In this quiz, you have to identify variants of and games similar to cricket based on the hints.
In 1988, Australia celebrated 200 years of the arrival of the First Fleet on their shores by hosting several cricket matches, among other sporting events. These included a first ever Youth World Cup, the Women’s World Cup, and two Australia-England Tests. Of the two Tests, one fizzled out to a draw at the SCG after Australia followed on. The other was a computer-simulated Test where selectors picked all-time XIs from cricketers who were still alive. Australia won this “Test” by 37 runs.
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While it did not exactly descend from cricket, baseball is the second-most popular bat-and-ball sport in the world. During the Civil War, it replaced cricket in popularity – something that has not changed since then.
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Baseball is far from being the only “cousin” of cricket, while video games are not the only other mode of playing. Cricket has evolved and expanded – and has not necessarily been played the same way by everyone. Sometimes these variants have even become new games.
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In this quiz, you will be given hints on a game (or a form of cricket): all you have to do is to click on the correct answer. You have five minutes.
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Quiz! How well do you know cricket’s variants and distant cousins?
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