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Cricket - The Ashes 0001   Mixed

 
 
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1. The series was named after a spoof obituary appeared in which newspaper in 1882?
 
The Sporting Chronicle
The Sporting Despatch
The Sporting Express
The Sporting Times

Australia had just won in England for the first time
 

 
2. Which ground staged its one and only Ashes test in 1902?
 
Bramall Lane
Fartown
Lillie Bridge
Saltergate
 

 
3. Who captained Australia in the 2005 series in England?
 
Michael Clarke
Glenn McGrath
Ricky Ponting
Shane Warne
 

 
4. In which Australian city is The Gabba, that staged its first Ashes test in 1933 during the controversial Bodyline series?
 
Adelaide
Brisbane
Melbourne
Perth
 

 
5. How many runs did Don Bradman score in the Australians' 1930 tour?
 
674
774
874
974

His batting average was 139.14
 

 
6. Who was England captain when they won the 1970-71 series in Australia?
 
Colin Cowdrey
Mike Denness
Ray Illingworth
Tony Lewis

Australian captain Bill Lawrie was sacked in the middle of the series
 

 
7. On 21 October the MCC Travelex Ashes Exhibition, with the Ashes Urn as its centrepiece, opened in which Australian city?
 
Darwin
Hobart
Melbourne
Sydney

It clesed in Hobart on 20 January 2007
 

 
8. Which England bowler took 7 for 109 in the 2nd test at Adelaide in 2006?
 
Steve Harmison
Matthew Hoggard
Andrew Flintoff
Monty Panesar
 

 
9. Which England bowler took the final wicket in England's two-run victory at Edgbaston in 2005?
 
Ashley Giles
Steve Harmison
Simon Jones
Michael Vaughan
 

 
10. In 1926 which England batsman passed the record number of runs scored in Ashes tests?
 
Patsy Hendren
Jack Hobbs
Herbert Sutcliffe
Frank Woolley
 

 
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