SPORTS QUIZ NO. 44 CRICKET MIXTURE
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:05 pm1. Where was the first ever Test Match played?
M.C.G.
2. Who was the first player to score a Test century?
C. BANNERMAN
3. Who was the first player to score a Test double century?
W.L. MURDOCH
4. Who was the first player to score a Test triple century?
A. SANDHAM
5. Who was the first player to take five wickets in a Test innings?
W.E. MIDWINTER
6. Who was the first player to take ten wicket haul in a Test?
F.R. SPOFFORTH
7. Who was the first player dismissed for a duck (0 runs)?
C.J. GREGORY
8. Who was the first player to be dismissed for a pair (0 runs in both innings of a Test)?
G.F.GRACE
9. Who was the first player to score a century in both innings of a Test Match?
W. BARDSLEY
10. Who won the very first toss of the coin in a Test Match?
AUSTRALIA
11. When Gary Sobers hit six sixes in an over against Glamorgan in 1968, who was the unfortunate bowler?
MALCOLM NASH
12. Who broke Mushtaq Mohammad's long standing record as the youngest test centurion?
MOHAMMAD ASHRAFUL
13. Which of the following four players made a century in their debut test innings?
A Lawrence Rowe B Younis Khan C Graham Thorpe D Mark Greatbatch
A) LAWRENCE ROWE
14. The Hollioake brothers never played in a Test match together. TRUE or FALSE
FALSE
15. Which batsman and future Test captain started his career with successive scores of 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0?
MARVAN ATAPATTU
16. Who was the first cricketer to complete the treble of 1000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in both Tests and One Day Internationals?
CARL HOOPER
17. Who scored the first century for South Africa after they were re-admitted into Test cricket in 1992?
ANDREW HUDSON
18. I was born in South Africa, but played 44 tests for my adopted nation, making my debut at the age of 34. I ended my career with a batting average of just over 40 and also picked some handy wickets with my medium pace. Despite never playing for South Africa, I was named in the list of South African cricketers of the 20th century. Who am I?
BASIL D'OLIVEIRA
19. In scoring a hundred and taking six wickets in a One Day International against Bangladesh in 2005, Paul Collingwood bettered whose record for the best all round performance in an ODI?
VIV RICHARDS
20. Bob Massie put in a startling performance on his Test debut, he took 16-137 to record the best figures for a debutant. 15 years later, who broke that record?
NARENDRA HIRWANI
M.C.G.
2. Who was the first player to score a Test century?
C. BANNERMAN
3. Who was the first player to score a Test double century?
W.L. MURDOCH
4. Who was the first player to score a Test triple century?
A. SANDHAM
5. Who was the first player to take five wickets in a Test innings?
W.E. MIDWINTER
6. Who was the first player to take ten wicket haul in a Test?
F.R. SPOFFORTH
7. Who was the first player dismissed for a duck (0 runs)?
C.J. GREGORY
8. Who was the first player to be dismissed for a pair (0 runs in both innings of a Test)?
G.F.GRACE
9. Who was the first player to score a century in both innings of a Test Match?
W. BARDSLEY
10. Who won the very first toss of the coin in a Test Match?
AUSTRALIA
11. When Gary Sobers hit six sixes in an over against Glamorgan in 1968, who was the unfortunate bowler?
MALCOLM NASH
12. Who broke Mushtaq Mohammad's long standing record as the youngest test centurion?
MOHAMMAD ASHRAFUL
13. Which of the following four players made a century in their debut test innings?
A Lawrence Rowe B Younis Khan C Graham Thorpe D Mark Greatbatch
A) LAWRENCE ROWE
14. The Hollioake brothers never played in a Test match together. TRUE or FALSE
FALSE
15. Which batsman and future Test captain started his career with successive scores of 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0?
MARVAN ATAPATTU
16. Who was the first cricketer to complete the treble of 1000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in both Tests and One Day Internationals?
CARL HOOPER
17. Who scored the first century for South Africa after they were re-admitted into Test cricket in 1992?
ANDREW HUDSON
18. I was born in South Africa, but played 44 tests for my adopted nation, making my debut at the age of 34. I ended my career with a batting average of just over 40 and also picked some handy wickets with my medium pace. Despite never playing for South Africa, I was named in the list of South African cricketers of the 20th century. Who am I?
BASIL D'OLIVEIRA
19. In scoring a hundred and taking six wickets in a One Day International against Bangladesh in 2005, Paul Collingwood bettered whose record for the best all round performance in an ODI?
VIV RICHARDS
20. Bob Massie put in a startling performance on his Test debut, he took 16-137 to record the best figures for a debutant. 15 years later, who broke that record?
NARENDRA HIRWANI
