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In relation to Bont's estimated six weeks out of action, does the six weeks commence when he is first diagnosed as having an injury, from when Opening Round begins or from when we play our first game the following week?

From a statistical point of view, World War II. Imagine how greater Bradman's record could have been with six extra years of Test cricket. Even thought there were not as many Tests played back then, it is conceivable Bradman could have been the first batter to reach 10,000 Test runs and 40...

Fewest innings required by Australians to reach 50 first class centuries, with Steve Smith now having joined the club 175 Don Bradman 264 Lindsay Hassett 273 Ricky Ponting 305 Mark Waugh 305 Steve Smith 313 Darren Lehmann 317 Michael Bevan 327 Neil Harvey

Is anybody familiar with French culture and customs? In 2011, Tina Arena became the first Australian to be awarded a knighthood of the French National Order of National Merit. Is this award the same as a British damehood? In France would Arena be referred to as Dame Tina?

This ad doesn't piss me off but in the Industry Super ad with the two elderly women practicing golf, does anyone else think the golf balls are computer-generated? The women's golf swings are so uncoordinated and crooked, there is no way those are real balls flying off the tees.

I have found I can skip any ad on YouTube. When I click on the clip I want to view and an ad begins playing, I then click immediately on any one of the smaller clips displayed which run down the right hand side. Then I instantly click on the Back arrow and the clip I originally wanted will play.

Not a goal to potentially win a grand final but in 1981 country legend Ron Best was playing for Boort against Wycheproof-Narraport in the North Central grand final. He had a shot for goal on the siren to try to notch up his 100th for the season and managed to kick truly.

A Horror XI Bill "Phantom" Lawry Faf du Plessis (born on Friday the 13th) David Boo!n Allan "Silence of the" Lamb Norman "Bates" O'Neill Frank(enstein) Worrell Jonny "Get Out (of your crease)" Bairstow Freddy "Kruger" Trueman Geoff "Henry (Portrait of a Serial Killer)" Lawson (Lawson took 666...

Batsmen who "missed it by that much" on a batting average of 50 in first class cricket. Average Player Country Span Runs 49.95 KS Duleepsinhji England 1924-1932 15,485 49.94 Warren Bardsley Australia 1903-1927 17,031 49.92 Shafiq Ahmed Pakistan 1967-1991 19,572 49.91 Vijay Manjrekar...

Did the ship leave the dock on time or did it set off a few seconds early?

I enjoyed watching some Dolly Parton music clips on YouTube the other day. It was a trip down mammary lane.

A photo of Peter Siddle during his early days with Dandenong

This scoring proregression is of the 1977 drawn grand final, as printed on page 13 of the record for the 1977 grand final replay.

I realise there is probably a level of pantomime in the way she behaved, but Danielle Collins could have perhaps turned things around at her press conference. When she spoke about her pay cheque, she should have then said immediately, "When I donate my pay cheque to the Los Angeles fires, let's...

The "Can you remember when they grew a beard?" XI Graham Gooch Mike Brearley Greg Chappell Zaheer Abbas Allan Border Ian Botham Rod Marsh Chris Old Dennis Lillee Mike Hendrick Ewen Chatfield

Even though streakers can be annoying, I like the way this guy has the presence of mind to cover his wobbly bits while he is being tackled (no pun intended) by Rod Marsh. I wonder whether the other England batter out there was Peter Willey (pun intended).

An image from Cricinfo showing Geoff Boycott's typical devotion to batting, practicing in a field with livestock on the 1981 West Indies tour.

So, Bairstow not good enough behind the stumps and not all that flash in front of the stumps either.

Apparently Robbo is taking up a new position with NASA.

Has anyone else watched "Freddie Mercury: The Final Act"? The documentary has screened on ABC a couple of times over the past 12-15 months. It is available on YouTube, but the lip-synching is not quite right. Between the 1:08:48 and 1:09:06 mark, does anyone agree that Lisa Stansfield seems to...

I can't find a link for Aussies specifically. This link from the Association of Cricket Statisticians website lists every player with 30 first class centuries. https://stats.acscricket.com/Records/First_Class/Overall/Batting/Most_Centuries_in_Career.html

Smith's 50th century in first class cricket, the 28th Aussie to achieve this feat.

I think Geelong of 1932 is the only instance of the team with the best percentage missing the finals. The Cats finished in fifth position with a percentage of 139.7, the next best being 139.2 by Richmond in second place. Geelong won 11 games and had a draw from 18 home and away games that season.

Today when I went into my kitchen to make lunch I could hear the TV on in the adjoining room. I heard a song begin to play and figured there must be a musical on telly. The voice sounded like Cliff Richard and so I poked my head in to see if I was right. Sure enough it was the total and utter...

This is the only time I have heard somebody sledge themselves: One day during my junior cricket days, we were playing a game at a local oval that had a milk bar across the road. We were batting and one of our players decided to walk across the road to buy a drink. As the rest of us sat watching...

This is not really a sledge, more of a smart-arse comment: One day many years ago I turned up for cricket practice and the guys who brought all the club's cricket gear with them hadn't turned up yet. One team mate, Shaun, decided he would eat a pie while waiting for practice to begin. As he was...

Another close call is Carlton vs Fitzroy from round 22, 1980. Fitzroy were behind by 58 points during the final quarter but within 15 minutes had reduced the margin to 5 points. Carlton managed to hold on for a four-point win, 21.20 (146) to 20.22 (142).

Hey, Siraj, Siraj.. Whatever will be, will be...

If a Woolworths store burnt to the ground would it become coals?

Does anybody know the progression of the beer can drinking record on Ashes flights to England? It doesn't happen any more but I believe the record is David Boon with 52 on the 1989 flight. Apparently Boon broke Rod Marsh's record of 51 (1981 I think). But then there is an article stating Marsh...