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Test cricket trivia questions and answers

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Easy Test cricket trivia questions

Question 1
The first ever Test Match took place between which two teams?
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England and Australia.
Question 2
How long is each session of a standard day of Test cricket?
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Two hours.
Question 3
How many teams are there with Test status?
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Twelve teams.
Question 4
Can you name the twelve teams with Test status?
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Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Ireland, Afghanistan.
Question 5
How many runs lead must have a team have before they can enforce the follow-on in Test cricket?
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200 runs.
Question 6
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is a Test series between which two countries?
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Australia and India.
Question 7
Who is the only batsman to ever score 400 in a single Test innings?
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Brian Lara, for West Indies in 2004.
Question 8
Which team were the winners of the first ever World Test Championship in 2021?
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New Zealand.
Question 9
The MCG stadium is in which Australian city?
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Melbourne (the Melbourne Cricket Ground).
Question 10
Which batsman holds the record for the most career runs in Test cricket?
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Sachin Tendulkar, with 15,921 runs.
Question 11
Which Sri Lankan bowler holds the record for the most career Test wickets?
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Muttiah Muralitharan, with 800 wickets.
Question 12
Which legendary batsman finished his career with an incredible Test batting average of 99.94?
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Donald Bradman.
Question 13
Who are the only two South African bowlers to take 400 Test wickets?
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Shaun Pollock and Dale Steyn.
Question 14
Which Indian player scored a record 35 runs off a single Stuart Broad over at Edgbaston in 2022?
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Jasprit Bumrah.
Question 15
Which England spinner took 19 wickets in the 1956 Test match against Australia, at Old Trafford?
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Jim Laker.

Hard Test cricket trivia questions

Question 1
Which country was the third to play Test cricket, after England and Australia?
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South Africa.
Question 2
In November 2015, the first ever day-night Test took place, between which two teams?
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Australia and New Zealand.
Question 3
Which team received Test status first, Ireland or Afghanistan?
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Ireland (on 11 May, 2018. Afghanistan achieved Test status on 14 June 2018).
Question 4
Which English batsman holds the record for most individual runs in a single Test match?
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Graham Gooch, with a total of 456 runs against India in 1990. He scored 333 in the first innings and 123 in the second innings.
Question 5
In which year did India make their debut as a Test playing nation – 1928, 1930 or 1932?
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1932.
Question 6
The most runs scored by a team in a single Test innings is 952-6. Which team achieved this?
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Sri Lanka against India, in 1997.
Question 7
Which team scored a record 418-7 in their fourth innings to beat Australia in 2003?
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West Indies.
Question 8
Who was the first bowler to take 300 Test wickets?
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Fred Trueman, of England.
Question 9
Which English bowler holds the record for the most Test runs batting at number 9 and also the record for the most Test runs batting at number 10?
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Stuart Broad.
Question 10
Which Indian bowler holds the record for being the fastest to reach 300 Test wickets?
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Ravichandran Ashwin, in 54 tests.
Question 11
What is the highest score made in a Test match by a number 11 batsman?
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98 runs, by Ashton Agar for Australia against England in 2013.
Question 12
Who holds the record for the best bowling figures in a Test innings as captain?
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India’s Kapil Dev, with 9-83 against the West Indies in 1983.
Question 13
Which wicket-keeper holds the record for the most Test dismissals?
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South Africa’s Mark Boucher with 555 dismisals.
Question 14
Can you name the 3 players who have taken 10 wickets and scored a century in the same Test match?
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Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Shakib Al Hasan.
Question 15
Which player holds the record for the most Test matches played as captain?
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South Africa’s Graeme Smith, with 109 matches.

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