Cricket History and Facts

Among the given options, other than first statement, remaining are true.

• Cricket in England was seasonal.
  
• The captain of the team was traditionally a batsman in Victorian England. This is because amateurs played only as batsmen as they were rich and played for pleasure. They left energetic, hardworking aspects of game to professionals.
  
• Len Hutton was the first professional Yorkshire Batsman to lead the English test team.
  
• There was a clear social hierarchy between the batsmen and the bowlers in Victorian England because rich were called amateurs and were called gentlemen who were batmen. On the other hand professionals were described as players. They even entered from different entrances.
  

A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-arm seam bowler, he became famous in the 1950s as the first black captain of the West Indies cricket team. Along with Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of the West Indian cricket. He was the first of the two batsmen to have been involved in two 500-run partnerships in first-class cricket.

The statement regarding the Sikhs founding the first Indian Cricket Club in 1820 is historically inaccurate. The first cricket clubs in India were established much later, primarily by British colonial influence.

MCC stands for the Marylebone Cricket Club, which is the custodian of the Laws of Cricket.

The standard length of a cricket pitch between the two sets of stumps is 22 yards.

The Trailblazers won the 2020 Women's T20 Challenge (often referred to as the women's IPL) by defeating the Supernovas in the final.

David Willey was named the Player of the Series for his outstanding performance with both bat and ball during the 2020 ODI series between England and Ireland.

Karachi Kings defeated Lahore Qalandars in the final of the 2020 Pakistan Super League (PSL) to win their first title.

Lungi Ngidi was the leading wicket-taker in the T20I series between South Africa and England in early 2020.

Rashid Khan maintained the best economy rate among the top bowlers during the 2020 IPL season, proving highly effective for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Zak Crawley scored 267 against Pakistan in 2020, and he shared a massive partnership with Jos Buttler during that innings.

In the 2020 IPL season, both Chris Gayle and Ishan Kishan scored 99 runs in a single innings.

The Sydney Sixers won the 2019-2020 Big Bash League (BBL) title by defeating the Melbourne Stars in the final.

Josh Hazlewood was the primary destroyer in India's second innings of the 2020 Adelaide Test, taking 5 wickets for 8 runs.

Rahul Tewatia famously hit five sixes in an over off Sheldon Cottrell during a match against Kings XI Punjab, helping Rajasthan Royals chase a massive target.