How many people have taken a wicket with their first delivery in the World Cup?
And how many players have been out hit-wicket in the tournament?
Vijay Shankar's dismissal of Imam-ul-Haq is the eighth recorded instance of a first-ball wicket in the World Cup • Getty Images
This is a tricky one, as we don't have ball-by-ball data for many of the matches before 1999. I've seen it written that there were three previous instances, or six, or nine: but actually Vijay Shankar was, as far as we know, the eighth bowler to take a wicket with his first ball in the World Cup. He did it in slightly peculiar circumstances, as he was finishing off an over after Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up an injury, and trapped Imam-ul-Haq of Pakistan lbw with his first delivery at Old Trafford a few days ago.
Rohit Sharma's fine innings at Old Trafford was the ninth century scored against Pakistan in World Cup matches. But there has been one higher innings than Rohit's 140: in Johannesburg in 2003, Andrew Symonds hit 143 not out as Australia reached 310, which proved enough for an 82-run victory.
That 1996 match in Mumbai was narrowly won by Australia, even though they suffered five run-outs in making 258. There have now been nine cases of five run-outs in an innings in all ODIs. The only other one in the World Cup was the first such instance, and came in the inaugural final, at Lord's in 1975: five Australians were run out that day too, three of them by Viv Richards.
It certainly is: Mali's women managed to compile the three lowest totals in international cricket, on successive days last week during the Kwibuka Women's Twenty20 tournament in Kigali, Rwanda. First they were skittled for 6 by the hosts (who needed four balls to win), then made 11 against Tanzania, and followed that with 10 against Uganda, who had earlier piled up a record total of 314 for 2.
Martin Guptill's unusual departure during New Zealand's match against South Africa at Edgbaston last week was the tenth hit-wicket dismissal in the World Cup. The first one - and still the most famous - came early on during the very first final at Lord's in 1975, when the West Indian opener Roy Fredericks thrillingly hooked Dennis Lillee out of the ground - but trudged back to the pavilion when he realised he'd trod on his stumps while completing the shot.
"You mentioned that Prabhu Nana of East Africa was the oldest surviving man who played in the World Cup. However, it seems that actually he died a few years ago. This is what my friend and ex-umpire Subhash Modi from Kenya told me: 'Very sorry to learn the sad demise of Mr PG Nana some years ago. May God rest his soul in eternal peace. He was a gentleman and one of the best left-arm spinners in East and Central Africa.'"
Steven Lynch is the editor of the updated edition of Wisden on the Ashes