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What is Don Bradman's career Test batting average, the highest in cricket history?medium
Rohit Sharma is the only batsman with more than one double-century (200+) in ODI cricket. How many does he have?hard
Who was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket?medium
How many Test wickets did Shane Warne take in his career?medium
Under Virat Kohli, India won a record-equalling run of how many consecutive Test series between 2015 and 2017?hard
Which team did Sachin Tendulkar make his Test debut against, at just 16 years of age in 1989?medium
Who captained the West Indies team that won back-to-back Cricket World Cups in 1975 and 1979?medium
Who was the first batter to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket?medium
Who was the first Indian cricketer to play 100 Test matches?medium
In Test cricket, what name is given to the record of a batsman scoring a century in each innings of the same Test match?hard
Which West Indian scored 291 at The Oval in 1976, part of an 829-run Test series against England?hard
How many Test wickets did Kapil Dev take in his career, then the world record?hard
Who is the only player to score a double century in a T20 International?hard
Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century against which country?medium
Which bowler has taken the most wickets in Test cricket history?easy
Who was the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket?medium
Who was the first bowler to take 400 Test wickets?hard
MS Dhoni is famous for which batting style?easy
Which cricketer is nicknamed "The Wall"?easy
Who has scored the most runs in T20 International cricket?medium
Who is the only player to have played 200 Test matches?medium
Which bowler is known for taking a hat-trick in the 2019 ODI World Cup final?hard
Which Indian batsman is nicknamed "Hitman"?easy
Who was the first player to score a century in all three formats of international cricket (Test, ODI, T20I)?hard
Which Australian fast bowler retired in 2007 with 563 Test wickets?medium
Which left-arm fast bowler retired in 2003 with 414 Test wickets?medium
Who was the first Indian bowler to take a Test hat-trick?medium
Jacques Kallis is regarded as the greatest all-rounder. What makes him unique statistically?hard
Which wicket-keeper has the most dismissals in Test cricket history?hard
Jasprit Bumrah became the first Indian fast bowler to achieve which ICC ranking milestone?hard
Sachin Tendulkar scored the most international runs combined across all formats. What is his total?medium
MS Dhoni made 224 against Australia in 2013, the highest Test score by an India wicketkeeper. At which ground?medium
Jacques Kallis achieved which unique double in Test cricket that no other player has matched?hard
Virat Kohli captained India to the most Test wins by any Indian captain. How many did he win?hard
Mushtaq Mohammad held the record for youngest Test centurion for 40 years after his century for Pakistan in 1961, until it was broken in 2001. Who beat his record?hard
Shane Warne took how many wickets in the 2005 Ashes, even though Australia lost the series 2-1?hard
Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record for most international wickets across all formats combined. What is his total?hard
Where did Vaibhav Suryavanshi make his T20I debut for India?medium
How many runs did Vaibhav Suryavanshi score in his debut T20I innings for India?medium
Who dismissed Vaibhav Suryavanshi in his debut T20I innings for India?medium
Sir Frank Worrell became the first black cricketer to captain the West Indies for a full Test series. Which country did he lead West Indies to tour on that historic 1960-61 assignment?medium
Brian Lara's 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994 is the highest individual score in first-class cricket history. Whose record of 499 did he surpass?medium
Shane Warne's famous "Ball of the Century," which dipped, drifted and spun to bowl an England batsman on his first Ashes delivery in 1993, dismissed which player?easy
Muttiah Muralitharan, cricket's leading Test and international wicket-taker, was born near which Sri Lankan city?medium
Sunil Gavaskar's highest Test score of 236 not out, made against West Indies in December 1983, took his tally of Test centuries past Don Bradman's long-standing record of how many?hard
Viv Richards held the record for the fastest Test century (56 balls, against England in 1986) for 30 years. Which batsman finally broke it in 2016?medium
Imran Khan reached the Test all-rounder's double of 3,000 runs and 300 wickets in just 75 matches. Whose faster record of 72 Tests remains the quickest anyone has achieved this double?hard
Allan Border once held the world record for most consecutive Test matches played, appearing in 153 straight Tests for Australia between 1979 and 1994. Which England batsman eventually broke this streak record in 2018?hard
In his final Test innings at The Oval in 1948, Don Bradman needed just four runs to finish with a career average of exactly 100. Instead he was bowled for a duck by which England leg-spinner?easy
Courtney Walsh, one of the greatest fast bowlers ever, also holds a much less flattering Test record. What is it?medium
Kumar Sangakkara became the first player in ODI history to score centuries in four consecutive innings, achieving it during the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Against which team did he score the fourth of these back-to-back hundreds?hard
Mahela Jayawardene retired as the leading catcher among non-wicketkeeper fielders across all international formats combined, with 440 catches. Which fellow great did he finish 76 catches ahead of on that all-time list?hard
Adam Gilchrist's blistering 149 off 104 balls in the 2007 World Cup final against Sri Lanka included a century that remains the fastest ever scored in a World Cup final. How many balls did his hundred take?medium
West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding earned which famous nickname for his smooth, silent run-up and lethal pace?easy
Malcolm Marshall finished his career with a Test bowling average of 20.94 from 376 wickets. Among all bowlers with 200 or more Test wickets, where does this average rank?hard
When Dennis Lillee retired from international cricket in 1984, he left the game as the world record holder for most Test wickets, having taken 355 wickets in 70 Tests. Whose earlier record of 309 wickets did he pass?hard
Ian Botham's unbeaten 149 for England against Australia at Headingley in 1981 helped complete one of Test cricket's greatest comebacks. What was unique about the circumstances of England's win in that match?medium
In October 1998 at Peshawar, Australian captain Mark Taylor declared his side's innings closed while batting unbeaten, having deliberately chosen to match, rather than break, a legendary Australian Test batting record from 1930 in a match against Pakistan. What score had Taylor reached when he declared?medium
Geoffrey Boycott achieved a unique milestone in August 1977 when he reached his 100th first-class century. What made this century especially significant?medium
Lala Amarnath scored India's first-ever Test century, 118 against England in December 1933. At which ground did he achieve this landmark on his Test debut?medium
Pakistan's Hanif Mohammad played the longest innings in Test cricket history, batting for 970 minutes to score 337 against West Indies in 1958. At which ground did he compile this marathon knock?medium
Pakistani batsman Zaheer Abbas earned which famous nickname for his prolific run-scoring, having become the first player from the subcontinent to score over 100 first-class centuries?easy
The 1968 'D'Oliveira affair' saw a planned England tour of South Africa cancelled after South Africa's government objected to the selection of Basil D'Oliveira. Why was his selection politically controversial?hard
Bob Willis produced the bowling spell of his career, 8 for 43, to help England beat Australia at Headingley in 1981 after the odds on an England win had reportedly reached 500-1. For how many runs did Australia's second innings collapse?hard
Alastair Cook retired from international cricket in 2018 as England's all-time leading Test run-scorer. Approximately how many Test runs did he finish with?medium
VVS Laxman's famous innings of 281 against Australia at Eden Gardens in March 2001 helped India complete a historic Test win after following on. What Test record did Australia hold coming into that match, which India's win ended?hard
Anil Kumble famously bowled 14 overs against West Indies in Antigua in 2002 while carrying a serious injury sustained while batting. What was the injury?medium
Sourav Ganguly famously took off his shirt and waved it from the Lord's balcony after India won the 2002 NatWest Series final. What target had India chased down to win that match?medium
Australian batsman Dean Jones scored a courageous 210 in extreme heat and humidity during the second Tied Test in cricket history, against India at Chennai in 1986. What happened to him immediately after his innings ended?medium
Wasim Akram set the record for the highest score by a number 8 batsman in Test cricket, scoring 257 not out against Zimbabwe in October 1996. At which ground did he play this innings?hard
Zimbabwean cricketers Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands during the 2003 Cricket World Cup as a political protest. What did they say the armbands mourned?medium
Former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje was banned for life from all cricket administration and playing activity in October 2000. What was he found guilty of?easy
Jonty Rhodes' spectacular diving run-out of an opposition batsman during the 1992 Cricket World Cup became one of cricket's most iconic fielding moments. Which batsman did he run out?easy
The dismissal "Caught Marsh, bowled Lillee" became cricket's most famous bowler-wicketkeeper combination for Australia. How many times did this exact combination dismiss a batsman in Test cricket?hard
South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher was forced to retire suddenly from international cricket in July 2012. What caused his abrupt retirement?medium
Graeme Pollock's career Test batting average of 60.97 remains one of the highest ever recorded, but his career was cut short at just 23 Tests. Why did his international career end so abruptly in 1970?medium
South African opener Barry Richards is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen never to play a full career, having appeared in only four Test matches, all in 1969-70, due to his country's sporting isolation. Which team did he play all four of those Tests against?hard
Pakistan wicketkeeper Wasim Bari set a world record in a 1978-79 Test by dismissing seven batsmen (all catches) in a single innings. Against which team did he achieve this?hard
In which year did Sachin Tendulkar make his international debut for India, aged just 16?easy
Sachin Tendulkar retired from international cricket in 2013 after playing his 200th and final Test at which venue?medium
Who is the only bowler in Test cricket history to take 800 wickets, a record set across a career that ended in 2010?easy
Muttiah Muralitharan took his 800th and final Test wicket against which team, in his farewell Test in 2010?medium
Anil Kumble took all 10 wickets in a Test innings against Pakistan in 1999, joining Jim Laker as only the second bowler to do so. At which venue did this happen?medium
Which England off-spinner was the first bowler to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings, against Australia in 1956?medium
Brian Lara briefly lost and then reclaimed the Test highest-individual-score record. Who held the record in between, with 380, before Lara's 400 not out?medium
Which batter made the highest individual score in ODI cricket, 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014?easy
Virender Sehwag made the second double century in men's ODIs, 219 in December 2011. Against which team?medium
Which Pakistan opener made 194 against India in 1997, the highest ODI score until Sachin Tendulkar's 200 in 2010?hard
Kapil Dev was, for many years, the highest wicket-taker in Test history until his record was surpassed. Who first broke Kapil Dev's Test wicket record, in 2000?hard
Kapil Dev captained India to their first-ever Cricket World Cup title in 1983. In which year did he retire from international cricket?medium
Don Bradman's Test batting average of 99.94 is considered cricket's most famous statistic. How many runs short of a career average of 100 did he finish, after his final Test innings in 1948?medium
Don Bradman was famously dismissed for a duck in his final Test innings in 1948, at which ground?medium
Which team did Don Bradman play his final Test series against, in 1948, a series remembered as 'The Invincibles' tour?medium
Sir Garfield Sobers held the world record for the highest individual Test score for 36 years after scoring 365 not out in 1958. Which team was he playing against?medium
Brian Lara first broke the Test highest individual score record in 1994, with 375 against England, before later extending his own record. Where was the 375 scored?hard
Sir Vivian Richards is widely regarded as one of the most destructive batters of the 1970s and 1980s. Which country did he represent internationally?easy
Sunil Gavaskar retired from Test cricket in 1987, finishing as the then-world record holder for most Test centuries, with how many?hard
Who broke Sunil Gavaskar's long-standing record of 34 Test centuries, doing so in 2005?medium
Sir Richard Hadlee became the first bowler in Test history to take 400 wickets, doing so in 1990 against which country?medium
Wasim Akram, regarded as one of the greatest left-arm fast bowlers, finished his career as the leading wicket-taker in which limited-overs format?medium
Which bowler overtook Wasim Akram's tally of 502 ODI wickets to become cricket's all-time leading ODI wicket-taker, a record he held through to his 2011 retirement?hard
Muttiah Muralitharan retired from ODI cricket after the 2011 World Cup as the format's leading wicket-taker, with how many wickets?hard
Shane Warne took 700 Test wickets over his career, retiring in 2007 after his 145th and final Test, part of that year's Ashes series. Which was Warne's final Test venue?medium
Glenn McGrath finished his Test career in 2007 as the leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers, with how many wickets?hard
Jacques Kallis is widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history, having scored over 13,000 Test runs and taken over 290 Test wickets. Which country did he represent?easy
Ricky Ponting captained Australia to consecutive Cricket World Cup titles in 2003 and 2007. How many Ashes series did he lose as captain, a notable blemish on his captaincy record?hard
AB de Villiers, nicknamed 'Mr 360' for his all-round shot-making, retired from international cricket in which year?medium
AB de Villiers holds the record for the fastest ODI century, scored off just 31 balls in 2015 against which team?medium
MS Dhoni retired from Test cricket in 2014, midway through India's tour of Australia, and later retired from ODIs and T20Is in 2019/2020. In which format did he continue playing for Chennai Super Kings the longest?medium
MS Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on 15 August 2020, a date significant for which reason?medium
Rahul Dravid, nicknamed 'The Wall' for his defensive batting technique, retired from international cricket in which year?medium
VVS Laxman, part of India's celebrated middle order alongside Dravid and Tendulkar in the 2000s, retired from international cricket in which year?hard
Kumar Sangakkara retired from ODI cricket after the 2015 World Cup, in which he scored four consecutive centuries, a unique record. Against which teams did he score them?hard
Rangana Herath, Sri Lanka's leading Test wicket-taker among left-arm spinners, retired from international cricket in which year, in a Test against England?hard
James Anderson became the leading wicket-taking fast bowler in Test history by passing which bowler's tally in 2018?medium
James Anderson retired from Test cricket in 2024 after playing his farewell Test at which venue?medium
Alastair Cook retired as England's leading Test run-scorer of all time in 2018, at which venue did he play his final Test?medium
Alastair Cook scored a century in his very last Test innings in 2018. Had he also scored a century on Test debut, making him one of the few players to score hundreds in both his first and last Tests?hard
Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh's leading all-rounder, has been the country's most capped Test player across formats for much of the 2010s and 2020s. In which year did he make his international debut?medium
Which Bangladesh cricketer became the first from that country to be ranked the world's number one Test all-rounder, achieving the feat multiple times through the 2010s?medium
Which Afghanistan cricketer became one of the sport's most celebrated leg-spinners of the 2010s and 2020s, captaining the national T20 side and playing widely in T20 leagues worldwide?easy
Which former New Zealand captain and fast bowler was renowned for his 1985 Test figures of 9/52 against Australia, still among the best bowling figures in Test history?hard
Jim Laker's Test figures of 19/90 in a single match against Australia in 1956 remain a world record. In which Test was this achieved?hard
Which Indian batter, part of the celebrated 1970s-80s era, was the first from India to score a Test triple century, doing so in 1983?hard
Virender Sehwag scored India's first-ever Test triple century in 2004, against which team, in Multan?medium
Virender Sehwag later scored a second Test triple century, becoming the first Indian to score two, against which team in 2008?hard
Karun Nair scored a Test triple century (303 not out) against England in 2016, becoming only the third Indian to do so at the time. At which venue?hard
Yashasvi Jaiswal became one of the youngest players to score a Test double century for India, achieving the feat in 2024 against which team?medium
Rohit Sharma is the only batter in cricket history to score three double centuries in ODI cricket. Besides his record 264, what are his two other ODI double-century scores?hard
Which bowler took the first hat-trick in Test cricket history, for Australia against England in 1879?hard
Which player became the first to score a century on Test debut, achieving it in that same inaugural 1877 Test?hard