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Can you name the leading wicket-takers in Test cricket matches (since WWII)?
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davidr
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Year
Player
Country - #
1946
Eng - 27
1947
Eng - 36
1948
Aus - 39
1949
SA - 19
1950
WI - 33
1951
Eng - 49
1952
Ind - 51
1953
Eng - 39
1954
Eng - 41
1955
Ind - 46
1956
Eng - 48
1957
SA - 43
1958
WI - 36
1959
Aus - 54
1960
Eng - 46
1961
Aus - 37
1962
Eng - 33
1963
Eng - 57
1964
Aus - 71
1965
Eng - 31
1966
Eng - 41
1967
Ind - 24
Year
Player
Country - #
1968
Eng - 44
1969
Ind - 46
1970
SA - 26
1971
Ind - 35
1972
Aus - 39
1973
Eng - 42
1974
Eng - 46
1975
Aus - 49
1976
WI - 53
1977
Eng - 50
1978
Eng - 66
1979
Ind - 74
1980
WI - 53
1981
Aus - 85
1982
Pak - 62
1983
Ind - 75
1984
WI - 79
1985
NZ - 64
1986
WI - 43
1987
Pak - 45
1988
WI - 60
1989
Aus - 50
Year
Player
Country - #
1990
Pak - 49
1991
Aus - 56
1992
Aus - 41
1993
Aus - 72
1994
Aus - 70
1995
WI - 62
1996
Ind - 37
1997
Aus - 68
1998
SA - 80
1999
Aus - 67
2000
SL - 75
2001
SL - 80
2002
Aus - 67
2003
SA - 59
2004
Ind - 74
2005
Aus - 96
2006
SL - 90
2007=
SL - 49
2007=
Ind - 49
2008
SA - 74
2009
Aus - 63
2010
SA - 60
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Wicket Takers Test Cricket Quiz
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Created Nov 7, 2008 in
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BenA
:
Nov 7th, 2008 at 06:24 GMT
9 points
Great quiz, love the cricket ones. Do you think 'Murali' is an acceptable form of Muralitharan - I can't imagine many will be able to spell it and he does get called Murali.
davidr
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Nov 7th, 2008 at 09:13 GMT
5 points
@Ben: Thanks. I was in two minds about whether to accept `Murali'. I definitely would have if it hadn't been the first six letters of his surname. What do other people think?
davidr
:
Nov 7th, 2008 at 13:42 GMT
4 points
On the other hand, `Venkat' is accepted for Venkataraghavan so I'll mail the admins and ask them to accept `Murali', too.
magister
:
Nov 8th, 2008 at 18:04 GMT
0 points
American ignorance alert! I think it's funny that I looked at this quiz and thought "Do I even know what a wicket is? Barely. I think I'll do the rock and roll quiz."
davidr
:
Nov 8th, 2008 at 23:50 GMT
8 points
Don't worry, magister -- I have exactly the same reaction to the American football and baseball quizzes. "What does that even *mean*?"
N_Bomb1242
:
Jan 23rd, 2009 at 05:49 GMT
2 points
damn this quiz shows my age, got 16 of last 20, then 6 of the last 24
N_Bomb1242
:
Jan 23rd, 2009 at 05:51 GMT
0 points
though saying that, only 15% of people got 2008? wow.
davidr
:
Feb 2nd, 2009 at 14:29 GMT
2 points
@N-Bomb: The 2008 answer was only added in January. At least 80% of the people who've taken the quiz took in in 2008, when that answer didn't exist.
DRB
:
Feb 5th, 2009 at 22:09 GMT
2 points
no surprise warne is in there the most, awesome bowler!
march
:
Jun 18th, 2009 at 11:35 GMT
1 point
Tough quiz, like it though. Gutted I forgot 1982, who actually went to my school!
mtc:
Nov 2nd, 2009 at 07:23 GMT
-3 points
Lol at 1965.
Poos
:
Jan 8th, 2010 at 00:38 GMT
2 points
Mitchell Johnson needs to be added.
loftyj37
:
Dec 30th, 2010 at 19:33 GMT
1 point
Fabulous quiz, quizmaster! I'm annoyed I failed to get Prasad, Qadir & much worse Tony Greig for all the years AFTER I was born. As for the years BEFORE I was born, I'm gutted I didn't get Alec Bedser & Alan Davidson. But that was really good fun all the same!
delToro87
:
Jan 7th, 2011 at 02:32 GMT
2 points
Need to add Mitchell Johnson and Graeme Swann.
alexmanby
:
Jan 13th, 2011 at 20:16 GMT
-1 points
swann will tear aus apart again
delToro87
:
Aug 1st, 2011 at 21:25 GMT
1 point
Why is Steyn listed for 2010 when Graeme Swann got 64 wickets?
bktjdk
:
Aug 2nd, 2011 at 16:54 GMT
-3 points
Isnt cricket an insect?
dunxxx22
:
Nov 3rd, 2011 at 05:55 GMT
1 point
his name is actually muralidharan or you should accept both versions
westhamman
:
May 20th, 2013 at 04:14 GMT
1 point
Great quiz but should add Mitchell Johnson and Graeme swann
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