CricTrivia

Amit Mishra has played 13 one-day internationals, and has yet to score a run. Is this a record?

You obviously wrote this before Amit Mishra's 14th one-day international, in Antigua last week, in which he scored 5 not out! Rather surprisingly, perhaps, Mishra's 13 ODIs without scoring a run is not even an Indian record: Sreesanth did not score a run until his 16th one-day international (his fourth innings). The overall record for one-day internationals is held by the Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger, who did not score a run until his 20th match, in New Zealand in March 2010.

In a recent one-day international against India, Andre Russell of West Indies scored 92 not out from No. 9 - is this the highest score from that position in the order?

 Andre Russell's 92 not out against India in Antigua last week was indeed the highest score by a No. 9 in one-day internationals, beating 69 not out by Jai Prakash Yadav for India against New Zealand in Bulawayo in August 2005. Funnily enough I noticed a couple of weeks ago that Yadav's score, while a record for a No. 9 at the time, had been exceeded by a No. 10 (Mohammad Amir's 73 not out for Pakistan v New Zealand in Abu Dhabi in November 2009). Now, however, the No. 9 record is higher than the No. 8 (Thomas Odoyo's 84 for Kenya v Bangladesh in Nairobi in August 2006). For a full list of the highest scores from each batting position,click here.