Quiz: Cricket.com's February

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Quiz: Cricket.com's February

February was action packed and on cricket.com we had everything covered for you. How closely did you follow us. Take this quiz and tell us.

Which captain stationed all fielders at the boundary ropes (including the WK) when West Indies required 3 runs to win off the final ball in an ODI at SCG in 1979?

Tail-ender Colin Croft was left with no choice other than to clear the boundary, in the attempt to accomplish the same he was bowled by Botham.

Zaheer Abbas

Mike Brearly

David Gower

Allan Border

Which NZ batter scored 102* but didn't get strike in the final over Trevor Chappell bowled the infamous underarm delivery?

Bruce Edgar, unbeaten on 102 at the other end and bereft of strike in the final over was standing with his arms folded as the game was over the moment Australia decided to push the rule book.

Glenn Turner

Richard Hadlee

Bruce Edgar

John Wright

Which Canterbury batter completed his hundred in the over where Bert Vance conceded 77 runs? Hint: He captained NZ on his Test debut years later

The over began with Germon on 75 not out and after the over the batter remained unbeaten on 160. The Bert Vance over read - 0444664614106666600401

Lee Germon

Chris Harris

Stephen Fleming

Gavin Larsen

Which is the only pair to amass multiple 300-run opening stands in Test cricket?

Gibbs and Smith shared three triple hundred partnerships. 301 vs WI, 338 vs ENG & 368 vs PAK.

Gordon Greenidge - Desmond Haymes

Rahul Dravid - Virender Sehwag

Marvan Atapattu - Sanath Jayasuriya

Herschelle Gibbs - Graeme Smith

Who's the fastest (by matches) all-rounder to complete the double of 250 Test wickets and 2500 Test runs ?

Ian Botham got there in 55 Tests. Ravindra Jadeja was the most recent entrant in the list, the all-rounder took 62 Tests to get there.

Ravindra Jadeja

Ian Botham

Jacques Kallis

Imran Khan

Who was the captain of the side that won India’s first-ever Test in 1951 ?

India beat England by an innings & 8 runs. The match was played at Chennai. Vijay Hazare led team India & Donald Carr captained England.

Polly Umrigar

Vijay Hazare

Lala Amarnath

Vinoo Mankad

The India vs England game in the 2011 World Cup resulted in a tie. Sachin Tendulkar scored 120, Andrew Strauss smashed 158 but which bowler bagged a five-fer?

Tim Bresnan finished with figures of 5/48 - his only five-fer in ODI cricket.

Zaheer Khan

James Anderson

Tim Bresnan

Piyush Chawla

The Australian Women's team is undoubtedly the most celebrated team in the game. How many World Cup titles (ODIs +T20Is) have the Women in Yellow won?

The Australian Women's team won their 13 World Cup title on 26th February 2023. They beat South Africa by 19 runs and lifted their 6th T20I WC title. They've won the Women's ODI WC 7 times.

Harry Brook after his 186 in the 2nd Test vs New Zealand holds the record for most runs after 9 Test innings. Whose record did he break?

Vinod Kambli held the record for the most Test runs after 9 innings. Kambli scored 798 runs in his first 9. Brook had 809.

Frank Worrell

Vinod Kambli

Sunil Gavaskar

Everton Weekes

Only two times has a team won a Test match by 1 run and this cricketer has officially featured in both those Tests? Who is it?

David Boon featured in both the Tests. In 1993 as an opener for Australia vs West Indis scoring 39 & 0 and in the New Zealand vs England Test as the match referee.

Phil Simmons

Tim May

Mark Waugh

David Boon

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