Duckless implosions, and more wickets than runs
Ask Steven: What is the record for most sixes in a T20 match?
Moeen and Stokes show England's all-round might
Numbers Game: Unlike most other teams, England have a very successful lower middle order
When Moeen trumped Sobers
Also, was Joe Root's 190 the highest score by a batsman in his first Test as captain? Steven Lynch answers your trivia questions
When all 11 players had a bowl
Ask Steven: Also, what's the highest score made on T20I debut?
What score have you not got?
Ask Steven: Sachin Tendulkar was never dismissed or left unbeaten on which number?
The boundary-rider effect
Numbers Game: Has the extra outfielder affected scoring rates in the last ten overs of ODIs?
Who has scored the most runs in the Champions Trophy?
And what is the funniest sledge ever? Find out in Ask Steven
Birthday hauls, and Rashid Khan's record
Ask Steven: Who holds the record for hitting the most sixes in a Test innings?
Which players have the highest scores against India?
Steven Lynch answers your stats and trivia questions
Dealing in sixes, and in shattered stumps
Ask Steven: You might be surprised to learn who has been out bowled most times in Test cricket
I won't be your hat-trick victim
Ask Steven: What became of the only two bowlers to have taken 16 wickets on Test debut?
Youngest five-for takers, and players with the most IPL games
Ask Steven: Who has scored most runs in a three-Test series without making a hundred?
Sore Bears, and bros that are foes
Ask Steven: Has anyone scored a fifty in a team score of under 100 in a Test?
Stranded on 99, and stranded on four
Ask Steven: Was the Don's Test average as captain also Bradmanesque?
Wicket with a wide, and Afghanistan's Test player
Ask Steven: Also, which player waited more than 100 Tests to get a century?
Dismissing Tendulkar, and an U-19 triple
Ask Steven: What's the record for most matches without scoring a run?
Getting started with a six (or a couple of blobs)
Ask Steven: Who has the most international hat-tricks? Is Misbah the oldest Test captain ever? We have the answers
Two six-fors in an ODI, and follow-on heroics
Ask Steven: Who managed to get a World Cup winner's medal without ever having played an international match?
Ashwin + Jadeja = how good?
Numbers Game: The two took 153 wickets between them in India's 13-Test season just past. Where does that rank on the all-time list?
Heartless bowlers, longest careers, and the most ODI ducks
Ask Steven: Who failed to earn a national call-up despite hitting a first-class quadruple-century?
Father-son duos, and tenth-wicket stand heroics
Ask Steven: Also, which players have the most half-centuries without ever having made a hundred?
Nathan Lyon's Asian problem
Numbers Game: His performance in Bengaluru underscored how he tends to perform well in the first innings but fades away in the second
Four six-fors in a Test, and the highest last-wicket stand in ODIs
Ask Steven: Who missed the largest number of Tests over a career?
Nerveless nineties, and century-free grounds
Ask Steven: Who is the fastest Englishman to 100 ODI wickets, and was Nathan Lyon's 8 for 50 in Bengaluru a record?
The Guptill enigma
Numbers Game: He makes big hundreds for fun in ODIs, but in Tests he has struggled to make an impact despite having played almost 50 matches
The Malaysian-born Test record-holder
Steven Lynch also reveals who is the best demolisher of a Test tail, and who has made the longest ODI duck
What do Marsh and Rahul have in common?
Numbers Game: There is no doubting their batting talent, but both have been plagued by inconsistency in their Test careers so far
Two series at the same time, and the wrong tattoo
Ask Steven: Who is the first man to win World Cups as player and as coach?
Should Australia be so reliant on spin in India?
Numbers Game: Their slow bowlers have struggled in Asia, while their fast bowlers have done much better
Most wickets taken in a country, most matches won on the trot
Also, what is the highest score by a captain in an ODI? Steven Lynch reveals all
What do Warner and du Plessis have in common?
Numbers Game: Their ODI careers have been remarkably similar so far, from the early lows to the recent highs
Eight for eight, and how to rate allrounders
Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in his first Test, batting stands on 399, and more in this week's Ask Steven
How good is Jasprit Bumrah?
Numbers Game: His outstanding numbers, especially in the slog overs, mean that a vital component of India's bowling problem has been addressed
Bunnies, biggies and first-ball dismissals
Ask Steven: What is the lowest team total in a winning cause?
The rise of the tall run chase
Numbers Game: The new fielding restriction rules may well have forced teams to adopt a strategy more suited to gunning down big targets
Double and a duck, and tail-end highs
What is the highest Test score by a No. 10? How many tons has Eoin Morgan scored in losing causes? Steven Lynch reveals all
The curious case of Shakib Al Hasan
Numbers Game: His stats put him among the best allrounders in the game, which makes his reckless blunders all the more vexing
Kohli's chases, and Shakib's double and seven
Ask Steven: How many players have scored centuries in their 99th and 101st Tests?
Australia's Mr Dependable
Numbers Game: After 26 Tests, Josh Hazlewood's stats are not dissimilar to those of a certain Glenn McGrath
Wickets with the first two balls, and catching with two keepers
Ask Steven: Was England's 477 in Chennai the highest score in a heavy defeat?
How captaincy improved Dhoni's ODI batting
Numbers Game: Among batsmen who have scored at least 2000 ODI runs both as captain and as player, MS Dhoni has the second-highest difference in averages
Big spin hauls, and the oldest Test team
Ask Steven: Were the 68 wickets Ashwin, Jadeja, Yadav and Mishra took against England a record?
Can Sri Lanka up their game in South Africa?
Numbers Game: Sri Lanka have generally struggled against the pace and seam of South Africa's pitches, but this young team has the chance to make a fresh start
A horsey delivery, and double-quick doubles
Ask Steven: How many people have been out for 199 in a Test?
Jennings' all-or-nothing debut, Patil's near-miss debut
Steven Lynch answers your stats and trivia questions
The unstoppable Ellyse Perry
Numbers Game: Since the start of 2014, the Australian allrounder has made 17 scores of over 50 in 23 ODI innings. No one else has ever had such a run
Pakistan's Hamilton crash, and ageing Misbah's runs
Ask Steven also reveals the highest Test total that could not forestall defeat
The year of the wicketkeeper-batsman
Numbers Game: Led by Jonny Bairstow and Quinton de Kock, wicketkeepers have averaged 40.79 in Tests in 2016, the highest in a calendar year since 1900
First-day declarations, and Parthiv's long wait
Ask Steven: Which Indian player waited 12 years between Test appearances?
Is Hashim Amla past his best?
Numbers Game: A batting average of 34.81 in his last 15 Tests means his career average is in danger of dipping below 50 for the first time since the Adelaide Test of 2012
Eight lefties and eight tons
Ask Steven: Who's the fastest to 100 outfield catches in Tests?
How the failure of Warner-Burns and Smith-Voges has hurt Australia
Numbers Game: The two prolific partnerships have had steep falls this year
Australia's worst starts, and old man Ranga
Ask Steven: How many players have been stranded on 99 at the end of a day?
Ashwin v Herath v Yasir v Lyon
Who's the best spinner of them all? S Rajesh looks at the numbers
Australia's WACA defence, and three 110s
Ask Steven: Has anyone other than South Africa won in Perth three times?
The rise of home advantage
Numbers Game: This decade's win-loss ratio for home teams has been the highest since the 1870s
Foreign-born XIs, and six ducks in an innings
Ask Steven: Has any team won a Test without losing any wickets?
Stu will get you
Numbers Game: Only two England players have won more Man-of-the-Match awards than Stuart Broad, whose next Test will be his 100th
Mehedi's teenage five-for, and Batty's time gap
Ask Steven: Also, most DRS reviews, and keeper tons
Can Bangladesh replicate ODI success in Tests?
Numbers Game: They have won seven out of 93 Tests. Can Shakib and Co redress that?
Azhar's 302 and 2, and the cheapest eight-for
Steven Lynch answers your stats and trivia questions
Just how good is R Ashwin?
Numbers Game: If you go by the stats, he's right up there with the best of them all. By S Rajesh
Captains' double-tons, and a squad of beards
Ask Steven: How many players in the Indian team are sporting facial fuzz?
How did South Africa become an ODI batting paradise?
Numbers Game: Since the start of 2012, the average run rate in ODIs in the country is 5.66, which is next only to the rate in India
How often have two debutants opened the bowling in an ODI?
Your stats and trivia questions answered by Steven Lynch
Outmatched and out-tossed
Numbers Game: Over the last 12 months, overseas teams have lost 11 out of 13 Tests - and 13 out of 13 tosses - in Asia
The obstructing jinx, and Rogers' double farewell
Ask Steven: Who is the fastest bowler to 200 Test wickets?
Why Ross Taylor needs to step up
Numbers Game: Since the start of 2012, Taylor has a Test average of 55.26, but most of his big scores have come against weaker attacks
A century of matches at one venue, and Viv's only stumping
Ask Steven: How many Australians have made one-day hundreds in Sri Lanka?
Underwhelming in Tests, but superb in ODIs
Numbers Game: Ramnaresh Sarwan finished with a higher career average in ODIs than in Tests, but West Indies didn't didn't get the full value of his capabilities
Obstructing the field, and serial hat-trick victims
Ask Steven: Also, the mystery of a Sobers duck
Why Australia are No. 1 and Pakistan are No. 9
Numbers Game: The difference between their bowling attacks is a big reason as to why the two teams are on opposite ends of the ODI rankings table
Double pairs, and most sixes in an ODI innings
Ask Steven: Was Wahab's 0 for 110 at Trent Bridge a record?
How the ODI rule changes have affected run-scoring
Numbers Game: Has the extra fielder at the boundary made a difference?
Catch-less Amir, and the Florida biggie
Ask Steven: Playing for three countries, winning from 26 for 5, and players born in the Middle East
Duminy's downward spiral
Numbers Game: The start to JP Duminy's Test career was impressive, but in the last three-and-a-half years he has done little to justify his place in the team
Starc's 100, and Alzarri's spectacles
Ask Steven: Have South Africa ever staged Test matches in August before?
A fairy-tale year for the lower-middle order
Numbers Game: The sixth-wicket partnership has been the most prolific of all in Tests in 2016
Why Australia can't catch a break in Asia
Numbers Game: The struggles of Warner, Smith and Lyon in Asia have a lot to do with the team's recent misfortunes
Blockathons, and wobbly openers
Ask Steven: Who took five wickets from the last 17 balls he bowled in Test cricket?
Indian bowling v lower-order fightbacks
Numbers Game: West Indies' rearguard effort in Jamaica exposed the problems that India's bowlers have had with Nos. 5-8 batsmen in overseas Tests
All ten caught, and Ashwin's all-round record
Ask Steven: Also, stumped twice in a Test
Starting trouble in Sri Lanka
Numbers Game: Since 2012, the average opening stand in Tests in Sri Lanka is 25.82, the lowest among the top countries
Four double-tons in a day
Ask Steven: Which current international cricketer resembles Eddie Redmayne?
Yasir's 13 going on 100
Ask Steven: Also, losing ten-fors, and 42-year-old centurions
Did Ramdin deserve to be dropped?
Numbers Game: Denesh Ramdin scored two fifties in his last two Test innings, but has otherwise struggled with the bat in the last 30 months
India v Pakistan in England, and XI doubles
Ask Steven: Who was the first batsman to be given out handled the ball in a Test?
Lack of overseas tours could hurt Pakistan
Numbers Game: The upcoming series in England will be a challenge since only two of their batsmen have played more than one Test innings in the country before
Roy's big score, and Plunkett's slow crawl
Ask Steven: Also, best figures on debut
England discover their ODI batting mojo
Numbers Game: In the last year, England's batsmen have scored faster, made more hundreds, and hit more fours and sixes
Fourth-innings fights, and Pakistan's home record
Ask Steven: Was England's 256 for 0 the highest score in a ten-wicket win?
A new, improved Marlon Samuels?
Numbers Game: The batsman has had an outstanding run in ODIs in the last three years, even while his Test numbers haven't been impressive
A tale of two Pakistan-born legspinners
Ask Steven: The contrasting careers of Imran Tahir and Mansoor Amjad
Imran Tahir: the ODI wicket-taking force
Numbers Game: A look at the legspinner's limited-overs impact, and the lack of huge totals in the West Indies
German-born Test players, and Bairstow's near misses
Ask Steven: How many Indians have scored centuries on ODI debut?
Sri Lanka's batting conundrum
Numbers Game: The side is rebuilding, and while Chandimal has slotted in well, the others haven't found their groove yet
A century gained, a century lost
Ask Steven: Who was faster to 25 ODI hundreds - Kohli or Tendulkar?
Prolific Anderson on the move
Numbers Game: His overseas record has vastly improved in the last six years
The nervous 9990s, and 11-county Test XIs
Ask Steven: Who has reached 150 most often in ODIs?
Cheap tenners, and LBW names
Ask Steven: Who has the longest winless streak across formats?
Debutants born on the same day, and the best T20 figures
Ask Steven: Who is England's highest scorer across formats?
IPL teenagers, and India's youngest and oldest Test centurions
Ask Steven: Who has scored three Test tons but no fifties?
Warner: an IPL colossus
Numbers Game: The Sunrisers opener is among the most successful batsmen in the league, making fifty-plus scores every three innings
The slowest IPL century, and all-new XIs
Ask Steven: Who is India's oldest maiden Test centurion?
The fizz in Mustafizur
Numbers Game: In a little over 12 months, he has established himself as the captain's go-to man in the toughest situations
The Happy Families Test, and most run-outs
Ask Steven: What's the highest successful first-class fourth-innings chase?
The chasing formula in IPL 2016
Numbers Game: Teams batting second have had it all their way so far, and openers have racked up some incredible numbers in chases
Husband-wife Test players, and T20 oldies
Ask Steven: Also, the most number of overs without a wicket
Why Andre Russell rocks the 20-over format
Numbers Game: He is one of only two allrounders - Dwayne Bravo is the other - to score 2000-plus runs and take over 100 wickets in T20s since 2013
Afridi's slowest, and Bumrah's no runs
Ask Steven: Also, living the longest after your final Test
The Kohli and Root show
Numbers Game: The two batsmen stood out in the World T20 not just for the runs they scored, but also how they got them
Last-over 24
Ask Steven: Also, most lbws in a match, and the fastest to 7000 Test runs
Dots, boundaries, and a WT20 for spinners
Numbers Game: A look at England and West Indies and their run-gathering methods, and the huge role of the spinners
Longest T20I innings, and the 20-wicket T20I
Ask Steven: Also, identical scores by openers, and boundaryless innings
A limited-overs champion
Numbers Game: Shane Watson's Test career was underwhelming, but he was an asset in the shorter formats with his brute batting force and canny bowling
Six and out, and golden ducks in ODIs
Ask Steven: Fewest runs from boundaries in T20Is, and winning streaks in Tests
The Chris Gayle phenomenon
Numbers Game: There are other big hitters in T20 cricket, but Gayle's stats are far ahead of anyone else's in this format
Shortest T20Is, and Australian Kiwis
Ask Steven: Plus, sixless T20Is, and the best batting average after ten Tests
The AB T20I mystery
Numbers Game: Despite his outstanding ball-striking skills, de Villiers' stats in this format are decidedly ordinary
Centuries in first and final ODIs, and T20 bore fests
Ask Steven: Plus: T20 winning streaks, and carrying the bat in T20Is
All-round India clear favourites for World T20
Numbers Game: The hosts' superb recent form in T20Is has been due to consistency and the presence of several match-winners
Four for 23, and final tons
Ask Steven: Plus: sixless T20Is
Why the middle overs are key in T20Is
Numbers Game: How well teams perform with bat and ball in those overs often has a huge bearing on the result
ODIs uninterrupted, and sixless biggies
Ask Steven: Plus, longest team innings, and lowest victorious totals
Adaptable, inspirational, inconsistent
Numbers Game: Brendon McCullum made 1000-plus Test runs from three batting positions, but 21% of his Test aggregate came from just six innings
Voracious Voges, and Smith's captaincy streak
Ask Steven: Also, most c&b in an innings
Dissecting Suresh Raina's ODI stats
Numbers Game: He struggles when he comes in before the 20th over, but he has been hugely successful in the middle overs
The 99 syndrome, and zero ODI runs
Ask Steven: Plus, the highest ODI totals without a century stand
Why Kohli is the best T20I batsman around
Numbers Game: He's consistent and can bat at different stages of an innings
Captains' pairs, and centuries with No. 11s
Ask Steven: Plus: the father and son who carried their bats
Stokes' all-round brilliance
Numbers Game: For the first time since Ian Botham in India in 1981-82, a player scored 350-plus runs and took 12 or more wickets in an overseas Test series
Cap gaps, and the Cook family's duck and ton
Ask Steven: Also, prolific bowling pairs
Australia's incredible winning streak at home
Numbers Game: In the last two years, Australia have a 29-2 win-loss record in home ODIs, with their batsmen scoring 17 hundreds
Big T20 stands, and Viljoen's double feat
Ask Steven: Also, women double-internationals, and lowest Test totals
How Rohit became a one-day monster
Numbers Game: In the last three years, he has transformed into a prolific batsman
Short-lived records, and the fewest wickets taken in a Test series
Ask Steven: Plus: the biggest difference between scores by openers, and the highest Test totals without a no-ball
The Root cause at No. 4
Numbers Game: England's No. 4s haven't been of world standard, but they may now have an exceptional long-term prospect at the position
The quickest ODI chases, and wobbly Test openers
Ask Steven: Plus: South Africans carrying their bat, and the best figures by a bowler in his final Test
The curious case of Darren Bravo
Numbers Game: Darren Bravo's overseas Test average is the best among all West Indies batsmen, but his home numbers are surprisingly poor
Most dismissals in a two-Test series, and T20's longest hitters
Ask Steven: Catching milestones from Hamilton, and more
A bowling paradise where AB and Amla thrive
Numbers Game: Batting is always a challenge in South Africa, but their two top batsmen find it easy
Test series without a century, and the six-hitters club
Ask Steven answers your stats queries
A force called Ashwin
Numbers Game: This year has been staggeringly successful for Ashwin, whose Test stats in Asia compare favourably with the very best
The Kotla crawl, and 13-year-old internationals
Ask Steven: Plus, most T20 keeper dismissals, and most runs in a partnership
To flip or not to flip?
Numbers Game: Has winning the toss given the home team a huge advantage in the last 15 years?
Tiny totals, and lower-order triples
Ask Steven: Plus, missing out on a match award despite making a double-hundred
A six-ton Test, and Imran's prolific 30s
Ask Steven: Also, c&b by the same bowler twice in a Test
Kane Williamson's meteoric rise
Numbers Game: He was always seen as an exceptional talent, but over the last couple of years he has justified those lofty expectations
Tons of Warner, and a dawdling Ishant
Ask Steven: Plus: most successive Tests since debut, and most 150-plus scores
Run-out horrors, and century crashers
Ask Steven: Plus, the most expensive four-man bowling attacks
Cook puts his stamp on Asia
Numbers Game: Why the England captain is among the best in these conditions
Dream first-class debuts, and run-less tailenders
Ask Steven: Plus, youngest bowlers to take five-fors
Steyn's Asian marvel
Numbers Game: South Africa's success in the continent is largely owed to the leader of their pace attack
Double and a duck
Ask Steven: Also, oldest captains to make Test tons, and the Worrell-Headley family
Unconventional and extraordinary
Numbers Game: Virender Sehwag didn't play by the textbook but achieved incredible things over a long career
Batting in all positions, and Shafiq's No. 6 heroics
Ask Steven: Plus, a double-centurion dismissing another in the same Test
A winner in all conditions
Numbers Game: Zaheer was one of India's finest world-class swing and seam bowlers
Murali's maidens, and Tendulkar's trophies
Ask Steven: Plus: slowest ODI hundreds
The Asian challenge
Numbers Game: Ian Bell's form could be a key factor for England if they are to reverse the results of 2012 in the UAE
Stranded in the nineties, and T20 tons in vain
Ask Steven: Also, the quickest to 1000 T20 runs, and 1954-55 Ashes survivors
The Azhar Ali answer to Pakistan's top-order woes
Numbers Game: Azhar Ali is on course to becoming the first top-order Pakistan batsman to score 4500 runs
Obstructing winners, and in-law captains
Ask Steven: Also, slowest to 100 Test wickets, and run out in both innings
Tough times for opening pairs
Numbers Game: In the last five years, teams other than Australia have struggled to unearth stable opening combinations
ODI marathoners, and English prodigies
Ask Steven: Also: openers being run out in the same Test innings
Bad tourists
Numbers Game: In the last ten years away records have dipped drastically
The Willey-Bairstow family double
Ask Steven: Also, most wickets in a country away from home, and 3-2 results
The new ODI template in England
Numbers Game: Fifty-over games in England used to be relatively low-scoring. That is no longer the case
Slow pokes, and 4 for 0
Ask Steven: Also, most wickets in a three-Test series, and keepers' records
Ishant and Prasad turn lethal
Numbers Game: How the two seamers have become their teams' spearheads
Short Ashes, and young accumulators
Ask Steven: Also: highest Sri Lankan averages, and best bowling strike rates
Control C in the Ashes
Numbers Game: Smith, Rogers and Root were the top scorers in the Ashes, but one batsman had better control stats than all of them
Gilly's no bowling, and Rahane's catches
Ask Steven: Also, Moeen Ali's Ashes distinction, and other 3-2 Ashes scorelines
A colossus who ticked all boxes
Numbers Game: Kumar Sangakkara's stunning numbers over the last decade puts him right up among the very best batsmen the game has ever seen
Surrendering big leads, and ten-fors in vain
Ask Steven: Plus: consecutive six-fors by England bowlers, and the biggest run scorers in Australia
The highs and lows of Michael Clarke
Numbers Game: Over a career of more than 100 Tests, Clarke's numbers are outstanding along certain parameters, but quite ordinary along others
Broad's eight, and Bell's ones
Ask Steven: Also, four lefty openers, and Pakistan-born Ashes players
The batting challenge for India and Sri Lanka
Numbers Game: The upcoming three-Test series will pit two teams whose batting line-ups have several questions to answer
A duck tango
Ask Steven: Also, fastest to 400 wickets, and most wickets by a double-centurion
The bat-first advantage in Tests
Numbers Game: Since 2009, teams batting first have a win-loss ratio which is 61% higher than it was between 2000 and 2008
Highest stands without a triple, and Lord's trivia
Ask Steven: Also, most runs and wickets after 30 Tests, and England's batting and bowling record-holders playing together
The Ian Bell conundrum
Numbers Game: Since the start of 2012, he averages 35 when batting in the top six; among regular top-order batsmen, only Watson has a lower average
Longest waits to take guard, and youngest sides
Ask Steven: Also: players with the lengthiest runs without facing defeat, and a host of Ashes trivia
Smith v Root v Williamson v Kohli
Numbers Game: Clearly the next batting stars, each of them has outstanding Test numbers since the beginning of 2013
Déjà vu ducks, and being on field all Test long
Ask Steven: Also: highest scores by captains and keepers in the Ashes, and making the most runs in the fourth innings
Has fourth-innings batting become easier?
Numbers Game: Are teams finding it easier to score big runs in the last innings, or was Pakistan's outstanding chase in Pallekele a one-off?
Middle-order tons, and the first Test player born
Ask Steven also has: the most years between matches for SL, and the overseas captain who led in most Tests in England
Anderson, Broad, and their Aussie battles
Numbers Game: With the red Dukes ball, Stuart Broad has a much better record than James Anderson against Australia
Highest totals without a ton, and dream ODI starts
Ask Steven: Plus, most changes in a team in successive one-dayers, and top scorers in the second innings of a Test
The year of home domination in ODIs
And a look at Bangladesh bowlers' many recent debut successes in one-dayers, in this week's Numbers Game
What makes VJD superior
V Jayadevan, the creator of the alternative to the Duckworth-Lewis method, explains
Longest-serving players, and shortest Test days
Plus: oldest debut centurions, and the youngest to 9000 Test runs, in Ask Steven
New England setting the pace early
Numbers Game: All sorts of records have been broken in the England-NZ ODIs. The host batsmen's bold approach in the first 30 has been a key factor
A pair and five-for in one Test, and shaky openers
Ask Steven: Also, more Kingston stats, and a unique ODI record at Edgbaston
Pakistan's terrible run in ODIs
Numbers Game: They have a dismal 24-43 win-loss record against the top eight teams since January 2012, and batting has been their biggest worry
The slowest to 1000 Test runs, and costly five-fors
Ask Steven: Plus, other trivia from the 2015 Headingley Test
Keepers with twin 50s, batsmen with twin 90s
Ask Steven: Also, most extras, longest waits for hundreds, and fastest Test tons
Why DLS trumps VJD
Steven Stern, the man behind the revision to the Duckworth-Lewis method, explains why the upgraded system works better than its closest competitor
New Zealand's second-innings problems
Numbers Game: The Lord's result reinforces the notion that the team - especially its bowlers - struggles to finish the opposition off the second time round
Most consecutive Tests, and vowel-less surnames
Ask Steven: Plus, the shortest turnaround times between Test series, and the nervous and not-so-nervous 90s
The bat-first advantage in IPL 2015
Numbers Game: Teams batting first have a 31-23 win-loss record in IPL 2015; last year, they won only 22 games and lost 37
Most runs on day one, and the Gavaskar-Hannan Sarkar connection
Ask Steven: Also, making 600 and not winning, and lopsided contributions in a team's innings
DLS or VJD?
Numbers Game: The D/L method has undergone another modification and has a new name as well, but there remain areas where its results are iffy
England's gem at No. 3
Numbers Game: Jonathan Trott struggled in his last couple of series', but through large parts of his career he was superb for England at one-down
Birthday tons, and the fastest to 2000 Test runs
Ask Steven: Also, back-to-back ODI centuries by Bangladesh batsmen
More tons than fifties, and winning with 31
Ask Steven: Plus, World Cup half-centuries for two countries
Most maidens in a Test, and Australia's oldest players
Ask Steven: Plus, Dhoni's finishes, and most Test runs against England
Morkel's time to step up
Numbers Game: The South African quick has been superb in limited overs, but he now needs to show he can be a leader in Tests as well
The batting deluge in the last 15 overs
Numbers Game: The World Cup saw plenty of one-sided games, and one of the reasons was the way teams batting first accelerated towards the end
Left-arm quicks rule
Numbers Game: Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult have led the way, but other left-arm fast bowlers have also shone in this World Cup
World Cup centurions, and nonagenarians
Ask Steven: Plus, Sangakkara's record, Scotland's highest, and oldest players in the World Cup
The run gluttony of Sangakkara and de Villiers
Numbers Game: The two have been the two best batsmen in this World Cup, and over the last couple of years
Longing for World Cup success
Ask Steven: Plus, teams without centuries in World Cups
A struggle for spin in World Cup 2015
Numbers Game: Spinners have averaged 43.68 runs per wicket so far, the worst in any World Cup since 1979
Golden ducks, and fastest 150s
Ask Steven: Plus, using nine bowlers in an ODI innings
Shami's ODI success, and England's No. 3 problem
Numbers Game: Mohammed Shami has been in excellent ODI form over the last year, but the same can't be said for England's No. 3 batsmen
The Cake Tin mauling
Ask Steven: Records from the World Cup so far
The slog-over deluge
Numbers Game: This could be the best World Cup for batsmen, especially in the last ten overs
The most expensive World Cup five-for
Ask Steven: Plus, centuries on debut, most matches, closest games - all in World Cups
The most unfavoured opponent
Numbers Game: Before Sydney '92, Pakistan had won 18 of their last 21 ODIs against India. A World Cup win still eludes them
Youngest to win a World Cup, and Melbourne records
Ask Steven: Plus, the oldest man to feature in a World Cup game
The James Anderson factor
Numbers Game: The England seamer is the most feared new-ball bowler in ODIs
Same total in both innings, and the youngest ODI captains
Ask Steven: Plus, Test bowlers with the fewest five-fors, boundary-filled ODI innings, and a cricketer nicknamed Lugs
Centuries galore for South Africa
Numbers Game: Other teams have matched their top order in terms of averages in the last two years, but none has scored hundreds at that rate
Ronchi's blitz, and remarkable ODI recoveries
Ask Steven: Also, the fastest ODI 150s, and the highest Test totals without a half-century
Numbers Game
Australian challenge for spinners
Numbers Game: Spinners have found it more difficult to take ODI wickets in Australia than in any other country, especially in the middle overs
Ask Steven
AB's assault, and losing T20 centuries
Ask Steven: Plus, most hundreds in an ODI innings, and the youngest West Indies captain
Numbers Game
Not a country for openers
Numbers Game: Over the last six years, India has been the best country for opening batsmen in ODIs; Australia has been one of the worst
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A bounty of runs
Numbers Game: The ongoing Australia-India Test series has been an uninterrupted run-fest, and especially so for the captains
Steven Lynch
Calendar-year sixes, and ODI records in NZ
Ask Steven: Plus, Sangakkara's prolific 2014, and players with stumpings and caught-bowled dismissals
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Switching captains, and birthday bowlers
Ask Steven: Plus, best ODI batsmen in Australia, most hours spent batting in Tests, and players of the 1990s
Steven Lynch
Captains' knocks, and Hayden's travails
Ask Steven: Also, scores of 500 and above without a century, and a book called Cricket Wallah
Numbers Game
One win, 45 defeats
Numbers Game: West Indies have been woeful in overseas Tests against the top teams in the last 14 years
Steven Lynch
Second-innings triples, and debut hat-tricks
Ask Steven: Also, most runs in boundaries in a Test innings, and ODI debuts in the World Cup
Numbers Game
Tough for spinners in Australia
Numbers Game: Slow bowlers, especially overseas offies, have struggled to make an impact in Australia over the last few years
Steven Lynch
New Zealand's Sharjah records, and aged debutants
Ask Steven: Also, most twin fifties in Tests, and a correction about most first-class wickets in a calendar year
Steven Lynch
Bradman's strike rate, most first-class wickets in a year
Ask Steven: Also, Australia's youngest captain, and batsmen with 125 Tests or more failing to pass 250
Numbers Game
Misbah's Pakistan or Imran's Pakistan?
Numbers Game: Pakistan have notched up some fine wins under Misbah's leadership, but they haven't been consistent outside the UAE
Steven Lynch
Rohit's record, and captains' equal scores
Ask Steven: Also, the youngest Australian player, and scoreless in three Tests
Numbers Game
Rohit or Rahane for overseas opener?
Numbers Game: Rohit Sharma has been outstanding as an opener in home ODIs, but his overseas numbers don't look as good
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First-ball dismissals, and presidential relations
Ask Steven: Most ODI runs in a calendar month, stumped twice in a Test, fastest hundreds by keepers, and brothers in a hat-trick
S Rajesh
Bangladesh's star with bat and ball
Numbers Game: Shakib Al Hasan has twice achieved the double of a century and a five-for in the same Test
Steven Lynch
Ah Abu Dhabi
Ask Steven: All sorts of records were equalled, broken or threatened in the second Test between Pakistan and Australia in UAE
Numbers Game
Rewarding times for Hashim Amla
Numbers Game: The rate at which he has accumulated ODI hundreds and MoM awards is among the fastest in history
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Manic one-day chases, and daddy partnerships
Ask Steven: Also, most brothers in a Test XI, and the fastest to 20 ODI centuries
Steven Lynch
Last ball, last wicket, and Northants' parched spell
Ask Steven: Also, Vijay Manjrekar's nickname, Abid Ali's no-ball, oldest double-centurions, and this decade's leading players
Ask Steven
Highest ODI averages, and Leap Year babies
Ask Steven: Also, fewest boundaries in a T20 innings, most runs in a Test, and a pest named Fruitfly
Steven Lynch
Most overs in a Test innings, and unproductive debuts
Ask Steven: Plus, Test wins after losing the fewest wickets, and the fastest to 100 ODI scalps
S Rajesh
Why Ajmal will be missed in the UAE
Numbers Game: Since 2011 his combined record in Tests and ODIs is unmatched among spinners
Steven Lynch
Wicket-taking oldies, and English centurions
Ask Steven: Also, playing against most teams, highest ODI scores by batsmen out hit-wicket, and Flying Stumps
Steven Lynch
Shiv's not-outs, and hit-wicket victims
Ask Steven: Also, top-scoring in both innings, most Test dismissals caught, and the oldest Test centurion
Numbers Game
85 Tests, 70 defeats
Numbers Game: Bangladesh's stats are easily the worst among all teams when they'd played as many Tests
Ask Steven
Busy keepers, and Waqar's bowleds
Ask Steven: Also, high scores and low averages in ODIs, most ducks in international cricket, and the 12-year-old Test player
S Rajesh
Soaring in the 1980s, slumping in the 2000s
Numbers Game: On the eve of West Indies' 500th Test, we look at how they rose and fell
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Youngest double-centurions, and the oldest living Test players
Ask Steven: Also, the closest ODI team match-ups, most catches in a T20, and expensive Test debut five-fors
Numbers Game
England's problems against spin
Numbers Game: Unlike other teams which play spin better, England have lost too many wickets to slow bowlers in the middle overs, suggesting a riskier approach to scoring runs
Steven Lynch
Rossouw's agony, and most stumpings in international cricket
Ask Steven: Also, the highest scores by wicketkeepers, and the most ODI fifties without a hundred
Numbers Game
Can keep, can bat
Numbers Game: The modern wicketkeeper needs to be more than capable with the bat, and West Indies and Pakistan have had some success with them recently
Ask Steven
Starting and ending with half-centuries, and 99 on debut
Ask Steven: Also, run out for a duck on debut, most Test wickets against Pakistan, and 40-year-old captains
S Rajesh
From support act to lead role
Numbers Game: Over the last four years, Rangana Herath has become Sri Lanka's strike bowler
Ask Steven
Herath's world record, and left-armer dominance
Ask Steven: Also, highest run-getters in England-India Tests, and memorable South African debuts
Numbers Game
Mahela's insatiable appetite for runs
Numbers Game: Mahela Jayawardene was a superstar in home conditions, and was a constant at No. 4 for 17 years
Ask Steven
Bad starts, and plenty of noughts
Ask Steven: Also, match awards in your final Test, most five-fors without reaching 100 Test wickets
Numbers Game
Opening pairs in a slump
Numbers Game: The average opening partnership has fallen significantly in the last three years, and 2014 has been particularly rough
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Pankaj's luck, and Anderson's toil
Ask Steven: Also, a century and a duck in the same Test, Ballance's hundreds, Ishant's average, and Lawry's autobiography
Numbers Game
An all-round ODI giant
Numbers Game: Few players can boast the sort of numbers that Jacques Kallis achieved in ODIs
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Worst keepers, and honours at Lord's
Ask Steven: Also, most keeping dismissals on debut, seven-for at HQ, and youngest ODI centurions
Numbers Game
Bhuvneshwar on course for super series
Numbers Game: Only 15 times has a player achieved 300 runs and 20 wickets in a Test series. Bhuvneshwar could be the 16th
Ask Steven
Four in four, and stands by Nos. 10 and 11
Ask Steven: Also, most balls faced in a T20, highest limited-overs score at Lord's, and long lives after Test debut
Numbers Game
A year for tail-end heroics
Numbers Game: Lower-order partnership stats have remained remarkably constant over the last five decades, but there's been a huge leap in 2014
Ask Steven
A Trent Bridge extravaganza
Ask Steven: Tail-end records set in the recent England-India Test, and double-tons by No. 7s
Numbers Game
India's opening conundrum
Numbers Game: In the last three-and-half-years, India's opening combinations have averaged 18 per partnership overseas, with only one 50-plus stand in 35 attempts
Ask Steven
Packed tours, and Shiv's late stumping
Ask Steven: Also, best post-war win/loss record, most runs in two calendar years, and most ducks in a Test
Numbers Game
The Sri Lankan challenge
Numbers Game: South Africa have a superb overseas record in the last few years, but their batsmen and spinners have struggled in Sri Lanka
Steven Lynch
Half-century of boundaries, and miserly bowlers
Ask Steven: Also, most frequent appearances on the Lord's honours board, and Sanga and Mahela's twin totals
Numbers Game
SL's seam attack, and Watling's rise
Numbers Game: Sri Lanka's seamers thrive at Headingley, while New Zealand's wicketkeeper keeps scoring runs
Ask Steven
Sanga's record, and No. 10 highs
Ask Steven: Also, lowest winning totals, two hat-tricks against the same team, and most number of not-outs in first-class cricket
Numbers Game
The pretty match-winner
Numbers Game: The second half of Ian Bell's Test career has been a lot more fulfilling than his first, but he still needs to iron out his inconsistencies
Ask Steven
Craig's list, and Shillingford's smiting
Ask Steven: Also, New Zealand's Caribbean record, and England's youngest double-centurions
Numbers Game
Mark Craig's smashing start
Numbers Game: His haul of 8 for 188 was the best by a New Zealander on debut, and made him the tenth debutant to win the MoM award since 2011
Steven Lynch
Lord's tourists, and twin tons
Ask Steven: Also, keepers scoring hundreds in the same ODI, beating Chennai Super Kings, and most ducks in an innings
S Rajesh
More than a short-format biffer
Numbers Game: Chris Gayle will play his 100th Test shortly, and while he's now known for his T20 exploits, his five-day numbers are pretty impressive
Ask Steven
Twins scores, and most caught-behinds
Ask Steven: Also, IPL century in an unsuccessful chase, oldest living Indian Test player, and Eranga's firsts
Numbers Game
Chasing glory in the IPL
Numbers Game: Teams batting second have had more success than ever before this season, while batsmen have taken power-hitting to a new high in the slog overs
Ask Steven
Jack the Ripper the Cricketer
Ask Steven: Also, the oldest IPL player, the first Test triple-century by a captain, and keepers with no wickets
Numbers Game
Ian Bell's No. 4 challenge
Numbers Game: Before Pietersen came along, England had struggled for prolific No. 4 Test batsmen since the mid-1970s. Can Bell step up to the plate?
Ask Steven
The boys from St Lucia, and captains' ten-fors
Ask Steven: Also, losing a T20 without losing a wicket, and keepers without dismissals
Numbers Game
An IPL of two halves
Numbers Game: The bowlers, especially the quicker ones, enjoyed the first leg in the UAE. During the India leg, though, the balance has shifted in favour of the batsmen
Ask Steven
Trott's sixes, and Tayfield's dots
Ask Steven: Also, two fifties and a five-for in a Test, most runs before turning 30, and identical scores by openers
Numbers Game
Can Sri Lanka's seamers reverse the trend?
Numbers Game: Many seam and swing bowlers have thrived in England, but Sri Lanka's pace attack has always struggled
Ask Steven
Out for 99
Ask Steven: Also, the Pringles' World Cup record, winning the most successive tosses, and most runs in T20s
Numbers Game
The battle for the top Test spot
Numbers Game: While Australia have a great recent record, the ICC's ranking system doesn't take into account South Africa's superior overseas performances
Ask Steven
Botham's record, and Somerset's near-miss
Ask Steven: Also, a ton of IPL matches, youngest Australians in World Cups, and the Don's lack of fifties
Numbers Game
The Maxwell phenomenon
Numbers Game: Glenn Maxwell has been outstanding in the T20 format, combining perfectly the art of low dot-ball and high boundary percentage
Steven Lynch
Dhoni's 600, and Brett Lee's fives
Ask Steven: Also, youngest captains, run out in both innings of a Test, and women's T20 tons
S Rajesh
Crunch time for Sehwag and Gambhir
Numbers Game: The Indian T20 tournament presents an opportunity to both to show their class once again
Ask Steven
Ducks, and a tadpole
Ask Steven: Also, most World T20 caps, most Test lbws, low-scoring Test wins, and a quartet of tons in an ODI
S Rajesh
Narine weaves his T20 magic
Numbers Game: The West Indies offspinner didn't take many wickets in the World T20 but still made a big impact with his economy rate
Ask Steven
Ducks, stumpings, and hundreds across formats
Ask Steven: Also, highest percentage of team runs, and big hauls in all three formats
S Rajesh
Are the last five overs more productive in this World T20?
Numbers Game: A look at scoring patterns across the five editions of the tournament
Steven Lynch
Chasing centuries, and rocketing run rates
Ask Steven: A T20 special that includes worst bowling figures, lowest team totals, and minnow wins
S Rajesh
Umar Akmal's limited-overs exploits
Numbers Game: The ability to play all round the wicket against all types of bowlers makes him a high-value player
Steven Lynch
Twenty for two, and Baz's T20 record
Ask Steven: Also, the oldest man to score an ODI century on debut, poor double-centurions, and the rugby relative
Numbers Game
Put a spin on it
Numbers Game: With the World T20 being held in Bangladesh, spin, and the batsmen who handle it best, could be the key for all teams
Steven Lynch
The most sixes, and most successive fifties
Ask Steven: Also, twin hundreds in South Africa, T20's leading run scorer and wicket-taker, and more on innings hoggers
Numbers Game
AB de Villiers' purple patch
Numbers Game: Over the last five years, he is the only batsman to average more than 60 in both Tests and ODIs
Ask Steven
Solo efforts, and old man Misbah
Ask Steven: Also, most runs in international cricket without a duck, 50 Test wickets in three months, and a footballer's cricketing nephew
Numbers Game
The Warner effect
Numbers Game: Johnson trumping Steyn and other key aspects that helped Australia to a series win in South Africa
Ask Steven
Leg-before for 266, and a dozen left-handers
Ask Steven: Also, most consecutive ODIs, 40-year-old Test players, five-fors in tandem, and most wins by an Asian
Numbers Game
A run-machine called Sangakkara
Numbers Game: He has been in awesome form against Bangladesh lately, but a stiffer challenge awaits later this year
Ask Steven
Baz's Basin feats, and Ireland the giant slayer
Ask Steven: Also, centurion No. 8s, cricketers nicknamed "Stumpy", and youngest List A players
Numbers Game
Johnson v Smith, and other such contests
Numbers Game: The case of left-handed batsmen against left-arm fast bowlers, and New Zealand's batting high
Ask Steven
Johnson's demolition, and last stands
Ask Steven: Also, most runs in a 50th Test, and most keeping dismissals without a stumping
Numbers Game
Where it's toughest to open
Numbers Game: In the last 11 Tests in Centurion, opening pairs have averaged 24.41, but there's one venue where they have fared even worse
Steven Lynch
Triples trivia, and ducks in large totals
Ask Steven: Also, openers who have scored centuries in the same Test innings, and most lbws in an innings
Numbers Game
Pietersen: a star across formats
Numbers Game: He was a genuine matchwinner for England and often rose to the challenge against quality bowlers
Ask Steven
Most wickets for a captain, and bye-less totals
Ask Steven: Also, 150-plus scores, most half-centuries in an innings, and the story of Banger and Bangers
Numbers Game
India's bowling woes in overseas ODIs
Numbers Game: All aspects have been a shambles, be it pace or spin, bowling with the new ball or in the slog overs
Ask Steven
Fast scoring, and an unwanted double
Ask Steven: Also, Kohli's race to 6000, left-armers' series records, and losing despite scoring higher
Numbers Game
Pakistan's hunt for a wicketkeeper-batsman
Numbers Game: In the last four years, Pakstan's wicketkeepers have averaged 19.44 in Tests, with no centuries in 59 innings
Steven Lynch
Lyon's feat, and Morgan's maximums
Ask Steven: Also, nervous nineties, most keeping dismissals on debut, 100 successive Tests, and most lefties in an XI
Steven Lynch
Fast scoring, and Warner's odd double
Ask Steven: Also, most Test runs without a duck, unchanged XIs, and umpires partial to lbws
Numbers Game
The best series for fast bowlers
Numbers Game: Australia's fast bowlers averaged 18.35 in the home Ashes. Here's a look at other series where the quick men were utterly dominant
Ask Steven
Haddin's haul, and unchanged teams
Ask Steven: Also, highest total without extras, most match awards in a series, and South African centurions in their final Test
Ask Steven
A record for de Kock, and one for Taylor
Ask Steven: Also, stumps as souvenirs, fastest to 4000 ODI runs, T20 allrounders, and Sydney's Brewongle Stand
Numbers Game
Two captains, one milestone
Numbers Game: Michael Clarke has the better overall average, while Alastair Cook's overseas record is better
Ask Steven
A unique double, and an Ashes record
Ask Steven: Also, debutant captains, most runs by Under-25s, and fathers and sons playing together
Numbers Game
Dwayne Bravo's ODI slump
Numbers Game: He is the captain of the ODI team, but Bravo's stats over the last two years are anything but impressive
Steven Lynch
Kohli's runs, and lots of catches
Ask Steven: Also, six-for losers, fastest keeper to 100 dismissals, and keeper-captain feats
Numbers Game
Hafeez v Steyn, and other bunnies
Numbers Game: Hafeez has fallen to Steyn 15 times; in the last 12 years, no bowler has dismissed a batsman more often
Ask Steven
Rohit's target, and twin milestones
Ask Steven: Also, fastest to 100 Test caps, England's Gabba record, Tendulkar's dry run, and most Test team-mates
Numbers Game
Is batting first an advantage?
Numbers Game: Since the beginning of 2000, teams batting first have won 217 Tests but lost 250, which goes against the bat-first philosophy that experts advocate
Ask Steven
Long careers, and young achievers
Ask Steven: Also, fastest to 100 Test wickets, and scoring hundreds in first two Tests
Numbers Game
Older, fitter, stronger, better
Numbers Game: Shivnarine Chanderpaul is 39, but over the last few years he has racked up some unbelievable numbers
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Rohit's record, and Ashwin's feat
Ask Steven: Also, a hundredth ODI on one's birthday, and West Indians with 20,000 international runs
Numbers Game
Have the new rules transformed ODIs?
Numbers Game: The India-Australia series was a run-fest, but the overall run rates haven't changed much since the new rules
Steven Lynch
Six fests, and No. 7 centurions
Ask Steven: Also, losing one-dayers by a run, five-fors in ODIs, and making your Test debut on your birthday
Numbers Game
Overseas masters
Numbers Game: In the last six years South Africa have a 16-5 win-loss record in away Tests; no other team comes close during this period
Steven Lynch
Solkar's catches, and an unrelated record
Ask Steven: Also, the oldest Pakistan Test debutant, biggest gaps between caps, and youngest to 7000 Test runs
Numbers Game
George Bailey's meteoric rise
Numbers Game: He has played only 31 ODI innings, but during this period he has racked up astonishing numbers
Ask Steven
Unbroken stands, and Jaipur records
Ask Steven: Also, most players in a Test series, most boundaries in an innings, and batsmen dismissed in the nineties
Numbers Game
Kohli's chasing glory
Numbers Game: He is already third in terms of most centuries when batting second in ODIs, but his rate of scoring them is unmatched in the format's history
Steven Lynch
Sachin's records, and Gazi's double
Ask Steven: Also, centuries by No. 8s, Dravid's nemesis, oldest surviving XI, and most five-fors in first-class
Numbers Game
Kane Williamson's consistency problem
Numbers Game: His numbers indicate a preference for subcontinent conditions over those that support pace, seam and swing
Steven Lynch
Fifty tons of runs, and no bowling in Tests
Ask Steven: Also, umpiring record for county matches, and England's youngest players
Numbers Game
Rohit's work-in-progress ODI career
Numbers Game: Though he has scored runs in 2013, his career strike rate remains among the lowest of all current batsmen
Numbers Game
The Hafeez problem
Numbers Game: Many openers from the subcontinent have struggled overseas, but Mohammad Hafeez's stats are among the poorest
Steven Lynch
Captains' tons, and Gilchrist's show
Ask Steven: Also, most fifties without a hundred, Pakistan's narrowest losses, and most overs bowled in a series
Ask Steven
The quickest thousand, and five tons in a day
Ask Steven: Also, captains' centuries in a match, Bangladesh's oldest debutant, most not-outs, and most 15-wicket hauls
S Rajesh
Younis Khan's 7000-run journey
Numbers Game: He is only the fourth Pakistan batsman to reach that landmark, and all his numbers suggest that he belongs with Pakistan's best
Ask Steven
An Irish riddle, and the percentage game
Ask Steven: Also, ten individual wickets in a Test, all openers trapped leg before, and the oldest T20 debutant
Numbers Game
The Morgan-Bopara impetus
Numbers Game: The two have made England's lower middle order explosive, and given the team a more formidable look in ODIs
Ask Steven
Best birthdays, and Finch's flail
Ask Steven: Also, highest T20 score in a losing cause, most overs by a quickie in a Test, and double on debut by a woman
S Rajesh
Ashes heroes in series defeats
Numbers Game: Only six bowlers have done better than Ryan Harris' 24 wickets at 19.58 in a losing Ashes campaign
Ask Steven
Swann's swag, and Smiths' success
Ask Steven: Also, Bradman's nemesis, most runs in a Test without a century, and double-oh partners
Numbers Game
Winning despite a misfiring top order
Numbers Game: England's top three have averaged 23.75 per partnership this Ashes - their lowest in a series win in over 100 years
Ask Steven
Bell's target, and Vettori's double
Ask Steven: Also, three centurions in one innings, a century and a double in a match, and brotherly games
Numbers Game
Much closer than 3-0
Numbers Game: The current Ashes has been more evenly-contested than the scoreline suggests
Ask Steven
Third-innings heroes, and Aussie zeroes
Ask Steven: Also, the most hundreds in an innings, Harvey's six, and the most Ashes Tests in a year
S Rajesh
Australia's pace attack their one saving grace
Numbers Game: It has outdone each of the last three Ashes fast-bowling attacks to have toured England
Ask Steven
England's Ashes 3-0, and triples in all four innings
Ask Steven: Also, five-fors on one-day debut, and most wickets in a bilateral ODI series
Numbers Game
South Africa's Sri Lanka-phobia
Numbers Game: No team, apart from Bangladesh, have done as badly as South Africa in Sri Lanka since 2000
Steven Lynch
Bunnies and big scorers
Ask Steven: Also, Australia's worst losing streak, Kohli's ODI record, and the first South African to play for England
