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The First Cricketer Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about cricket records. Do you know who the first cricketer was to have set a particular record? Find out by playing this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by deepakmr. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
deepakmr

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
285,988

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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449

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first batsman to score more than 150 runs in a one-day international match? Hint

David Lloyd

Kapil Dev

Vivian Richards

Glenn Turner

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first wicket keeper to effect 5 stumpings in an innings in test cricket? Hint

Kiran More

Kamran Akmal

Ian Healy

None of these

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in test cricket? Hint

Bates

Lohmann

Briggs

Spofforth

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in one day cricket? Hint

Bruce Reid

Jalaluddin

Chetan Sharma

Wasim Akram

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the first cricketer to score a triple century in test cricket? Hint

Andy Sandham

Donald Bradman

Wally Hammond

Len Hutton

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was the first batsman to hit more than 10 sixes in a one day innings? Hint

Shahid Afridi

Mark Boucher

MS Dhoni

Sanath Jayasuriya

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the first fielder to take more than 150 catches in one day cricket? Hint

Ricky Ponting

Mohd Azharuddin

Mahela Jayawardene

Sachin Tendulkar

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the first cricketer to score 1000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in one day cricket? Hint

Allan Border

Kapil Dev

Vivian Richards

Wasim Akram

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the first bowler to have taken more than 40 wickets in a test series? Hint

Jim Laker

Imran Khan

Terry Alderman

Sydney Barnes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the first cricketer to play more than 150 test matches? Hint

Allan Border

Sachin Tendulkar

Steve Waugh

Shane Warne

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first batsman to score more than 150 runs in a one-day international match?

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.

2. Who was the first wicket keeper to effect 5 stumpings in an innings in test cricket?

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.

3. Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in test cricket?

Answer: Spofforth

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

4. Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in one day cricket?

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).

5. Who was the first cricketer to score a triple century in test cricket?

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.

6. Who was the first batsman to hit more than 10 sixes in a one day innings?

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.

7. Who was the first fielder to take more than 150 catches in one day cricket?

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.

8. Who was the first cricketer to score 1000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in one day cricket?

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.

9. Who was the first bowler to have taken more than 40 wickets in a test series?

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).

10. Who was the first cricketer to play more than 150 test matches?

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.

Source: Author deepakmr

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