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Cricket Test

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Cricket Test

Who said football's the beautiful game? Test your knowledge with ten simple questions on a truly great sport

Question 1: Which test venue boasts the largest official capacity in the world?
	MCG, Melbourne
	Lord's Cricket Ground, London
	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
	Kandy, Sri Lanka
	The Wanderers, Johannesburg

Question 2: In which country was the 1999 Cricket World Cup held?
	South Africa
	England
	Australia
	New Zealand
	India

Question 3: What is the nickname of Pakistan's lethal paceman Shoaib Akhtar?
	The Islamabad Rocket
	The Pakistani Power
	The Faisalabad Freight-train
	The Lahore Screamer
	The Rawalpindi Express

Question 4: Which batsman hold the record for the highest test score ever? (375)
	Sir Donald Bradman
	Sachin Tendulkar
	WG Grace
	Brian Lara
	Sunil Gavaskar

Question 5: In which year was the famous 'blackwash' series, when England were beaten 5-0 on home soil by the West Indies?
	1976
	1998
	1952
	1984
	2003

Question 6: In which country is the Pura Cup the premier cricket trophy?
	New Zealand
	South Africa
	Bangladesh
	Australia
	The USA

Question 7: Which batsman currently holds the record for the fastest one-day century (34 balls!)
	VVS Laxman
	Adam Gilchrist
	Stephen Fleming
	Shahid Afridi
	Andrew Flintoff

Question 8: Which of these countries did NOT compete in the 2003 Cricket World Cup?
	Ireland
	Holland
	Kenya
	Namibia
	Canada

Question 9: Which bowler currently has the best ever test bowling figures? (9 for 37 and 10 for 53)
	Jim Laker, England
	Sir Garfield Sobers, West Indies
	Graham Pollock, South Africa
	Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lanka
	Aaquib Javed, Pakistan

Question 10: The lowest ever one-day international score is 36 all-out. They were soundly thrashed by Sri Lanka- who were they?
	Holland
	Scotland
	Singapore
	The USA
	Canada

This Quiz has been designed by Sean Williams.