returned the compliment few months later (Oct 1996) by scoring 102 in 40 balls with 6 fours and 11 sixes, the opponent was - you guessed it right Sri Lanka.

Answer: Mohd Azharuddin

Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin was the first cricketer to take 150 catches in one day cricket. In a career spanning 15 years from 1985-2000, he took 156 catches in 334 matches.

Answer: Vivian Richards

'The Master Blaster' Viv Richards was the first to get the all-rounder record of 1000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches. At the end of his career (1975-1991), he scored 6721 runs, took 118 wickets and held 100 catches. Kapil Dev and Wasim Akram did not take 100 catches and Border did not reach the 100 wickets mark.

Answer: Sydney Barnes

Australia's Sydney Barnes was the first bowler to take more than 40 wickets in a series. In the 1913-14 test series against South Africa, Barnes took 49 wickets in four tests with a strike rate of 27.6 (An interesting fact is that Barnes played only 4 of the 5 tests).

Answer: Allan Border

Allan Border of Australia was the first to play 150 test matches. At the end of his career (1978-1994), he had played 156 matches. Steve Waugh was the next and ended up with 168 matches (1985-2004). Shane Warne ended his career (1992-2007) with 145 matches. Sachin Tendulkar had played only 147 tests as on Mar 2008.