Cricketers who excelled in multiple sports
Ashleigh Barty became the first Australian woman to win the Wimbledon in 41 years. Back in 2014, she took an indefinite break from tennis. She ended up playing for Brisbane Heat in the inaugural season of the Women's Big Bash League in 2015/16. Test your knowledge about cricketers who have excelled in multiple sports.
Did you know: Jack McBryan was an Olympic Gold winner in Field Hockey and also played one Test match for England. But he didn’t get to bat or bowl.
Three Indian cricketers have represented their country in two different sports. Yuzvendra Chahal and MJ Gopalan are two of them, who is the other?
Cotar Ramaswami played Tennis for India and was a contestant in Wimbledon in 1922. He lost in the second round.
Buchi Babu Naidu
Cotar Ramaswami
Syed Mohammad
Hadi Ladha Ramji
Who among the following English cricketers played for the Arsenal Football Club?
Denis Compton made his debut for Arsenal FC in 1936 and was part of the winning campaign n First Division football league 1948.
Sir Ian Botham
Chris Balderstone
Wally Hardinge
Denis Compton
Before making his debut in cricket in 2009, which of these sport did Dirk Nannes feature in?
In 1995, Nannes started his career as a Mogul Skier and went on to compete at the FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup.
Tennis
Squash
Skiing
Hockey
Has Jonty Rhodes represented the national hockey team for South Africa?
He played hockey at the state level but was never a part of the national team.
True
False
In the quarter-final of 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Ellyse Perry scored a goal against which team?
Australia lost to Sweden 3-1 in the quarter-final. Perry was their lone goal scorer.
Sweden
Germany
Japan
France
Apart from cricket, Suzie Bates represented New Zealand in the 2008 Summer Olympics. In which sport?
New Zealand women's national basketball team managed to win only one match in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.
Badminton
Field Hockey
Basketball
Baseball
Rudi van Vuuren represented Namibia in two World Cups for different sports, cricket and rugby. What is special about his appearances?
Both Cricket World Cup and the Rugby World Cup happened in 2003.
Both WC appearances were in the same year
He was the captain of both teams
Both WCs were hosted by South Africa
Both WC were won by the same team
Jeff Wilson who made his debut in cricket first and then majorly played Rugby holds a unique record in cricket. What is that?
He missed 271 ODI matches for New Zealand from March 1993 to February 2005. He had played four ODI matches before missing 271.
Represented two countries in ODI
Played two ODI World Cups
Most ODIs missed between two appearances
Man of the Match in the Only T20I played
Tip Foster who captained England in both football and cricket has a record in Test cricket to his name. What is that?
Tip Foster scored 287 against Australia in Sydney in his debut innings in 1903, which is to date the highest score on debut in Tests.
Highest score by an England Captain
Highest score on debut in Tests
Highest score against Australia in Tests
Highest score at Sydney in Tests
Apart from winning the Wimbledon, which is the other Grand Slam that Ashleigh Barty has won?
She won the French Open in 2019. She reached the semi-final of the Australian Open in 2020.
Australian Open
French Open
US Open
Wimbledon 2021 was her first Grand Slam victory
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