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Cricket Quiz
Cricket Quiz
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of eleven players on a large oval field, with a rectangular 22-yard pitch at its centre. Originating in England in the 16th...
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All 20 questions in this Cricket quiz
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What is a maiden over in cricket?
- A. An over in which the bowler takes a wicket
- B. The first over of an innings
- C. An over bowled by a debutant
- D. An over in which no runs are scored
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What is a wicketkeeepeer's role in cricket?
- A. The designated gloved fielder positioned behind the stumps at the batting end - responsible for catching balls that pass the batsman and effecting stumping dismissals
- B. The oepeening bowler
- C. A fielder positioned in the outfield
- D. The team captain
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What is the 2019 Cricket World Cup final famous for?
- A. India winning the World Cup
- B. Australia's dominant victory
- C. South Africa winning their first title
- D. England defeating New Zealand in the most dramatic finish in World Cup history - tied on runs after regulation and tied on runs after a Suepeer Over - with England declared winners on boundary count
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Who was the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets?
- A. Wasim Akram
- B. Glenn McGrath
- C. Muttiah Muralitharan
- D. Shane Warne
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What does extra mean in cricket scoring?
- A. The fielding team's total
- B. The bonus runs awarded for a team reaching 300
- C. The additional runs for a six
- D. Runs scored not off the bat - including wides, no-balls, byes, and leg byes
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In Test cricket, how many innings does each team play?
- A. 4
- B. 1
- C. 3
- D. 2
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What is the Gabba cricket ground famous for?
- A. Hosting the World Cup final in 2015
- B. Hosting the first Test match ever played
- C. Being the highest-altitude cricket ground
- D. Australia's fortress where they did not lose a Test for 32 years before India's victory in 2021
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What is the longest format of cricket and how many days does it last?
- A. T20 cricket lasts one day
- B. Test cricket lasts up to five days
- C. The Hundred lasts two days
- D. One Day International lasts one day
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What is the significance of the Edgbaston Test ground in England cricket?
- A. The newest Test ground in England
- B. The ground with the highest capacity in England
- C. A Test cricket ground in Birmingham that has hosted some of cricket's most dramatic matches including the narrowest Ashes Test victory (2 runs in 2005) and India's first Test win in England in years
- D. Primarily used for women's cricket
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Who is Virat Kohli and what has he achieved in international cricket?
- A. An Australian spinner
- B. A South African wicket-keeepeer batsman
- C. A Pakistani fast bowler
- D. An Indian batsman who has scored over 80 international centuries and is considered one of the greatest run-scorers in cricket history
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What is a yorker in cricket bowling?
- A. A bouncer aimed at the batsman's head
- B. A delivery pitched at the batsman's feet at the base of the crease - very difficult to hit and often used as a wicket-taking ball
- C. A slow delivery designed to deceive
- D. A wide delivery outside the off stump
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What does LBW stand for in cricket?
- A. Low Ball Warning
- B. Last Batting Wicket
- C. Leg Before Wicket
- D. Left Before Wicket
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What is the Champions Trophy in cricket?
- A. An ICC-organised 50-over international tournament featuring the world's top-ranked teams - sometimes called the mini World Cup
- B. A bilateral Test series trophy
- C. A domestic T20 comepeetition
- D. The World Test Championship trophy
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What is the Ashes series and between which two countries is it contested?
- A. West Indies vs England
- B. England vs South Africa
- C. India vs Pakistan
- D. England vs Australia - cricket's oldest and most famous bilateral series dating to 1882
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What is the highest possible score off a single delivery in cricket?
- A. 10
- B. 7
- C. 6
- D. 8
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Who is Shane Warne and why is he considered the greatest spin bowler?
- A. A Sri Lankan off-spinner who dominated the 1990s
- B. A Pakistani bowler famous for reverse swing
- C. A fast bowler who took 800 wickets
- D. An Australian leg-spinner who took 708 Test wickets - the most by any spinner in history - and revitalised leg-spin bowling that had become almost extinct in Test cricket
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Who is known as the 'God of Cricket'?
- A. Sachin Tendulkar
- B. Brian Lara
- C. Ricky Ponting
- D. Shane Warne
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What is the name of the cricket ground that hosts the Boxing Day Test in Australia?
- A. WACA Ground
- B. Adelaide Oval
- C. Melbourne Cricket Ground
- D. Brisbane Cricket Ground
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What is the Power Play in One Day International cricket?
- A. A designated phase of overs where fielding restrictions apply - limiting the number of fielders outside the 30-yard circle - to encourage attacking batting
- B. The first over of a Test match
- C. A team's most powerful batting lineup
- D. A batting partnership of over 100 runs
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What is the significance of the 2005 Ashes series in cricket history?
- A. Australia's dominant victory
- B. A series abandoned due to weather
- C. England's first Ashes series win in 18 years - considered one of the greatest Test series in history with dramatic results across all five Tests
- D. India winning the Ashes as guests