Q 01/05

What is the result when a Test's five days end before either side has won?

A) No result

B) Tie

C) Draw

D) Forfeit

Answer · why

C) Draw

A draw, however far ahead one side may be. A tie is rarer still, since it needs the scores level with the side batting last all out.

Q 02/05

England and Australia play Test series for which trophy, named after a mock obituary in 1882?

A) The Trans-Tasman Trophy

B) The Ashes

C) The Calcutta Cup

D) The Frank Worrell Trophy

Answer · why

B) The Ashes

The Ashes took their name from the Sporting Times, which mourned English cricket after a home defeat: 'The body will be cremated and the ashes taken t...

Q 03/05

Which offence cost England 19 World Test Championship points in 2023?

A) Unfit pitches

B) Ball tampering

C) Showing dissent

D) Slow over rates

Answer · why

D) Slow over rates

Slow over rates: a Test day should bring 90 overs, and each over short now costs a point, so England lost 19 across four Tests that summer and Austral...

Q 04/05

At which ground was the first recognised Test played in March 1877?

A) The Oval

B) Lord's

C) The MCG

D) The SCG

Answer · why

C) The MCG

The MCG staged it from 15 March, and Charles Bannerman hit Test cricket's first century there, 165, before retiring hurt.

Q 05/05

Which 1977 match repeated the first Test's 45-run result?

A) Jubilee Test

B) First Supertest

C) Boxing Day Test

D) Centenary Test

Answer · why

D) Centenary Test

The Centenary Test marked 100 years of Test cricket, and Derek Randall's 174 took England close before they fell 45 short, the very margin of 1877.