Some interesting cricket statistics
| No | Questionnaire | 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 inns | 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 five batsmen who have scored hundred before lunch | VT Trumper, CG Macarteny and DG Bradman of Australia, Majid Khan of Pakistan and Shikar Dhawan of India |
| 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 England |
| 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 is the first batsman in the word to register zero and hundred on test debut |
| 82 | Name the three batsmen who have scored debut hundreds on first class and test debut | GR Viswanath of India, D Wellham of Australia and Prithvi Shah of India. 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 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 Cricketers who has registered six or more double hundreds in a test innings as on date | V Sehwag and SR Tendulkar have scored six double hundreds. V Kohli has scored seven double hundreds |
| 87 | 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 |
| 88 | 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 |
| 89 | Name the batsman to register three consecutive nineties in test innings | Clem Hill of Australia |
| 90 | Name the father-son combination to carry the bat through a completed innings | Nazar Mohammad and Mudassar Nazar of Pakistan |