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Guess the Cricketer Quiz
Name That Cricketer Clues about famous cricketers' feats and nicknames. Name the player before the over ends.
250 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Guess the Cricketer Quiz has 250 questions: 119 easy, 101 medium and 30 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 250 Name the cricketer questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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Which Australian opener celebrates his hundreds with a trademark leap in the air?
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David Warner
His teammates call him 'Bull'.
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Which Indian keeper-batter's trademark is the one-handed six, often hit while falling over?
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Rishabh Pant
The falling one-handed six is Rishabh Pant's trademark shot.
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Which England fast bowler, with 704 Test wickets, was knighted in 2025?
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James Anderson
The Princess Royal presented the honour at Windsor, a year after he retired from Tests.
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India and England now play Tests for a trophy named after Sachin Tendulkar and which bowler?
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James Anderson
England's 704-wicket fast bowler had retired from Tests in July 2024.
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Needing five off the last ball of the 2018 Nidahas Trophy final, who hit Soumya Sarkar for six to win it for India?
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Dinesh Karthik
He came in with 34 needed off two overs and made 29 not out off 8 balls.
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Which Indian opener is nicknamed 'Hitman'?
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Rohit Sharma
As captain he led Mumbai Indians to five IPL titles.
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Which Indian star got the nickname 'Cheeku' after a coach compared his haircut to a rabbit from the comic Champak?
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Virat Kohli
Fans today mostly call him 'King Kohli'.
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Which Pakistan left-arm fast bowler is known as the 'Sultan of Swing'?
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Wasim Akram
His Pakistan teammate Waqar Younis was the 'Toe Crusher'.
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Which Indian off-spinner was dubbed 'The Turbanator'?
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Harbhajan Singh
The name mixed his Sikh patka with his knack for ending innings. At home he is 'Bhajji'.
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Which Indian opener liked to sing Kishore Kumar songs while batting?
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Virender Sehwag
His favourite to sing at the crease was 'Chala Jaata Hoon'.
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Which West Indian batter played from a crab-like stance, almost facing the bowler square-on?
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul
He took his nickname 'Tiger' from Rohan Kanhai.
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'We proved Brian Lara right.' Which captain said it after leading Afghanistan to their first T20 World Cup semi-final in 2024?
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Rashid Khan
By chance the semi was at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad, where South Africa bowled them out for 56.
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Which Maharashtra batter hit seven sixes in one over in the 2022 Vijay Hazare Trophy, the first time it had happened in List A cricket?
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Ruturaj Gaikwad
One ball was a no-ball, so the over off Shiva Singh cost 43; he finished on 220 not out in the quarter-final.
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Which young Sri Lankan fast bowler is nicknamed 'Baby Malinga' for his slingy, round-arm action?
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Matheesha Pathirana
His action copies Lasith Malinga's so closely that Malinga himself later became his coach.
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At 18, who became the youngest Indian to score a hundred on Test debut, against West Indies at Rajkot in 2018?
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Prithvi Shaw
Earlier that year he had captained India to the 2018 Under-19 World Cup title.
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Which West Indian batter never wore a helmet, walking out in a maroon cap and chewing gum?
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Viv Richards
Fans called him 'King Viv' and 'Master Blaster'.
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Which former Lahore ball boy became the fastest to 5,000 ODI runs, in 97 innings, in 2023?
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Babar Azam
He beat Hashim Amla's 101 innings, and made his 18th ODI hundred in the same match at Karachi.
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Which West Indian batter is 'The Prince of Port of Spain'?
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Brian Lara
Fans often shorten it to just 'The Prince'.
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Which South African spinner walks out to bat to the devotional song 'Ram Siya Ram'?
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Keshav Maharaj
At Newlands in 2024, Virat Kohli joined his hands and mimed drawing a bow, and the clip went viral.
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Which England fast bowler's old tweets went viral for 'predicting' the 2019 World Cup final Super Over, which he then bowled?
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Jofra Archer
Fans dubbed him a time traveller, and 'Jofra knows' became the line whenever another old tweet came true.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Guess the Cricketer Quiz?
250. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
Can I play the Guess the Cricketer Quiz with friends online?
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Do I have to spell the answers exactly?
No. You type your answers, and Braggit accepts close spellings, so a small typo still scores.
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