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So you thought you followed cricket closely in 2007? Here are 20 questions to test your memory of the events that made the headlines � from the farewells and the World Cups to the six-hitting and the milestones.

1. Who announced his sudden retirement in the middle of the one-day Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia in January?
	Ashley Giles	Nathan Astle
	Craig McMillan	Glenn McGrath
2. Who was appointed as Australia�s new coach in February?
	Greg Chappell	Trevor Chappell
	Tim Nielsen	Trevor Bayliss
3. And, also in February, who was appointed as Yorkshire�s new captain?
	Anthony McGrath	Younis Khan
	Geoff Boycott	Darren Gough
4. Who were the opposition when Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in an over during the World Cup?
	Scotland	Bermuda
	Canada	The Netherlands
5. Who was Ireland�s captain during their World Cup run?
	Trent Johnston	Jeremy Bray
	Niall O'Brien	Ardal O'Hanlon
6. Ireland beat Pakistan and which other country during the World Cup?
	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh
	New Zealand	England
7. Who was the Man of the Match in the World Cup final in April?
	Adam Gilchrist	Andrew Symonds
	Ricky Ponting	Matthew Hayden
8. Who scored a century on Test debut for England, against West Indies at Lord�s in May?
	Alastair Cook	Stuart Broad
	Owais Shah	Matthew Prior
9. And who bagged a pair on debut for England in the Lord�s Test against India later in the year?
	Ryan Sidebottom	Stuart Broad
	Chris Tremlett	Ravi Bopara
10. Who passed the milestone of 40,000 runs in his first-class career during June?
	Mark Ramprakash	Graeme Hick
	Justin Langer	Sachin Tendulkar
11. Who took all ten wickets in an innings in a county match in July?
	Richard Johnson	Monty Panesar
	Ottis Gibson	Mushtaq Ahmed
12. Which county won England�s Twenty20 Cup in August?
	Kent	Gloucestershire
	Leicestershire	Surrey
13. Who scored his first century, in his 118th Test, at The Oval in August?
	Anil Kumble	Monty Panesar
	Zaheer Khan	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
14. Who was the bowler Yuvraj Singh hit for six sixes in an over during the World Twenty20 championship in September?
	Albie Morkel	Stuart Broad
	Paul Collingwood	Dimitri Mascarenhas
15. Who was Man of the Match as India won the World Twenty20 final?
	Irfan Pathan	Robin Uthappa
	Gautam Gambhir	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
16. Who, during October, became the first wicketkeeper to make 400 dismissals in Tests?
	Adam Gilchrist	Mark Boucher
	Brendon McCullum	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
17. Who was named as West Indies� new coach in October?
	Jamie Siddons	Trevor Bayliss
	Trevor Chappell	John Dyson
18. Who branded his country's selectors "muppets headed buy a joker" during October, and retired from international cricket shortly afterwards?
	Marvan Atapattu	Michael Bevan
	Chris Cairns	Sanath Jayasuriya
19. Sourav Ganguly and which other player made double-centuries in the Tests against Pakistan in November/December?
	VVS Laxman	Sachin Tendulkar
	Dinesh Karthik	Wasim Jaffer
20. Which batsman provided Muttiah Muralitharan with his record 709th Test wicket at Kandy in December?
	Alastair Cook	Ravi Bopara
	Paul Collingwood	Monty Panesar

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