Virender Sehwag's 219 at Indore last week is the highest individual score by a man in one-day internationals - but my sister insists that a woman still holds the overall record. Is she right?
Your sister is indeed correct: Virender Sehwag may have joined Sachin Tendulkar in reaching 200 in one-day internationals during that amazing onslaught in Indore last week, but both of them are trumped by Australia's Belinda Clark, who made 229 not out against Denmark in Mumbai during the 1997 Women's World Cup. Interestingly, the women's record Clark broke was set earlier the same day, when Charlotte Edwards made 173 not out for England against Ireland in Pune, on the day before her 18th birthday
David Warner's feat in the first Test against New Zealand in Brisbane was some way off the record for a debutant keeper. The Indian middle-order batsman Yajurvindra Singh actually took seven on his debut, against England in Bangalore in 1976-77. Most of them were at short leg - and, said a disgruntled England batsman, "some of them even touched the bat". Five other outfielders - Australia's Alan Fairfax, Rolph Grant of West Indies, the Indians Robin Singh (in his only Test) and SS Das, and England's Paul Collingwood - have taken five catches on debut.
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