The 2010 T20 Cricket World Cup Quiz

The third edition of the T20 World Cup was held in 2010 in the West Indies. Continuing from where the tournament had left off it proved to be a very exciting edition of this competition and below we have one of the most exciting T20 World Cup 2010 quizzes around.

The answers to this quiz can be found on another page linked below, so you don’t have to worry about reading it by mistake. Here we go with the questions.

1. Which of the following firsts happened at the 2010 T20 World Cup?
   1. Afghanistan qualified for their first ICC World Cup
   2. England won their first ICC World Cup
   3. India lost all their Super Eight matches
   4. All of the above
2. Which former World Cup skiing participant finished the tournament with the most wickets?
   1. Charl Langeveldt
   2. Dirk Nannes
   3. Graeme Swann
   4. Darren Sammy
3. As in December 2023, he has 17 T20I wickets in his 65-match career, 11 of which came at the 2010 T20 World Cup. It meant he finished a joint-second in the list of top bowlers for this tournament. Who is he?
   1. Steven Smith
   2. Cameron White
   3. David Hussey
   4. Chris Gayle
4. Which England cricketer finished the fourth-highest 222 runs in the tournament but was later forced to retire from T20 cricket because of a nasty injury to his nose and eye?
   1. Ryan Sidebottom
   2. Michael Lumb
   3. Stuart Broad
   4. Craig Kieswetter
5. Five wickets fell in the final over of Australia’s innings in their first round encounter. Who bowled that over?
   1. Mohammad Amir
   2. Lasith Malinga
   3. Vinay Kumar
   4. Mohammad Sami
6. Which Indian batter hit a century in this T20 World Cup to become the first ever to do so in T20Is and the second in a T20 World Cup?
   1. Yusuf Pathan
   2. Rohit Sharma
   3. Suresh Raina
   4. Yuvraj Singh
7. Who won the Player of the Tournament award in this competition?
   1. Mahela Jayawardene
   2. Kevin Pietersen
   3. Saeed Ajmal
   4. Dirk Nannes
8. How many runs did Australia need to score in the last three overs to win their semifinal against Pakistan which they did thanks to a Michael Hussey special?
   1. 11
   2. 22
   3. 35
   4. 48
9. Which of the following cricketers was a part of both, the 2010 T20 World Cup and 2019 World Cup winning squads?
   1. Eoin Morgan
   2. Ben Stokes
   3. Chris Woakes
   4. Ravi Bopara
10. Who did Graeme Swann partner in the spin department in all seven matches that England played in this tournament?
    1. Monty Panesar
    2. Samit Patel
    3. Michael Yardy
    4. England played just one spinner
11. Which legendary cricketer played just one more T20I in his career but did feature in an ICC final after this tournament ?
    1. T Dilshan
    2. Muthiah Muralidaran
    3. Sanath Jayasuriya
    4. Mahela Jayawardene
12. Which batter finished the tournament with the highest average and the highest batting strike-rate for those with a minimum of 50 runs?
    1. Rohit Sharma
    2. Michael Hussey
    3. Kevin Pietersen
    4. Shahid Afridi
13. He scored an unbeaten 79 in India’s Super Eight game against Australia with the next-best being Harbhajan Singh’s 13. Whom are we talking about?
    1. Murali Vijay
    2. Suresh Raina
    3. Rohit Sharma
    4. MS Dhoni
14. Two centuries were hit in this tournament. One by an Indian as asked in the question 6 above, who hit the other?
    1. Mahela Jayawardene
    2. T Dilshan
    3. Chris Gayle
    4. Michael Hussey
15. Which team did not win a single game in the first round but still made it to the Super Eight?
    1. South Africa
    2. England
    3. Pakistan
    4. Ireland

Get the answers to this T20 World Cup 2010 Quiz here.

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