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1. Harold (“Dickie”) Bird is best known for his career in cricket as:

2. For how many days is a Test match scheduled?

3. What is the name given to the biennial international Test cricket series played between England and Australia?

4. In which year were the first laws of cricket believed to have been written?

5. What is the slang term given to a ball that is bowled so well that it is considered unplayable by the batsman?

6. Cricket umpires use a large variety of signals to make sure that the correct scores are kept. What does it mean if an umpire raises both arms straight above his head?

7. True or False?: Lord’s, the most famous of all English cricket grounds, got its name because of the popularity of the game with the English aristocracy.

8. True or False?: The Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, first published in 1864, contains information and statistics about all aspects of cricket from any given year. It also known as the bible of cricket.

9. True or False?: A score of 111 by a batsman or a team is known by many as a “Nelson.”

10. True or False?: Three of Australia’s Test cricket captains were nicknamed Pugsley, Tubby, and Punter.