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Questionnaire
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Answer |
| 1 |
When was the first ever test match played ? Mention the season |
1876-77 |
| 2 |
Mention the rival teams participated in the first ever test match |
Australia and England |
| 3 |
Mention the name of the batsman who faced the first ball in a test match |
C Bannerman of Australia |
| 4 |
Mention the name of the bowler who bowled the first ball in a test match |
A Shaw of England |
| 5 |
Who was the first to score a hundred in a test match |
C Bannerman of Australia |
| 6 |
What was the score made by C Bannerman |
165 retired hurt |
| 7 |
Who was the first batsman to be dismissed in a test match |
N Thompson of Australia |
| 8 |
Who was the bowler to get the first test wicket |
Allen Hill of England |
| 9 |
Who was the first batsman to be dismissed “run out” |
DW Gregory of Australia |
| 10 |
Name the captain to be dismissed “run out” |
DW Gregory of Australia |
| 11 |
Name to bowler to take the first five wicket haul in an innings of a test match |
Midwinter of Australia {5-78} |
| 12 |
Name the first batsman to be dismissed without scoring |
EJ Gregory of Australia |
| 13 |
Who took the first catch in a test match |
Allen Hill of England |
| 14 |
Who scored the first run in a test match |
C Bannerman of Australia |
| 15 |
Where was the first ever test match played |
Melbourne in Australia |
| 16 |
Mention the number of balls in a over in the first ever test match |
Four balls per over |
| 17 |
Mention the names of rival captains who led their teams in the first ever test match |
DW Gregory for Australia and James Lillywhite for England |
| 18 |
Mention the names of the Umpires who officiated the first ever test match |
CA Reid and RB Terry |
| 19 |
Who won the first ever test match and mention the run margin |
Australia won by 45 runs |
| 20 |
Name the first pair of brothers to represent a country in a test match |
DW and EJ Gregory |
| 21 |
Name the first batsman who was dismissed Leg Before wicket in a test match |
G Ulyett of England |
| 22 |
Name the first batsman who was dismissed bowled in a test match |
N Thompson of Australia |
| 23 |
Name the first batsman who was dismissed stumped in a test match |
A Shaw of England |
| 24 |
Name the wicket keeper to be credited with the dismissal stumped |
JM Blackham of Australia |
| 25 |
Name the bowler to be credited with the first dismissal leg before wicket |
N Thompson of England |
| 26 |
Name the bowler to be credited with the dismissal caught |
A Shaw of England |
| 27 |
Name the bowler to be credited with the dismissal stumped |
T Kendall of Australia |
| 28 |
Name the bowler to bowl 50 plus overs in a test innings |
A Shaw of England – {55.3] |
| 29 |
Name the team who was dismissed below 100 runs for the first time in a test innings |
Australia vs England |
| 30 |
Mention the number of runs scored by this team |
63 runs |
| 31 |
Who scored the first hundred for England in a test innings |
G Ulyett – 149 runs |
| 32 |
Mention the venue in which G Ulyett scored the first hundred for England |
Melbourne – 1881-82 |
| 33 |
What is the special significance about the first hundred scored by an England batsman and an Australian batsman |
Both of them scored the hundreds at Melbourne |
| 34 |
What was the significance attached to the first ever test match |
It was awarded the test match status much later |
| 35 |
What was so special about the first ever test match |
The rival teams consisted of eleven players each. |
| 36 |
Who scored the first ever double hundred in a test match |
WL Mudroch – 211 |
| 37 |
Name the first cricketer to represent two countries |
WE Midwinter – Aus and Eng |
| 38 |
Which was the third team to make the debut in test arena |
South Africa |
| 39 |
Against whom they made their debut and mention the venue |
Vs England at Cape Town 1891-92 |
| 40 |
Mention the significance of this test match |
WL Mudroch who has led Australia earlier played in this test for England |
| 41 |
Name the Indian bowler who has taken a wicket with the first ball on his debut |
N Kulakarni |
| 42 |
In which context the term “Mankaded” is being used |
Vinoo Mankad ran out WA Brown of Australia at Sydney when the batsman backed too much before the bowler delivered the ball. Hence the term “Mankaded” |
| 43 |
Define the term “Pair” |
The term pair is used when the batsman failed to open his account in both the innings |
| 44 |
Define the term “King Pair” |
The term “King Pair” is used when the batsman failed to open his account off the first ball he faced in both the innings |
| 45 |
Mention the number of ways a batsman can be dismissed |
Eleven |
| 46 |
Mention the mode of dismissals |
Bowled : Caught : lbw : run out : Stumped : Hit the ball twice : Handling the ball : Obstructing the field : Hit Wicket : Timed Out : Retired Out : |
| 47 |
“Ashes” series is played between which two teams |
Australia and England |
| 48 |
“Sir Frank Worrell Trohpy” is played between which two teams |
West Indies and Australia |
| 49 |
“Gavaskar-Border Trophy” is played between which two teams |
India and Australia |
| 50 |
Name the batsman who has scored three consecutive hundreds in his first three test Matches |
Azharuddin of India |
| 51 |
Who took the hat trick with the first three balls in the first over of a test match |
Irfan Pathan of India |
| 52 |
Who is the youngest test captain as on date |
T Taibu of Zimbabwe |
| 53 |
Who is the oldest test captain |
WG Grace of England |
| 54 |
Name the two fielders who have taken a world record of five catches in an innings |
VY Richardson of Australia and Yajurvindra Singh of India |
| 55 |
Name the four batsmen who have scored hundred before lunch |
VT Trumper, CG Macarteny and DG Bradman of Australia and Majid Khan of Pakistan |
| 56 |
Who was the first bowler to take a hat trick in a test innings |
FR Spofforth of Australia against England at Melbourne in 1978-79 |
| 57 |
Who was the first batsman to be dismissed “Obstructing the field” in tests |
L Hutton of England |
| 58 |
Who was the first batsman to be dismissed “Handled the Ball” in tests |
W Endean of South Africa |
| 59 |
Name the first batsman to be dismissed stumped by a substitute wicket keeper |
SJ Snooke of South Africa by NC Tufnell of New Zealand |
| 60 |
How many one day matches did Garfield Sobers play ? |
Only one |
| 61 |
Mention the uniqueness about RB Simpson’s hundreds ? |
All his ten hundreds were scored when he was leading Australia |
| 62 |
Name the two batsmen who have scored triple hundreds as their first hundreds? |
RB Simpson and GS Sobers |
| 63 |
Name the Indian cricketer who has taken more wickets than the number of runs he has scored |
BS Chandrashekhar of India |
| 64 |
Mention the evolution of the term “Test Match” |
The term “Test Match” was coined during the first English tour to Australia in 1861-62 to describe the games between HH Stephenson and each of the colonies |
| 65 |
Who was the first bowler to take a hundred wickets against a specific opposition |
DK Lillee of Australia against England |
| 66 |
Who was the first wicket keeper to effect hundred dismissals against a specific opposition |
Alan Knott of England against Australia |
| 67 |
Name the first ever instance of four brothers who represented test cricket |
Mohammad Brothers of Pakistan – Hanif, Mushtaq, Sadiq and Wazir |
| 68 |
Who is the oldest cricketer to play in tests |
J Southerton of England made his test debut at the age of 49 years and 119 days at Melbourne in 1876-77 |
| 69 |
What is the highest test innings score recorded? |
952-6d by Srl vs Ind at Col-RPS 1997-98 |
| 70 |
What is the lowest test innings score recorded? |
26 by NZl vs Eng at Auckland 1954-55 |
| 71 |
Name the first bowler to take a wicket with the first ball in test cricket |
A Conningham of Australia against England at Melbourne in 1894-95. The batsman was AC Maclaren |
| 72 |
Name the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick |
Harbhajan Singh |
| 73 |
Name the two bowlers to take ten wickets in an innings |
JC Laker of England and A Kumble of India |
| 74 |
Name the bowler to concede most runs in an innings on test debut |
O Banks of West Indies against Australia at Barbados in 2002-03. |
| 75 |
How many runs did he concede |
204 runs : His bowling figures read 40.2-2-204-3 |
| 76 |
Name the bowler to take ten plus wickets in a test match on debut |
F Martin of Eng vs Aus at The Oval 1890. Martin took 12 for 102 |
| 77 |
Who holds the record for most catches in a test series |
15 by J Gregory of Aus vs Eng in 1920-21 |
| 78 |
Mention the uniqueness of the former Indian Coach Greg Chappell |
Apart from registering hundreds in his fist and farewell appearances, he also registered twin hundreds on his first captaincy assignment |
| 79 |
Mention the name of an Indian batsman who has registered hundreds on each of his three appearances at Lord’s |
DB Vengsarkar. He remains the only batsman as on date to achieve the feat of registering a hundred on each of his three appearances at Lord’s |
| 80 |
Name the Indian cricketer who has registered zero and hundred on a test debut |
GR Viswanath |
| 81 |
What is so special of GR Viswanath’s zero and hundred on his test debut |
He was the batsman in the world to register zero and hundred on test debut |
| 82 |
Name the two batsmen who have scored debut hundreds on first class and test debut |
GR Viswanath of India and D Wellham of Australia. Apart from this GRV also scored a debut hundred in an unofficial test. |
| 83 |
Which two teams have registered 900 plus in a test innings |
England – 903-7d vs Aus at The Oval in 1938 and Sri Lanka – 952-6d vs Ind at Col-RPS in 1997-98 |
| 84 |
Name the only city which has hosted a test match on four grounds |
Colombo – Col – SSC : Col – RPS : Col – Sara and Col – CCC |
| 85 |
Mention the uniqueness of batting of West Indian batsman Gordon Greenidge |
He is the only batsman in the world to register twin hundreds, twin nineties and a ninety and hundred in tests and two double hundreds in a test series |
| 86 |
Name the Indian Cricketer who has registered five double hundreds in a test innings as on date |
Rahul Dravid |
| 87 |
What is the specialty of Rahul Dravid’s five double hundreds |
They are in the progressive order of scores |
| 88 |
Name the batsmen who have registered a triple hundred and a double hundred in a test innings |
G Sobers -365 not out and C Hunte – 260 for West Indies against Pakistan at Jamaica in 1957- 58 and ST Jayasuriya – 340 and R Mahanama – 225 for Sri Lanka against India at Col-RPS in 1997-98 |
| 89 |
Mention the special about Vinoo Mankad’s batting and bowling in test cricket |
He remains the only batsman in the world to register two double hundreds and also to concede 200 plus runs in a test innings on two occasions |
| 90 |
Name the batsman to register three consecutive nineties in test innings |
Clem Hill of Australia |
| 91 |
Name the father-son combination to carry the bat through a completed innings |
Nazar Mohammad and Mudassar Nazar of Pakistan |
| 92 |
Name the opening batsmen who have six double hundreds |
MS Atapattu of Sri Lanka and V Sehwag of India |