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Sir Donald Bradman Test match Cricket Records

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Highest career batting average (minimum 20 innings): 99.94

Highest series batting average (5 Test series): 201.50 (1931–32)

Highest ratio of centuries per innings played: 36.25% (29 centuries from 80 innings)

Highest 5th wicket partnership: 405 (with Sid Barnes, 1946–47)

Highest 6th wicket partnership: 346 (with Jack Fingleton, 1936–37)

Highest score by a number 5 batsman: 304 (1934)

Highest score by a number 7 batsman: 270 (1936–37)

Most runs against one opponent: 5,028 (v England)

Most runs in one series: 974 (1930)

Most centuries scored in a single session of play: 6 (1 pre lunch, 2 lunch-tea, 3 tea-stumps)

Most runs in one day’s play: 309 (1930)

Most double centuries: 12

Most double centuries in a series: 3 (1930)

Most triple centuries: 2 (equal with Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag)

Most consecutive matches in which he made a century: 6 (the last three Tests in 1936–37, and the first three Tests in 1938)

Bradman has averaged over 100 in seven different calendar years (*qualification 400 runs). No other player has achieved this in more than two calendar years.

Fastest player to reach 2000 (in 22 innings), 3000 (33 innings), 4000 (48 innings), 5000 (56 innings) and 6000 (68 innings)Test runs.

Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:34:25.

Delhi Test 2008 (India Vs Australia 3rd Test)

Australia, Cricket, India, Sports & Games

Delhi Test 2008 Quiz Questions

1) Who scored highest runs in India’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
a) Virender Sehwag
b) Rahul Dravid
c) Gautham Gamhbir
d) Sachin Tendulkar

2) Who scored 200 not out in India’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
a) Zaheer Khan
b) VVS Laxman
c) Gautham Gamhbir
d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

3) Who took five wickets for 104 runs in Australia’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
a) Virender Sehwag
b) Harbhajan Singh
c) Ishant Sharma
d) Amit Mishra

4) Who was the referee for Delhi Test 2008?
a) Michael Procter
b) Michael Denness
c) Christopher Broad
d) Clive Lloyd

5) Who was fined 10% of match fee for breach ICC code in Delhi Test 2008?
a) Harbhajan Singh
b) Zaheer Khan
c) Shane Watson
d) Simon Katich

6) Who was banned for one Test or two ODIs for breach ICC code in Delhi Test 2008?
a) Matthew Hayden
b) Stuart Clark
c) Virender Sehwag
d) Gautham Gamhbir

7) How many times was Michael Clarke dropped in Australia’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

8) Who dropped Michael Clarke in Australia’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly
c) Ishant Sharma, VVS Laxman, Amit Mishra
d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

9) Who retired from first class cricket at the end of Delhi Test 2008?
a) Sourav Ganguly
b) Anil Kumble
c) Ricky Ponting
d) Mitchell Johnson

10) How many overs did Anil Kumble bowl in Australia’s second Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
a) Ten
b) Four
c) Nine
d) Five

Delhi Test 2008 Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Who scored highest runs in India’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
c) Gautham Gamhbir

2) Who scored 200 not out in India’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
b) VVS Laxman

3) Who took five wickets for 104 runs in Australia’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
a) Virender Sehwag

4) Who was the referee for Delhi Test 2008?
c) Christopher Broad

5) Who was fined 10% of match fee for breach of ICC code in Delhi Test 2008?
c) Shane Watson

6) Who was banned for one Test or two ODIs for breach ICC code in Delhi Test 2008?
d) Gautham Gamhbir

7) How many times was Michael Clarke dropped in Australia’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
c) Three

8) Who dropped Michael Clarke in Australia’s first Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
c) Ishant Sharma, VVS Laxman, Amit Mishra

9) Who retired from first class cricket at the end of Delhi Test 2008?
b) Anil Kumble

10) How many overs did Anil Kumble bowl in Australia’s second Innings in Delhi Test 2008?
b) Four

Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:32:45.

Oval Cricket Test 1971 Quiz

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1) Who was the captain of the English team for Oval Test 1971?
a) John Edrich
b) Geoffrey Boycott
c) Raymond Illingworth
d) Anthony Lewis

2) Who was the captain of the Indian team for Oval Test 1971?
a) Chandu Borde
b) Nari Contractor
c) Ajit Wadekar
d) Bishen Singh Bedi

3) Oval Test 1971 was played from 19th to 24th August with a rest day in between. What day of the week was rest day?
a) Thursday
b) Friday
c) Saturday
d) Sunday

4) What was England’s score in their first Innings of Oval Test 1971?
a) 644/8 decl.
b) 522/7 decl.
c) 355 all out
d) 240 all out

5) What was India’s score in their first Innings of Oval Test 1971?
a) 622/9 decl.
b) 284 all out
c) 416 all out
d) 241/0 decl.

6) What was England’s score in their second Innings of Oval Test 1971?
a) 344/3 decl.
b) 408/6 decl.
c) 101 all out
d) 268 all out

7) Who took six wickets for 38 runs in Australia’s second Innings of Oval Test 1971?
a) Abid Ali
b) B. S. Chandrasekhar
c) S. Venkataraghavan
d) Eknath Solkar

8) What was India’s score in their second Innings of Oval Test 1971?
a) 174/6
b) 42 all out
c) 138 all out
d) 406/4

9) What was the result of Oval Test 1971?
a) England won by 78 runs
b) India won by four wickets
c) Draw
d) Tie

10) What was the significance of Oval Test 1971?
a) India’s first Test victory
b) India’s first overseas Test victory
c) India’s first Test victory against England
d) India’s first Test and series victory against England in England

Oval Cricket Test 1971 Quiz Answers

1) Who was the captain of the English team for Oval Test 1971?
c) Raymond Illingworth

2) Who was the captain of the Indian team for Oval Test 1971?
c) Ajit Wadekar

3) Oval Test 1971 was played from 19th to 24th August with a rest day in between. What day of the week was rest day?
d) Sunday

4) What was England’s score in their first Innings of Oval Test 1971?
c) 355 all out

5) What was India’s score in their first Innings of Oval Test 1971?
b) 284 all out

6) What was England’s score in their second Innings of Oval Test 1971?
c) 101 all out

7) Who took six wickets for 38 runs in Australia’s second Innings of Oval Test 1971?
b) B. S. Chandrasekhar

8) What was India’s score in their second Innings of Oval Test 1971?
a) 174/6

9) What was the result of Oval Test 1971?
b) India won by four wickets

10) What was the significance of Oval Test 1971?
d) India’s first Test and series victory against England in England

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Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:31:57.