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All is revealed
Wisden CricInfo staff - December 23, 2001

We hope you enjoyed our quiz and today we publish the answers. A happy New Year to all our readers 1 Who is the international player shown here dressed as Father Christmas?
Alex Tudor

2 For which country did six different players make Test centuries in the past month and who were they?
New Zealand - Lou Vincent, Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Adam Parore, Mark Richardson and Craig McMillan

3 Which England bowler, who probably played his last Test in 2001, took a wicket with his third ball in Test cricket at Lord's 1991?
Graeme Hick

4 Harbhajan Singh took 32 wickets in India's home series against Australia. Which two bowlers came joint second in the list with how many wickets apiece?
Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan - three each

5 Who was the last English batsman before Marcus Trescothick to be dismissed for 99 in a Test?
Michael Atherton - v South Africa, Headingley, 1994

6 Who was David Gower's co-pilot during the infamous Tiger Moth fly-by on the 1990-91 Ashes tour?
John Morris

7 On which ground did Don Bradman make the following Test scores: 334, 304, 103, 16, 33, 173*?
Headingley

8 Which current commentator once went out to bat in a Test match without his bat?
Bob Willis

9 Michael Vaughan is the first Yorkshire player to be given out handled the ball in a Test but which Yorkshireman is the only man to be given out obstructed the field in a Test?
Len Hutton - v South Africa, The Oval, 1951

10 Whose famous initials are these and what do they stand for? WG, VVS, GStA, PBH, WPUJC?
William Gilbert Grace, Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman, Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, Peter Barker Howard May, Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas

11 Who are the only two Test opening batsmen to be out to the first ball they faced in Test cricket?
Jimmy Cook (SA) and Leon Garrick (WI)

12 Which country had five captains in six weeks and who were they?
Zimbabwe - Guy Whittall, Heath Streak, Alistair Campbell, Bryan Murphy and Stuart Carlisle

13 Nasser Hussain has revealed that on the Sunday before the Bangalore Test he "never felt so ill" in all his life and spent the day watching DVDs of every episode of which well-known TV programme?
Pride and Prejudice
Only Fools and Horses
Friends
The Benny Hill Show

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