Hard cricket quiz — highest scores, best bowling figures and rare world records.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Who holds the record for most consecutive Test matches?
💡 Allan Border of Australia played 153 consecutive Test matches — an extraordinary record of consistency.
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. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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 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.
13. James Anderson of England holds which bowling record?
💡 James Anderson holds the record for most Test wickets by a fast bowler with 700+ wickets.
14. Who scored the fastest Test century in history?
💡 Brendon McCullum scored the fastest Test century in 54 balls against Australia at Christchurch in 2016.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.