Number of cricketers arrested for drunken behaviour on New Year's Eve. Those allowed to continue with their revelry and destruction of public property: Andrew Symonds and Jesse Ryder.
Jan 1, 2010

Number of players at the Under-19 World Cup who may already have celebrated their 21st birthdays. Number of those from India: 19; from Pakistan: 19
Dec 30, 2009

Number of excuses given by the Cricket Association of Bengal for the floodlight failure at the Eden Gardens. Those that include the phrase "failure on the part of the city's electricity board": 20; "cursed by Goddess Durga": 2; "BCCI conspiracy": 1
Dec 26, 2009

Number of players who will be willing to play Test cricket in 2012. Ones who will be picked to play from among those: VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid. One who won't: Ian Bell.
Dec 24, 2009

Percentage of spectators in South African grounds who will be anti-Pietersen. Percentage of drunk England supporters who are anti-anyone who isn't Freddie Flintoff: 10.6. Rest: South African cousins of KP who wished they had thought of playing for England.
Dec 17, 2009

Number of straight faces among pressmen when Chris Martin urged New Zealand's batsmen to get some runs. Corresponding number for when Sourav Ganguly offers tips on fielding: 3; when VVS Laxman advises on how to run between the wickets: 1
Dec 9, 2009

Number of votes in a poll supporting an overhaul of West Indies cricket. Number of those sent by Bangladesh fans hoping it will distract from their team's fortunes: 1750. Number of those sent by Irish fans hopeful about Test status: 12.
Dec 5, 2009

Number of trouble-free days that go by between controversies involving Jesse Ryder. Corresponding number for Andrew Symonds: 18; and Shoaib Akhtar: 14.4
Nov 24, 2009

Number of spats expected between Indian and Australian players during the one-day series. Number of television producers who'll wish Andrew Symonds were around: 45
Oct 27, 2009

Number of face-offs expected between Indian and Australian players during the one-day series. Number of television producers who'll miss Andrew Symonds' presence: 135.
Oct 21, 2009

Number of times commentators will say "McCullum will hope to replicate his IPL 158" when he plays in Bangalore. Number of times his Otago team-mates will hope he'll do so: 158.
Oct 12, 2009

Number of New Zealand fans who expected their side to reach the final. Number of them who placed bets on an Australian win: 5
Oct 5, 2009

Number of calls the Indian cricketers collectively made to their homes to check about arson and rioting following their exit from the Champions Trophy. Corresponding number after the loss to Bangladesh in the 2007 World Cup: 447
Oct 2, 2009

Number of "Dan's the Man" headlines that we'll see, referring to Vettori calling Paul Collingwood back after he was run-out thinking the ball was dead
Sep 30, 2009

Number of sex puns that have been used in newspaper headlines over the last two days. Number of references to "choke" over the next two: 217
Sep 28, 2009

The number of times ICC officials will say the Champions Trophy will prove ODIs can survive. The number of times they'll silently curse Lalit Modi while doing so: 1299
Sep 26, 2009

Number of times commentators at the Champions Trophy will say "India are badly missing Virender Sehwag." Corresponding number for England and Pietersen: 66; and West Indies and its "real" team: 2
Sep 24, 2009

Number of times Sachin Tendulkar has stepped out in public in disguise. Number of times his voice gave him away: 545
Sep 20, 2009

Number of media outlets that will blame all player injuries in the next six months on the IPL. Number of these outlets that will be based in England: 10
May 25, 2009

Number of people who have noticed that Ali Campbell seems to have gone missing. Number of people who will miss him if he doesn't turn up at the final: 0
May 24, 2009