Cricket trivia

[morgieb]

I'll try to guess

Sachin
S.Waugh
Cook
KP
Hayden
Sehwag
R Taylor
Clarke
Trott
AB
Amla

Prob way off

Pup didn't score a century against the minnows. Cook, Trott and KP never played Tests against Zimbabwe.

 

[Howe_zat]

I'll try to guess

Sachin
S.Waugh
Cook
KP
Hayden
Sehwag
R Taylor
Clarke
Trott
AB
Amla

Prob way off

Only Tendulkar and Waugh correct

Hint - of the 11, there's 2 Indians, 3 Australians, 2 South Africans, 3 Sri lankans and 1 West Indian

 

[GIMH]

Well they all have to be modern players

Ponting
Gilchrist
Dravid
Kallis
Smith
Sangakarra
Jayawardene
Jayasuriya
Lara

All guesses

Edit - just realised one of the Aussies is taken. Take Hayden out

 

[Howe_zat]

Smith and Jayasuriya are wrong, rest correct

1. Waugh
2. Tendulkar
3. Ponting
4. Gilchrist
5. Dravid
6. Kallis
7. Sangakarra
8. Jayawardene
9. Lara
10.
11.

 

[OverratedSanity]

So one Sri lankan and 1 Saffer left?

I'm guessing Kirsten and Samaraweera

 

[Howe_zat]

Can you name the 17 leading Test run scorers?

1877-1881 -
1881-1884 -
1884-1886 -
1886-1902 -
1902 -
1902-1903 -
1903-1925 -
1925-1937 -
1937-1970 -
1970-1972 -
1972-1981 -
1981-1983 -
1983-1993 -
1993-2005 -
2005-2008 -
2008-present -

 

[AndrewB]

1877-1881 - Charles Bannerman
1881-1884 -
1884-1886 -
1886-1902 - WG Grace?
1902 -
1902-1903 - Victor Trumper?
1903-1925 - Clem Hill?
1925-1937 - Jack Hobbs?
1937-1970 - Wally Hammond
1970-1972 - Colin Cowdrey?
1972-1981 - Garry Sobers
1981-1983 - Geoff Boycott
1983-1993 - Sunil Gavaskar
1993-2005 - Allan Border?
2005-2008 - Brian Lara?
2008-present - Sachin Tendulkar

 

[Coronis]

Nah Grace never scored that many, not sure if Trumper was at the top of the list either. 96-02 would be Shrewsbury. Murdoch the one before just cos of that double century. Not sure about the others.