Largest gaps between innings defeats and victories for a team

Grounds where the ball flies into the crowd most frequently

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men created history over the last two weeks by winning their first ever one-day series in New Zealand, and another such opportunity lies ahead of them

Series with the highest runs-per-wicket yields and those with the lowest

Allrounders with the largest differences between batting and bowling averages

The preview for the first ODI between New Zealand and India at McLean Park in Napier

The two-Test series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has been reduced to a one-Test play-off after the draw in Karachi

The progression of record holders for most wickets and runs in ODIs

The lowest first-innings leads to result in innings wins

The lowest scores at the fall of each wicket, after which teams have gone on to win matches

Cricinfo previews the second ODI between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo

The largest ups and downs in ODI averages between one year and the next

The highest averages by players batting at eight, nine, 10 and Jack

Matches where declarations didn't quite work

Teams that won matches despite scoring fewer hundreds or fifties than the opposition

Jane McGrath day, 60 hours of continuous cricket for almost no gain, and a commentator with a difference

Players who went the most consecutive matches without taking a wicket

Fourth innings in which the target achieved has been the highest total of the game

Cricinfo previews the fourth one-day international between India and England in Indore on November 22, 2008

Cricinfo preview the second ODI between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in Harare