Name: Faizul
What is the maximum number of balls faced by a batsman without scoring a run and getting out in both ODI and Test matches. Who holds the record for India?

New Zealand's Geoff Allott holds the record of scoring the longest duck in Test cricket. Against South Africa at Auckland in 1998-99, Allott faced 77 deliveries (and batted for 101 minutes) before getting out for a blob.

In ODIs, West Indies' Runako Morton holds this 'distinction'. In the DLF Cup final in Malaysia in 2006-07, Morton struggled for 56 minutes and played 31 balls when his misery was finally ended by Nathan Bracken.

The corresponding record for India is held by Irfan Pathan (29 balls v Pakistan at Bangalore in 2004-05) in Tests and Eknath Solkar (17 balls v England at the Oval in 1974).

Name: Nikhil Chalakkal
Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh scored 92* out of a total of 147 in an ODI recently. That's like 62% of the runs scored by his team. Again, in a recent Test against Sri Lanka, Sehwag scored 201* out of a team total of 329, which is 61% of the runs scored.

What is the maximum percentage of runs scored by a single batsman out of the team's total runs in both ODI's and Tests? Could you also provide more details, like who was it, how much, against whom, and when this happened?

Shakib's performance came in the third match of Tri-Nation tournament in Bangladesh in January this year. He made 92* off just 69 balls in Bangladesh's total of 151 (not 147) -- a percentage contribution of 60.93

The Test record in this regard is held by Australia's Charles Bannerman, who made an unbeaten 165 out of Australia's total of 245 in the first innings of the first-ever Test in cricket history (Melbourne, 1876-77).

Bannerman's innings thus contributed 67.35% of Australia's total. It may be noted here that nine wickets fell in that Australian innings, as Bannerman himself was retired hurt.

The record of highest contribution in an innings -- where all 10 wickets fell- is in the name of another Australian, Mike Slater, who scored 66.85% of team's total (123 out of 184), also against England at Sydney in 1998-99.

In ODIs, West Indies' Viv Richards made the highest contribution in an innings where a team played its full quota of allocated overs.

In the first match of 1984 Texaco Trophy against England at Manchester, Richards made an unbeaten 189 in West Indies' total of 272 -- a percentage contribution of 69.49.