Cricket quiz

1. Which Indian batsman has the highest individual score in the finals of the Cricket World Cup?




2. What distinction does John Hugh Edrich of England was the first to earn in the limited overs cricket?



3. Who, on 23rd July 2009, hit a four off Matt Mason to go past Don Bradman’s 28,067 runs and in the process become Australia’s leading scorer in first-class cricket?



4. If Shane Warne is credited with bowling the ball of the century, who was the batsman facing it?



5. Farooq Engineer is the first Indian to win a man of the match award in a limited over’s cricket match. Against which country did he win it?



6. Cricket has been played only once at the Olympics (1900 Paris Olympics). Great Britain won the gold, which country won the silver?



7. Pakistan won the men’s T20 world cup in England. Who is the current women’s T20 champion?



8. What unique feat was achieved by an Indian bowler in Test cricket on 8th February 1994?



9. Who was the first batsman to be dismissed by Anil Kumble during his 10 wicket haul at Feroz Shah Kotla against Pakistan?



10. Tatenda Taibu of Zimbabwe became the youngest cricket captain to lead his country against Sri Lanka at Harare. Whose longstanding record did he break?



Answers to cricket quiz:



1. Virender Sehwag (against Australia in 2003)



2. First person to win a man of the match (on 5 Jan1971 against Australia)



3. Justin Langer



4. Mike Gatting



5. East Africa (11 June 1975)



6. France



7. England (they are also the ODI champion)



8. Kapil Dev took his 432nd wicket in test cricket to become the highest wicket taker (at that time)



9. Shahid Afridi



10. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi