Strings of fruitless overs, the other Bodyline series, top scores in each innings, and the most 190s

Unfortunate records at the home of cricket, a hundred and a five-for on debut, and more

Thirty-nine-year-old centurions, the most ODI hundreds in a year and more

Highest second-innings scores, the most caught-and-bowleds, and a player nicknamed Shrek

Teams winning Tests losing only two wickets, the highest scorers in England-South Africa series, and highest Test totals in which no one made a hundred

Dot ball after dot ball, the highest first-innings lead, and a man called Musso

The highest score by a wicketkeeper-batsman in Tests, and the best-known cricketer-golfer

The most balls faced in an ODI innings, and bowler-captains on the honours boards at Lord's

Also, most first-class tons without one in a Test, and most Under-19 Test appearances without a proper one

Also, batting on all days of a Test, the man who wrote Hit Me For a Six, and players who began and finished their Test careers with a century

Bowlers who led New Zealand, top scores in Twenty20, and starting and finishing on the same ground

The most long drawn out zeroes, the keeper who wasn't, and the men who played in the most World Cups

Most games played without zeroes, the fastest bowlers to have made Test hundreds, and more

Everyone scoring at six and over, highest totals featuring only one double-digit individual score and more

Finishing with the maximum, hundreds at the beginning and end of a career, and three nineties in a row

The fastest to 1000 runs and 100 wickets in Tests, the power of thinking negatively, and the biggest run-feast of them all

The quickest triple-hundreds, cricketers born on All Fools' Day and more

The lowest Test batting average, the highest identical scores in both innings of a Test, and more

The man who made a triple against Australia, the Don's bat, Fat Cat, and third man in a hat-trick but sans duck

The first to take 100 Test wickets, featuring in successive Tests, the most pairs, and the lowest Test score never made