Cricket Quiz

1. How many players are in a cricket team?

1. 10
2. 11
3. 12
4. 9

2. What is a 'century' in cricket?

1. 100 runs scored by a team
2. 100 runs scored by an individual batter in one innings
3. Playing 100 Test matches
4. Taking 100 wickets in a career

3. What is the 'Ashes'?

1. A bilateral Test cricket series between England and Australia
2. A trophy for the World Cup
3. An annual T20 tournament
4. The trophy for the best bowler of the year

4. In cricket, what does LBW stand for?

1. Last Batter's Wicket
2. Late Ball Warning
3. Left Before Wicket
4. Leg Before Wicket

5. Who holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket?

1. Brian Lara
2. Don Bradman
3. Garfield Sobers
4. Sachin Tendulkar

6. What is a 'hat-trick' in cricket?

1. Three centuries in a series
2. Three consecutive maidens
3. Three consecutive sixes
4. Three wickets in three consecutive balls

7. How many balls are bowled in a standard cricket over?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 8

8. Don Bradman's Test batting average is considered the greatest statistical achievement in any sport. What was it?

1. 104.52
2. 78.21
3. 89.78
4. 99.94

9. Which country has won the most Cricket World Cups (50-over)?

1. Australia
2. England
3. India
4. West Indies

10. What is a 'googly' in cricket?

1. A fast bouncer
2. A leg-spin delivery that turns the opposite way to a standard leg break
3. A wide delivery
4. An illegal delivery

11. In Test cricket, how many innings does each team bat?

1. Four
2. One
3. Three
4. Two

12. What does it mean to be 'out for a duck' in cricket?

1. To bat without scoring a boundary
2. To be dismissed by a bouncer
3. To be run out
4. To score zero runs before being dismissed

13. Which cricketer is known as the 'God of Cricket'?

1. Brian Lara
2. Ricky Ponting
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Virat Kohli

14. What is T20 cricket?

1. A 20-day Test match
2. A 20-over match per side played over about 3 hours
3. A match with 20 players per side
4. A tournament with 20 teams

15. Which cricket ground is known as the 'Home of Cricket'?

1. Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2. Lord's Cricket Ground, London
3. MCG, Melbourne
4. The Oval, London

16. What is a 'maiden over' in cricket?

1. An over bowled by a female player
2. An over from which no runs are scored
3. An over where a wicket is taken
4. The first over of an innings

17. What does 'declaring' mean in cricket?

1. A batting team voluntarily ending their innings before all wickets are lost
2. Appealing for a decision
3. Forfeiting a match
4. The captain announcing the team lineup

18. What is the DRS (Decision Review System) in cricket?

1. A system to review bowling speeds
2. A system to review the quality of pitches
3. A technology-based system that allows teams to challenge on-field umpire decisions
4. The annual ranking system for teams

19. What is the highest possible score from a single delivery in cricket?

1. 4 runs
2. 6 runs
3. 7 runs
4. There is no maximum

20. The ICC Test Championship mace (the 'Best Test Team' ranking) — which team held it for most of the 2010s?

1. Australia
2. England
3. India
4. South Africa