Cricket Quiz # 2: Team Records
Q.1 Only thrice in the entire history of test cricket has a team lost a match after making the opposition follow on. India inflicting this embarassment on Australia in the Kolkata 2001 Test was the most recent such case. On the previous two occasions the same team finished on the losing side both times. Which team?
Q.2 New Zealand is currently hosting the Pakistan team and as I write the first test match is in progress at Dunedin. What “1st ever” record has been established in this test?
Q.3 All the 10 wickets of a test team were once dismissed in as few as 75 balls; this was the shortest stay at the crease for any team in a test innings in terms of number of balls. Which team was this? Against whom?
Q.4 Have a careful look at the following scorecard of the England vs Pakistan 5th Test of the 1992 series which was played at the Kennington Oval, London.
England 1st Innings: 207 all out ( 78.1 overs), Pakistan 1st Innings: 380 all out (127.5 overs), England 2nd Innings: 174 all out (72 overs), Pakistan 2nd Innings: 5 without loss (0.1 overs)
A ‘highest’ team record was made in this match which is unlikely to get surpassed. What record? ( Hint: It can be worked out)
[ An interesting trivia from this England vs Pakistan match not connected to the question above: In a match completely dominated by Pakistan and remembered for England's batting failures in both innings, the two highest scorers were both Englishmen; Robin Smit who remained not out on 84 and Michael Artherton who scored 60. ]
Q.5 When India scored 417 runs yesterday (India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test at Kanpur) it was their highest score in a single day of test cricket ever. Which team/s hold the world record for the highest number of runs in a day of test cricket? How many runs?
** In case of any dispute, Butjazz’s decision will be final.
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