Was Ben Duckett's hundred the fastest for England in Tests against India?
And who was the fastest player to a hundred Test caps?
Ben Duckett reached three figures in Rajkot in just 88 balls. There are only seven hundreds for England known to have been faster than that, and none of them came against India.
Ben Stokes became the 16th England player to appear in 100 Tests when he took the field for last week's match against India in Rajkot. It took him just over ten years, from his debut against Australia in Adelaide in December 2013.
You're right that the opening delivery of the second Test in Hamilton last week was bowled by New Zealand's Tim Southee to his rival captain, South Africa's Neil Brand. This was the first such instance since 2002-03, when Shaun Pollock, of South Africa sent down the first ball in Centurion to Sri Lanka's skipper Marvan Atapattu.
Test wicketkeeper Alex Carey took eight catches in South Australia's match against Queensland in Adelaide last week. This equalled the List A record, set by Somerset's Derek Taylor against Combined Universities in Taunton in 1982, and matched by Jamie Pipe for Worcestershire vs Hertfordshire in Hertford in 2001.
The Surrey-born seamer Will O'Rourke finished with 9 for 93 in his first Test, against South Africa in Hamilton last week. This turns out to be the best match return for a New Zealand debutant, beating the 8 for 188 of offspinner Mark Craig, against West Indies in Kingston in 2014.
Steven Lynch is the editor of the updated edition of Wisden on the Ashes