Number of years before Matt Prior can live down the broken-window incident at Lord's. Number of newspaper headlines to do with him that will feature "pane", "shattered" and "cracked from side to side" during this period: 86
Jun 14, 2011

Number of pea-brained ideas like "twilight cricket" that Cricket Australia will pitch while pushing for day-night Tests; those that will include players wearing cool night-vision goggles: 0
Jun 4, 2011

Number of "not the same without Murali" articles in the last week. Number of "bring back Murali" campaigns that have started: 234; Number of Sri Lankan fans hoping for Murali's son to make an early entry into international cricket: 7 million
May 30, 2011

Chances in percentage that Vijay Mallya's UB group will take to sponsoring match officials now that David Boon has announced he will be a referee. Number of people hoping Boon's admonition to Stuart Broad when he has his first inevitable run-in with him includes the word "twerp": 87 million
May 25, 2011

Number, in millions, of people who dread the likes of Kapil Dev, Javed Miandad and Sanath Jayasuriya will make comebacks in the wake of Martin Crowe's decision to return to first-class cricket. Number of calls Crowe has received from New Zealand Cricket begging him to make an international comeback: 886.
May 20, 2011

Number of years before the Sri Lanka Premier League is absorbed into the IPL. Number of viewers who will quit watching cricket at the thought of more "India-Sri Lanka" matches: 90,000
May 15, 2011

Number of pratfalls Stuart Broad will have during his captaincy tenure. Same as the number of pratfalls Sreesanth has per week.
May 10, 2011

Number of letters that will be exchanged between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and the West Indies board. Those that will include the phrases, "let's make up", "we're being prats" and "who does your hair?": 0
May 5, 2011

Number of Indian journalists who aren't happy with the appointment of Duncan Fletcher as India coach because of the un-alliterative character of his Christian name when prefixed with "Guru". Those considering using the title "Duncan Dada": 13. Those considering "Father Fletcher": 2
Apr 30, 2011

Approximate number of years that the concept of doing things for Tendulkar will be in vogue for. Also the chances, in percent, that the BCCI will not have screened a single candidate for the position of India's coach by May 15.
Apr 25, 2011