The number of times an England spinner has taken a five-for in an ODI. Samit Patel, with his 5 for 41 against South Africa at The Oval, is the latest to join the club. Vic Marks has managed the feat twice, and Graeme Hick and Ashley Giles once each

CB Fry also played international football (one cap against Ireland in 1901), played rugby to a high standard, and was an outstanding athlete in his younger days. It's often said that he broke the world long-jump record, but actually he only equalled it, leaping 23 feet 6.5 inches (7.175 metres) in June 1893 while at Oxford University