Welcome to our Ultimate Cricket Trivia post! This is your chance to test your knowledge of the ‘Gentleman’s Game’, delving into some of the most iconic moments, monumental records, and remarkable cricketers. Our questions span across different formats of the game, from the timeless elegance of Test cricket to the thrill and adrenaline rush of the T20s, and even the glitz and glamour of the world’s top cricket leagues. Whether you’re a die-hard fan who can reel off statistics at the drop of a hat or a casual viewer who enjoys the game, there’s something for everyone. Let’s see how many of these 100 cricket trivia questions you can answer!
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1. Who holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings? Reveal Answer Brian Lara, with a score of 400 not out.
2. Which bowler has the best bowling figures in a Test match? Reveal Answer Jim Laker, with figures of 19 wickets for 90 runs.
3. Which cricketer has played the most Test matches? Reveal Answer Sachin Tendulkar, with 200 Test matches.
4. Who has scored the most runs in Test cricket history? Reveal Answer Sachin Tendulkar, with 15,921 runs.
5. Who holds the record for the most wickets in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Muttiah Muralitharan, with 800 wickets.
6. Who was the first bowler to take 10 wickets in a single Test innings? Reveal Answer Jim Laker, in 1956.
7. Who is the youngest player ever to debut in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Hasan Raza, who debuted for Pakistan at the age of 14.
8. Which cricketer has scored the most centuries in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Sachin Tendulkar, with 51 centuries.
9. Who was the first player to score a double century in ODI cricket? Reveal Answer Sachin Tendulkar, in 2010.
10. Who was the first bowler to take 500 wickets in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Courtney Walsh, in 2001.
11. What’s the highest team total in an ODI match? Reveal Answer England scored 481/6 against Australia in 2018.
12. Who has the most ducks in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Courtney Walsh, with 43 ducks.
13. Who holds the record for the fastest century in ODI cricket? Reveal Answer AB de Villiers, who scored a century in just 31 balls.
14. Who is the youngest cricketer to score a century in international cricket? Reveal Answer Shahid Afridi, who achieved this feat at just 16 years old.
15. Who was the first woman to score a century in a Test match? Reveal Answer Enid Bakewell, for England in 1973.
16. What’s the largest victory margin (by runs) in an ODI match? Reveal Answer New Zealand against Ireland in 2008, with a margin of 290 runs.
17. Who is the fastest bowler in the history of cricket? Reveal Answer Shoaib Akhtar, who bowled a delivery at 161.3 km/h.
18. Which cricketer has the most stumpings in international cricket? Reveal Answer MS Dhoni, with over 120 stumpings.
19. Who was the first cricketer to reach 10,000 runs in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Sunil Gavaskar, in 1987.
20. Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in a World Cup match? Reveal Answer Chetan Sharma, in 1987.
21. Who has the highest batting average in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Sir Don Bradman, with an average of 99.94.
22. Who holds the record for the most catches in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Rahul Dravid, with 210 catches.
23. Who was the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in an over in T20I cricket? Reveal Answer Yuvraj Singh, in 2007.
24. Who was the first female cricketer to take 200 wickets in ODIs? Reveal Answer Jhulan Goswami.
25. Who holds the record for the fastest fifty in ODI cricket? Reveal Answer AB de Villiers, in 16 balls.
26. Who scored the fastest century in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Brendon McCullum, in 54 balls.
27. Who has the most sixes in international cricket? Reveal Answer Chris Gayle, with over 500 sixes.
28. Who was the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in T20I cricket? Reveal Answer Brendon McCullum.
29. Who has the most wickets in T20I cricket? Reveal Answer Lasith Malinga, with over 100 wickets.
30. Who was the first cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket? Reveal Answer Shahid Afridi.
31. Who has the most runs in T20I cricket? Reveal Answer Virat Kohli, with over 3000 runs.
32. Who has the most runs in ODI cricket? Reveal Answer Sachin Tendulkar, with 18,426 runs.
33. Who was the first cricketer to score a century in all three formats of the game? Reveal Answer Chris Gayle.
34. Who is the youngest captain in the history of Test cricket? Reveal Answer Tatenda Taibu, who captained Zimbabwe at the age of 20.
35. Which bowler has taken the most wickets in a calendar year in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Dennis Lillee, who took 85 wickets in 1981.
36. Who was the first cricketer to hit 200 sixes in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Brendon McCullum.
37. Which team holds the record for the most consecutive Test victories? Reveal Answer Australia, with 16 consecutive victories between 1999 and 2001, and then again between 2005 and 2008.
38. Which bowler has the most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Muttiah Muralitharan, with 67 five-wicket hauls.
39. Which bowler has the most ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket? Reveal Answer Muttiah Muralitharan, with 22 ten-wicket hauls.
40. Who was the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket? Reveal Answer Sachin Tendulkar, in 2001.
41. Who has taken the most catches in ODI cricket? Reveal Answer Mahela Jayawardene, with 218 catches.
42. Who was the first cricketer to take 300 wickets in ODI cricket? Reveal Answer Wasim Akram, in 1996.
43. Who has taken the most wickets in ODI cricket? Reveal Answer Muttiah Muralitharan, with 534 wickets.
44. Which team won the first cricket World Cup? Reveal Answer West Indies, in 1975.
45. Which country hosted the first cricket World Cup? Reveal Answer England, in 1975.
46. Who scored the first double century in a World Cup match? Reveal Answer Martin Guptill, in 2015.
47. Who holds the record for the most runs in a single World Cup tournament? Reveal Answer Sachin Tendulkar, with 673 runs in 2003.
48. Who holds the record for the most wickets in a single World Cup tournament? Reveal Answer Glenn McGrath, with 26 wickets in 2007.
49. Who scored the first century in T20I cricket? Reveal Answer Chris Gayle, in 2007.
50. Which team won the first T20 World Cup? Reveal Answer India, in 2007.
51. Who has the most runs in a single edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL)? Reveal Answer Virat Kohli, with 973 runs in 2016.
52. Who has the most wickets in a single edition of the IPL? Reveal Answer Dwayne Bravo, with 32 wickets in 2013.
53. Who scored the first century in the IPL? Reveal Answer Brendon McCullum, in the very first match of IPL 2008.
54. Who was the first player to take a hat-trick in the IPL? Reveal Answer Laxmipathy Balaji, in 2008.
55. Who is the youngest player to play in the IPL? Reveal Answer Prayas Ray Barman, who played for RCB at the age of 16 in 2019.
56. Who has the most runs in the history of the IPL? Reveal Answer Virat Kohli, with over 6000 runs.
57. Who has the most wickets in the history of the IPL? Reveal Answer Lasith Malinga, with over 170 wickets.
58. Who has the highest individual score in the IPL? Reveal Answer Chris Gayle, with 175 runs in 2013.
59. Who has the most sixes in the IPL? Reveal Answer Chris Gayle, with over 350 sixes.
60. Who was the first cricketer to reach 5000 runs in the IPL? Reveal Answer Virat Kohli, in 2019.
61. Who is the most expensive player in the history of the IPL auctions? Reveal Answer Chris Morris, bought by Rajasthan Royals for INR 16.25 crores in 2021.
62. Who has won the most ‘Player of the Match’ awards in the IPL? Reveal Answer Chris Gayle, with over 20 awards.
63. Which team has won the most IPL titles? Reveal Answer Mumbai Indians, with 5 titles till 2020.
64. Who holds the record for the most centuries in the IPL? Reveal Answer Chris Gayle, with 6 centuries.
65. Who was the first bowler to take 100 wickets in the IPL? Reveal Answer Lasith Malinga.
66. Who is the only cricketer to play 200 matches for the same IPL team? Reveal Answer MS Dhoni, for Chennai Super Kings.
67. Who is the fastest cricketer to score 1000 runs in the IPL? Reveal Answer Shaun Marsh, in 21 innings.
68. Who is the youngest cricketer to score a half-century in the IPL? Reveal Answer Riyan Parag, at the age of 17 in 2019.
69. Who holds the record for the fastest fifty in the IPL? Reveal Answer KL Rahul, in 14 balls.
70. Who holds the record for the most runs in a single over in the IPL? Reveal Answer Chris Gayle, with 36 runs.
71. Which team scored the highest total in the IPL? Reveal Answer Royal Challengers Bangalore, with 263/5 in 2013.
72. Who holds the record for the most catches in the IPL? Reveal Answer Suresh Raina, with over 100 catches.
73. Who is the only bowler to have bowled a maiden Super Over in the IPL? Reveal Answer Jasprit Bumrah, in 2020.
74. Which team won the inaugural edition of the Big Bash League (BBL)? Reveal Answer Sydney Sixers, in 2011-12.
75. Who has the most runs in the history of the BBL? Reveal Answer Chris Lynn.
76. Who has the most wickets in the history of the BBL? Reveal Answer Ben Laughlin.
77. Who scored the first century in the BBL? Reveal Answer David Warner, in 2011.
78. Who holds the record for the fastest century in the BBL? Reveal Answer Craig Simmons, in 39 balls.
79. Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the BBL? Reveal Answer Xavier Doherty, in 2012.
80. Who was the first cricketer to score 2000 runs in the BBL? Reveal Answer Michael Klinger.
81. Who holds the record for the most sixes in a single BBL season? Reveal Answer Chris Lynn, with 56 sixes in 2015-16.
82. Which team has won the most BBL titles? Reveal Answer Perth Scorchers, with 3 titles.
83. Who was the first cricketer to reach 50 wickets in the BBL? Reveal Answer Ben Laughlin.
84. Who was the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in the BBL? Reveal Answer Aaron Finch.
85. Who is the oldest cricketer to play in the BBL? Reveal Answer Brad Hogg, who played till the age of 47.
86. Who holds the record for the most runs in a single BBL season? Reveal Answer D’Arcy Short, with 637 runs in 2017-18.
87. Who holds the record for the most wickets in a single BBL season? Reveal Answer Daniel Sams, with 30 wickets in 2019-20.
88. Who is the youngest cricketer to score a century in the BBL? Reveal Answer Jake Weatherald, at the age of 23 in 2018.
89. Who holds the record for the highest individual score in the BBL? Reveal Answer D’Arcy Short, with 122 not out.
90. Who was the first bowler to take 5 wickets in a BBL match? Reveal Answer Lasith Malinga, with 6/7 in 2012.
91. Who holds the record for the fastest fifty in the BBL? Reveal Answer Chris Lynn, in 18 balls.
92. Who is the only cricketer to have taken 4 wickets in 4 balls in the BBL? Reveal Answer Andrew Tye, in 2017.
93. Who has the most runs in a single edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL)? Reveal Answer Babar Azam, with 554 runs in 2020.
94. Who has the most wickets in a single edition of the PSL? Reveal Answer Shaheen Afridi, with 17 wickets in 2020.
95. Who scored the first century in the PSL? Reveal Answer Sharjeel Khan, in 2016.
96. Who holds the record for the fastest century in the PSL? Reveal Answer Colin Ingram, in 50 balls.
97. Who holds the record for the fastest fifty in the PSL? Reveal Answer Kamran Akmal, in 17 balls.
98. Who was the first cricketer to score 1000 runs in the PSL? Reveal Answer Kamran Akmal.
99. Who was the first bowler to take 50 wickets in the PSL? Reveal Answer Wahab Riaz.
100. Which team has won the most PSL titles? Reveal Answer Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi, with 2 titles each till 2021.
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