Has anyone taken two hat-tricks in one first-class innings?
Also: how many Under-19 World Cups have been played so far?
After the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi, the Bangladesh seamer Rubel Hossain had taken 36 wickets in 27 Tests at an average of 76.77. Among bowlers with 20 or more wickets, that's the worst average apart from the England legspinner Ian Salisbury, whose 20 wickets cost 76.95. Rubel can thank his three late wickets in Pakistan's innings in Rawalpindi for edging him below the unfortunate Salisbury.
There have now been 13 youth World Cups. The first one, in 1987-88, was a special event as part of Australia's bicentennial celebrations. There wasn't another such competition for another ten years, but it has been a regular feature of the calendar ever since.
There have been two instances of this. Albert Trott, who played Tests for both Australia and England, followed four wickets in four balls with a hat-trick shortly afterwards to end the match for Middlesex against Somerset at Lord's in 1907. Both feats came early on the third day of Trott's benefit match, depriving him of some income.
This record was equalled recently, which might be why you're asking! The mark was set in May 2006, in Bermuda's inaugural one-day international, when their popular, portly left-arm spinner Dwayne Leverock had debut figures of 10-5-14-1 against Canada in Port-of-Spain. And it was equalled last week by another slow left-armer, Nepal's Sushan Bhari, with 10-1-14-3 against Oman in the World Cup League 2 match in Kirtipur.
Xavier Marshall made his official one-day international debut for the United States of America in Windhoek last April (he had already played two T20 internationals for them). His reappearance came almost ten years after the last of his 30 white-ball games for West Indies, in June 2009 (he also played seven Test matches).
Steven Lynch is the editor of the updated edition of Wisden on the Ashes