PowerPin Cricket #9 answers
Saturday, 31 October 2026
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Nathan Astle hit the fastest double century in Test history, 222 off 168 balls against England in 2002, in a losing cause. Where?
Answer: Lancaster Park, Christchurch
He went from 101 to 200 in 39 balls. New Zealand still lost by 98 runs chasing 550.
Pakistan chased 345 against Sri Lanka in October 2023, then the highest successful chase in World Cup history, with Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique both scoring centuries. Where?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad
Kusal Mendis had hit 122 off 77 balls for Sri Lanka. Pakistan still missed the semi-finals.
Ireland beat England by five runs on the rain rule at the 2022 T20 World Cup, when a downpour ended the match in the 15th over. Where?
Answer: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Andy Balbirnie's 62 took Ireland to 157. England were 105 for 5 when the rain came, five runs behind the par score. England still went on to win the tournament.
Africa's oldest Test ground, which hosted the continent's first Test in 1889, is famous for a brass band that plays in the stands all day. Where?
Answer: St George's Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
England won that first Test by eight wickets. The band plays everything from hymns to pop songs and visiting players have asked for it to be silenced.
Adam Gilchrist, the wicketkeeper who changed the way keepers batted, was born in which small town on the New South Wales north coast?
Answer: Bellingen, New South Wales
Gilchrist scored 17 Test centuries and hit 149 in the 2007 World Cup final. He always walked when he knew he was out.