How closely you followed cricket in 2008?
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- Who took three wickets in the last-but-one over to win the Sydney Test against India in January 2008?**
Stuart Clark
Michael Clarke
Brett Lee
Andrew Symonds
2. Who took his 600th Test wicket during January 2008?
Anil Kumble
Muttiah Muralitharan
Harbhajan Singh
Brett Lee
3. Who dismissed Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting for single-figure scores in both finals of the one-day series in Australia?
Ishant Sharma
Harbhajan Singh
Praveen Kumar
RP Singh
4. Who fetched the top price at the inaugural Indian Premier League player auction in February?
Andrew Symonds
Sachin Tendulkar
David Hussey
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
5. Who made his debut for England in the first Test in New Zealand, and scored a hundred in the second Test?
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Tim Ambrose**
Ravi Bopara
Alastair Cook
Owais Shah
6. Who was Graeme Smith’s partner in a world-record opening partnership against Bangladesh in March?
Hashim Amla
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
Neil McKenzie
7. Who hit 158 not out in the first match of the IPL, in April?
Virender Sehwag
Brendon McCullum
Chris Gayle
Shaun Marsh
8. Who had two teeth knocked out by James Anderson in a Test in May?
Aaron Redmond
Jamie How
Grant Elliott
Daniel Flynn
9. Who announced his immediate retirement in the middle of a Test match in June?
Stuart MacGill
Shane Bond
Justin Langer
Stephen Fleming
10. Who was run out after being knocked over by the bowler, sparking an argument in a one-day international between England and New Zealand?
Tim Southee
Grant Elliott
Paul Collingwood
Daniel Flynn
11. Who was out for 199 in the Lord’s Test between England and South Africa?
AB de Villiers
Ian Bell
Hashim Amla
Kevin Pietersen
12. Who made his Test debut for England in July, after playing only 11 first-class matches?
Alastair Cook
Ravi Bopara
Darren Pattinson
Joe Denly
13. Against which team did Mark Ramprakash score his 100th first-class century in August?
Middlesex
Yorkshire
Lancashire
Derbyshire
14. Why was Andrew Symonds sent home from Australia’s one-day series against Bangladesh in August?
He’d had an argument in a bar
He’d overslept and missed the start of a match
He’d gone fishing and missed a team meeting
He’d had an argument with the coach
15. Which team won the English County Championship for the first time in 2008?
Northamptonshire
Somerset
Sussex
Durham
16. Where did Pakistan play West Indies in three one-day internationals in November?
Abu Dhabi
Sharjah
Qatar
Dubai
17. Who took 12 wickets in his Test debut during November, but still finished on the losing side?
Amit Mishra
Cameron White
Beau Casson
Jason Krejza
18. Who was the Man of the Match in the Stanford 20/20 for 20 game?
Andre Fletcher
Kevin Pietersen
Chris Gayle
Darren Sammy
19. Who carried his bat for Australia in the first Test against New Zealand at Brisbane?
Matthew Hayden
Simon Katich
Shaun Marsh
Phil Jaques
20. Which Denmark-born player reinforced England’s one-day side in India in November?
Amjad Khan
Sajid Mahmood
Ravi Bopara
Ole Mortensen
Source: CricInfo - Steven Asks
