Nathan Coulter-Nile is the 12th double-barrelled international for a Test-playing country. Here are the ones who preceded him

A certain Australian allrounder seems to get unfairly overlooked when talk turns to the greatest of that breed

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

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

Cricketers with romantic names

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

What does it take to be counted as an old-timer these days? Not much, it would seem

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

Cricket's history is littered with coincidences. Here's a selection

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

Two Parsi cricketers figured prominently in this writer's early cricket-watching

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

Common by name, special by feats

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

Back in 1977, this correspondent was at the inception of World Series Cricket. (Sort of)

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

Cricketers who'd be bottom of the pile if sorted alphabetically

Exactly three decades ago today, the classic Melbourne Test of 1982 wound to a dramatic close

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

Cricketers who weren't afraid of hooking or cutting - in a boxing ring