Abbott's start, and Dhoni's blitz

Feb 26, 2013: Also: most innings between centuries, ten-fors in defeats, shortest international innings, and starting with a stumping

Most sixes, and 500 one-day wins

Feb 19, 2013: Also: twin hundreds by Indians against the Aussies, youngest to 7000 runs, top-scoring extras, and outscoring the opposition's total

Bowler-captains, and bowling records

Feb 12, 2013: Also: near quadruples, most top-order dismissals, hundreds in each innings, and an allrounder nicknamed Popeye

Captains with glasses, and batsmen with tons

Feb 5, 2013: Also: most ducks in an ODI series, opening double-ton stands in the same match, most wickets in a calendar year, and most centuries in the County Championship

Batting survivors, and bowling centurions

Jan 29, 2013: Also: highest ground in the world, most run-outs in an ODI, fastest to 1000 runs and 100 wickets, and most innings without a duck

May's golf, and BJ's double

Jan 22, 2013: Also: top-order debuts, highest match aggregates with no hundreds, triple one-cap-wonders, and Supertest centuries

Big leads, and lefties galore

Jan 15, 2013: Also: highest scores in a final Test, longest unchanged XIs, scoring most of the team's runs, and identical first and last matches

Greig's long run, and Jadeja's long spell

Jan 8, 2013: Also: wicket with first ball, playing against your country, losing Players of the Matches, and Tendulkar's first-class ducks

Fast hundreds, and batting for a month

Dec 18, 2012: Also: most Test runs in sixes, career winning streaks, most ducks in an innings, and best figures in a defeat

Mitchells hog the show

Dec 11, 2012: Also: pairs on debut, players with most team-mates, and most overs bowled in a day in Tests

Faf's average, and Lyon's thriftiness

Dec 4, 2012: Also: highest percentage of overs bowled in a Test, scoring and conceding a hundred on debut, batsmen who were bowled the most, and the Maritzburg Mamba

First-day frolics, and centuries from No. 10

Nov 27, 2012: Also: back-to-back doubles, most runs between dismissals, and participating in all ten dismissals

Clarke's mark, and boring scoring

Nov 20, 2012: Also: the lowest average among five-time centurions, KP's run record, most maiden overs bowled, and most Tests without a wicket

Vernon's best, and Rahul's record

Nov 13, 2012: Also: XIs of only right-handers, best bowling on captaincy debut, most innings without being stumped, and the Peshawar Rickshaw

Kohli's record, and a victory drought

Nov 6, 2012: Also: big leads in defeats, highest score in Sri Lanka, Bradman's nemesis, and Ponting's fast-bowling cousin

Big match aggregates, and big-hitting batsmen

Oct 30, 2012: Also: highest scores on debut against India, most ducks inflicted, the highest T20 total, and the fastest Indian to 50 Test wickets

Seven wicket-takers in an innings, and trans-Tasman travellers

Oct 23, 2012: Also: rugby siblings, a First World War victim, longest gaps between first-class and Test debuts, and a foreword written by a dog

Malinga's misery, and Tasmania's tightness

Oct 16, 2012: Also: 99 not out in T20s, Bradman's run-outs, captains with pairs, and an offie nicknamed Roo

T20 hundreds from low down, and doing well in defeat

Oct 9, 2012: Also: Tennyson's Test-playing relation, India-Pakistan World Cup stats, and playing without bails and stumps

Ramps' record, and a mystery man

Oct 2, 2012: Also: highest score in a follow-on, dismissing all 11 batsmen, and the best figures for New Zealand