Most runs in first day test cricket history

Australia scored 494/6 against South Africa on 9 Dec 1910, which is the highest score in day 1 of test cricket.

The scoreboard

The quantum mechanics of cricket

A must read for all cricket lovers with science background :-).
A good article from Joe Wolfe (School of Physics, University of New South Wales)

On 23 October, 1999, Australian captain Steve ('Tugga') Waugh, perhaps because of his intuitive knowledge of quantum mechanics, appears to have set the field read more...