Left-Handed Batters
Did you know that among all left-handed batters, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara has scored the most runs in international cricket (28,016). Here’s a quiz to test your knowledge on left-handers in cricket.
Whose record did Brian Lara break when he scored 375, then the highest score in a Test innings, against England in 1994?
Sir Garry Sobers had held the record for 36 years, having scored an unbeaten 365 against Pakistan at Kingston in 1958.
Sir Len Hutton
Hanif Mohammad
Sir Garry Sobers
Wally Hammond
Apart from Brian Lara, who is the only other left-handed batsman to have scored two Test triple hundreds?
Chris Gayle’s first Test triple hundred came against South Africa at St. John’s in 2005 and the second against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2010.
Chris Gayle
Kumar Sangakkara
Matthew Hayden
Sir Garry Sobers
The first batsman to hit an IPL century was Brendon McCullum on the opening day of the inaugural season. A day later, who became the first left-hander to hit an IPL hundred?
Michael Hussey, playing for the Chennai Super Kings, scored an unbeaten 116 against Kings XI Punjab in the IPL’s second-ever match.
Adam Gilchrist
Matthew Hayden
Michael Hussey
Sanath Jayasuriya
Who, among these left-handers, has scored a Test double hundred?
Wasim Akram scored an unbeaten 257 against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in 1996.
Andrew Strauss
Arjuna Ranatunga
Michael Hussey
Wasim Akram
Who was the first left-handed batsman to reach 10,000 ODI runs?
Sourav Ganguly reached 10,000 ODI runs on 3 August 2005, just six days before Sanath Jayasuriya managed to do so.
Brian Lara
Kumar Sangakkara
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sourav Ganguly
When it comes to the ODI World Cup, what connects left-handers Clive Lloyd, Wasim Akram, Adam Gilchrist and Ben Stokes?
All have been the Player of the Match in a World Cup final – Clive Lloyd in 1975, Wasim Akram in 1992, Adam Gilchrist in 2007 and Ben Stokes in 2019.
Four fastest fifties in World Cup history
Out for a duck on World Cup debut
Player of the Match in World Cup finals
Player of the Tournament in World Cups
Beth Mooney is the only left-hander to have scored two centuries in Women’s T20Is. Who, among the following players, has scored a hundred in T20 cricket at the international level?
Chamari Atapattu scored 113 against Australia in Sydney in 2019 while chasing but ended on the losing side. Beth Mooney also scored 113 in the same match.
Aimee Watkins
Chamari Atapattu
Karen Rolton
Smriti Mandhana
Which one of these statements about Sir Garry Sobers is true?
Sir Garry Sobers batted and bowled left-handed.
A left-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler
A left-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler
A right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler
Who, among these left-handers, has the most international centuries?
Kumar Sangakkara has 63 international centuries to his name – 38 in Tests and 25 in ODIs.
Brian Lara
Chris Gayle
David Warner
Kumar Sangakkara
Sir Vivian Richards has scored the fastest century for West Indies in ODIs. Which left-handed batsman is second on the list?
Shivnarine Chanderpaul reached his hundred in just 69 deliveries in a match against Australia at Georgetown in 2003.
Brian Lara
Chris Gayle
Roy Fredericks
Shivnarine Chanderpaul