CRICKET QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS...
Question 1. Which national team are called “Baggy Greens”?
Answer: Australia.
Question 2. The 1975 World Cup, the first of its kind was played at:
Answer: Lord’s London.
Question 3. When was overarm bowling accepted as legal?
Answer: 1864.
Question 4. What was total number of matches played in the 1975 World Cup?
Answer: Fifteen.
Question 5. Australia – Who registered their highest individual score?
Answer: David Warner – 166 v Bangladesh.
Question 6. Who won the first World Cup, 1975? ‘
Answer: West Indies.
Question 7. When was the Durham County Cricket Club founded?
Answer: 1882.
Question 8. What was the margin of West Indies victory over Australia in the first (1975) World Cup final?
Answer: 17 runs.
Question 9. Who was the player of the IPL 2017 season?
Answer: Ben Stokes.
Question 10. Which cricketing law classifies throwing to be illegal?
Answer: Law 24.
Question 11. The Ashes – Who scored the highest individual score for each side in 2019?
Answer: Australia – Steve Smith 211, England – Ben Stokes 135.
Question 12. How many minutes before play should the umpires take the field?
Answer: Five.
Question 13. What is New Zealand cricketer Brendon McCullum’ nickname?
Answer: Bazz.
Question 14. India achieved its first Test victory against Australia in:
Answer: Kanpur, 1959-60.
Question 15. Who was the Man of the Match in the first One-Day International?
Answer: John Edrich of England.
Question 16. Which Indian player was ‘rusticated’ and sent back during the 1936 English tour?
Answer: Lala Amarnath.
Question 17. Bangladesh – Who was their top run scorer?
Answer: Shakib Al Hasan – 606.
Question 18. What is Australia’s highest score against India?
Answer: 674 at Adelaide.
Question 19. What town are the Essex County Cricket Club based in?
Answer: Chelmsford.
Question 20. The first Caribbean cricketer to be knighted was:
Answer: Frank Worrell.
Question 21. Who was known as “Bumble”?
Answer: David Loyd.
Question 22. The trophy awarded to the winner of England – New Zealand Test series is?
Answer: W.J. Jordan Trophy.
Question 23. How many times Chennai Super Kings won the IPL?
Answer: 3.
Question 24. Who is the first Indian to cross 6000 runs mark in one day Internationals?
Answer: Mohammad Azharuddin.
Question 25. The Ashes – Who were the captains of each side in 2010-2011 series?
Answer: Australia – Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, England – Andrew Strauss.
Question 26. Who is the first batsman to cross 10000 runs in Tests?
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar.
Question 27. Which national team is nicknamed “The Proteas” or “The Springboks”?
Answer: South Africa.
Question 28. When and where did India play her first one day International?
Answer: In 1974 at Leeds, England.
Question 29. Name the ground in England where only one Test has been played?
Answer: Bramall Lane, Sheffield.
Question 30. Who were the Mohammed brothers playing Test Cricket for Pakistan?
Answer: Wazir, Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq.
Question 31. England – Who was their top run scorer?
Answer: Joe Root – 556.
Question 32. With which championship did the ‘Official’ one day cricket begin?
Answer: The Gillette Cup, 1963, in U.K.
Question 33. What players nickname is SOS (Son of Swampy)?
Answer: Shaun Marsh.
Question 34. At which place did Sunil Gavaskar Score his 10000th run?
Answer: Ahmedabad, 1986-87.
Question 35. New Zealand – What was their highest team score?
Answer: 291/8 v West Indies.
Question 36. Both father and son scored centuries for India, Who are they?
Answer: Lala and Surinder Amarnath.
Question 37. How many Championship wins has the Glamorgan County Cricket Club had?
Answer: 3.
Question 38. Name the Test Cricket centres of West Indies?
Answer: Bridgetown (Barbados), George town (Guyana), Kingston (Jamaica), Port of Spain (Trinidad) and St. Johns (Antigua).
Question 39. What was the Kolkata Knight Riders highest total for 2017 season?
Answer: 187/5.
Question 40. Name the Test cricket centres of New Zealand:
Answer: Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Dunedin and Napier.
Question 41. The Ashes – Who did Pat Cummins claim as his 100th test match wicket during the 2019 series?
Answer: Jonny Bairstow.
Question 42. Which country has played the maximum number of one day matches?
Answer: Australia.
Question 43. What Indian cricketer is called “Zak” or “Zippy Zakky”?
Answer: Zaheer Khan.
Question 44. Name the cities in India where Test cricket has been played on more than one ground:
Answer: Mumbai and Chennai.
Question 45. On which ground did Jim Laker take 19 wickets in a Test?
Answer: Old Trafford, Manchester, 1956.
Question 46. Name the first captain of the West Indies team:
Answer: Karl Nunes.
Question 47. Name the player who was called “Harmy”?
Answer: Steve Harmison.
Question 48. Name the captains of the first Women’s Test match in 1934-35?
Answer: Margaret Peden (Australia) and Betty Archdale (England).
Question 49. What town are the Surrey County Cricket Club based in?
Answer: London.
Question 50. The name of the Triangular Tournament played in Australia every year is the?
Answer: Benson & Hedges World Cup Series.
Question 51. Who is “Two metre Peter”?
Answer: Peter Fulton.
Question 52. The first Asia Cup was held at?
Answer: Sharjah, 1984.
Question 53. When was the Mumbai Indians club founded?
Answer: 2008.
Question 54. Who has the credit of captaining India to her first overseas victory?
Answer: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataud against New Zealand.
Question 55. The Ashes – Who bowled the first ball of the 2019 series?
Answer: James Anderson.
Question 56. What is the distance of the inner circle for the purposes of field restrictions in One Day Limited overs matches?
Answer: 30 yards.
Question 57. Name the Australian batsman whose great-grandfather also represented his country.
Answer: Paul Shehan. His great-grandfather, W. H. Cooper.
Question 58. Define a ‘wide ball’ in Limited overs matches?
Answer: A ball moving two feet wide either side of the wicket is adjusted a “Wide Bail”.
Question 59. Who is called “Noffers”?
Answer: Ashley Noffke.
Question 60. What was the score of Gary Sobers in his only One Day International?
Answer: Zero runs at Headingley Leeds (1974).
Question 61. India first played against the West Indies in a One Day International at?
Answer: Edgbaston, Birmingham in 1979.
Question 62. Name the oldest player in One Day Internationals?
Answer: Norman Gifford (44 years 360 days) played against Pakistan at Sharjah during 1984-85.
Question 63. Name the only Indian player to have won a ‘Man of the Match’ award in three consecutive matches against England, West Indies and Pakistan?
Answer: Mohinder Amarnath.
Question 64. What was the unique thing about India’s victory at Old Trafford, Manchester (1983)?
Answer: It was West Indies’ first ever defeat in World Cup matches.
Question 65. West Indian cricketer Fidel Edwards is better known as?
Answer: Castro.
Question 66. Name the father and son duo who have captained India in Tests?
Answer: Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
Question 67. When were Test Matches first televised?
Answer: 1938 in England.
Question 68. Who is the heaviest cricketer of all times?
Answer: Warwick Armstrong.
Question 69. Who was the first bowler to create a hat-trick at Lord’s?
Answer: George Giffen.
Question 70. Who does the best batting average in a test career belong?
Answer: Don Bradman.
Question 71. Who is the first captain to win the toss all five tests?
Answer: F.S. Jackson.
Question 72. Name the only cricketer to score five centuries in five successive innings:
Answer: Everton Weekes.
Question 73. Who is the only batsman to have hit a century in each innings of a Test thrice?
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar.
Question 74. Which trophy is awarded to the winner of the West Indies Vs Australia Test Series?
Answer: Worrell Trophy.
Question 75. Which trophy is awarded to the winner of the West Indies Vs England Test Series?
Answer: Wisden Trophy.
Question 76. Who has been the first hat-trick recorded in Test?
Answer: Fred Spofforth.
Question 77. The ‘Guinness Book of Records’ gave a memorable nick name to Kapil Dev. Can you say that nickname?
Answer: Haryana Hurricane.
Question 78.‘Sunny Days’ is a well-known autobiography of a world famous player. Name him?
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar.
Question 79. Which Australian city has a cricket ground called the Oval?
Answer: Sydney.
Question 80. Who was the only player to be dismissed at 99 in the Indo-New Zealand Test Series?
Answer: Rusi Surti.
Question 81. Who was India’s Captain when they first won over Australia?
Answer: Gulabrai Ramchand.
Question 82. Which cricketer had scored highest individual score in first-class cricket matches?
Answer : Brian Lara
Question 83. Which cricketer had scored highest individual score in ODI cricket matches?
Answer: Rohit Sharma
Question 84. Which cricketer had scored most centuries in first-class cricket Matches?
Answer: Jack Hobbs
Question 85. Which cricketer had scored fastest century in ODI cricket matches?
Answer: AB de Villiers
Question 86. Which cricketer has taken most catches in ODI cricket Matches?
Answer: Mahela Jayawardene
Question 87. Which cricketer had scored highest individual score in Test cricket Matches?
Answer: Brian Lara
Question 88. Which cricketer had scored fastest century in Test cricket Match?
Answer: Brendon McCullum
Question 89. Which cricketer had scored most runs in Test match history?
Answer: Graham Gooch
Question 90. Which cricketer had scored most runs in a Test series?
Answer: Don Bradman
Question 91. Which cricketer had scored most test runs in a calendar year?
Answer: Mohamed Yusuf
Question 92. The distance between the popping crease and the bowling crease is ?
Answer: 4 feet.
Question 93. The West Indies hit 421 batting first in their warm up match versus who?
Answer: New Zealand.
Question 94. What was the official name of the first World Cup?
Answer: Prudential World Cup.
Question 95. What town are the Derbyshire County Cricket club based in?
Answer: Derby.
Question 96. The prize money of Prudential World Cup for the winner amounted to?
Answer: 4000 dollars.
Question 97. Who won the maximum sixes award for the IPL 2008 season?
Answer: Sanath Jayasuriya.
Question 98. In first class Indian matches, the maximum distance allowed from pitch to the boundary/ line is?
Answer: 75 yards.
Question 99. The Ashes – Who were the head coaches of each side in 2019?
Answer: Australia – Justin Langer, England – Trevor Bayliss.
Question 100. Who was ‘the Man of the match’ in the 1975 World Cup final?
Answer: Clive Lloyd.
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