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Cricket quiz
How well do you really know Cricket? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Cricket questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
At the crease, what is the batter trying to do with the bat, and what is the fielding side trying to do with the ball?
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- The batter hits the ball to score runs.
- The fielding side tries to dismiss the batter.
- The fielding side may also try to stop runs being scored.
- Warm-up
A cricket team takes the field—how many players are on that team, and how many batters are in at once?
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- A team has 11 players on the field.
- Two batters are in at once.
- Warm-up
A cricket shot flies over the boundary on the full—or bounces over it first. How many runs does each score, and what is each called?
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- A ball hit over the boundary without bouncing scores six runs, called a six or boundary six.
- A ball that bounces before crossing the boundary scores four runs, called a four or boundary four.
- Easy
In cricket, compare an ODI with a Test: what is each side’s overs limit, and how long can each match last?
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- An ODI has a limit of 50 overs per side.
- An ODI is designed to finish in one day.
- A Test has no fixed overs limit per side.
- A Test can last up to five days.
- Medium
In cricket, a no-ball can boost the total before anyone sprints: how many penalty runs are added, and what other runs can count from that delivery?
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- One penalty run is added to the batting team’s total.
- Runs off the bat can also count.
- Byes or leg byes can also count.
- Medium
At the 1975 men’s Cricket World Cup final, which country lifted the trophy, and which country did it beat?
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- West Indies won the first men’s Cricket World Cup in 1975.
- West Indies beat Australia in the final.
- West Indies won by 17 runs.
- Hard
Rain scrambles a limited-overs chase: what does cricket’s Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method calculate, and which two batting resources does it weigh?
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- It calculates a revised target or par score after rain interruptions.
- It accounts for overs remaining.
- It accounts for wickets in hand.
- Boss
In a five-day Test, what does enforcing the follow-on make the team bat next, and what first-innings lead is needed?
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- The follow-on makes the team that batted second in the first innings bat again immediately.
- The team enforcing it must have a first-innings lead of at least 200 runs in a five-day Test.
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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