India, Nov. 10 -- India's triumph in the ODI World Cup came just over a week ago, recent enough to theme a puzzle on women's cricket. To be honest, the puzzle below (adapted from Henry Dudeney's infinite resources) would work equally well for men's cricket, but let's not fuss over trivial matters. Let's just note that we are looking at the scores of women batters - or rather pairs of women - and see how they break up.

#Puzzle 168.1

Ahead of national selection, 22 women players are training in a camp. Apart from regular and improvised training exercises, the camp includes a practice match with the 22 players split into two teams of 11 each. The batters score runs and the bowlers take wickets. The coach is happy that all the top five batt...