General Awareness

Cricket History and Facts

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Sports and Cricket History questions test your knowledge of players, major tournaments, and historical sports records. This includes cricket milestones, hockey league facts, and archery scores. Regular practice ensures better scores in the general awareness section of exams.

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Cricket History and Facts Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Third day of this match is dedicated to the famous fast bowler's wife, who died because of cancer. Name the Australian fast bowler?

  1. Craig Mcdermott

  2. Mike Whitney

  3. Glenn Mcgrath

  4. Damien Fleming
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The question refers to the Jane McGrath Day, which is observed on the third day of the Sydney Test match at the SCG. Jane McGrath was the wife of Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath, who died of breast cancer. This day raises awareness for breast cancer and the McGrath Foundation.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who holds the record for the only Quintuple century in First-Class cricket history

  1. Sir Donald Bradman

  2. Sachin Tendulkar

  3. Vinod Kambli

  4. B.C. Lara
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Brian Lara (B.C. Lara) scored 501 runs for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994, which remains the only quintuple century (500+ runs) in First-Class cricket history. This monumental individual innings stands unmatched as the highest score in professional cricket.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who is the is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of the cricketing career

  1. Steve Waugh

  2. Sir Donald Bradman

  3. B.C. Lara

  4. Saeed Anwar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Brian Lara is the only batsman in cricket history to have scored every multiple century from 100 to 500+ runs in First-Class cricket. His career includes scores of 100+, 200+, 300+, 400+ (his famous 400* in Test cricket), and 501* in First-Class cricket, making this unique achievement possible.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who has the highest individual score in an innings of a Test match ?

  1. Mathew Hayden

  2. B.C. Lara

  3. Sir Garfield Sobers

  4. Sir Donald Bradman
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket history with 400 not out, scored against England in 2004. This surpassed the previous record of 380 held by Matthew Hayden and remains unmatched as the highest individual innings in Test matches.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Who said this ? This little prick's going to get more runs than you, AB

  1. Allan Border

  2. Merv Hughes

  3. Mark Waugh

  4. Mark Taylor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Merv Hughes made this provocative comment about Sachin Tendulkar to Allan Border during the 1991-92 series. 'AB' refers to Allan Border. Hughes was predicting that the young Tendulkar would surpass Border's run-scoring achievements - a prediction that proved accurate as Tendulkar went on to score over 15,000 Test runs.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Sachin is cricket's God

  1. Bill Lawry

  2. Richie Benaud

  3. Barry Richards

  4. Geoffrey Boycott
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Barry Richards, the legendary South African batsman, made this famous declaration about Sachin Tendulkar. This quote exemplifies the reverence Tendulkar commanded among fellow cricketers worldwide. Barry Richards himself was considered one of the finest batsmen of his era, making his praise particularly significant.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Cricketing jewel of the sub-continent

  1. Imran Khan

  2. Pervez Musharraf

  3. Hanif Mohammed

  4. Javed Miandad
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Hanif Mohammed was described as the 'Cricketing jewel of the sub-continent' for his pioneering role in Pakistani cricket. He held the record for the longest Test innings (337 runs) for decades. Hanif was the first great Pakistani batting star and laid the foundation for Pakistan's cricketing legacy in the 1950s.