Ashes 2013 - How well do you know your Ashes?

1. Let’s start from the very beginning. Who had figures of 7/46 and 7/44 in the Test at the Oval in 1880, helping in the 7-run victory that gave birth to The Ashes?

a) W. G. Grace

b) Charles Bannerman

c) J M Blackham

d) Frederick Spofforth

2. Which is the ONLY other side to have played in a series where the Ashes were at stake?

a) West Indies

b) South Africa

c) India

d) New Zealand

3. Who are the only two captains to have won Ashes series by 5-0 margins?

a) Don Bradman and Wally Hammond

b) Ricky Ponting and Warwick Armstrong

c) Len Hutton and Ian Chappell

d) Steve Waugh and Mike Brearley

4. Before the iconic 2005 series, which was the last English victory in a “live” Ashes Test?

a) 1999, Melbourne

b) 2001 Headingley

c) 1997, Edgbaston

d) 2003, Sydney

5. Who was the hero of the 1981 Ashes, with three stand-out performances that resulted in a 3-1 victory?

a) Alan Border

b) Dennis Lillee

c) Graham Gooch

d) Ian Botham

6. Who has scored most runs in Ashes history?

a) Ricky Ponting

b) Don Bradman

c) Wally Hammond

d) Geoff Boycott

7. Which of these venues hosted an Ashes Test for the first time ever in 2009?

a) SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff

b) Chester-Le-Street, Durham

c) Sofia Gardens, Rose Bowl,

d) Grace Road, Taunton

8. Who took the catch that resulted in England’s 2-run victory at Edgbaston in 2005?

a) Geraint Jones

b) Chris Read

c) Matt Prior

d) Alec Stewart

9. Who was Australia’s only Man-of-the-Match in the 2010-11 Ashes?

a) Peter Siddle

b) Brett Lee

c) Mitchell Johnson

d) Stuart Clarke

10. Who was the Australian captain for the infamous 1932-33 Bodyline series?

a) Don Bradman

b) Bill Ponsford

c) Arthur Morris

d) Bill Woodfull

11. Who has taken the most number of wickets in Ashes history?

a) Shane Warne

b) Glenn McGrath

c) Dennis Lillee

d) Jeff Thompson

12. Who took the other wicket that Jim Laker missed in his 19/90, in the 1956 Manchester Test Match?

a) Alec Bedser

b) Richie Benaud

c) Tony Lock

d) Ashley Mallett

13. Which cricketer nicknamed “Typhoon”, was the architect of England’s victory in the 1954-55 tour of Australia?

a) Fred Truman

b) Frank Tyson

c) Alec Bedser

d) Jim Laker

14. Which pair famously involved in a bust-up in a Melbourne pub in 1977, in a story that has more variations than even Shane Warne had?

a) Gary Gilmour and Graham Dilley

b) Allan Lamb and Allan Border

c) Ian Chappell and Ian Botham

d) Geoff Boycott and Jeff Thompson

15. Who holds the record for the highest individual score in a Womens’ Ashes Test?

a) Belinda Clarke

b) Clare Taylor

c) Karen Rolton

d) Clare Connor

16. The last 3 times it has happened, were at the March 1977 Melbourne Test, the August 1980 Lord’s Test and the January 1988 Sydney Test. When was the last time before 1977 that it happened?

a) 1912, The Oval

b) 1902, Edgbaston

c) 1892, Adelaide

d) 1882, Melbourne

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