CRICKET QUIZ

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  1. 3. Zero runs scored by a batsman
  2. 6. The term for a ball that doesn't bounce at all and skids straight through — dreaded by batsme
  3. 10. The batting legend whose Test average of 99.94 is considered mathematically unreachable
  4. 15. The fielding position directly behind the batsman, considered most dangerous in cricket
  5. 17. first Asian country to win the Cricket World Cup
  6. 18. Australian spinner nicknamed "Hollywood" for his theatrical celebrations Hint: 708 Test wickets
  7. 19. INDIES country whose bowlers conceded the most wides in a single Test innings — 35 wides in one innings
  8. 21. The batsman who faced only ONE ball in his entire Test career — and scored 0
  9. 22. holds the record of fastest officially recorded delivery in international cricket history
  10. 27. The year the very first Test match was played
  11. 29. Only wicketkeeper with 500+ dismissals in ODI cricket
  12. 30. Muralitharan's most controversial weapon
Down
  1. 1. Cow ___ (unglamorous fielding spot)
  2. 2. sultan of swing
  3. 4. Australian bowler who was no-balled for bowling underarm to prevent New Zealand scoring a 6 in a 1981 ODI final (
  4. 5. The number of runs scored by the West Indies' extras in a 1997 Test vs Pakistan — more than their top scorer
  5. 7. the mode of dismissal where a batsman intentionally touches the ball with their hand — now merged with another law Hint: Removed from the Laws of Cricket in 2017
  6. 8. The only Test-playing country whose home ground is above 1,000 metres altitude
  7. 9. The method used to decide the 2019 World Cup winner after BOTH the match AND Super Over tied (COUNTED __)
  8. 11. Mr Cricket, Australia
  9. 12. Highest individual Test score: 400*
  10. 13. West Indies fast bowler nicknamed "Whispering Death" for his silent run-up and lethal pace
  11. 14. The lowest ever Test innings total, scored by New Zealand vs England in 1955
  12. 16. player who holds the record of taking 19 wickets in a single Test match
  13. 20. The Sri Lankan bowler who took a hat-trick in the 2011 World Cup vs Kenya
  14. 23. Player known as ‘The Wall’
  15. 24. Only cricketer to play both football and cricket World Cups
  16. 25. first bowler to take a T20 International hat-trick
  17. 26. Cricketer called ‘Universe Boss’
  18. 28. youngest player ever to play Test cricket