Most Test wins, and the man with the Chaminda Complex

Which international opener was out lbw to Chaminda Vaas for a duck in four successive one-day innings recently? asked Mahendra de Silva from Kalutara

The man with the Chaminda Complex is New Zealand's captain Stephen Fleming. It all started at Napier in January 2006, when he was trapped in front second ball. In the Champions Trophy in Bombay last October, Fleming lasted 11 balls - and 23 minutes - before falling for another duck, and then he was leg-before fifth ball at Auckland in January. The run continued in the World Cup, when Fleming was out fourth ball in the Super Eights match at St George's. In the semi-final at Kingston, Fleming finally broke the hoodoo with an uppish single off Vaas ... and was lbw to Lasith Malinga in the next over, for 1.

Who has finished on the winning side most often in Tests? I'm guessing it's Steve Waugh? asked Blaine Willoughby from Sydney

Guess again ... actually Steve Waugh is second on that list, having finished on the winning side in 86 (51%) of his Test matches. But on top is Shane Warne, with 92 Test wins under his belt (63%). Australians dominate this list - Glenn McGrath played in 84 Test wins, Ricky Ponting in 78 so far, Mark Waugh in 72, Justin Langer in 70, Adam Gilchrist in 69 (76% of his 90 matches), and Matthew Hayden in 64. The first non-Aussies are the West Indians Viv Richards (63 wins) and Desmond Haynes (60).

I just wanted to know what Don Bradman's career strike rate was in Test matches? asked Daniel Verdouw from Australia

This sort of statistic isn't usually available for older players, as it wasn't the custom to record the number of balls faced until quite recently. But in Don Bradman's case we do have an idea, thanks to the detailed research which BJ Wakley carried out for his 1959 book Bradman the Great, which examined all The Don's innings in almost forensic detail. That reveals that, in his 37 Tests against England, Bradman faced 8586 balls and scored 5028 runs (easily a record for Ashes series) at a rate of 58 runs per 100 balls. In a reflection of how many more overs were bowled in those days, Wakley established that Bradman scored at a rate of 42 runs per hour throughout his career (36 an hour in Tests).

Is it true that Sunil Gavaskar never scored a century at Lord's? asked Saradindu from Baroda

Sunil Gavaskar never scored a Test century at Lord's - his highest score in five Tests there was only 59, in 1979 - but he did manage one first-class hundred there, 188 for the Rest of the World against MCC in the MCC Bicentenary match in August 1987. Overall Gavaskar made 701 runs at 41.23 in nine first-class matches at Lord's, and 38 runs in two one-day internationals there, including the 1983 World Cup final.

What was the first international match to be played at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia? asked Pamela Perry

The first international at the new Beausejour ground was a one-dayer between West Indies and New Zealand in June 2002. The first Test played there was between West Indies and Sri Lanka in June 2003. To date the ground has staged three Tests (all draws) and 15 one-day internationals, seven of them during the recent World Cup. Previous internationals in St Lucia were played at Mindoo Philip Park in Castries, which staged two ODIs, both against Australia, in 1977-78 and 1983-84.

The mention last week of cheap seven-fors brought to mind a bowling performance by Derek Underwood towards the end of his career. If my memory is accurate, his second-innings analysis against Warwickshire was something like 36-29-11-7 - not bad for a man who must have been in his mid-forties at the time? asked Ian Baxter

Your memory is very accurate - well, it's one ball out, actually, as his analysis was 35.5-29-11-7 in the second innings of that match at Folkestone. It was at the end of the 1986 season, and "Deadly" Derek Underwood (indeed, he had rarely been deadlier) was 41 at the time. The first five wickets all fell to catches by Chris Cowdrey, as Warwickshire were bowled out for 65 in an innings that lasted 76.5 overs.