At Trent Bridge in 1973, a team of "pushovers" were set 479 and they went for it. Not the right time to be studying for an O-level

Also: the most extras, the longest waits for hundreds, and the fastest Test centuries

Plus: the shortest turnaround times between Test series, and the nervous and not-so-nervous 90s

Also: making 600 and not winning, and lopsided contributions in a team's innings

Also: Faoud Bacchus' unique Test record, and what Mahmudullah and John Reid have in common

Nigel Howard was a surprise choice to lead an under-strength England overseas in 1951-52. His Test career started and ended with that ordinary tour to India

Also: players dismissed on the same score in both innings, oldest T20 players, and longest unbroken bowling spells

Also, the best averages with hundred-plus Test wickets, and back-to-back ODI centuries by Bangladesh batsmen

Plus, World Cup half-centuries for two countries, and a jackpot on County Championship debut

Plus, MS Dhoni in chases, and most Test runs against England

The reputation of being a walking cricket encyclopaedia can be hard to maintain, but sometimes it leads to a wonderful story

Plus, most World Cup runs without a duck, and Seb Coe's brother-in-law

Plus, players who signed off with World Cup finals, Sydney's ODI record, and Bradman's highest average

Plus, highest successful chases at the MCG, and captains with over a hundred ODI wins

More than two decades on, the novelty of the 1992 World Cup still lives in the memory

Plus, Sangakkara's record, Scotland's highest, and oldest players in the World Cup

Plus, highest match aggregates and teams without centuries in World Cups

How far away and quaint the first World Cup seems now

Plus, six centuries in a first-class innings, and using nine bowlers in an ODI innings

Records from the World Cup so far, and players who have represented two countries in the competition