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Quiz about Assorted Cricket
Quiz about Assorted Cricket

Assorted Cricket Trivia Quiz


This is a basic knowledge quiz about the game and its players.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fi B. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Fi B
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
111,536
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
2721
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Question 1 of 15
1. What sport involves teams of 11 (and a 12th man), and two sets of stumps on a pitch?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 2 of 15
2. What is the first name of South Australian and Australian player Lehmann? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. If you watched the 2002-003 Ashes Series, you'll know this from the advertisements: 'The future's bright, the future's ___ ' ? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. When a bowler oversteps his mark, or is called for 'chucking', what would be the umpire's ruling? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Wicketkeeper Gilchrist replaced Ian Healy in the late 1990s. What is Gilchrist's first name? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Who, of the following, is the 'Bodyline' style bowling attributed to? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What day, during a VB Series One-Day International 2002-03, did Shane Warne dislocate his right shoulder? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Which country made their World Cup debut in 1999 and have a player named Habibul Bashar? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Who was the first batsman to be dismissed caught and bowled by twins in a ODI? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Which cricketer won the Australian of the Year Award in 1989? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Who of the following had bowling figures of 0/173 in a Test Match? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. At what ground did Australian Justin Langer score 250 runs, during 2002? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What is the name of the prize for which Australia and England compete at Test level? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Which of these countries played in the 2003 World Cup held in South Africa? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Which famous cricketer had a Test batting average of 99.94?

Answer: ( One or two words only)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What sport involves teams of 11 (and a 12th man), and two sets of stumps on a pitch?

Answer: Cricket

Of course the answer is cricket, considering my quiz is about cricket. It originated in England and has a following in many of the Commonwealth countries such as Australia.
2. What is the first name of South Australian and Australian player Lehmann?

Answer: Darren

Lehmann was the best player in the Sheffield Shield (Pura Cup) during the 1990s. He was then recalled to the Test team when Mark Waugh was dropped before the first Ashes Test of 2002-2003, and he was also picked in Australia's 2003 World Cup squad.
3. If you watched the 2002-003 Ashes Series, you'll know this from the advertisements: 'The future's bright, the future's ___ ' ?

Answer: orange

Adam Gilchrist was the player in most of these ads for telephone company Orange. 'Orange JustGo. Just 18 cents for 30 seconds. Simple really.'
4. When a bowler oversteps his mark, or is called for 'chucking', what would be the umpire's ruling?

Answer: No ball

He would signal this by raising his right arm horizontally and to the side of his body. Umpire Darrell Hair once no-balled Sri Lankan spinner Mutthiah Muralitharan seven times in one over for 'chucking' the ball, back in 1995.
5. Wicketkeeper Gilchrist replaced Ian Healy in the late 1990s. What is Gilchrist's first name?

Answer: Adam

Adam Gilchrist: wicket-keeper/batsman for Australia both in Tests and One-Day Internationals.
6. Who, of the following, is the 'Bodyline' style bowling attributed to?

Answer: Larwood

Harold Larwood came up with his 'leg theory' for the 1932-33 Ashes series in England, when Australian captain Bill Woodfull said the famous quote of 'There are two teams out there, but only one team is playing cricket. The other is making no attempt to do so'.
7. What day, during a VB Series One-Day International 2002-03, did Shane Warne dislocate his right shoulder?

Answer: December 15, 2002

This was Game 2, against England. January 23rd, 2003 was the first final and December 13th, 2002 was Game 1 of the series.
8. Which country made their World Cup debut in 1999 and have a player named Habibul Bashar?

Answer: Bangladesh

They failed to make the playoffs that year. Bashar, a batsman, prefers facing the fast men to the spinners.
9. Who was the first batsman to be dismissed caught and bowled by twins in a ODI?

Answer: Richie Richardson

From the West Indies, against Australia on 16 January, 1989 he was c: Mark Waugh b: Steve Waugh, for 55. I got this question from the 'Johnnie Walker Trivia' on Channel 9 during the second VB Series 2002-03 Final on 25th January 2003. I thought that it was a really interesting question!
10. Which cricketer won the Australian of the Year Award in 1989?

Answer: Allan Border

He was also the Australian captain at the time. He had the 'Allan Border Medal' named after him. Adam Gilchrist won this in January 2003.
11. Who of the following had bowling figures of 0/173 in a Test Match?

Answer: Dattatreya Gajanan Phadkar

An Indian bowler, he bowled 43-6-173-0 against West Indies in 1958-59 at Eden Gardens. He played from 1947 until 1959 and had an average strike rate of 96.68 (which is not too crash hot!).
12. At what ground did Australian Justin Langer score 250 runs, during 2002?

Answer: MCG

Justin scored this in the Boxing Day Test Match; the 4th in the 2002-03 Ashes Series. He won Man-of-the-Match honours for this effort. This was the first Test in the series in which England managed to extend the Test to the full 5 days - but then they went and won the 5th Test in 5 days.

The 5th Test is where Australian stalwart Steve Waugh surpassed the mark of 10,000 Test runs (including more than 5000 in Australia) with his score of 102.
13. What is the name of the prize for which Australia and England compete at Test level?

Answer: Ashes

The Ashes are the burnt remains of the stumps from a Test match between the two nations at Lord's in the 1880s. England's batting collapse (spearheaded by the bowling of Aussie Fred Spofforth) caused English newspapers to announce that English cricket had died and the ashes were to be cremated.
14. Which of these countries played in the 2003 World Cup held in South Africa?

Answer: Namibia

The full list of countries in the 2003 World Cup: Australia, England, Pakistan, India, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Netherlands (Pool A); South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, New Zealand, Kenya, Bangladesh, Canada (Pool B). Scotland did not play in the 2003 World Cup.
15. Which famous cricketer had a Test batting average of 99.94?

Answer: Donald Bradman

Sir Donald George Bradman was Australia's best-ever cricketer with a total of 6996 Test runs. His highest Test score was 334, which former Aussie captain Mark Taylor once equalled. In his last innings he was bowled for a fourth ball duck, only needing 4 runs for an average of 100, but received a standing ovation nonetheless. 'The Don' was knighted, but sadly the great man passed away in February 2001.
Source: Author Fi B

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