10000 Test Runs Quiz
10000 Test Runs Quiz Questions
1. Who was the first cricketer to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Leonard Hutton
b) Garfield Sobers
c) Geoffrey Boycott
d) Sunil Gavaskar
2. Who was the first Australian to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Gregory Chappell
b) Kim Hughes
c) Allan Border
d) Mark Taylor
3. Who was the first West Indian to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards
b) Brian Lara
c) Clive Lloyd
d) Lawrence Rowe
4. How old was Sachin Tendulkar when he scored 10000 Test runs?
a) 31 years 326 days
b) 33 years 118 days
c) 34 years 212 days
d) 36 years 101 days
5. Who was the first South African to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Aron Bacher
b) Jacques Kallis
c) Stephen James Cook
d) Kepler Wessels
6. Who was the first Sri Lankan to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Mahela Jayawardene
b) Sanath Jayasuriya
c) Aravinda de Silva
d) Duleep Mendis
7. Who on 30/5/2016 became the youngest cricketer to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Alastair Cook
b) Nicholas Compton
c) Angelo Mathews
d) Dinesh Chandimal
8. To what did Sunil Gavaskar compare scoring 10000 Test runs?
a) Flying solo from New York to Paris
b) Heart transplantation
c) Climbing Mt. Everest
d) Landing on the Moon
9. Who of the following has not scored 10000 Test runs?
a) Ricky Ponting
b) Stephen Waugh
c) Kumar Sangakkara
d) Arjuna Ranatunga
10. Who of the following has scored 10000 Test runs?
a) Andrew Strauss
b) Graeme Smith
c) Richard Hadlee
d) Shivnarine Chanderpaul
11. Who was the first England player to score 10000 Test runs?
a) David Gower
b) Alastair Cook
c) Kevin Pietersen
d) Graham Gooch
12. Which of the following achieved 10000 Test runs in the fewest innings?
a) Sunil Gavaskar
b) Brian Lara
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Kumar Sangakkara
13. Who was the first Pakistani cricketer to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Younis Khan
b) Inzamam-ul-Haq
c) Javed Miandad
d) Mohammad Yousuf
14. How many players had scored 10000 Test runs by the end of 2023?
a) 13
b) 14
c) 11
d) 17
15. Who holds the record for the fastest 10000 Test runs (in terms of time since debut)?
a) Jacques Kallis
b) Brian Lara
c) Kumar Sangakkara
d) Rahul Dravid
16. What was the approximate batting average of Jacques Kallis when he reached 10000 Test runs?
a) 52
b) 55
c) 57
d) 59
17. Who was the first Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score 10000 Test runs?
a) MS Dhoni
b) Wriddhiman Saha
c) Rishabh Pant
d) None, as no Indian wicketkeeper has reached this milestone
18. Who among these has the highest individual score in a Test match among players who scored 10000 Test runs?
a) Brian Lara
b) Matthew Hayden
c) Mahela Jayawardene
d) Graham Gooch
19. How many years did it take for Alastair Cook to score 10000 Test runs after his debut?
a) 10 years
b) 11 years
c) 12 years
d) 13 years
20. Which two countries are tied for producing the most players with 10,000+ Test runs?
a) India and England
b) India and Australia
c) Australia and Sri Lanka
d) West Indies and South Africa
10000 Test Runs Quiz Questions with Answers
1. Who was the first cricketer to score 10000 Test runs?
d) Sunil Gavaskar
2. Who was the first Australian to score 10000 Test runs?
c) Allan Border
3. Who was the first West Indian to score 10000 Test runs?
b) Brian Lara
4. How old was Sachin Tendulkar when he scored 10000 Test runs?
a) 31 years 326 days
5. Who was the first South African to score 10000 Test runs?
b) Jacques Kallis
6. Who was the first Sri Lankan to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Mahela Jayawardene
7. Who on 30/5/2016 became the youngest cricketer to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Alastair Cook
8. To what did Sunil Gavaskar compare scoring 10000 Test runs?
c) Climbing Mt. Everest
9. Who of the following has not scored 10000 Test runs?
d) Arjuna Ranatunga
10. Who of the following has scored 10000 Test runs?
d) Shivnarine Chanderpaul
11. Who was the first England player to score 10000 Test runs?
b) Alastair Cook
12. Which of the following achieved 10000 Test runs in the fewest innings?
d) Kumar Sangakkara
13. Who was the first Pakistani cricketer to score 10000 Test runs?
a) Younis Khan
14. How many players had scored 10000 Test runs by the end of 2023?
b) 14
15. Who holds the record for the fastest 10000 Test runs (in terms of time since debut)?
c) Kumar Sangakkara
16. What was the approximate batting average of Jacques Kallis when he reached 10000 Test runs?
d) 59
17. Who was the first Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score 10000 Test runs?
d) None, as no Indian wicketkeeper has reached this milestone
18. Who among these has the highest individual score in a Test match among players who scored 10000 Test runs?
a) Brian Lara
19. How many years did it take for Alastair Cook to score 10000 Test runs after his debut?
c) 12 years
20. Which two countries are tied for producing the most players with 10,000+ Test runs?
b) India and Australia