Cricket | MCQs

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Younis Khan is the only Test cricketer in the history of the game to score a century in all 11 countries that have hosted Test matches

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Pakistan’s first Test match was played in India in October 1952 as part of a five Test series which India won 2–1. 

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Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020

Edition: Fifth

Dates: 20 Feb – 17 Nov 2020

Administrator: PCB

Format: Twenty20

Venue: Pakistan

Winner: Karachi Kings (1st title)

Karachi Kings won by: 5 wickets

Runner-up: Lahore Qalandars

Participants: 6

Matches:34

Player of the series: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)

Babar Azam made: 473 runs

Most runs: Babar Azam

Most wickets: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)

Shahid Afridi took: 17 wickets

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Pakistan won Aisa Cup two times.

1. first in 2000
2. the 2nd time in 2012

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The International Cricket Council announced that Pakistan's Nida Dar had become the country's first cricketer, male or female, to take more than 100 wickets in T20 internationals.

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In May 2023, Pakistan achieved number one position in ICC ODI rankings for the first time since the introduction of ICC’s official team raking system in 2005 after the comfortable win in fourth ODI against New Zealand on 5 May 2023

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The verb "win" is in the present tense, but the sentence is in the present perfect tense ("have win"), which is incorrect.

It should be "have won" — past participle of win.

Correct sentence: "We have won the cricket World Cup! Let’s celebrate."

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The fastest Test hundred was scored by Brendon McCullum, who scored a century off just 54 balls in his last Test match.

He broke the record of Viv Richards and Misbah Ul-Haq, who both scored centuries off 56 balls.

In ODIs, the fastest century was scored by AB de Villiers, who scored a century off just 31 balls.

Corey Anderson is second on the list, scoring a century off 36 balls, followed by Shahid Afridi, who scored a century off 37 balls.

The fastest T20I century was scored by Sahil Chauhan, who achieved this feat in just 27 balls against Cyprus in 2024, setting a new world record.

In T20s, previously the fastest century was scored by Chris Gayle, who scored a century off just 30 balls.

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Winner: Australia

Loser: England

Defeated: 71 runs

Played: New Zealand

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Cricket World Cup 2019 final was played between New zealand and England

In the Super Over, England sent in Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler to face Trent Boult and the pair managed 15 runs.

Jofra Archer bowled the Super Over for England and did an excellent job, restricting the Kiwis to 15 to trigger massive celebrations in the stadium and all around the United Kingdom.

• About ICC men’s Cricket ODI World Cup 2019

• Edition: 12th

• Venue: Wales & England

• Champion: England (first time) 

• Runner-Up: New Zealand

• Participating teams: 10

• Matches played: 48

• Player of the series: Kane Williamson (New Zealand)

• Most runs taken by: Rohit Sharma (India)
• Most wickets taken by: Mitchell Starc (Australia)