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Mesmerising Cricket Mania Trivia Quiz

This quiz is a combination of "firsts" in cricket, venues, nicknames etc. It is really challenging full of tweakers and yorkers. Go for it!

A multiple-choice quiz by hegde10122. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
hegde10122

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
146,042

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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453

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who became the first English bowler to take a wicket off his first ball in Limited Overs International (LOI) cricket? Hint

Rikki Clarke

Geoff Arnold

Peter Martin

Darren Gough

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who became the first English bowler to take a hat-trick in an ODI? Hint

James Anderson

Andrew Caddick

Philip Tufnell

Derek Pringle

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who is the first ethnic cricketer from the Dominica to represent the West Indies in Test Cricket? Hint

Larry Gomes

Joel Garner

George Headley

Adam Sanford

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which English cricketer was the first to make 20 Test appearances at Lord's? Hint

Alec Stewart

Graham Gooch

Michael Atherton

David Gower

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Indian cricketer took eight catches in the 1996 World Cup? Hint

Anil Kumble

S.R. Tendulkar

Javagal Srinath

Saba Karim

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Pakistani batsman scored 50 off 27 balls against South Africa in the Cape Town test of 2003? Hint

Abdul Razzaq

Younis Khan

Yousuf Youhana

Taufiq Umar

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Question 7 of 10

7. After Viv Richards, who became the first WI cricketer to take to score at least a 50 and also take a 5-wicket haul in an ODI? Hint

Wavell Hinds

Ricardo Powell

Vasbert Drakes

Chris Gayle

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these cricketers has the maximum number of runs scored in 3 consecutive test innings? Hint

D.G. Bradman

Walter Hammond

G.S. Sobers

G.C.Smith

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Kiwi cricketer is nicknamed "The Postman" ? Hint

Nathan Astle

Ken Rutherford

Stephen Fleming

Gavin Larsen

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a test hundred? Hint

Habibul Bashar

Mohammad Ashraful

Mohammad Akram Khan

Aminul Islam

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who became the first English bowler to take a wicket off his first ball in Limited Overs International (LOI) cricket?

Answer: Geoff Arnold

The record happened in the late 70's. Rikki Clarke from the county of Surrey is the second addition to the unique list.

2. Who became the first English bowler to take a hat-trick in an ODI?

Answer: James Anderson

He achieved the feat against Pakistan in the first ODI of the 2003 series.

3. Who is the first ethnic cricketer from the Dominica to represent the West Indies in Test Cricket?

Answer: Adam Sanford

He made his debut against India in the 2001-02 series when India toured the Caribbean islands. He was quite successful getting Tendulkar out 3 times! You really cannot ask for more!

4. Which English cricketer was the first to make 20 Test appearances at Lord's?

Answer: Graham Gooch

Alec Stewart has 20 test appearances at the "home of cricket".
G.A.Gooch had 21. Alec after a record 133 tests cannot eclipse his former captain's record. Gooch, it seems, will have this rare achievement for some time to come!

5. Which Indian cricketer took eight catches in the 1996 World Cup?

Answer: Anil Kumble

A safe pair of hands as usual!

6. Which Pakistani batsman scored 50 off 27 balls against South Africa in the Cape Town test of 2003?

Answer: Yousuf Youhana

He hit 4 sixes off a Nicky Boje over and broke Mudassar Nazar's record in 33 balls. But Yousuf missed the fastest fifty record of Botham by one ball!

7. After Viv Richards, who became the first WI cricketer to take to score at least a 50 and also take a 5-wicket haul in an ODI?

Answer: Chris Gayle

The tall and lanky Jamaican achieved the feat against Australia when he first took 5 for 46 off his 10 overs and then belted a 68 - ball 60.The 2003 series of 7 ODI's between the two cricketing giants was indeed fascinating!
Richards achieved the rare feat in 1987 when he made 117 and took 5/41 at Dunedin against NZ.

8. Which of these cricketers has the maximum number of runs scored in 3 consecutive test innings?

Answer: Walter Hammond

Hammond scored 638 which included a career best 336.
The Don got 626 while the charismatic Sobers scored 599.
The youngest South African Test captain Smith scored 621 which included 2 double hundreds against England in 2003.

9. Which Kiwi cricketer is nicknamed "The Postman" ?

Answer: Gavin Larsen

His team-mates called him so because he always 'delivered'!
Larsen was known for his impeccable line and length with the ball.

10. Who became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a test hundred?

Answer: Aminul Islam

Aminul "BULBUL" Islam achieved this landmark in the inaugural test of the Bangla team at Dhaka against India in January,2000. He scored 145 runs and helped his team to get 400.

Source: Author hegde10122

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