Independence Day Celebration: Aug 11-17 : Cricket Trivia

Time for an Independence Week Celebration Cricket Trivia

Lets see how much you know Pakistani Cricketing History.

One of the moderator will post 3 questions

After Each correct answer. Another question will be post. So buckle up

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Q1. Who was the first asian to score 100 test centuries??

Q2. Who was Pakistan's first Test captain?

Q3. Pakistan won their first Test Match.
True or False?

Q1. Zaheer Abbas. No one has 100 test centuries!! Sachin tops the list with 39

Q2. Abdul Hafeez Kardar

Q3. False. The five test series (1952/3) was played in India. India won the series 2-1. Pakistan won the second test but lost the first and third tests. Lala Amarnath and Abdul Kardar were the two captains

yeah … i was askin abt first class centuries .. :hehe:

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Golden Asif was right abt all the three answers

Q4. How old was waseem akram when he first time took 10 wickets in a test match?

Q5. Which batsman has scored most fifties (50 runs) for Pakistan in ODIs ?

Q6. Which player scored most runs in ODI debut for Pakistan?

Let’s see if we can keep Asif Bhai roped in for all of our trivia. :stuck_out_tongue:

Cadet Jee :k:

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kea meyn neqel mar sekte :hehe:

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^^cheater :smilestar:

I think I know the answers to the first two. The last one would be a really wild guess..

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:hmmm:

Q4. Wasim was 18 (officially!!) and that was against NZ in 1984

Q5. Inzamam-ul-Haq with 83 ODI fifties. Yousuf currently has 62

Q6. Saleem Elahi 102* v SLA at Gujranwala 1995 (with help from cricinfo :))
Cricinfo - Records - One-Day Internationals - Most runs in debut match

OK here's one from me

Q7. Which Pakistani bowler has taken most test wickets bowled?

Q8. Which Pakistani batsman has carried his bat through a completed one-day innings?

Q9. Name the youngest player in history to score a test double hundred?

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** A7*. Waseem n Waqar (both took 102 wickets)
**A8
. Saeed Anwer
**A9
*. Javaid Miandad (he was 19 i guess)

All answers are correct, Well done :slight_smile:

A7. Cricinfo - Records - Test matches - Most wickets taken bowled

A8. Cricinfo - Records - One-Day Internationals - Carrying bat through a completed innings

A9. Cricinfo - Records - Test matches - Youngest player to score a double hundred
btw the youngest player to score a test hundred is Mohammad Asharful (114) of Bangladesh (aged 17y 61d v SLA in Colombo 2001)
&
the youngest player to score a test triple hundred is Sir Garfield Sobers (365*) aged 21y 213d v Pakistan @ Kingston, 1958

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Name the cricketer who, in order to improve his batting technique Glued his gloves to the handle of his bat?

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^^was that supposed to be serious question ?

John Wright. He was a nikema too. :-P


Identify the batsmen who made a century for Pakistan in only 74 balls?

Identify the Pakistani player who scored the most runs in an inning on his debut?

Circa 1987 - Pakistan scored its then highest total score in a test (one innings) when their innings finished at ___?

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MJK, by most runs u mean highest scorer in that inning??? Which inning, test (first or 2nd) or ODI, 708

For first and third, you are good.

Highest scorer on his debut in either single innings or both innings?

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Current trivia questions:

Which Pakistani legend did not play 100 test matches for Pakistan?

First Pakistani player to score a hundred, and take 5 wickets in an innings of the same match, on two separate occasions?

Javed Miandad was regarded as an allrounder when he first started playing test cricket. What did he bowl?

Pending question:

Identify the Pakistani player who scored the most runs in an inning on his debut?