Statistics for Cricket by Year, 2000 onwards

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The average score is 14 of 23

Answer Stats

Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
2007	This team becomes the first to win 3 ODI World Cups in a row	Australia	94%
2005	The first-ever international game in this format is played	T20	90%
2008	This prestigious domestic tournament is launched, being won by underdogs Rajasthan Royals	Indian Premier League	88%
2000	This team is granted Test status	Bangladesh	86%
2006	This team chases down 434 in an ODI, forming multiple new records in the process, including the highest team score in an ODI	South Africa	83%
2004	This West Indian batter reclaims his record for the highest individual Test score, scoring 400* against England	Brian Lara	82%
2009	Tailenders Monty Panesar and James Anderson bat through 11.3 overs to secure a draw for England in the first Test of this series	The 2009 Ashes	82%
2013	This batsman, nicknamed 'The Little Master', retires with a number of records, including most international runs	Sachin Tendulkar	81%
2015	This team makes their ODI World Cup debut despite cricket being banned in the country until 2000	Afghanistan	80%
2017	This team wins the Champions Trophy for the first time	Pakistan	80%
2001	This team beats India in a Test for the first time	Zimbabwe	79%
2010	This spinner retires with a record 800 Test wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan	75%
2003	This team miraculously makes the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup, partly due to New Zealand forfeiting their group game for political reasons	Kenya	57%
2019	England beats New Zealand in the ODI World Cup Final due to a boundary count after this 'tie-breaker' was also tied	Super Over	51%
2022	Women's cricket is played at this international event for the first time	Commonwealth Games	47%
2016	"Remember the name" of this West Indian all-rounder who hit 4 sixes in a row to win the T20 World Cup against England	Carlos Brathwaite	42%
2012	This batsman becomes the first to score 4 Test double-centuries in a calendar year, including 329 against India	Michael Clarke	42%
2014	This opening batsman scores 264 against Sri Lanka in an ODI, the most ever by an individual batsman	Rohit Sharma	41%
2020	The inaugural season of this new tournament is postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic	The Hundred	39%
2011	This Irish all-rounder scores a century off 50 balls to beat England in the ODI World Cup	Kevin O'Brien	37%
2018	This New Zealand all-rounder scores 232*, the highest ever individual total in women's ODIs, before backing it up with 5/17	Amelia Kerr	14%
2002	This Pakistani bowler takes a Test hat-trick just three weeks after taking an ODI hat-trick	Mohammad Sami	11%
2021	This Sri Lankan bowler takes a hat-trick in one over before being hit for 6 sixes in his next in a T20I against the West Indies	Akila Dananjaya	7%