In a Championship match last week Essex made 569 without anyone scoring a century. Was this a record? asked Les Hall from England Essex 569 against Kent in Chelmsford last week, in which the highest score was Ravi Boparas 94, was the eighth-highest total in all first-class cricket not to include a century. Highest of all remains Namibias 609 in an ICC Intercontinental Shield match in Windhoek in September 2010, when everyone reached double figures; there were six half-centuries, but the highest was Ewald Steenkamps 87. There have been two higher century-less totals in the County Championship. Surrey scored 603 against Gloucestershire in Bristol in 2005 (highest score Azhar Mahmoods 89), while in Derby in 1899 Nottinghamshire made 581 against Derbyshire (William Gunn 90). The Test record is Indias 524 for 9 declared against New Zealand in Kanpur in 1976-77, when the highest individual score was just 70, by Mohinder Amarnath, one of six half-centuries in the innings. That record almost went in Perth in December 2009, when the highest score in Australias 520 for 7 declared against West Indies was 99, by Simon Katich.How many times have all 11 batsmen reached double figures in a Test innings? asked David Dookie from Trinidad and Tobago There have now been 13 Test innings in which all 11 batsmen reached double figures, the most recent by South Africa against England in Johannesburg in January, when last man Morne Morkel bottom-scored with 12. But the highest was just 46, by Dean Elgar, and South Africas total of 313 was easily the lowest to include 11 men in double figures, undercutting their own 358 against Australia in Melbourne in 1931-32. The first instance was also in Melbourne, in 1894-95, when all Englands batsmen reached double figures as they racked up 475 in their second innings, 400 more than they had managed in the first.Many years ago I recall seeing Russell Endean given out for handling the ball. How often has this happened in Tests? asked Gerrit Verschuur from the United States Thats a pretty long-ago memory, as it happened in the first week of January 1957. The South African batsman Russell Endean was the first man to be given out handled the ball in a Test, against England in Cape Town in 1956-57. Endean pushed out his leg outside the off stump to Laker in the second innings, reported Wisden. The ball rose high and might well have fallen on to the stumps had not Endean thrown up a hand and diverted it. There have been six more such dismissals since, involving Andrew Hilditch of Australia (1978-79), Pakistans Mohsin Khan (1982-83), Desmond Haynes of West Indies (1983-84), Englands Graham Gooch (1993), Steve Waugh of Australia (2000-01) and another England captain in Michael Vaughan (2001-02). For the full list of unusual dismissals in Tests, click here. Its worth noting that Endean was also the wicketkeeper impeded by Len Hutton in the only instance so far of a batsman given out obstructing the field in a Test, at The Oval in 1951. There have also been three instances of handled the ball in one-day internationals, by Mohinder Amarnath of India (1985-86), South Africas Daryll Cullinan (1998-99), and Chamu Chibhabha of Zimbabwe (2015-16). Who was the quickest to complete the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs? asked Ralph Hartley from England No fewer than 60 players have now completed this particular double in one-day internationals, the first to complete it being Ian Botham in 1985. It took him 75 matches - but four players have got there faster since then. Indias Irfan Pathan did it in 74 games, Lance Klusener of South Africa in 70, and Pakistans Abdul Razzaq in 69 - but the winner, by a nose, is another South African, Shaun Pollock, who completed the double in his 68th match. The slowest are Sourav Ganguly - who got there in his last match - and Tillakaratne Dilshan, who both needed 311 games. Only 13 players have managed the double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets: Kapil Dev was the first to do it, in 1991-92, but the quickest is Shakib Al Hasan, in 156 matches, six fewer than Heath Streak. The only four players to complete the 3000-run/300-wicket double are Shaun Pollock (who needed 280 matches), Wasim Akram (289), Shahid Afridi (314) and Sanath Jayasuriya (397).Whats the lowest ODI total to include a century? asked Jagdish Verma from India There are only seven all-out totals of less than 200 in one-day internationals which included an individual century. The lowest of all was Zimbabwes 172 against Afghanistan in Bulawayo last October, which featured 102 from Sean Williams. The others were South Africas 180 against Sri Lanka in Pallekele in 2014 (Hashim Amla 101), Australias 191 v New Zealand in Auckland in 1999-2000 (Damien Martyn 116 not out), Englands 192 against West Indies at Trent Bridge in 2000 (Alec Stewart 100 not out), Sri Lankas 193 v Australia in Colombo in 2003-04 (Kumar Sangakkara 101), Australias 194 against New Zealand in Auckland in 1981-82 (Greg Chappell 108), and Zimbabwes 199 v Bangladesh in Bulawayo in 2011 (Brendan Taylor 106). There have been seven lower totals in ODIs which featured a century, but the team was not all out: the lowest of all is Englands 159 for 3 - Dennis Amiss 100 - against New Zealand in Swansea in 1973.Who has won more Test series in England - India or Pakistan? asked Mohsin Munaf Patel from Canada India have played 17 Test series in England, including the one-off inaugural match in 1932. They have won three of them - in 1971, 1986 and 2007. England have won 13, and the 2002 series was drawn. Overall, England have won 30 of the 57 matches and India six, with 21 draws. Pakistan have played 13 series in England since their first one in 1954. They have also won three series - successive ones in 1987, 1992 and 1996. They drew in 1954, 1974 and 2001, and lost the other seven. Overall, England have won 20 of the 47 matches and Pakistan nine, with 18 draws.Send in your questions using our feedback form. Baltimore Ravens Jerseys China . -- Josh Sterk scored once and set up two more as the Oshawa Generals edged the visiting Belleville Bulls 3-2 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Authentic Jaleel Scott Jersey .Y. -- Bills receiver Stevie Johnson has a bone to pick with the NFL schedule maker. http://www.cheapravensjerseysauthentic.com/?tag=authentic-orlando-brown-jr-jersey . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. 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He, of course, made sure of a healthy average (36.06), but his one-day legacy was sealed in that staggering stand with Mike Brearley in the 1979 World Cup final at Lords.They produced 253 runs in 103 overs in that tournament, saving their best for last, a stand of 129 that sucked up 38 of the 60 overs England had in which to chase 287 against West Indies. Some even say Clive Lloyd deliberately spilled a simple catch off Boycott; which makes you realise that when Boycott went berserk in the 1965 Gillette Cup final, with a boundary-rich 146, it really was one of the great wonders of our time.Ian Botham, 1992 When I was a boy and the world of cricket was opening up, there was a fat man with a moustache and a great big mullet playing for England. Theres nothing wrong with being a fat man with a moustache and a great big mullet who plays for England - unless you are playing hopelessly. He lumbered in off a short run and let go some wobblers, although wobble was far more conspicuous during the run-up. His batting was groggy. Yet time and again the selectors kept coming back to this Beefy.The pinch-hitter was born in the 1992 World Cup, and Botham was chosen to give it a thrash at the top. At the SCG he destroyed the Australians but overall averaged 21.33 from ten innings. The nadir was at the MCG against South Africa. Brian McMillans ball was straight, Bothams shot was a hopeless heave, and middle stump was violently splintered. I felt embarrassed. Then granny dusted down a video of the 1981 Ashes. Apparently, he could play a bit.Neil Smith, 1996 Lets be honest, there is only one true English pinch-hitter. Smith played seven one-day internationals, and only three as an opener, but it was enough to acquire a legendary reputation.Smith was, in fact, a fine all-round cricketer, part of the great Warwickshire side of the mid-90s. Yet he shall forever be the misfiring pinch-hitter whose most memorable contribution to the 1996 World Cup was the previous nights pizza reassembled on an outfield in Peshawar.One-day cricket was evolving rapidly, and the England selectors, way ahead of the game, shoved some No. 8s to the top of the order: Chris Lewis, Phil DeFreitas, Craig White and, at the World Cup, NMK. Other countries had noticed you were better off opening with your established strokemaker, not a tailender. Thus India opened with Sachin Tendulkar, Sri Lanka with Sanath Jayasuriya, New Zealand with Nathan Astle, Australia with Mark Waugh.dddddddddddd England rolled out NMK.He didnt do so badly: 27 retired ill against the UAE, 31 against Netherlands and 11 against South Africa. But so feeble were England that poor, vomiting Smith was held up as a symbol of failure.Mal Loye, 2007 Loye should have been Englands dynamic opener for a new multi-dimensional era. The pinch-hitter was passé. A genuine opening batsman was wanted, but he had to be unorthodox.England summoned 34-year-old Malachy Loye from Northampton. For one thing, he had an unorthodox name. And he also had a shot, a slog-sweep all his own that he used exclusively against fast bowlers. Loye was tossed a debut at the Gabbattoir against the Australians, rampant after what was, until recently, the worst of all Ashes drubbings. Fifth over of the innings, Lee to Loye, down that right knee plonks outside off stump and swish... six! Ninth over of the innings, McGrath to Loye, whoosh, there it goes again. These shots, against these bowlers, rescued me from the inferno. The Test team, and 2005, had been vaporised. Now I could feel the blood surging back through my veins. Take that, Pidge! And that! God, what release. Loye never reached 50 that series but there were two more delightful cameos at the SCG. I was still basking in the glory of it all when the selectors, damn them, dropped him for the 2007 World Cup. Phil Mustard, 2008 Between times the England think tank made an executive decision, that your wicketkeeper must open the batting. This was not whimsy. The selectors had hard evidence to call upon: Adam Gilchrist. If he could do it, why the bloody hell couldnt anyone else?Between 2004 and 2011, England, on the front foot as ever, tried a string of Gilchrists: Matt Prior, Geraint Jones, Mustard, Craig Kieswetter, Simon Davies. There was only one hitch: none of them were Adam Gilchrist. Mustard didnt help himself by telling one journalist: I could be the new Gilchrist.Here was an earnest man of the shires, a Durham lad with round, rosy cheeks and a mischievous unfettered character. I interviewed him once, in the back of a press hut in Dubai, but so happy-go-lucky was Mustard that it felt more like a chat round the fireside while clutching hot mugs.Yes, we could have had a lot of fun with the Colonel, a nimble, grinning wicketkeeper and bold left-hand bat who would hammer it square. But in ten attempts he played only one innings of true note and, well, thats hardly Gilchristian, is it? Back to the shires he went ' ' '