Hard cricket quiz — highest scores, best bowling figures and rare world records.
1. The most ducks (0 scores) in Test cricket is recorded by?
💡 Chris Martin of New Zealand holds the record for most ducks in Test cricket — known for his inability to bat.
2. The most runs scored in a single Test by one player is?
💡 Brian Lara scored 400 not out for West Indies against England at St Johns Antigua in April 2004.
3. The highest individual score in T20I cricket is?
💡 Hazratullah Zazai of Afghanistan scored 162 not out — though records have been updated since. The highest T20I score is 172 by Rohit Sharma.
4. The highest partnership in Test cricket is?
💡 The highest Test wicket partnership is 576 by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene for Sri Lanka in 2006.
5. The lowest team total in Test cricket history is?
💡 New Zealand scored 26 all out against England at Auckland in 1955 — the lowest Test total ever.
6. What is the highest individual score in ODI cricket?
💡 Martin Guptill scored 237 not out for New Zealand against West Indies in the 2015 World Cup.
7. Sachin Tendulkar played how many Test matches in his career?
💡 Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Test matches in his career — the most by any cricketer at the time of retirement.
8. Who scored the fastest Test century in history?
💡 Brendon McCullum scored the fastest Test century in 54 balls against Australia at Christchurch in 2016.
9. Who has taken the most wickets in T20I cricket history?
💡 Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka holds the record for most wickets in T20I cricket history with 107 wickets.
10. Which bowler took the fastest 100 Test wickets?
💡 George Lohmann took 100 Test wickets in just 16 matches — the fastest ever to 100 Test wickets.
11. The most centuries in Test cricket by one player is?
💡 Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most Test centuries with 51 hundreds.
12. The highest score in a T20 match by a team is?
💡 The highest T20 team total is 278/3 by Czech Republic against Turkey in 2019 — at international level highest is 263.
13. Which pair holds the highest ODI partnership record?
💡 Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan hold India record ODI partnership though the world record belongs to others.
14. Who scored 6 sixes in one over in international cricket for the first time?
💡 Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes off Stuart Broad in a T20 World Cup match in 2007 — a historic over.
15. The first batsman to score 1,000 runs in a calendar month in Tests was?
💡 Denis Compton scored 1,000 runs in just one month (June 1938) — a remarkable record.
16. Garfield Sobers maximum Test batting innings score is?
💡 Sir Garfield Sobers scored 365 not out against Pakistan in 1958 — which stood as the world record for 36 years.
17. James Anderson of England holds which bowling record?
💡 James Anderson holds the record for most Test wickets by a fast bowler with 700+ wickets.
18. The best bowling figures in a Test innings is 10 wickets for how many runs?
💡 Jim Laker took 10/53 for England against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 — still a world record.
19. Which cricketer has won the most Man of the Match awards in international cricket?
💡 Sachin Tendulkar won the most Man of the Match awards in international cricket history.
20. Who holds the record for most consecutive Test matches?
💡 Allan Border of Australia played 153 consecutive Test matches — an extraordinary record of consistency.