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The Cricketer Weekly Quiz

The Cricketer Weekly Quiz

Christmas & New Year Edition: Test your knowledge on cricket in 2024 - and you could win a copy of Jimmy Anderson's autobiography!
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    Just six months into his Test career, Atkinson is putting together quite the résumé!
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    "After 21 years, 188 Tests and 704 wickets, it is not chronic injury, loss of form, scandal or lack of motivation which signals the end of Anderson's journey, but forethought as England build towards the next Ashes series in Australia," wrote Nick Howson for The Cricketer.
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    Plenty more records beckon for the England batter, who passed Sir Alastair Cook with his 34th Test century against Sri Lanka.
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    Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Josh Hull, Josh Smith, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley all won Test caps in 2024.
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    The 24-year-old left-armer was named in England's 16-strong squad for their five-match Test series against India.
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    It was revealed in September that Nottinghamshire, one of the eight counties to successfully bid for a tier-one women's team, would remain as The Blaze, who began the regional era as Lightning, before Nottinghamshire successfully won the tender to rehouse and reboot the region ahead of the 2023 season. While the other seven tier-one sides have aligned with their men's teams, Notts Outlaws and The Blaze are outliers.
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    Beaumont scored 554 ODI runs for England in 15 matches. She was the third highest scorer in the world in 2024.
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    Hint: It's the background picture for the quiz.
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    Charlotte Edwards was talking about the competition named after her on the Under The Lid podcast with Jack Brooks and Katherine Sciver-Brunt.
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    The 27-year-old was named player of the tournament where she was the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the competition.
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    Durham, Essex, Hampshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey and Warwickshire will host a pro side from 2025, replacing the current regional structure. First-class counties missing out will complete tiers two and three, combined with National Counties, but no promotion or relegation will occur before 2025-2028.
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    Indian batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal scored double-hundreds in the second and third Tests against England in Vizag and Rajkot.
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    Salt was part of Kolkata Knight Riders' title-winning side in IPL 2024 but was bought by Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the latest auction.
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    Afghanistan's right-hander hit 281 runs in the competition.
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    Devine lead the White Ferns to victory over South Africa in Dubai.
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    Ponting was appointed to lead the team in 2024 and subsequently won the title.
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    Zimbabwe won a T20 World Cup Regional Qualifier against Gambia in Nairobi by 290 runs. Sikandar Raza top-scored with 133 of 43 balls.
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    Only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid are ahead of Joe Root.
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    Vince's side Southern Brave were beaten finalists in 2024.
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    Buttler is one behind Kohli who has eight hundreds.
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    The 38-year-old became the seventh oldest player to take 10 wickets or more in a Test when he posted figures of 11-147 for Pakistan against England in Multan.
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    Utter perfection
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    Catching the eye of the selectors!
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    Hold your bat high. That's a good innings.
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    Someone isn't making the most of their digital subscription* *It's you.
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    Back to the nets.
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    Cricket. This was a quiz about cricket. Do you not like cricket?
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    You dropped the ball pal.
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