Cricketers Quiz

Fifty-one Test hundreds and forty-nine in ODIs. Which batter is the only one with 100 international centuries?

• Virat Kohli
• Ricky Ponting
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Kumar Sangakkara

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar reached 100 in 2012. Virat Kohli, still playing ODIs, was the nearest in October 2026, in the mid-80s.

Andrew Flintoff had words with Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj then hit six sixes in the next over at the 2007 T20 World Cup. Who bowled it?

• James Anderson
• Stuart Broad
• Andrew Flintoff
• Sajid Mahmood

Answer: Stuart Broad. A 21-year-old Stuart Broad went for 36 at Durban. He recovered to become one of England's greatest Test bowlers, with over 600 wickets.

Which captain is the only one to have won the T20 World Cup, the ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy?

• Rohit Sharma
• Ricky Ponting
• MS Dhoni
• Clive Lloyd

Answer: MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni won them in 2007, 2011 and 2013. Rohit Sharma won the 2024 T20 World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy but lost the 2023 World Cup final, so Dhoni still stands alone as of October 2026.

Don Bradman needed just four runs in his last Test innings for a career average of 100. How many did he score?

• 2
• 0
• 3
• 1

Answer: 0. Eric Hollies bowled him second ball at The Oval in 1948. His average stopped at 99.94, probably the most famous number in cricket.

Nicknamed the 'Chakdaha Express' after her home town in Bengal, who retired with the most wickets in women's ODIs?

• Jhulan Goswami
• Mithali Raj
• Deepti Sharma
• Cathryn Fitzpatrick

Answer: Jhulan Goswami. Jhulan Goswami took 255 ODI wickets before retiring in 2022, still the record as of October 2026.

In 1999 in Delhi, which bowler took all ten Pakistan wickets in a Test innings?

• Harbhajan Singh
• Javagal Srinath
• Ajaz Patel
• Anil Kumble

Answer: Anil Kumble. Anil Kumble's 10 for 74 came at the Feroz Shah Kotla. Only Jim Laker (1956) and Ajaz Patel (2021, against India) have also taken all ten in a Test innings.

Shane Warne's first ball in Ashes cricket, in 1993, turned so far it was called the 'Ball of the Century'. Which England batter did it bowl?

• Graham Gooch
• Mike Gatting
• Mike Atherton
• Ian Botham

Answer: Mike Gatting. It drifted outside Mike Gatting's leg stump, then spun back to hit off stump at Old Trafford.

In 2025, Wiaan Mulder declared on 367 not out rather than chase whose record for the highest Test score?

• Matthew Hayden
• Mahela Jayawardene
• Brian Lara
• Garfield Sobers

Answer: Brian Lara. Brian Lara made 400 not out against England in Antigua in 2004. Mulder, captaining South Africa for the first time, said he declared out of respect for Lara.

Who was the first batter to reach 10,000 Test runs, getting there in Ahmedabad in 1987?

• Allan Border
• Geoffrey Boycott
• Viv Richards
• Sunil Gavaskar

Answer: Sunil Gavaskar. Sunil Gavaskar reached the mark against Pakistan at Motera. He also retired with 34 Test hundreds, a record at the time.

Muttiah Muralitharan's last ball in Test cricket, in 2010, brought wicket number 800. Which Indian batter edged it to slip?

• Pragyan Ojha
• Ishant Sharma
• Harbhajan Singh
• Abhimanyu Mithun

Answer: Pragyan Ojha. Pragyan Ojha was caught by Mahela Jayawardene at Galle, and Murali retired on exactly 800 Test wickets.