NightWatchman

Jason Gillespie's 201 not out at Chittagong was easily the highest score by a nightwatchman in a Test - the previous-best was 125, by Mark Boucher for South Africa v Zimbabwe at Harare in 1999-2000. Three other nightwatchmen have scored Test centuries: Nasim-ul-Ghani, with 101 against England at Lord's in 1962; Tony Mann, 105 for Australia against India at Perth in 1977-78; and Syed Kirmani, 101 not out for India against Australia at Mumbai in 1979-80. There has been some debate about whether Boucher and Nasim-ul-Ghani (who later opened in a Test) were genuine nightwatchmen - but in the matches in question they both came in at No. 6, at the end of the day, ahead of more recognised batsmen.

Jayasuriya's factor

Sanath Jayasuriya did top-score in the highest Test total (340 out of 952 for 6 dec against India at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo in 1997-98), the highest in ODIs (157 out of 443 for 9 against Netherlands at Amstelveen in 2006) and Twenty20 internationals (88 out of 260 for 6 against Kenya at Johannesburg in 2007-08). The only other player to play in all three of those games was Mahela Jayawardene (the first one was his Test debut). Of others who might have played in all three, Chaminda Vaas did not play in the ODI record, and Muttiah Muralitharan missed both the ODI and Twenty20 games. And yes, it's obviously unique - Sri Lanka have held the Test record all the time Twenty20 internationals have been played, so no one else has had a chance for a look-in!

Nervous 99

Sachin Tendulkar has fallen for 99 three times in ODIs this year. Is he the only player to have done so? asked Sanjay Lalchandani from Trinidad & Tobago

Sachin Tendulkar has fallen one short of a hundred three times this year © AFP

Not only is Sachin Tendulkar the only man to be dismissed for three 99s in ODIs in the same year, he's the only man to make three 99s in ODIs full stop. The only other batsman to make two is Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya. For a full list of one-day 99s, click here

Longest over in ODI

The unlucky bowler who sent down the longest known over in international cricket was Mohammad Sami of Pakistan, with the third over of the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh in Colombo in 2004. It included four no-balls and seven wides, and the sequence of the over was: wd-4-2-nb-wd-nb1-0-wd-wd-0-wd-nb-wd-wd-nb-0-4. Ironically, Sami's previous over had been a wicket maiden, so he came off with the bizarre figures of 2-1-22-1. Pakistan officials explained that he was trying to remodel his action and was struggling for rhythm. The longest over in a Test is believed to be one of 15 deliveries - including nine no-balls - by Curtly Ambrose for West Indies against Australia at Perth in 1996-97

Prolific Partnerships

Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf did recently become Pakistan's most prolific partnership: by the end of the series against India they had put on 3080 runs together, beating the previous record of 3013 by Yousuf and Inzamam-ul-Haq. But they are quite a long way down the overall Test list, which is headed by Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, who put on 6482 runs together, not far ahead of Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer (6081). The ODI list is headed, not surprisingly, by Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, who have put on 8227 runs together for India, well ahead of the next pair, Marvan Atapattu and Sanath Jayasuriya (5462). In the short history of Twenty20 internationals, the top pair are Australia's Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, with 398 runs between them. For what it's worth, there's a full list here.

shortest test match

The shortest Test, both in terms of time taken and balls bowled, was the remarkable fifth Test between Australia and South Africa on a "sticky dog" of a pitch in Melbourne in 1931-32. There were only five hours and 53 minutes of play, and just 109.2 six-ball overs all told. On a wicket made treacherous by rain South Africa were bowled out for 36 and 45, with the 49-year-old slow left-armer Bert Ironmonger taking 5 for 6 and 6 for 18.