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New Zealand Test Cricket

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Introduction:
"This is a (hopefully) challenging quiz about the history of New Zealand Test Cricket."


1. Who was New Zealand's first Test captain?
    Walter Hadlee
    Tom Lowry
    Stu Dempster
    Jack Cowie


2. We all know that Richard Hadlee was knighted in 1990, but he was the 2nd New Zealand cricketer to be knitghted. Who was New Zealand's first cricketing knight?
    John Reid
    Martin Donnelly
    Jack Newman
    Bert Sutcliffe


3. A great all-rounder of the 1950s and 1960s, and a top class batsman of the 1980s, share the same name. What is it?
    Answer: (Two words, or just surname)


4. Which of these players did NOT captain New Zealand?
    Ian Smith
    John Wright
    John Parker
    Richard Hadlee


5. When Richard Hadlee set the record for the most wickets taken by a New Zealander in a Test series (33 wickets), how many tests did he play in the series?
    3
    5
    4
    6


6. New Zealand has a great history of cricketing families, but which of these are NOT related?
    John and Murray Parker
    John and Brendan Bracewell
    Geoff and Hedley Howarth
    John and Danny Morrison


7. Which of these players has not scored a double century for NZ in Test cricket?
    Bevan Congdon
    Stephen Fleming
    Martin Crowe
    Bert Sutcliffe


8. In the 1974-75 series against England, a NZ player was struck in the head by English bowler Peter Lever, and actually 'died' for a short time. Who was it?
    Ewan Chatfield
    Geoff Howarth
    Richard Collinge
    Ken Wadsworth


9. What was unusual about the appointment of Lee Germon as NZ captain in 1995?
    He was the only Muslim in the team.
    He had never played Test Cricket before.
    He had never captained a First Class team.
    He was 42 years old.


10. How many Tests did NZ play before recording their first victory?
    27
    44
    10
    56


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