Which players have maintained consistently excellent batting and bowling averages through their Test careers?

Players who began and ended their careers with ducks and hundreds

Kolkata and Delhi are now level on points and separated only by the slimmest of margins: a difference of 0.045 in the net run-rate puts Kolkata above Delhi

The perils of endorsing whisky, a question of coffee at Chelmsford, and a visit from the Great Khali

The Rajasthan Royals are at the top of the league, and know that another win or two will virtually cement a semi-final berth. Delhi, on the other hand, are fourth and a defeat in Jaipur will give Kolkata and Mumbai a chance to over-take them

Chennai and Punjab clashed for the first time in the second match of the Indian Premier League and a century from Michael Hussey ensured that the match was a no contest

Players who have won and lost the most matches in a row

The start of an innings is especially important and the failure of the Chennai Super Kings' top order after the departure of Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey has been the primary reason for their slip from No. 1 to No. 4

Term it whatever you want - the law of averages, or an off day - but Chennai slumped to their lowest score after their batting order had taken a severe hit

The Chennai Super Kings are the only unbeaten team in the Indian Premier League but, with the departure of Mathew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram, the real work has just begun if they are to stay at the top

Andrew Symonds and Michael Hussey have never played in a series they've lost, while Dwayne Bravo has never been part of a team that has won one. We look at players who have the best and worst series records

The Chennai Super Kings overcame two adverse situations, the first with the bat and then with the ball, to extend their unbeaten streak in the IPL to four matches

Batsmen who scored large chunks of their series aggregates in one innings

The largest differences in wickets, runs and matches between players in the same team

The largest differences between successive team innings scores

An innings of exemplary application from Ramnaresh Sarwan and his partnership of 157 with Shivnarine Chanderpaul helped West Indies level the series

Thilan Samaraweera's determined hundred brought the match back into balance as Sri Lanka set West Indies a target of 253

Sri Lanka and West Indies fought hard to try and gain the upper hand but the second day's play ended with neither team earning a decisive advantage

The first day of the second Test began and ended in similar fashion, with West Indies bowling a poor line and length and the Sri Lankan batsmen, who finished on 217 for 5, scoring at a fast clip

The largest difference in ages between opposing captains