The sporting week in numbers

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was suspended this week for half a game after violating NCAA regulations. Photo / Getty

The sporting week in numbers, compiled by Daniel Richardson and Kris Shannon of APNZ

650 - Alex Rodriguez may be facing a long ban from baseball but that hasn't stopped him from socking some dingers. The New York Yankees third baseman, currently appealing a 211-game drug-related suspension, hit his 650th career home run this week - leaving him 10 short of Willie Mays.

30 - At the other end of the suspension scale is American college football quarterback Johnny Manziel, who has been suspended from the opening half of Texas A&M's opening game. Manziel will sit on the sidelines for 30 minutes after being accused of selling autographs - against NCAA regulations.

25 - Keeping with the theme, a New South Wales teenager has been banned from playing rugby league until 2038 for his role in a brawl between the Penrith Waratahs and Western City Tigers under-19 teams. A 17-year-old was given a 25-year sanction for unauthorised entry, punching and kicking.

10 - All suspensions eventually end but Luis Suarez's return will provide unhappy memories. With Liverpool drawn against Manchester United in the League Cup, Suarez will end a 10-game ban for biting just in time to face Patrice Evra, whom he once racially abused to earn an eight-game sanction.

21 - Six players earned their first cap in Mid Canterbury's win over Poverty Bay in the Heartland Championship last weekend - at the opposite end of the spectrum was James Carr. Should the hooker take the field against Horowhenua Kapiti tomorrow he will become the 21st centurion for the province.

1 - It has been 56 years since the Otago rugby side has had to worry about defending the Ranfurly Shield but they will make their first title defence on Sunday afternoon when they host Hawkes Bay in Dunedin. Otago beat Waikato 26-19 for the Log in Hamilton last weekend.

156 - Twenty20 cricket often produces some eye-popping knocks and Australian Aaron Finch added to the list of big-hitting blasts overnight. Finch made a Twenty20 international record 156 from 63 balls, in an innings that included 14 sixes and 11 fours, as Australia made 248-6 against England in Southampton. England made a spirited reply but could only manage 209-6 as they were defeated by 39 runs.

127 - North Queensland Cowboys fullback Matt Bowen has been one of the most exciting players in the NRL since his debut in 2001 but the former Queensland State of Origin player announced this week he will retire at the end of this season. Bowen, 31, has 267 NRL appearances to his name and has scored a whopping 127 tries.

2306 - A mere 2306 people were on hand to watch Wellington scrape past North Harbour 35-27 in the ITM Cup at the Cake Tin in Wellington on Wednesday night. Harbour looked to have done enough to collect a bonus point for losing within seven but Lima Sopoaga kicked a penalty after the hooter to send Harbour home empty-handed.

24 - New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has never missed a cut in 24 professional events. The 16-year-old amateur defended her Canadian Open title on the LPGA in impressive fashion earlier this week - her fourth win in a professional tournament.