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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...

Have they all hit their first ball of a Test innings for six?

I believe Redpath's antiques store in Geelong was only 3 kilometres down the road from the hotel Bob Davis used to run.

Garfield Sobers at the moment of receiving his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth in Barbados in 1975.

There is an article in today's Weekend lift-out (Herald Sun) about Les Miserables written by naughty Nui Te, so he is still around.

I saw this French-English dictionary in an op shop today. The pattern of the red, white and blue is the same as our former Footscray jersey from the 1970s and 1980s.

Why did the two vampires get a divorce? They were always at each other's throats.

It was certainly better viewing than the close-up scene of Demi's bum.

In relation to The Substance, I too was bemused with the final act. I couldn't understand the set-up for the New Year's Eve show. Why were there women with bare boobs on a family-friendly NYE telecast?

Where is he now? On a three-hour tour?

Does anyone know when Beveridge first came to St Kilda? I have read some articles on the internet which state he fist arrived at St Kilda in 1965 as a statistician. There are other reports that he first arrived at St Kilda in 1982 to begin his recruiting position. Was he at St Kilda in any...

Jack Gregory deserves a mention also. A fast bowler and hard-hitting batter, he was also a great slips field, averaging 1.54 catches per Test. One of only four Aussies to have scored a century and taken a five-wicket haul in the same Test (along with Charles Kelleway, Richie Benaud and Keith...