Cricket Legends Quiz: questions and answers
Study every question with its correct answer and explanation.
1. Which team won the first men's Cricket World Cup in 1975?
- A. Australia
- B. England
- C. West Indies
- D. India
Answer: West Indies
Led by Clive Lloyd, the West Indies beat Australia in the final at Lord's — and they won the next edition in 1979 too.
2. Who captained India to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1983?
- A. Sunil Gavaskar
- B. Kapil Dev
- C. Mohinder Amarnath
- D. Ravi Shastri
Answer: Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev's India stunned two-time champions West Indies in the final at Lord's, with Mohinder Amarnath named Player of the Match.
3. In 1968, who became the first batter to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket?
- A. Garfield Sobers
- B. Ravi Shastri
- C. Yuvraj Singh
- D. Herschelle Gibbs
Answer: Garfield Sobers
Sir Garfield Sobers did it for Nottinghamshire against Glamorgan; India's Ravi Shastri matched the feat in 1985.
4. Against which team did Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over at the 2007 T20 World Cup?
- A. Australia
- B. England
- C. South Africa
- D. Pakistan
Answer: England
Yuvraj hit Stuart Broad for six sixes in Durban and reached his fifty in just 12 balls in the same innings.
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5. What was Sir Don Bradman's career Test batting average?
- A. 89.78
- B. 95.14
- C. 99.94
- D. 101.25
Answer: 99.94
Bradman needed just 4 runs in his final Test innings to finish with an average of 100, but he was bowled for a duck.
6. In which year did Bangladesh play its first Test match?
- A. 1996
- B. 1998
- C. 2000
- D. 2004
Answer: 2000
Bangladesh became the 10th Test-playing nation and played its first Test against India in Dhaka in November 2000.
7. Who was the first man to score a double century in a One Day International?
- A. Sachin Tendulkar
- B. Virender Sehwag
- C. Chris Gayle
- D. Rohit Sharma
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar made 200 not out against South Africa in Gwalior in 2010; Australia's Belinda Clark had already done it in women's ODIs in 1997.
8. Who was the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets?
- A. Shane Warne
- B. Anil Kumble
- C. James Anderson
- D. Muttiah Muralitharan
Answer: Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan reached 800 with the very last wicket of his Test career, against India in Galle in 2010.
9. Which Indian bowler took all 10 wickets in a Test innings against Pakistan in 1999?
- A. Harbhajan Singh
- B. Kapil Dev
- C. Javagal Srinath
- D. Anil Kumble
Answer: Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble took 10 for 74 in Delhi, becoming only the second bowler after England's Jim Laker (1956) to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings.
10. How long is a cricket pitch between the two sets of stumps?
- A. 20 yards
- B. 22 yards
- C. 24 yards
- D. 26 yards
Answer: 22 yards
A cricket pitch is 22 yards (about 20.12 metres) long — a length equal to one 'chain', an old English unit of measurement.