80 Cricket Trivia Questions and Answers
Cricket is one of the most popular and oldest sports in the world, with a rich history and tradition, and adored by millions of fans and followers.
From the famous cricket tournaments, test matches, one-day internationals and twenty20 internationals, to rules and records, there’s something for everyone to learn from this collection of challenging questions and answers.
Brush up on your cricket knowledge with our Cricket trivia questions and answers and see how much you actually know about the sport.
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Cricket Trivia Questions and Answers
1. Who won 2010 Asia Cricket Cup
Answer: India
2. Daniel Vettori coaches which IPL team?
Answer: Royal Challengers Bangalore
3. M. S. Dhoni captains which IPL team?
Answer: Chennai Super Kings
4. In what year was the first test match played at Lord’s?
Answer: 1884
5. Who holds the record for the most wickets taken (39) in ICC Women’s World Cup history?
Answer: Lyn Fullston
6. Who was named as the ICC T20I Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2014?
Answer: Meg Lanning
7. Where is Eden Park No. 1 located?
Answer: Auckland
8. Who is the head coach of the England national cricket team in 2015?
Answer: Trevor Bayliss
9. Where is Ashes urn always kept?
Answer: MCC Museum at Lord’s
10. Boyd Rankin played international cricket for which two national teams?
Answer: England and Ireland
11. Which former West Indian cricketer was captain of USA team?
Answer: Neil McGarrell
12. Mongoose bat is specifically designed for _____ cricket.
Answer: Twenty20
13. What nickname was given to Australian cricket team in England in 1948?
Answer: “The Invincibles”
14. For which country is Misbah-ul-Haq playing?
Answer: Pakistan
15. Chris Cairns is a former all-rounder who played for the _________ international cricket team.
Answer: New Zealand
16. Who holds the record for the fastest century in a ICC World Cup history?
Answer: Kevin O’Brien
17. Which country won 2009 ICC Champions Trophy?
Answer: Australia
18. This popular South African sportsman played for national cricket team and rugby for Transvaal RUT.
Answer: Eddie Barlow
19. Which country won 2002 ICC Champions Trophy?
Answer: Sri Lanka and India
20. Who was given the nickname “the Black Bradman”?
Answer: George Headley
Cricket Questions and Answers
21. Who was named as the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2014?
Answer: Sarah Taylor
22. What is Jaffa in cricket?
Answer: Unplayable delivery
23. Which player was the first to be named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2008 and 2009?
Answer: Virender Sehwag
24. Which 1987 Wisden Cricketer of the Year wrote autobiography “Heart of the Lion”?
Answer: Courtney Walsh
25. Which cricketer has his own video games?
Answer: Brian Lara
26. Who won 2009 Friends Provident Trophy?
Answer: Hampshire
27. Who is the only player to have scored two T20I centuries and 2000 runs in T20I?
Answer: Brendon McCullum
28. Who was the youngest player ever to appear in first-class cricket (12 years and 73 days)?
Answer: Alimuddin
29. Who is the first English bowler to reach a 400 wicket-haul in International Test Cricket?
Answer: James Anderson
30. When did Canada participate in the Cricket World Cup for the first time?
Answer: 1979
31. What does the letter W in WACA stands for?
Answer: Western
32. Which sport was Stuart Broad’s dad playing?
Answer: Cricket
33. The first Test match was played between England and Australia in which year?
Answer: 1877
34. Which country was champion of the ICC World Cup in 1996?
Answer: Sri Lanka
35. Who was the head coach of the Pakistan national cricket team in 2015?
Answer: Waqar Younis
36. Which politician is also Pakistan’s most successful cricket captain?
Answer: Imran Khan
37. In 1996 the whole team from which country was awarded the Men of the Match award?
Answer: New Zealand
38. Which country won the 2009 ICC World T20 title?
Answer: Pakistan
39. Which country was champion in 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup?
Answer: Ireland
40. What term is used for a score of 111, either of a team or an individual batsman?
Answer: Nelson
Cricket Quiz For Kids
41. Who received the Man of the Match award in the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final?
Answer: M. S. Dhoni
42. Where is the annual Boxing Day Test match played?
Answer: Melbourne Cricket Ground
43. How many ICC Intercontinental Cup titles won Ireland until 2015?
Answer: 4
44. What is a run scored after the ball has touched any part of the batsman but his hand (or his bat)?
Answer: Leg-bye
45. Who represented England in cricket and Scotland in rugby union?
Answer: Gregor MacGregor
46. Where is Sophia Gardens cricket ground located?
Answer: Cardiff
47. Which country won 2013 ICC Champions Trophy?
Answer: India
48. Who won 2011 South American Cricket Championship?
Answer: Chile
49. Chris Gayle plays international cricket for which country?
Answer: West Indies
50. Who captained the Indian T20I team in 2015?
Answer: Ajinkya Rahane
51. In which year was Martin Guptill born?
Answer: 1986
52. Who holds the record for most centuries (15) in T20 cricket?
Answer: Chris Gayle
53. When did Ireland participate in the Cricket World Cup for the first time?
Answer: 2007
54. Which retired England international cricketer published autobiography “Opening Up” in 2003?
Answer: Mike Atherton
55. Who was named as the ICC Emerging player of the year 2014?
Answer: Gary Ballance
56. Which national team is often called “The Chevrons”?
Answer: Zimbabwean
57. Who was the first player to score a century in Test cricket?
Answer: Charles Bannerman
58. Who co-owns UAE Royals tennis team and Indian FC Goa?
Answer: Virat Kohli
59. Who holds the record for highest innings (215) in a ICC World Cup history?
Answer: Chris Gayle
60. What is the distance between two wickets?
Answer: 22 yards
Cricket History Quiz
61. When did Zimbabwe participate in the Cricket World Cup for the first time?
Answer: 1983
62. When did England and Australia play the first T20I?
Answer: 2005
63. Who holds the record for the highest individual score in ICC World Cup history?
Answer: Martin Guptill
64. When a bowler delivers a different type of delivery each time, it is called?
Answer: Fruit Salad
65. Who was named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2014?
Answer: Mitchell Johnson
66. Which former cricketer, who played for the West Indies, is widely acknowledged to be cricket’s greatest all-rounder?
Answer: Garfield Sobers
67. Which Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 1994 and 1995 wrote autobiography “Beating the Field”?
Answer: Brian Lara
68. When was Kumar Sangakkara born?
Answer: 1977
69. When did England and Australia play the first ODI?
Answer: 1971
70. Who won the 2014 The Champions League Twenty20 title?
Answer: Chennai Super Kings
71. Who received ICC trophy for cricketer of the year 2009 and 2014?
Answer: Mitchell Johnson
72. Where is Lord’s Cricket Ground located?
Answer: London
73. Which country was champion of the ICC World Cup 2007?
Answer: Australia
74. What shape is cricket field?
Answer: Oval
75. When did Namibia participate in the Cricket World Cup for the first and only time?
Answer: 2003
76. Who took a five-wicket haul for South Africa in its first ever ODI in 1991?
Answer: Allan Donald
77. Who represented South Africa in cricket and England in rugby union?
Answer: Tuppy Owen-Smith
78. Who represented New South Wales in both rugby league and cricket?
Answer: Graeme Hughes
79. Which ground is considered to be “Home of Cricket”?
Answer: Lord’s
80. Which cricketer is popularly nicknamed as “The Prince of Port of Spain”?
Answer: Brian Lara
