Substitutes who played a significant role while fielding in matches

Also: Australia's worst losing streak, Kohli's one-day record, the first South African to play for England, and England's whitewashes

A peek at a tradition enshrined in the longer versions of the game

Also: coming from behind to win a series, flourishing after 40, and Man-of-the-Match awards for players on the losing side

After the Queen's visit delayed the start of play on the first day at Lord's, a look at some other strange reasons why play was suspended at the home of cricket

Also: highest scores by No. 11s, youngest bowlers to strike in Ashes series, and Ashton Agar's many records

Also: highest ODI scores by not-out openers, shortest completed internationals, and most wickets by a visiting bowler in each country

A look at the more unlikely coincidences in cricket

Also: most consecutive defeats, most innings without a duck, youngest Test players to die, and oldest ODI centurions

It's easier to buy cricket books online but it's much less memorable than stumbling upon a rare one in a second-hand bookstore

Also: lowest Test total without a duck, most wickets in Australia by a visiting bowler, centuries in 100th matches, and the biggest lead without enforcing a follow-on

A fantasy T20 team of players who would have been stars of the format if they had played it

Also: the top left-arm spinners, the youngest to play his last Test, poorest five-fors, and centurion umpires

Also: four fifties each in both innings, four captains in four Tests, the postman, and playing for two countries

With Pakistan's new prime minister Nawaz Sharif being a former first-class cricketer and Imran Khan in the opposition, it's time for another look at cricketers with a passing interest in politics and politicians who were fans of the game

West Indies' tour of India in 1948-49 may have produced four draws, but it also resulted in an interesting chronicle of cricket in that age

Also: most wickets without a ten-for, the biblical remark made to Plum Warner, youngest to 300 Test wickets, and a record of zero Tests in the family

Also: unchanged XIs, most wickets as captain, father and son's same stats, longest Test careers, and more Olympic gold stadiums

Men and women who lent character to cricket's HQ

Also: most Tests at Lord's, the Don's drop, Olympic gold stadium, and Mandela the cricketer