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This Bumper Cricket Quiz Is a Real Test Match
1. How many balls are in an over in modern cricket?
4
6
8
5
2. What does it mean when the ball is hit over the boundary line?
The batter is out
The ball needs replacing
The batter has scored a 6
The bowler has done well

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3. What is the longest cricket format played at the international level?
ODIs
Tall Ball
T20 Cricket
Test Cricket
4. What formula decides the ODI target score for a team batting second in bad weather?
The Ntini Pollock Equation
The Jayawardene Method
The Duckworth Lewis Stern Method
The Akhtar Formula

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5. Where did the game of cricket originate?
England
India
Australia
Ireland
6. When was Wisden Cricketers' Almanack first published?
1793
1864
1975
2000

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7. Which women’s national team has won the second-most Cricket World Cups?
England
West Indies
Australia
India
8. Cricket features heavily in the plot of which Oscar-nominated Bollywood?
Chak De! India
Mary Kom
Kabhi Khushi Khabie Gham
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

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9. Where was the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup held?
Pakistan
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
10. Select the team that isn’t in the Indian Premier League.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Chennai Super Kings
Rajasthan Royals
Jammu Giants

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11. What is the name of the Australian bowler pictured here?
Alan Donald
Glenn McGrath
Stuart Broad
Shane Warne
12. What color is an ODI cricket ball?
Blue
Yellow
Red
White

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13. What does LBW stand for?
Lay ball west
Late batsman wrist
Leg before wicket
Light ball inswing
14. What are the wooden pieces on top of cricket stumps called?
Wickets
Bails
Grooves
Stakes

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15. Which of the following terms does not refer to a googly?
Doosra
Bosie
Bosey
Wrong'un
16. How many players does a formal cricket team field?
8
11
10
9

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17. Which of the following words does not apply to cricket?
Nightwatchman
Dolly
Yorker
Scrum
18. Spot the impostor among these cricket legends
Don Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar
Graham Gooch
Ralph Kiner

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19. Which batsman holds the record for scoring the fastest century in One Day Internationals?
Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers
Hashim Amla
Ricky Ponting
20. Cricket is jokingly referred to as an unofficial religion in which country?
Bangladesh
Namibia
India
England

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21. What does ICC currently stand for?
International Cricketing Commonwealth
Imperial Cricket Conference
International Cricket Council
Intercontinental Cricketing Committee
22. What is a maiden over?
An over in which no runs are scored
The first over in a Women's World Cup match
An expensive over
An over in which a wicket is taken

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23. The Decision Review System is also known as the...
Eye in the sky
Third Umpire
Fourth Umpire
Aleem Dar
24. How many hours does it usually take to play a T20 match?
20 hours
3 hours
80 hours
2 hours

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25. What is the name of the test cricket series played by England and Australia every two years?
The Great Biennial
Fire Quest
The Broz Challenge
The Ashes
26. How many overs are there in a formal ODI?
30
40
50
60

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27. Choose the brand not associated with cricket bats.
Kookaburra
Gunn & Moore
Spartan
Supreme
28. Who was the first batter to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket?
Herschelle Gibbs
Yuvraj Singh
Kieron Pollard
Jaskaran Malhotra

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29. Which of the following players is a GOAT of the game from the West Indies?
Kumar Sangakkara
Imran Khan
Brian Lara
Viv Richards
30. What does it signal when an umpire puts one hand in the air with the index finger raised?
It's a no-ball
The batter is out
The batter has scored a 4
It's a wide ball

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