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Test cricket's lack of centurions, and the most ODI runs without a hundred
Nov 17, 2009: Captaining on debut, the highest all-out ODI score and the most lbws in an innings and match
Another record for Tendulkar, and no fifties
Nov 10, 2009: Big scores on the losing side, the best Test bowling figures by leggies and slow left-armers, and out on the first ball of a Twenty20
Hundreds against Australia, and 300 partnerships
Oct 27, 2009: Captains who've made ODI centuries against Australia, the most runs in a Test on debut, and the most runs in an ODI series
Masakadza's record, and the biggest differentials
Oct 27, 2009: The only player to have scored 150 twice in a one-day series, the commentator who's done the most Tests, and the worst-titled cricket books
The tallest players, and most ODIs without a duck
Oct 20, 2009: No. 11 top-scoring, most wickets without a five-for, and identical scores in both innings of a Test
The largest crowds, and the fewest bowlers
Oct 13, 2009: Two bowlers doing the business by themselves, the highest ODI score by a No. 8, and the man called Scooter
The Don's average, and Dhoni's wicket
Oct 6, 2009: Chronic lbw candidates, king pairs off the first ball of the innings, and the Australian Pakistani
Most ducks, the cheapest seven-for, and "Paddles"
Sep 29, 2009: Hundreds by the top four in an innings, the most stumpings in ODIs, and the city with six international venues
England's worst one-day run, and an innings of 298
Sep 22, 2009: A team of 11 first-class centurions, most catches before a stumping, and the man with more centuries than some teams put together
Big scores without byes, and big scores on debut
Sep 15, 2009: Out for 99 on ODI debut, the oldest centurions on ODI debut, and a player called Sunny Jim, and players of Chinese descent to have played international cricket
Fastest to 1000 runs, and twin nineties
Sep 8, 2009: Out just short of a hundred twice in a Test, largest stands by a pair of debutants, run out for ducks on debut, and stumped in both innings
Carrying bat on debut, and most sixes in an innings
Sep 1, 2009: Openers who hung around, caught and bowled twice by the same bowler in a Test, and the lowest average among bowlers with over 300 wickets
Losing causes, and debut run-outs
Aug 25, 2009: Unavailing long innings, the highest ODI score, the most centuries in a losing cause, and a cricketer-turned-drummer
Long gaps, Oval stats, and opening bats
Aug 18, 2009: Twenty-two years between Tests, both openers scoring centuries, and triples without a six
The fastest pair, and the worst bowling figures
Aug 11, 2009: Dismissed twice in a minute, wicketless for 259, and five-county professionals
Miandad's record, and an ambidextrous bowler
Aug 4, 2009: Nine innings and as many fifties, ambidextrous bowlers, and the longest wait for a Test century
Most runs in a day, and the mystery man on the honours board
Jul 28, 2009: More than 500 in a day, men on both honours boards at Lord's, the most matches before a first-class ton, and the most bowled dismissals in an innings
A lack of ducks, and a surfeit of lbws
Jul 21, 2009: The most games since debut without being out for 0, captaincy on debut, three centuries in four days, and the players closest to 100 first-class hundreds
Harold Larwood
Jul 18, 2009: Was Bodyline's chief protagonist the quickest ever? Duncan Hamilton does a good job of convincing us
Four tons in an innings, and starting big but losing
Jul 14, 2009: Four-thirty-five and losing, Pakistan's lowest Test totals, and the most prolific Australian

Why we need a truly global Champions League
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Good on Dravid and Mahela, pity about the pitch
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Dead pitches killing Tests in India
Dileep Premachandran: What sanctity of Tests when they're played out in front of paltry crowds on pitches designed to drag the game to the post-mortem table?
Long live the crackdown on chucking
Harsha Bhogle: India has made a start towards combating illegal actions by allowing umpires to call bowlers on the field
English cricket embraces Pakistan
Pak Spin: Administrators deserve credit for Australia series
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