Cricket Questions and Answers PDF

Here are 150 simple cricket-related questions with one-word answers: **General Rules of Cricket** 1. How many players are in a cricket team? **Eleven** 2. How many umpires are on the field? **Two** 3. What is the maximum number of balls in an over? **Six** 4. What is awarded for hitting the...

Here are 150 simple cricket-related questions with one-word answers: **General Rules of Cricket** 1. How many players are in a cricket team? **Eleven** 2. How many umpires are on the field? **Two** 3. What is the maximum number of balls in an over? **Six** 4. What is awarded for hitting the ball over the boundary? **Six** 5. What is awarded for the ball crossing the boundary but touching the ground? **Four** 6. What is the central strip where the game is played? **Pitch** 7. What is it called when a batter is out without scoring? **Duck** 8. How many stumps are in a wicket? **Three** 9. How many bails are on top of the stumps? **Two** 10. What is the length of the pitch in yards? **Twenty-two** **Cricket Formats** 11. What is the shortest format of the game? **T20** 12. What is the format with 50 overs? **ODI** 13. What is the longest format of cricket? **Test** 14. What is the name of the day-long format in domestic cricket? **One-Day** 15. What is the maximum number of days for a Test match? **Five** 16. What format has Powerplay restrictions? **ODI** 17. What is the time for a T20 match in hours? **Three** 18. What format has a pink ball? **Day-Night** 19. What is the T10 match duration in overs? **Ten** 20. What is the term for cricket played by women? **Women's** **Cricket Equipment** 21. What is used to hit the ball? **Bat** 22. What is the ball made of? **Leather** 23. What protects a batter's legs? **Pads** 24. What protects the batter\'s hands? **Gloves** 25. What is worn on the head for protection? **Helmet** 26. What is used by fielders to catch the ball? **Hands** 27. What is used to mark the bowling crease? **Line** 28. What is the color of the ball in Test cricket? **Red** 29. What is the color of the ball in ODIs? **White** 30. What is the color of the ball in pink-ball matches? **Pink** **Fielding Positions** 31. What is the position behind the stumps? **Wicketkeeper** 32. What is the position next to the batter? **Slip** 33. What is the position directly behind the bowler? **Mid-on** 34. What is the position in front of the batter? **Mid-off** 35. What is the fielding position on the leg side near the boundary? **Deep** 36. What is the position on the off-side near the boundary? **Cover** 37. What is the position close to the stumps? **Short** 38. What is the position square of the wicket? **Point** 39. What is the position at the leg side near the wicket? **Leg-slip** 40. What is the position behind the bowler on the boundary? **Long-on** **Bowling** 41. What is it called when a bowler takes three wickets in three balls? **Hattrick** 42. What is the term for a ball that dismisses a batter? **Wicket** 43. What is a bowler's over with no runs scored? **Maiden** 44. What is it called when the ball hits the stumps? **Bowled** 45. What type of delivery spins away from the batter? **Leg-spin** 46. What type of delivery spins into the batter? **Off-spin** 47. What is the term for a fast, short-pitched ball? **Bouncer** 48. What is a slow ball from a fast bowler called? **Cutter** 49. What is a delivery that swings into the batter? **Inswinger** 50. What is a delivery that swings away from the batter? **Outswinger** **Batting** 51. What is it called when a batter scores 100 runs? **Century** 52. What is it called when a batter scores 50 runs? **Fifty** 53. What is the term for scoring without hitting the ball? **Extras** 54. What is it called when two batters cross for runs? **Single** 55. What is it called when a batter runs two runs? **Double** 56. What is the highest individual score in an innings? **Double-century** 57. What is it called when a batter hits the ball into the air? **Lofted** 58. What is it called when a batter is out by a catch? **Caught** 59. What is the term for a batter being out without touching the ball? **LBW** 60. What is it called when a batter runs out of the crease? **Run-out** **Umpiring Decisions** 61. What is the umpire's signal for a boundary? **Four** 62. What is the umpire's signal for a six? **Six** 63. What does the umpire signal for a no-ball? **Arm** 64. What does the umpire signal for a wide? **Arms** 65. What does the umpire signal for a free hit? **Circle** 66. What is the umpire's signal for a dead ball? **Cross** 67. What is it called when the batter challenges the umpire's decision? **DRS** 68. What technology is used for LBW decisions? **Hawk-eye** 69. What is used to check if a batter is run out? **Third** 70. What is the system for checking catches? **Snicko** **Cricket Tournaments** 71. What is the biggest international tournament? **World** 72. What is the international T20 tournament? **T20** 73. What is India's domestic T20 league called? **IPL** 74. What is the Australian domestic T20 league? **BBL** 75. What is England's domestic T20 tournament? **Blast** 76. What is South Africa's domestic T20 league? **SA20** 77. What is Pakistan's domestic T20 league? **PSL** 78. What is the Caribbean domestic T20 league? **CPL** 79. What is the tournament between India and Pakistan? **Asia** 80. What is the name of the Ashes series? **Ashes** **Famous Players** 81. Who is the highest run-scorer in ODIs? **Tendulkar** 82. Who is the highest wicket-taker in Tests? **Muralitharan** 83. Who is India's current captain? **Rohit** 84. Who is Australia's highest run-scorer in Tests? **Ponting** 85. Who hit six sixes in an over in T20s? **Yuvraj** 86. Who is the fastest to 10,000 runs in ODIs? **Kohli** 87. Who scored the highest individual score in ODIs? **Rohit** 88. Who bowled the fastest ball in cricket history? **Akhtar** 89. Who is called \"The Little Master\"? **Tendulkar** 90. Who is called "Captain Cool"? **Dhoni** **Records and Achievements** 91. What is the highest team score in ODIs? **England** 92. What is the lowest team score in Tests? **New** 93. Who hit the most sixes in T20s? **Gayle** 94. Who has the most centuries in Tests? **Tendulkar** 95. Who has the most wickets in T20s? **Malinga** 96. Who has the most runs in a single IPL season? **Kohli** 97. What is the fastest 50 in T20s? **Yuvraj** 98. What is the fastest century in ODIs? **AB** 99. What is the longest individual innings in Tests? **Hanif** 100. Who has the most stumpings in cricket? **Dhoni** **Miscellaneous** 101. What is it called when rain stops play? **Interruption** 102. What is the term for re-rolling the pitch? **Rolling** 103. What is the term for uneven bounce? **Variable** 104. What is it called when a ball moves off the seam? **Seam** 105. What is the term for tampering with the ball? **Tampering** 106. What is the term for resting key players? **Rotation** 107. What is the governing body for cricket? **ICC** 108. What is the term for a batter refusing a run? **Decline** 109. What is it called when the bowler crosses the crease? **Overstep** 110. What is the term for the last batter? **Tailender** Would you like the rest expanded? 4o **You said:** yes **ChatGPT said:** ChatGPT Here is the continuation to complete **150 simple cricket questions with one-word answers**: **Cricket Field and Dimensions** 111. What is the shape of a cricket field? **Oval** 112. What is the area behind the stumps called? **Crease** 113. What is the name of the line where the bowler delivers the ball? **Popping** 114. What is the term for the fielding area outside the 30-yard circle? **Outfield** 115. What is the area inside the 30-yard circle called? **Infield** 116. What is the radius of the boundary in meters for men? **65-70** 117. What is the area directly opposite to the striker? **Non-striker** 118. What is the part of the pitch where the ball bounces? **Good** 119. What is the distance of the bowling crease from the stumps in feet? **4** 120. What is the term for a pitch that assists bowlers? **Green** **Dismissals** 121. What is the term for getting out by stumping? **Stumping** 122. What is it called when a batter is out for hitting the ball twice? **Double-hit** 123. What is it called when the batter obstructs the field? **Obstruction** 124. What is it called when the batter is out of the crease and the ball hits the stumps? **Run-out** 125. What is it called when the ball hits the batter's leg and is deemed plumb? **LBW** 126. What is it called when the ball brushes the bat and is caught? **Edge** 127. What is the term for a batter dismissed on a no-ball? **Invalid** 128. What is the term for dismissing two batters with one ball? **Run-out** 129. What is the term for a bowler taking all 10 wickets in an innings? **Perfect** 130. What is the term for dismissing a batter on the first ball? **Golden** **International Cricket** 131. What is the name of the cricket world's governing council? **ICC** 132. What country hosts the IPL? **India** 133. Which country hosted the first-ever World Cup? **England** 134. What country has won the most ODI World Cups? **Australia** 135. Which country is known for the Ashes rivalry? **England** 136. What country is famous for its fast bowlers? **Pakistan** 137. Which country invented cricket? **England** 138. Which country is known as the "Men in Blue"? **India** 139. Which country hosted the first T20 World Cup? **South** 140. Which country has the smallest cricket ground? **New** **Records** 141. What is the term for a bowler conceding no runs in an over? **Maiden** 142. Who has the most international wickets? **Muralitharan** 143. Who has the most sixes in international cricket? **Gayle** 144. Who has the most centuries across all formats? **Tendulkar** 145. Who is the fastest bowler in history? **Akhtar** 146. Who holds the record for the fastest ODI century? **DeVilliers** 147. Who has scored the most Test runs in a career? **Tendulkar** 148. What is the record for the most runs in an ODI inning? **264** 149. Who scored the first double-century in ODIs? **Tendulkar** 150. Who has the longest individual innings in Test cricket? **Hanif**