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Nail this quiz and you could win a SF Summit Players cricket bat (RRP £380), as used by England’s one-day captain Eoin Morgan.

1. Which country set the record last month for the highest total made before going on to lose a Test?
Answer: Bangladesh

2. At which ground did England lose to Australia in 2006 after scoring 551-6 declared?
Answer: Adelaide

3. Who was at the crease with VVS Laxman when India pipped Australia by one wicket at Mohali in 2010, having needed 92 to win with just two wickets in hand?
Answer: Pragyan Ojha

4. Which county beat Warwickshire in a Championship fixture in 1922 despite being bowled out for 15 in the first innings?
Answer: Hampshire

5. In the famous Indian comeback victory of 2001 at Kolkata, inspired by Laxman and Rahul Dravid, which bowler took India’s first Test hat-trick?
Answer: Harbhajan Singh

6. When Australia scored 434-4 against South Africa in an ODI at Johannesburg in 2006 few thought they would lose. Which Aussie bowler had figures of 10-0-113-0 as the hosts defied the odds to win?
Answer: Mick Lewis

7. Persuaded by the astronomical odds, Dennis Lillee and which other Aussie put money on England to win at Headingley in 1981?
Answer: Rod Marsh

8. Who was England’s captain when they were bowled out for 64, having only been set 137 to beat New Zealand at Wellington in 1978?
Answer: Geoff Boycott

9. Australia beat Sri Lanka by 16 runs at Colombo in 1992, despite being well behind the game throughout the Test. Which spinner teamed up with Shane Warne to take 4-76 as the hosts lost eight wickets for 37 runs?
Answer: Greg Matthews

10. Which county lost nine wickets for 18 runs to hand Lancashire an improbable victory in the B&H Cup in 1993?
Answer: Surrey

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