Geosportle

Cricket quiz: where and when did it happen?

From Ashes epics to World Cup finals and record-breaking innings, cricket’s great days belong to famous grounds. Each Geosportle cricket clue describes the match (the century, the collapse, the last-ball finish) and you pin the ground on the globe and pick the year.

Here are the cricket questions from past daily puzzles. The answers stay hidden until you reveal them.

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Formats date a match: T20 internationals began in 2005, day/night Tests in 2015, and World Cups rotate between host nations.

Cricket quiz questions and answers

🏏 Cricket · Geosportle #1

Kapil Dev's side stunned the West Indies to lift their first World Cup.

Show where and when

Lord's, London, UK · 1983

Defending just 183, India beat the two-time champions West Indies by 43 runs. Kapil Dev's running catch to remove Viv Richards turned the final.

From Geosportle #1 (4 October 2026) · Source: Wikipedia

How to play Geosportle

  1. Read the clue about a famous sports moment.
  2. Spin the 3D globe and drop a pin where it happened (full marks within 10 km).
  3. Slide to the year: each year off costs 3 points.
  4. Read the real story, then share your emoji grid. Five moments a day, up to 1,000 points.

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