Cricket and Football Quiz

The Compton-Miller Award is given to the player of the series in Ashes cricket matches between England and Australia. Andrew Strauss received this award for his performance in the 2009 Ashes series. The other players are notable cricketers but not the correct recipient of this specific award.

Gladstone Small is the correct answer - he was a West Indies-born fast bowler who took exactly 852 first-class wickets for Warwickshire before retiring in the 1990s. Edward Giddins, Allan Donald, and Martin McCague are all cricketers but don't match this specific Warwickshire achievement.

Steve Waugh and his brother Mark attended East Hills Boys' High School in Sydney's southwestern suburbs. North Sydney Girls' High School is a girls' school, while Riverwood and Denistone East are not associated with the Waugh brothers' education.

Devon Malcolm's career perfectly matches the description: he started at Derbyshire, moved to Northamptonshire, then surprisingly transferred to Leicestershire, and played exactly 40 Tests for England. Ashley Giles (Warwickshire), Phillip DeFreitas (Derbyshire but different path), and Peter Such (different career trajectory) don't fit this specific pattern.

Tim Robinson was indeed named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1986 after impressive performances including a famous century at Lord's. Gladstone Small (1993), Bill Athey (never a Cricketer of the Year), and Robin Smith (never received this honor) don't match this 1986 recognition.

Graeme Hick was born in Zimbabwe, played for Worcestershire, and became one of England's leading batsmen in the 1990s with over 65,000 first-class runs. Andy Flower is Zimbabwean but played for Zimbabwe, not England. Robin Smith was born in South Africa, and Kevin Curran was Zimbabwean but not an England batsman.

Saeed Anwar scored 194 against India in Chennai in 1997, setting a then-world record for the highest individual ODI innings. Shahid Afridi also scored 194 but against a different team (not India), while Inzamam-ul-Haq and Brian Lara never held this specific record against India.

Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu set a record 222-run opening partnership at the SCG during the 2002/03 VB Series against England. Neither English pair (Knight-Trescothick or Knight-Vaughan) nor the Australian pair (Hayden-Gilchrist) achieved this specific SCG record.

Sherwin Campbell was a West Indies opener who had a disastrous 2000/01 series in Australia, failing repeatedly except for a century in the final Test at Sydney. Michael Atherton had retired by 2000, Richie Richardson retired earlier, and Mark Butcher wasn't an opener.

Brian Lara scored 375 runs against England in Antigua in 1994 (not 1993), breaking Sir Garfield Sobers' longstanding record of 365 runs. This was a legendary Test cricket innings. Saeed Anwar and Sachin Tendulkar were also great batsmen but didn't hold this record, and Mike Gatting was an English player.

Michael Vaughan was dismissed 'handled the ball' against India in 2001, making him the 7th batsman in Test cricket history to be out this rare way. 'Handled the ball' is one of the ten methods of dismissal in cricket but extremely uncommon - the player must touch the ball with a hand not holding the bat.

The 'baggy green' is the iconic cap worn by Australian cricket players, symbolizing the national cricket team and its traditions. South Africa, New Zealand, and Scotland have their own distinct cricket headwear and nicknames.