THE WEEK IN NUMBERS: PERRY BREAKS RECORDS AND DALE STEYN RETURNS

Cricket by numbers...

2006

Australia wicketkeeper Tim Paine’s last first-class hundred came in 2006. Australia coach Darren Lehmann has a more recent (2007) first-class ton to his name.

6-6-0-3

Sri Lanka’s Suranga Lakmal opened up with a superb spell against India in the first Test at Kolkata.

Lakmal claimed the wickets of KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli to leave India 17 for three.

After day two of a weather-affected Test, Lakmal had figures of 11-9-5-3.

213

Ellyse Perry hit an imperious double-century as Australia and England drew the one-off Test.

In seven Tests Perry has scored 432 runs at 61.71, her previous highest score was 95.

The knock was the third-highest score in women’s Test history and the highest by an Australian.

Ellyse Perry: An ambassador for women’s sport worldwide

3-0-25-1

Dale Steyn’s figures in his first match since November 2016. Steyn sent down three overs – picking up the wicket of Theunis de Bruyn - for Titans in the Ram Slam T20 Challenge in a 38-run victory over Knights.

11

Month’s Brett Lee has spent out of the game. The Australian is set for a return for his club side Mosman this weekend in a brace of T20 matches at the Allan Border Oval.

3

The number of times Sunil Gavaskar was dismissed by the first ball of a Test match.

Opener KL Rahul emulated Gavaskar when he became Lakmal’s first victim of the day.

77

Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit 109 for Guyana against Leeward Islands, his 77^th first-class hundred, passing 27,000 first-class runs in the process.

The batsman has signed a new one-year deal with Lancashire for the 2018 season.