1.   As he had done to reach his first hundred against South Africa in Barbados a year ago, he went to three figures with a six, his fifth.

2.   First hundreds, and then thousands, of Spaniards were stricken with paralysis, premature ageing and damage to their immune systems and lungs.

3.   First hundreds, and then thousands, of Spaniards were stricken with paralysis, premature aging and damage to their immune systems and lungs.

4.   Jayawardene described his first hundred outside Sri Lanka as the sweetest moment of his career.

5.   The first few hundred of them left Monday night from Macedonia for Norway and Turkey.

6.   The first few hundred of those who filed past the coffin Sunday had waited all night.