20 entertaining questions to test your knowledge of the year that was...

1. Who scored the most runs in Test cricket this year?

a) Alastair Cook
b) Hashim Amla
c) Michael Clarke

2. Twenty20 International cricket's highest run-scorer was...

a) Martin Guptill
b) Virat Kohli
c) Shane Watson

3. How many Test triple-centuries were scored this year?

a) Two
b) Three
c) Five

4. How many T20I centuries were scored this year?

a) None
b) Four
c) Seven

5. Who struck the most sixes in T20I cricket this year?

a) Chris Gayle
b) Shane Watson
c) David Warner

6. Test cricket's top 10 Test wicket-takers featured ... spinners.

a) two
b) three
c) four

7. Which country produced T20I cricket's top two wicket-takers?

a) South Africa
b) India
c) Pakistan

8. Where did Chris Gayle strike nine sixes in a single ODI innings against New Zealand?

a) Wellington
b) Dhaka
c) Kingston

9. Which of the following retired from Test cricket this year?

a) Sachin Tendulkar
b) Rahul Dravid
c) Muttiah Muralitharan

10. Which of the following did not make his T20I debut this year?

a) Colin Munro
b) Jimmy Neesham
c) Nathan McCullum

11. Who won this year's World Twenty20?

a) West Indies
b) Sri Lanka
c) Pakistan

12. Which country finished the year at the top of the Test rankings?

a) Australia
b) England
c) South Africa

13. Who came second?

a) Australia
b) England
c) South Africa

14. Who won this year's Indian Premier League?

a) Mumbai Indians
b) Rajasthan Royals
c) Kolkata Knight Riders

15. Who won this year's Champions League Twenty20?

a) Sydney Sixers
b) Uva Next
c) Lions

16. Who was named 2012's Test Cricketer of the Year?

a) Vernon Philander
b) Michael Clarke
c) Kumar Sangakkara

17. Who was named 2012's ODI Cricketer of the Year?

a) Dale Steyn
b) Virat Kohli
c) Ravichandran Ashwin

18. Who was named 2012's Umpire of the Year?

a) Nigel Llong
b) Marais Erasmus
c) Kumar Dharmasena

19. What was the name of former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon's autobiography released this year?

a) The Art Of Losing
b) Keeping Quiet
c) Luck: What it Means and Why it Matters

20. Which Australian fast bowler made his Test debut at the MCG in December?

a) Josh Hazlewood
b) Jackson Bird
c) Ben Cutting

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