Nine innings and as many fifties, ambidextrous bowlers, and the longest wait for a Test century

More than 500 in a day, men on both honours boards at Lord's, the most matches before a first-class ton, and the most bowled dismissals in an innings

The most games since debut without being out for 0, captaincy on debut, three centuries in four days, and the players closest to 100 first-class hundreds

Was Bodyline's chief protagonist the quickest ever? Duncan Hamilton does a good job of convincing us

Four-thirty-five and losing, Pakistan's lowest Test totals, and the most prolific Australian

The closest encounters, the highest individual score on the losing side, and the most experienced umpires - in this Ashes special edition

Yuvraj beats de Silva's record, Flintoff's last century, two hat-tricks in a Test, and most sixes in a first-class match

Hard-to-score-off bowlers, Umar Gul's Twenty20 exploits, the corpse with pads on, and West Indies' national anthem

No boundaries in hundreds, four stumpings in an innings, and the bail that wouldn't budge

The most balls faced by a batsman in a Twenty20 international, all four innings in one day, and most wickets away from home

When teams paid for not forcing the issue, the oldest to take five- and 10-fors, Charlie Griffith's book, the fearsome foursome, and Bradman the bowler

A duck followed by a double, the highest total in a first international, and the most searched-for player on Cricinfo

Pitch outside leg, take off stump, easy as pie

Bowlers who didn't care much about batting, and ones who took their first three wickets in the same over

Most scores of 10 and over in a row, most runs for England at first drop, and the 100th Test venue

Bowlers responsible for the most zeroes, the lowest ODI totals never scored, and centuries in 50th Tests

The most effective international bowlers, a century of ducks, the most Man-of-the-Match awards in a losing cause, and batting in every position

Zero for 4 and all that, an old Australian foe, and most ducks in ODIs

Catches and runs, catches off the first ball, Twenty20 tons, and the largest fourth-innings totals that didn't make the mark

The 20-year-plus men, beginning with a century and ending with a duck, and the most prolific domestic scorers never to have played Tests