#OnThisDay in 2000, Sri Lanka played Pakistan in Peshawar. Sri Lanka would go on to win this test by 57 runs, but who is the blanked player?
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#OnThisDay in 2000, Sri Lanka played Pakistan in Peshawar. Sri Lanka would go on to win this test by 57 runs, but who is the blanked player?
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#onthisday in 2022 Pakistan played Australia in Rawalpindi in another draw.
Who is the blanked out player?
The answer was⦠Chris Cairns
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04.03.2026 09:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#Onthisday in 1993, New Zealand hosted Australia in Wellington. The game would peter out into a draw, but who is the blanked out player?
04.03.2026 09:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 4 π 1The answer wasβ¦ Murali Vijay
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#OnThisDay in 2013, India hosted Australia in Hyderabad.
India would go on to win comfortably, but which blanked out player helped set up the victory?
The answer was⦠Robert Croft
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#OnThisDay in 1998, England played the West Indies in a test match in Georgetown, Guyana.
England lost, naturally, but who is the blanked out player on the scoreboard below?
A tricky one to end the week!
The answer was Jason Holder. He has 105 t20i wickets.
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Hereβs your last t20i star for the week. Heβs top of his countryβs wicket list.
His test record is:
Debut: 2014
Matches: 69
Runs: 3,073 @ 29.83
Wickets: 162 @ 30.39
Who is it? π
The answer was Kusal Mendis. He has 2,607 runs for Sri Lanka.
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This player is the top male T20i run scorer for their country.
Hereβs their test stats:
Debut: 2015
Matches: 73
Runs: 4,757 @ 36.87
Wickets: 1 @ 118
Who is it?
The answer was Tim Southee. He has 164 t20i wickets for New Zealand.
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This player is the top male T20i bowler for their country. Hereβs their test record.
Debut: 2008
Matches: 107
Runs: 2,245 @ 15.48
Wickets: 391 @ 30.26
Who is it? π
The answer was Babar Azam. He has 4.429 T20i runs for Pakistan.
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This player is the top male t20i run scorer for his country, but can you guess him from his test record?
Debut: 2016
Matches: 61
Runs: 4,366 @ 42.38
Wickets: 2 @ 21.00
Who is it? π