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Cricket 55 questions.
"The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey." - Brian Johnston
Pub quiz question 8204 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1956?
  2. Answer: A: Jim Laker
  3. Categories: Cricket (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)
Pub quiz question 7628 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Malcolm Nash; Tilak Raj; Daan van Bunge; Stuart Broad?
  2. Answer: A: Hit for six sixes in an over, by Sobers; Shastri; Gibbs; Singh.
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Cricket (4) Sports (5)
Pub quiz question 5660 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The Nursery End at the Pavilion End are names associated with which sporting venue?
  2. Answer: A: Lords
  3. Categories: Sports (5) Cricket (3)
Pub quiz question 7399 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Eoin Morgan; Boyd Rankin; Ed Joyce?
  2. Answer: A: Played cricket for both England and Ireland
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Sports (6) Cricket (4)
Pub quiz question 7531 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who’s the only player to have scored 20,000-plus runs and taken 400-plus wickets in international Cricket?
  2. Answer: A: South Africa’s Jacques Kallis
  3. Categories: Cricket (5) Sports (6) People (6)
Pub quiz question 4739 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How many lions are there on an England Cricket Badge?
  2. Answer: A: Three
  3. Categories: Cricket (2) Sports (2)
Pub quiz question 7563 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: In cricket, what is mankading?
  2. Answer: A: Running out non-striking batsman
  3. Categories: Sports (7) Cricket (3)
Pub quiz question 7274 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In 1981, which team was the South African Breweries XI?
  2. Answer: A: England rebel cricket tourists. Accept English team.
  3. Categories: Sports (5) Cricket (3) 1980s (6)
Pub quiz question 6662 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which former England cricket captain made his first class debut for Cambridge University in 1987?
  2. Answer: A: Michael Atherton
  3. Categories: Sports (5) Cricket (3) 1980s (6)
Pub quiz question 5509 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first test cricketer to take 100 test wickets, 100 test catches and score 1000 test runs?
  2. Answer: A: Gareth (Gary) Sobers
  3. Notes: *: 1954-1974. Followed by Ian Botham 1977-1992, CL Hooper 1987-2002, SK Warne 1992-2007, JH Kallis 1995-2012
  4. Categories: Sports (7) Cricket (5) 1970s (5)
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