QUIZ: ON SPINNERS IN TESTS
On this day, a magician in cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan was born in 1972. A cricketer who’s known for his simplicity, his sheer gentleman spirit and not to mention, a record breaker. Here is a quiz on spinners to celebrate his 48th birthday.
Did you know? Jimmy Matthews, a leg-spinner from Australia has a hat-trick in both innings of a Test match. In 1912 against South Africa in Manchester, he achieved this feat.
Muttiah Muralitharan went past Shane Warne’s 708 wicket mark against England in Kandy in 2007. Who was his record 709th Test wicket?
Paul Collingwood was bowled in England’s 1st innings in the 1st Test in Kandy.
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Ian Bell
Ravi Bopara
Which of these spinners has the best bowling figures in a Test match?
Jim Laker’s match figures of 19/90 against Australia in 1956 is the best by a spinner in Tests. In fact, those are the best irrespective of bowling classification.
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
Jim Laker (ENG)
Narendra Hirwani (IND)
Johnny Briggs (ENG)
Ravichandran Ashwin became the quickest Indian to 100 Test wickets against West Indies in Mumbai. This match is renowned for what?
Darren Sammy was his 100th scalp in Tests and this match marked the farewell of an absolute legend of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar.
Rohit Sharma’s Test debut
Last Test for Shiv Chanderpaul
Last Test for Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammed Shami’s Test debut
Which of these spinners has the best match figures on debut in Tests?
Narendra Hirwani finished with match figures of 16 for 136 against West Indies in 1988 in Chennai.
Jason Krejza (AUS)
Alf Valentine (WI)
Charles Marriott (ENG)
Narendra Hirwani (IND)
Anil Kumble has bagged 100 or more wickets against only one team in Tests, which is that team?
Anil Kumble has 111 wickets against Australia with best match figures of 13/181 against them.
Australia
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
South Africa
Is Ravi Shastri the youngest Indian bowler to bag a 5-wicket haul in an innings in Tests?
He claimed a 5-wicket haul against New Zealand on the 1981 tour of New Zealand, which was his debut series.
True
False
On his Test debut in 1992 Shane Warne conceded 150 runs for a solitary wicket. Which opposition batsman scored a double hundred in the match?
Ravi Shastri became the first Asian to score a double hundred in Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Ravi Shastri
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Who among these batsmen has been Harbhajan Singh’s bunny in Tests?
Ricky Ponting has been dismissed by Harbhajan Singh on 10 occasions, which is the most for Ponting against a bowler in Tests.
Adam Gilchrist (AUS)
Ricky Ponting (AUS)
Matthew Hayden (AUS)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Which of these Pakistan spinners has the most wickets in Tests?
Danish Kaneria leads the pack with 261 wickets for Pakistan in Tests.
Abdul Qadir
Saqlain Mushtaq
Danish Kaneria
Yasir Shah
Which of these spinners has the most wickets through LBW in Tests?
Anil Kumble has dismissed a batsman LBW on 156 occasions in Tests, his 25% of wickets have been through that mode of dismissal.
Rangana Herath (SL)
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
Shane Warne (AUS)
Anil Kumble (IND)
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