Important Events of Test Cricket

Important Events of Test Cricket Related Important Events ⚡

Date of Event	Event / Incident
17 February 1882	The first Test cricket match was played at the Cricket Ground in Sydney.
21 July 1884	The first Test cricket match was played at Lord's ground.
27 August 1908	Sir Donald Bradman, the world's greatest cricketer, was born. He scored 29 centuries in 52 Tests of his career and 6996 runs at an average of 99.94.
05 December 1928	England won the first Test cricket match against Australia by 675 runs.
18 August 1948	Australia completed the 4–0 Ashes series win, which earned the then name of 'The Invital' to be the first Test cricket match to play England without losing a match.
02 February 1952	India won the first Test cricket in Madras.
23 December 1957	Ian Craig of Australia became the youngest Test cricket captain.
29 January 1988	On the Test cricket debut 107 runs were scored by Mark great batch when he was playing against England.
29 February 1988	On the test cricket debut, 107 runs were scored by Mark Greatbatch when he was playing against England
18 December 1996	1 Test cricket match between Zimbabwe and England starts
25 August 2001	Australian leg-spinner Shenwarn became the first spin bowler to take 400 Test wickets in the history of Test cricket in London.
03 May 2003	Australia cricket team captain Steve Waugh became the second batsman to score the most runs in Test cricket.
26 December 2006	Australia's great leg-spinner Shane Warne made history by taking 700 wickets in international Test cricket.
29 January 2006	India's fast bowler Irfan Pathan became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the first over in Test cricket.
22 July 2010	Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muraligharan, the world's greatest bowler, retired from Test cricket. He has the highest record of 800 wickets in this name.
30 May 2015	English batsman Alastair Cook became the highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket.

Important Events of Test Cricket Questions and Answer ⚡

Question: Name the first Indian player to play Test cricket.

◉ Arjan Singh

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◉ Virender Sehwag

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◉ Harbhajan Singh

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◉ KS Ranjit Singh

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Question: Which Indian cricketer achieved the feat of taking a hat-trick in Test cricket?

◉ Virender Sehwag

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◉ Dilip Singh

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◉ Arjan Singh

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◉ Harbhajan Singh

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Question: Name the first Indian to score triple century in Test cricket?

◉ Harbhajan Singh

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◉ Arjan Singh

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◉ Virender Sehwag

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◉ Dilip Singh

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Question: What is the name of the Indian test cricketer who slapped life ban by BCCI for Spot Fixing in the Indian Premier League?

◉ Harbhajan Singh

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◉ Ishant Sharma

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◉ Amit Singh

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◉ Shantakumaran Sreesanth

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Question: Which West Indies cricketer announced his retirement from Test cricket on 9 May 2014?

◉ Dwayne Bravo

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◉ Deren Sammy

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◉ Chris Gayle

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◉ Ramnaresh Saravan

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Question: Which Sri Lankan player retired from Test cricket on 18 August 2014?

◉ Mahela Jayawardene

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◉ Kumar Sangakkara

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◉ Tilakratne dilshan

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◉ Upul Tharanga

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Question: What was the world's oldest Test cricketer who passed away on 2 September 2014?

◉ Start Broad

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◉ Norman Garden

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◉ Robin Singh

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◉ James Anderson

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Question: Which Indian player announced his retirement from international Test cricket on 30 December 2014?

◉ Irfan Pathan

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◉ Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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◉ Gautam Gambhir

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◉ Virender Sehwag

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Question: Which of the following cricketer achieved the feat of taking 300 wickets in Test cricket on 6 August 2015?

◉ Del stan

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◉ Rangana Herath

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◉ Zaheer Khan

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◉ Stuart broad

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Question: Which of the following cricketer retired from Test cricket on 5 September 2015?

◉ Shane watson

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◉ Virender Sehwag

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◉ Sanjay Bangar

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◉ Sachin Tendulkar

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Question: Which cricketer was named the ICC Cricketer of the Year and the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year in the month of December 2015?

◉ Steve Smith

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◉ Joe route

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◉ Ken Williamson

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◉ Virat Kohli

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Question: Who among the following players has set a new record of becoming the fastest to take 200 wickets for India in Test cricket?

◉ Ravichandran Ashwin

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◉ Mohammed Shami

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◉ Umesh Yadav

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◉ Ravindra Jadeja

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Question: Which of these players became the first Indian player to score three double centuries in a year in Test cricket on 11 December 2016?

◉ Murali Vijay

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◉ Ravindra Jadeja

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◉ Virat Kohli

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◉ Jayant Yadav

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Question: Which batsman has achieved the distinction of becoming the second Indian batsman to score a triple century in Test cricket against England in the month of December?

◉ Karun Nair

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◉ Lokesh Rahul

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◉ Ajinkya Rahane

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◉ Virat Kohli

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Question: Which of these players has become the sixth bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 500 wickets?

◉ Mitchell Starc

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◉ James Anderson

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◉ Jason holder

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◉ Mitchell Johnson

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Question: Which of the following players has become the third youngest batsman in the world to complete 6000 runs in Test cricket?

◉ Ajinkya stay

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◉ Johnny Bairstow

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◉ Joe root

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◉ Virat Kohli

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Question: Which player has achieved the distinction of being the first Indian player to score more than 1000 runs in Test cricket for 3 consecutive years in October 2018?