Bill Frindall's stats machine is about to explode - Watch the beard Bill...

The number 158 has for centuries, I imagine, been crying out for recognition. And now on the 1st of December it has achieved the notoriety it wanted.



Kevin Pietersen's bogey number.



Without a professional statistician on my right hand, I'm guessing that this has to be one of the highest figures a test batsman has been dismissed on 3 times - but then again I suppose it's a better accolade than Michael Atherton's record number of ducks in a career isn't it?