Cricket History and Facts

Sanath Jayasuriya scored 115 runs against Australia in the 2007 Cricket World Cup final, which was his highest score in that tournament. This innings was crucial as it helped Sri Lanka post a competitive total in the championship match.

Nawab Pataudi (Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi) is the correct answer. He is the only cricketer to have played Test cricket for both India and England - for England before India's independence (1930s) and for India after independence (1946). The other players listed (Nazir Ali, Ranjit Singh, Chandu Borde) did not have this unique distinction.

Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) set the world record in 2006 for most runs (1,788) and most centuries (9) in a calendar year in Test cricket. He broke Viv Richards' 1976 record. Ponting, Lara, and Gilchrist had great careers but 2006 was Yousuf's record year.

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'Winning' suits the context of the sentence.

Rahul Dravid was the third Indian cricketer to surpass 10,000 Test runs, after Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. He achieved this milestone in 2008 against Australia in Bangalore. Dravid is known as 'The Wall' for his solid batting technique.

Virender Sehwag is the third batsman to score 300+ runs twice in Test cricket, after Sir Donald Bradman and Brian Lara. Sehwag scored 309 against Pakistan in Multan (2004) and 319 against South Africa in Chennai (2008).

Yusuf Pathan was awarded Man of the Match in the inaugural IPL 2008 final for his all-round performance. He scored 33 runs off 17 balls and took 3 wickets for 22 runs, helping Rajasthan Royals defeat Chennai Super Kings. This was in the first-ever IPL final.

Sachin Tendulkar was the first cricketer to score 14,000 runs in One Day Internationals. He achieved this milestone in 2011 during his legendary career that saw him set numerous batting records across formats.

This is the correct option. Dennis Lillee, an Australian cricketer, was the first to use an aluminium bat.

This is the correct option. The first six-seam cricket ball was created in the year 1780.

This is the correct option. A match can go on for five days and can still end in a draw.

This is the correct option as this statement is not amongst the first written 'Laws of Cricket'. 

This is the correct option as this statement is false.