As Sky shows its 150th live England Test, Benedict Bermange has the best stats from from the previous 149!
Benedict's back to examine the great and the good on Sky
We've witnessed many mouth-watering moments since Sky broadcast its first live England Test in 1990.
Brian Lara's two world batting records spring to mind, as does England's first series win in Pakistan for nearly 40 years.
Our commentators have picked out their
favourite memories - but cricket's also a sport that revels in statistics.
As ever,
Benedict Bermange is right across the numbers and to celebrate this week's third Test between England and Pakistan - the 150th live England Test shown by Sky - he's dug a little deeper into the figures...
Sky's first live Test was the first of England's winter tour of the Caribbean, live from Kingston, in February 1990. Since then, there have been:
BATTING: 152,629 runs; 4580 wickets; 281 centuries; 657 fifties
FIELDING: 2879 catches; 60 stumpings; 62 catches by substitute fielders; 136 run outs
BOWLING: 298,384 balls bowled; 10724 maidens; 158 hauls of 5 wickets or more in an innings; 20 hauls of 10 wickets or more in a match
EXTRAS: 2182 byes; 3951 leg-byes; 885 wides; 3564 no-balls
Team results
A total of 99 teams chose to bat first and 49 to bowl first, with one match abandoned before a toss.
The average first innings score in the Tests has been 340.
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Tied | Drawn | Abandoned |
| Australia | 30 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| India | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| England | 149 | 49 | 51 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| South Africa | 23 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| West Indies | 31 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Highest individual scores
| Score | Name | Team | Against | Venue | Season |
| 400* | BC Lara | West Indies | England | St John's | 2003/04 |
| 375 | BC Lara | West Indies | England | St John's | 1993/94 |
| 291 | RR Sarwan | West Indies | England | Bridgetown | 2008/09 |
| 275 | G Kirsten | South Africa | England | Durban | 1999/00 |
| 250 | JL Langer | Australia | England | Melbourne | 2002/03 |
Highest partnerships
| Wkt | Part | Bat 1 | Bat 2 | Team | Against | Venue | Season |
| 1 | 298 | CG Greenidge | DL Haynes | WI | Eng | St John's | 1989/90 |
| 2 | 314 | G Gambhir | RS Dravid | Ind | Eng | Mohali | 2008/09 |
| 3 | 363 | Younis Khan | Mohammad Yousuf | Pak | Eng | Leeds | 2006 |
| 4 | 310 | PD Collingwood | KP Pietersen | Eng | Aus | Adelaide | 2006/07 |
| 5 | 234 | CH Gayle | S Chanderpaul | WI | Eng | Port-of-Spain | 2008/09 |
| 6 | 282* | BC Lara | RD Jacobs | WI | Eng | St John's | 2003/04 |
| 7 | 183 | DPMD Jayawardene | WPUJC Vaas | SL | Eng | Galle | 2007/08 |
| 8 | 128 | M Kaif | A Kumble | Ind | Eng | Nagpur | 2005/06 |
| 9 | 127 | Mohammad Yousuf | Saqlain Mushtaq | Pak | Eng | Lahore | 2000/01 |
| 10 | 118 | NJ Astle | CL Cairns | NZ | Eng | Christchurch | 2001/02 |
Best bowling figures in an innings
| Bowling | Name | Team | Against | Venue | Season |
| 8-45 | CEL Ambrose | West Indies | England | Bridgetown | 1989/90 |
| 8-53 | ARC Fraser | England | West Indies | Port-of-Spain | 1997/98 |
| 8-70 | M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | England | Nottingham | 2006 |
| 8-71 | SK Warne | Australia | England | Brisbane | 1994/95 |
| 8-75 | ARC Fraser | England | West Indies | Bridgetown | 1993/94 |
Most dismissals in a match
| Name | Dis | Cts | Sts | Team | Against | Venue | Season |
| RC Russell | 11 | 11 | 0 | England | South Africa | Johannesburg | 1995/96 |
| IA Healy | 9 | 9 | 0 | Australia | England | Brisbane | 1994/95 |
| RC Russell | 9 | 7 | 2 | England | South Africa | Port Elizabeth | 1995/96 |
| GO Jones | 9 | 9 | 0 | England | Bangladesh | Chester-le-Street | 2005 |
| AC Gilchrist | 9 | 8 | 1 | Australia | England | Sydney | 2006/07 |
| MV Boucher | 9 | 9 | 0 | South Africa | England | Leeds | 2008 |
Most catches in the field in an innings
| Name | Cts | Team | Against | Venue | Season |
| GA Hick | 4 | England | India | Calcutta | 1992/93 |
| JC Adams | 4 | West Indies | England | Kingston | 1993/94 |
| NV Knight | 4 | England | New Zealand | Christchurch | 1996/97 |
| MJ Slater | 4 | Australia | England | Melbourne | 1998/99 |
| G Kirsten | 4 | South Africa | England | Cape Town | 1999/00 |
| GP Thorpe | 4 | England | Pakistan | Faisalabad | 2000/01 |
| VVS Laxman | 4 | India | England | Mohali | 2001/02 |
| HP Tillakaratne | 4 | Sri Lanka | England | Birmingham | 2002 |
| PD Collingwood | 4 | England | South Africa | Centurion | 2009/10 |
Players appearing in Sky Tests for more than 14 years
| Name | Years | Days | Start | End |
| SR Tendulkar | 15 | 329 | Jan 29 1993 | Dec 23 2008 |
| S Chanderpaul | 15 | 62 | Mar 17 1994 | May 18 2009 |
| A Kumble | 14 | 196 | Jan 29 1993 | Aug 13 2007 |
| N Hussain | 14 | 50 | Feb 24 1990 | Apr 14 2004 |
| JH Kallis | 14 | 34 | Dec 14 1995 | Jan 17 2010 |
