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Middlesexs title decider is being played this week. Has there ever been first-class cricket at Lords this late in the year? asked Bob Rollins from England For many years the cricket season on the main ground at Lords would finish with the Gillette Cup (later NatWest Trophy) final, which was held on the first Saturday in September. That tradition has slipped a little in recent years, but it turns out that this weeks County Championship match between top-of-the-table Middlesex and second-placed Yorkshire is indeed the latest that top-class cricket has ever been played on the worlds most famous ground. At first I thought the previous-latest first-class action there was a splendid match between Smokers and Non-Smokers in 1884 - it was played on September 15-16 - but ten years after that, in 1894, the game between Gentlemen of the South and Players of the South ran from September 17-19. Two major matches in recent years have been played later than that: in 2010 there was a one-day international between England and Pakistan at Lords on September 20, while in 2013 the Yorkshire Bank 40 final (the successor to the Gillette) took place on September 21. The latest Championship action at Lords before this year was also in 2013, when Middlesexs four-day game against Nottinghamshire finished on September 14.Who has played the most Test matches without ever playing at home? asked Ian Johnston from England A couple of old-time England players lead the way here. The Yorkshire allrounder Willie Bates played 15 Tests on four separate tours of Australia in the 1880s, but never appeared at home. In those days the sides for Englands overseas tours were raised privately, rather than by a central selection committee, while teams for home Tests were usually chosen by representatives of the ground staging the match. Frederick Fane, the Irish-born Essex amateur, played 14 Tests for England - and captained them in five, including three matches of the 1907-08 Ashes - but never played at home. And the Rhodesian allrounder Percy Mansell played 13 Tests in the 1950s, all of them outside South Africa. This excludes several current Pakistan players who have been unable to play at home for security reasons. Azhar Ali has now played 49 Tests but none in Pakistan, and Asad Shafiq 45. They have, however, played several home Tests in the United Arab Emirates.Whos the only man to play more than 100 international matches at the same ground? asked Khalid Zafar from Pakistan The answer here was quite a surprise: there is indeed only one man who has played 100 international matches (in all three formats) on one ground - Mushfiqur Rahim, who has played 105 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Shakib Al Hasan has played 97 games there, and Tamim Iqbal 93. Next comes Hamilton Masakadza, with 91 at the Harare Sports Club, where Elton Chigumbura has played 89. The Test record is held by Mahela Jayawardene, who played 27 matches at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, where Muttiah Muralitharan played 24. Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara both played 23 Tests at Galle. Alastair Cook has played 22 Tests so far at Lords. Wasim Akram leads the way for one-day internationals, with 77 at Sharjah; Mushfiqur has so far had 73 at Mirpur, while Jayawardene and Sanath Jayasuriya both played 71 ODIs at Colombos Premadasa Stadium. Rahim has played 19 Twenty20 internationals at Mirpur, and Umar Akmal 18 in Dubai. Who had the most runs after playing 100 Tests? asked Keshuv Huria from India Top of this list is Brian Lara, who amassed 8916 runs in his first 100 Tests. Its quite close, though - nine others had more than 8000 runs, plus Garry Sobers who scored 8032 in a career of 93 Tests. Second behind Lara is Kumar Sangakkara, with 8651 runs, then come Younis Khan (8640), Rahul Dravid (8553), Matthew Hayden (8508), Virender Sehwag (8487), Sunil Gavaskar (8479), Sachin Tendulkar (8405), Ricky Ponting (8253) and Graeme Smith (8173). Of these Tendulkar had the highest average, with 57.97, just ahead of Dravid (57.79) and Ponting (57.71).I see that Sir Viv Richards has one stumping to his credit in first-class cricket - who was this? asked Jogeshwar from IndiaSir Vivian Richardss only stumping in first-class cricket came quite early in his career, in a festival game at the end of West Indies 1976 tour of England. Playing against T. N. Pearces XI in the last match of the tour at Scarborough, at some point in the second innings Richards relieved Mike Findlay of the gloves, and stumped the Pearces XI No. 8 Martin Vernon off the bowling of slow left-armer Raphick Jumadeen. Im not aware that Viv ever kept wicket in an international match.Did David Warner become the first Australian to score an ODI hundred in Sri Lanka during the recent series? asked Jamie Stewart from Canada Rather surprisingly, David Warners 106 in the last match of the recent series in Pallekele was indeed Australias first century in a one-day international in Sri Lanka - and it was their 40th official ODI there. Australias previous-highest score in Sri Lanka was 94, by Mark Taylor at the P Sara Stadium in Colombo in August 1992, just ahead of Matthew Haydens 93 in Dambulla in 2003-04. 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The Joe Gibbs Racing teammates had skipped the track for the bike path, and what Edwards thought would be a leisurely ride between colleagues turned into a competitive duel on two wheels.It was a pretty hard ride, said Edwards, laughing.The 44-year-old Kenseth flashed the kind of speed that made Edwards wonder how he continued to turn back the clock on all modes of transport.Hes somehow figured out how to age backward now, said the 37-year-old Edwards. Hes getting faster, hes getting stronger, hes figured something out here for sure and it gives guys like me hope, you know?Kenseth has certainly figured out New Hampshire Motor Speedway since making the move in 2013 to Joe Gibbs Racing. Winless in 26 career starts at the track driving for Jack Roush, Kenseth has three wins at New Hampshire since `13 and has won the last two races here.He had a bit of luck to win the fall 2015 race when leader Kevin Harvicks gamble to stretch his fuel backfired and Kenseth took the lead to clinch his spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. His first New Hampshire win of this season came under similar circumstances. Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch each led more than 120 laps before faltering over the final 75 laps, paving the way for Kenseth to stretch his Magic Mile win streak.I think a lot of it has to do with, obviously the equipment and the people working on it, and all that stuff, but its hard to figure out sometimes, Kenseth said. This used to be probably one of my worst tracks on the circuit, honestly, and now it seems like its been one of our best. That doesnt mean its going to be this week, but it has been in recent past.Edwards joked before Fridays qualifying session that hed like to steal some tips from Kenseth and crew chief Jason Ratcliff and try and earn his own win at the track.I can lean on that and look at that and understand what he does, Edwards said.Edwards then turned the fastest lap and won the pole; Kenseth starts eighth. Edwards won the pole for the third time in the last four New Hampshire races, his sixth pole of the season, but has failed to end the race the same way he started -- in first.Kenseth, the 2003 NASCAR champion, had a season more solid thhan spectacular with two wins, but just four top-five finishes.dddddddddddd He had 12 top-fives and five wins last season. Martin Truex Jr. earned a spot in the next round of the Chase with a win in the playoff opener last week at Chicagoland Speedway.The 16-driver Chase field will be cut to 12 after next weeks race at Dover International Speedway. Kenseth is seventh in the standings after one race and has the kind of resume that would suggest he can survive to the next round even without a victory over the next two races.But last seasons stunning knockout of Jimmie Johnson at Dover is a reminder that win-and-in beats hoping for the best. Johnson entered Dover fifth in the standings and, with 10 career wins at Dover, seemed a lock to advance. His No. 48 Chevrolet was forced off the track for 36 laps with a torn rear axle seal and he was eliminated from contention.Kenseth, with 38 career wins, knows time is of the essence for another title shot. Kenseth said he had no immediate plans to follow fellow 40-something NASCAR champions Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart into retirement.I havent put a ton of thought into it, Kenseth said. I realize there are more years of racing behind me then there are in front of me. But I feel great, I feel like were running good. Im having a lot of fun. I dont have any plans to quit in the near future.Here are other items of note from Saturday at New Hampshire:FAST PRACTICE: Kyle Larson turned the fastest laps in his No. 42 Chevrolet in each of the two Sprint Cup practices. He topped the second session with a lap of 132.577 mph and posted the fastest laps in practice for all sessions heading into Sundays race.Larson topped the morning session with 132.186.Larson should hope that translates into success in Sundays race. He finished 18th in the Chase opener and Chicagoland and is 15th in the standings.Our short run speed is really good, Larson said.Edwards had the best consecutive 10-lap average in the second session, with an average speed of 131.663.Chase drivers took the top seven spots on the speed chart over a 10-lap average and 13 of 15 spots overall. Chevrolet drivers took six of the top 12 spots. ' ' '