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Cricket Records Quiz: 10 Questions on Famous Records

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Some cricket records have stood for decades. How many do you know?

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1Don Bradman's famous Test batting average is:

  1. 89.94
  2. 95.14
  3. 99.94
  4. 100.00
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Answer: C. 99.94. Bradman needed only 4 runs in his last innings to average 100, but was out for a duck and finished on 99.94.

2Who holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings (400 not out)?

  1. Matthew Hayden
  2. Brian Lara
  3. Don Bradman
  4. Virender Sehwag
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Answer: B. Brian Lara. Brian Lara scored 400* for the West Indies against England in 2004.

3What is the highest individual score in men's ODIs, made by Rohit Sharma in 2014?

  1. 275
  2. 264
  3. 219
  4. 237
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Answer: B. 264. Rohit Sharma scored 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens.

4Who has taken the most wickets in Test cricket (800)?

  1. James Anderson
  2. Anil Kumble
  3. Muttiah Muralitharan
  4. Shane Warne
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Answer: C. Muttiah Muralitharan. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan took exactly 800 Test wickets.

5Who is the only player to score three double centuries in men's ODIs?

  1. Martin Guptill
  2. Chris Gayle
  3. Rohit Sharma
  4. Sachin Tendulkar
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Answer: C. Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma scored 209, 264 and 208* in ODIs.

6Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over against which bowler at the 2007 T20 World Cup?

  1. Brett Lee
  2. Stuart Broad
  3. Andrew Flintoff
  4. James Anderson
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Answer: B. Stuart Broad. Yuvraj hit England's Stuart Broad for six sixes in Durban.

7Who has played the most Test matches (200)?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Rahul Dravid
  3. Ricky Ponting
  4. James Anderson
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Answer: A. Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Tests between 1989 and 2013.

8The first-ever Test match was played in 1877 between:

  1. Australia and England
  2. Australia and West Indies
  3. England and India
  4. England and South Africa
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Answer: A. Australia and England. Australia played England in Melbourne in March 1877.

9The first men's one-day international was played in:

  1. 1975
  2. 1971
  3. 1983
  4. 1961
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Answer: B. 1971. The first ODI was Australia v England in Melbourne in January 1971, after a Test was washed out.

10Who was the first batter to score 10,000 Test runs?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Allan Border
  3. Sunil Gavaskar
  4. Viv Richards
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Answer: C. Sunil Gavaskar. Sunil Gavaskar reached 10,000 Test runs in 1987.
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Sources: ICC and ESPNcricinfo records. Found a mistake? Use "Report a mistake" in the timed quiz.