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Un, dos, tres

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

Don't call me a bunny

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

Wait for me

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

Which end of the bat do I hold?

Batsmen who went through spells of wretched form

Strange appearances

Players whose first-class or international careers weren't quite run of the mill

Made in India

England Test players who were born 4000 miles away

Messrs Cricket

Players with names related to the game's terminology

How do you spell that?

Players who troubled the scorers with their long names

Tales from the top of the table

The stories behind the highest individual scores in Tests

Wisdom about Wisden

Trivia about the Almanack you may not have heard before, including factoids about Britain's canals

What a way to go

Players who were dismissed because they thought they were, because they wanted to be, because they didn't turn up at the ground, and for other unusual reasons

One for Pakistan

Thirty-nine players have played just one Test each for Pakistan. Here's a selection of them

Good reader of the game

Eleven recommended cricket books

Indian singles

Players who turned out for India in only one Test

Double impact

Virender Sehwag's 219 took the number of double-centuries in men's List A cricket to a neat 11. Here they are in detail

Just this once

Players from West Indies who played only a Test each, for various reasons, including the outbreak of war

Your name sounds familiar

People (including a dictator) who have lent their names to cricket

Wish I had been there

Legendary matches that would have been worth watching live

Veni, vidi, vamoose

Players who had very brief cricket careers (or virtually none at all)

Nice view, but can we play here?

Unusual (and often sub-zero) venues where people endeavoured to play cricket

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