Successful Test returns from injuries, bans, exiles, and offending royal sensibilities

When you met the former head coach of the indoor school at Lord's, you could be sure you'd get plenty of stories, unprintable stuff, and great insights into county cricket

Also: fewest wickets lost in a win, first-class doubles, longest gaps between first-class and Test debuts, and a cricketer from M*A*S*H

Not-so-famous cricketers who share names with better known colleagues

Also: innings with no double figures, John Reid's frigid six, and incredible keeping records

Tatenda Taibu recently quit cricket to join the church. Here are other cricketers who were also men of the cloth

Also: Sangakkara's 190s, West Indies' overseas players, and ODIs in which all ten were caught

Cricketers who earned presents for themselves on their birthdays

Also: innings with no double figures, Ranji record-holders, longest bowling spells, most double-tons, and early No. 3s

Cricketers (or their kin) who played at Wimbledon. And a tennis star who likes cricket

Also: the Travolta of cricket, No. 10 centurions, Bresnan's run, and run out on 199 twice

The more unusual Test hat-tricks taken include one in the first over, the only one at Lord's, and twice in the same match

Also: nearly carrying the bat, most pairs in Tests, and the highest score before lunch

After Tino Best's near-miss at Edgbaston, a look at those who scored centuries from No. 11 in first-class cricket

Also: a hat-trick but not quite, caught behind plenty, longest pre-war survivors, and most hundreds in ODI wins

Some of the stranger reasons for stoppages of play, including animal invaders, bomb threats and gravy

Also: first-class centuries on the same day, the Don's nineties, and Gavaskar's dislike for Lord's

Sunil Narine became a late addition to the West Indies touring party in England last week. We look at some other last-minute arrivals

Also: hitting the winning runs in your only Test, highest score when all 40 fell, West Indies' Lord's double-centurion, and centuries by new-ball bowlers

Batsmen who went through spells of wretched form