Q 01/05

How many players are on each side in a cricket team?

A) 8

B) 9

C) 10

D) 11

Answer · why

D) 11

Thirteen people are on the field at once during play: two batters, eleven fielders, plus two umpires.

Q 02/05

How long is a cricket pitch, from wicket to wicket?

A) 16 yards

B) 18 yards

C) 20 yards

D) 22 yards

Answer · why

D) 22 yards

That is one chain, an old surveyor's measure of 66 feet.

Q 03/05

How many stumps make up a wicket?

A) Four

B) Five

C) Three

D) Two

Answer · why

C) Three

Two bails sit on top of them; the three-stump wicket only became law in the late 18th century.

Q 04/05

How many legal deliveries make up an over?

A) 6

B) 7

C) 8

D) 10

Answer · why

A) 6

The word comes from the umpire's call of 'Over!' when the six balls are done and the bowling switches ends.

Q 05/05

How many ways are there for a batter to be dismissed under the Laws?

A) Five

B) Seven

C) Eight

D) Nine

Answer · why

D) Nine

The common ones are bowled, caught, lbw, run out and stumped; the rare ones include hitting the ball twice.

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