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Done so well in so many ways. But for mine it is always about winning premierships. Finishing 8th is not good, finish runner up is always could a, would a, should a land. You can learn from it potentially but means nothing if you do not follow it up with success. All kudos to Eagles they have the glory and deserve their success. All other 17 clubs another season without the ultimate success. There ain't no second prize.
 
Bowlers with 200 Test career wickets, but never took 10 wickets in a match:

9/70 - Ray Lindwall
9/72 - Heath Streak
9/80 - Jason Gillespie
9/92 - Bob Willis
9/92 - Darren Gough
9/92 - Jacques Kallis
9/104 - Peter Siddle
9/105 - Jeff Thomson
9/108 - Joel Garner
9/110 - Morne Morkel
9/171 - Brett Lee
8/80 - Garry Sobers
8/156 - Andrew Flintoff

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ualval3=wickets;template=results;type=bowling
 
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Been a fan of LeBron James since he first entered the NBA. He has the most Playoff Points in history, the 5th most Total Points and 7th most Regular Season Points. Next season he should climb to 4th for most Regular Season Points, and then 3rd the season after that.

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The NBA season has started and Nowitzki is injured. LeBron will catch him very soon for Most Regular Season points. I will update at that time.

31419 - Wilt Chamberlain (5th all time)
31187 - Dirk Nowitzki
31064 - LeBron James

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/da...passing-dirk-nowitzki-nba-career-scoring-list
 

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was excited to see Ricciardo on pole, should have known his car would stuff up.

GP statistics for Australian F1 drivers (as at October 29, 2018)

Most career poles:
13 - Jack Brabham, Mark Webber
6 - Alan Jones
3 - Daniel Ricciardo

Most career podiums:
42 - Mark Webber
31 - Jack Brabham
29 - Daniel Ricciardo
24 - Alan Jones
 
Best NBA Title Streaks

3 in 3 - (1991-1993) Chicago Bulls
3 in 3 - (1996-1999) Chicago Bulls
3 in 3 - (2000-2002) Los Angeles Lakers

3 in 4 - (1985-1988) Los Angeles Lakers
3 in 4 - (2015-2018) Golden State Warriors

3 in 5 - (2003-2007) San Antonio Spurs

5 in 6 - (1948-1954) Minneapolis Lakers

8 in 8 - (1959-1966) Boston Celtics

10 in 11 - (1959-1969) Boston Celtics

11 in 13 - (1957-1969) Boston Celtics

Only 5 coaches have won more than 3 titles. Steve Kerr has won 3 titles in his 4 seasons.
 
Golden State Warriors - best regular season win streaks in recent years:
2012/2013 - 5 wins
2013/2014 - 10 wins
2014/2015 - 16 wins, 12 wins, 8 wins
2015/2016 - 24 wins, 11 wins, 7 wins, 7 wins, 7 wins
2016/2017 - 14 wins, 12 wins, 7 wins, 7 wins (also won first 15 games in the playoffs)
2017/2018 - 11 wins, 7 wins, 7 wins
2018/2019 - 8 wins
 
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With the passing of George HW Bush, I wanted to see if anyone had been in the White House longer than he had been.

The answer was a surprise.

12.0 years - John Adams
12.0 years - Thomas Jefferson
12.0 years - George HW Bush
12.1 years - Franklin D. Roosevelt
13.5 years - Richard Nixon
 
Most US Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) National Tour Titles: 10 or more.

● Last title win in brackets
(47) Walter Ray Williams Jr. (2010 USBC Masters)
(43) Earl Anthony (1984 USBC Masters)
(40) Norm Duke (2019 Jonesboro Open)
(37) Pete Weber (2013 PBA Tournament of Champions)
(35) Parker Bohn III (2015 PBA Cheetah Championship)
(34) Mark Roth (1995 IOF Foresters Open)
(31) Jason Belmonte (2023 PBA Tournament of Champions)
(30) Dick Weber (1977 King Louie Open)
(29) Mike Aulby (2001 Silicon Valley Open)
(26) Don Johnson (1977 Midas Open)
(25) Brian Voss (2010 Bayer Don & Paula Carter Mixed Doubles)
(22) Marshall Holman (1996 Ebonite Classic)
(21) EJ Tackett (2023 PBA World Championship)
(20) Dick Ritger (1979 AMF Magicscore Open)
(20) Wayne Webb (1997 Bud Light Championship)
(20) Amleto Monacelli (2016 DHC Japan Invitational)
(20) Tommy Jones (2020 PBA Hall Of Fame Classic)
(19) Chris Barnes (2018 Lubbock Sports Open)
(18) Billy Hardwick (1976 Monro-Matic Open)
(18) Dave Davis (1978 Fresno Open)
(18) Dave Soutar (1982 Syracuse Open)
(18) Nelson Burton Jr (1984 Angle Open)
(17) Carmen Salvino (1979 Miller High Life Classic)
(17) Sean Rash (2021 Chesapeake Open)
(16) Jason Couch (2011 Mark Roth Plastic Ball Championship)
(15) Steve Cook (1992 Cleveland Open)
(14) Jim Stefanich (1976 Denver Open)
(14) Johnny Petraglia (1980 PBA National Championship)
(14) Mike Durbin (1985 Quaker State Open)
(14) Dave Husted (2000 PBA National/Senior Doubles)
(14) Mika Koivuniemi (2014 PBA Viper Open)
(14) Bill O'Neill (2024 PBA Players Championship)
(13) Bill Allen (1968 Newark Open)
(13) Wayne Zahn (1976 Showboat Invitational)
(13) Del Ballard Jr. (1993 BPAA U.S. Open)
(13) Randy Pedersen (2002 PBA Pepsi Open)
(13) Patrick Allen (2009 Dydo Japan Cup)
(13) Anthony Simonsen (2023 PWBA/PBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles)
(12) Harry Smith (1965 Denver Open)
(12) Larry Laub (1979 Kessler Open)
(12) Danny Wiseman (2008 Exempt Doubles Classic)
(12) Jesper Svensson (2022 Best of the Best Championship)
(11) John Guenther (1976 Ford Open)
(11) Jim Godman (1980 Quad Cities Open)
(11) Joe Berardi (1989 Budweiser Challenge)
(11) David Ozio (1995 AMF Dick Weber Classic)
(10) Mike McGrath (1973 Winston-Salem Invitational)
(10) Barry Asher (1976 Tucson HBO Open)
(10) Tommy Hudson (1982 Seattle Open)
(10) George Pappas (1984 Buffalo Open)
(10) Steve Hoskins (2000 Lone Star Open)
(10) Bryan Goebel (2003 PBA Medford Open)
(10) Tom Baker (2004 PBA World Championship)
(10) Doug Kent (2007 PBA Denny's World Championship)
(10) Wes Malott (2015 PBA Roth/Holman Doubles)
(10) Dom Barrett (2022 Colorado Springs Open)
(10) Kyle Troup (2023 PBA Tour Finals)

* As of 16 January 2024.
** Not included are PBA Regional Tour titles, PBA50/Senior or PBA60/Senior Tour titles.
 
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Number of regular season games for club sport competitions:

2430 - MLB (6)
1271 - NHL
1230 - NBA
858 - NPB (Japanese Baseball) (5)
552 - EFLC, EFL1, EFL2
408 - MLS
380 - EPL (3), Spanish La Liga (7), Italian Serie A (10), French Ligue 1, Brazilian Serie A
306 - German Bundesliga (2), Japanese J1 League (soccer)
256 - NFL (1)
240 - Chinese Super League (soccer)
228 - Korean K League 1 (soccer)
204 - WNBA
198 - AFL (4)
192 - NRL
182 - French Rugby Union, NPL Victoria (soccer)
138 - English Super (Rugby) League
135 - A-League, VFL
132 - English Rugby Union, NPL NSW (soccer)
120 - Super Rugby (Union)
112 - NBL, AIHL (Australian Ice Hockey)
90 - SANFL, Indian Soccer League
82 - WNBL
81 - WAFL, CFL (Canadian NFL), MLL (Lacrosse)
56 - BBL (9), IPL (8), WBBL, Australian Netball, English County Cricket
54 - W-League
40 - ABL (Australian Baseball League)
35 - AFLW
30 - Sheffield Shield

(x) - world ranking for average attendance

Let me know if you think I have any numbers wrong, or want me to add a league to the table.
 
Amusing and unusual dismissals in first class cricket:

H.P. Chaplin c Beet b Root 23, Derbyshire vs Sussex, Derby, 1913

H.W. Lee c F.S. Lee b J.W. Lee 82, Middlesex vs Somerset, Lord's 1933 (all three players were brothers)

D.K. Lillee c Willey b Dilley 19, Australia vs England, Perth, 1979-80

A. J. Lamb c Cook b Rice 130, Western Province vs Transvaal, Cape Town, 1980-81

V. Chamundeswaranath c Balasubramaniam b Anantapadamanabhan 2, Andhra vs Kerala, Vishakhapatnam, 1990-91 (the longest scorebook entry in first class cricket)

J.N. Batty b Batt 0, Surrey vs Middlesex, Guildford, 1998

G.J. Whittall c James b Bond 4, Zimbabweans vs Canterbury, Christchurch, 2000-01
 
With Shaun Marsh having recently passed 10,000 runs in first class cricket, with dad Geoff he forms the first Australian father-son combination to achieve this feat.

Geoff 11,760; Shaun 10,086 (prior to Boxing Day Test)

Some other Australian family combinations I know about are:

Two brothers scoring over 10,000 runs:

Ian Chappell 19,680; Greg Chappell 24,535
Steve Waugh 24,052; Mark Waugh 26,855
Mike Hussey 22,783; David Hussey 14,280

Grandfather and grandsons scoring over 10,000 runs:

Victor Richardson 10,727; Ian Chappell 19,680; Greg Chappell 24,535
 
Lowest Test batting averages having scored x centuries #cricket

2 - 18.22 - Harbhajan Singh
2 - 20.40 - Bruce Taylor (NZL 1965-1973)
2 - 20.49 - Godfrey Evans (ENG 1946-1959)
2 - 21.15 - Ray Lindwall
2 - 23.24 - Ray Illingworth

3 - 22.64 - Wasim Akram
3 - 23.23 - Jimmy Sinclair (RSA 1896-1911)
3 - 24.45 - Richie Benaud

4 - 24.53 - Syd Gregory (AUS 1890-1912)
4 - 25.87 - Denesh Ramdin
4 - 27.39 - Ian Healy

5 - 30.04 - Hamilton Masakadza*
5 - 30.28 - Roy McLean (RSA 1951-1964)
5 - 30.30 - Mark Boucher
5 - 30.94 - Moeen Ali*

6 - 24.00 - Mohammad Ashraful
6 - 29.54 - Grant Flower
6 - 30.00 - Daniel Vettori
6 - 30.79 - Kamran Akmal
6 - 31.32 - Graeme Hick

7 - 32.22 - Bevan Congdon (NZ 1965-1978)
7 - 32.64 - Marlon Samuels
7 - 33.37 - Derek Randall
7 - 36.97 - Keith Miller

8 - 31.05 - Kapil Dev
8 - 34.58 - Mark Butcher
8 - 35.22 - Kraigg Brathwaite*

9 - 31.83 - Graeme Wood
9 - 37.41 - Kim Hughes
9 - 39.63 - Larry Gomes
9 - 40.06 - Stephen Fleming

10 - 35.55 - Mike Gatting
11 - 35.79 - Ravi Shastri
12 - 37.67 - Ijaz Ahmed
13 - 36.46 - Carl Hooper
14 - 33.54 - Ian Botham
15 - 39.54 - Alec Stewart
16 - 37.69 - Mike Atherton
17 - 42.13 - Dilip Vengsarkar
18 - 41.44 - Michael Vaughan
19 - 43.49 - Mark Taylor
20 - 41.81 - Mark Waugh
21 - 40.91 - Andrew Strauss
22 - 42.69 - Ian Bell
23 - 45.27 - Justin Langer
24 - 50.23 - Viv Richards
25 - 49.60 - Inzamam-ul-Haq
 
Hobart have started with 4 wins from 4 matches in the BBL so I thought I'd look back at how Tasmanian teams have performed domestically.

Sheffield Shield (started 1892-1893, TAS joined in 1977-1978)
1993-1994 - 2nd (regular season) / RU (after finals)
1997-1998 - 2nd / RU
2001-2002 - 2nd / RU
2006-2007 - 1st / WON
2010-2011 - 1st / WON
2011-2012 - 2nd / RU
2012-2013 - 1st / WON
2017-2018 - 2nd / RU

Domestic One-Day Competition
1977-1978 - RU (KO comp)
1978-1979 - WON (KO comp)
1986-1987 - 4th / RU
2004-2005 - 2nd / WON
2007-2008 - 1st / WON
2009-2010 - 2nd / WON
2010-2011 - 2nd / RU
2011-2012 - 2nd / RU (final tied, lost on countback)
2018-2019 - 2nd / RU

Domestic T20 Competition
2006-2007 - 2nd / RU
2011-2012 - 2nd / PF
2011-2012 - 2nd / SF
2013-2014 - 4th / RU
2017-2018 - 4th / RU
 

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Sheffield Shield stats #cricket

The Sheffield Shield began in 1892 but a final was only introduced in 1982-1983. The minor premier must merely not lose to win the title, thus wins by the visiting team are rare:
1996-1997 - WA lost to Qld
1998-1999 - Qld lost to WA
2002-2003 - Qld lost to NSW
2004-2005 - Qld lost to NSW
2015-2016 - SA lost to VIC

And a random stat, most outright wins in a season:
8 - Queensland (1999-2000)
7 - Western Australia (1977-1978)
7 - Tasmania (2010-2011)
7 - Victoria (2016-2017)
 
^lol random!

1902-08, 1920, 1923-28, 1930, 1932, 1934-38
1940, 1942-43, 1945-48, 1950, 1952-54
1956-58, 1960, 1962-65, 1967-68, 1970
1972-76, 1978, 1980, 1982-87
2013-19, 2031, 2034-39, 2041, 2043, 2045-2049

Only 7 unique years between 1988 and 2030!
 
I was fascinated recently while watching the cricket to hear that Ravi Jadeja has 3 triple centuries in first class cricket. He has only 10 centuries all together and this made me curious as to how many innings he needed to reach his third triple century, as not many batsmen have scored 3 or more triples. This is where he stands:

Innings required to reach 3 triple centuries

Ravi Jadeja 62
Don Bradman 73
Bill Ponsford 83
Cheteshwar Pujara 137
Mike Hussey 235
Brian Lara 384
Graeme Hick 708
Walter Hammond 759
W. G. Grace 1198
 
GOLD LOGIE WINNERS WITH TOP 40 HITS ON THE AUSTRALIAN CHARTS


Winner | Gold Logie year/s | Top 40 Hit | Song Year | Peak
\Jimmy Hannan|1964|Beach Ball|1963|2
\|| You Make Me Happy/Hokey Pokey Stomp|1964|21
\||Chang the Magic Dragon|1975|35
\Barry Crocker|1969|Please Don’t Go|1969|29
\||Susie Darlin’|1973|14
\Tony Barber|1972|Someday|1966|11
\Ernie Sigley and|1974|Hey Paula|1974|1
\Denise Drysdale|1974, 1975|Hey Paula|1974|1
\Norman Gunston|1975|Salute to Abba|1976|15
\||I Might be a Punk|1977|38
\||The Kiss Army|1980|24
\|| Amigos Para Siempre (with Effie)|1992|30
\Don Lane|1976|You’re Everything|1969|3
\|| We Were Lovers Then/City Boy, Country Born|1970|30
\Bert Newton|1978, 1980, 1981, 1983|Bring Back the Spirit of Christmas|1981|29
\Craig McLachlan|1989|Mona|1990|3
\||Amanda|1990|29
\||On My Own|1991|31
\Kylie Minogue|1987|Locomotion|1987|1
\||I Should be So Lucky|1988|1
\||Got to be Certain|1988|1
\||I Still Love You|1988|9
\||Especially for You (with Jason Donovan)|1988|2
\||Hand on Your Heart|1989|3
\||Wouldn’t Change a Thing|1989|3
\||Never Too Late|1989|13
\||Tears on my Pillow|1990|19
\||Better the Devil You Know|1990|4
\||Step Back in Time|1990|10
\||What Do I Have to Do?|1991|9
\||Shocked|1991|5
\||Word is Out|1991|10
\||If You Were With Me Now/I Guess I Like It|1992|14
\||Give Me Just a Little More Time|1992|19
\||What Kind of Fool|1992|16
\||Celebration|1992|17
\||Confide in Me|1994|1
\||Put Yourself in My Place|1994|7
\||Where is the Feeling?|1995|30
\||Where the Wild Roses Grow (with Nick Cave)|1995|2
\||Some Kind of Bliss|1997|11
\||Did It Again|1997|12
\||Breathe|1998|15
\||Cowboy Style|1998|33
\||Spinning Around|2000|1
\||On a Night Like This|2000|1
\||Kids|2000|12
\||Please Stay|2000|17
\||Your Disco Needs You|2001|24
\||Can’t Get You Out of my Head|2001|1
\||In Your Eyes|2002|1
\||Love at First Sight|2002|3
\||Come Into My World|2002|3
\||Slow|2003|1
\||Red Blooded Woman|2004|1
\||Chocolate|2004|8
\||I Believe in You|2004|6
\||Giving You Up|2005|3

Music source: "The Book: Top 40 Research" by Jim Barnes and Stephen Scanes (2006 edition). Obviously Kylie would now have more hits which could be added.
 
DON BRADMAN’S DUCKS AT ALL LEVELS OF CRICKET


Game | Venue | Season | Balls faced (where known)
\Bowral XIII vs Bowral B XIII|Glebe Park|1920-21|
\Bowral vs Mittagong Farm Homes|Mittagong|1923-24|
\Bowral vs Burrawang|Burrawang Park|1924-25|1
\Bowral A vs Berrima A|Berrima Sports Ground|1925-26|
\Bowral A vs Bowral B|Glebe Park|1925-26|
\New South Wales vs Queensland|Sydney|1927-28|1
\The Bohemians vs Canowindra XII|Canowindra|1927-28|
\Parramatta D. C. A. vs Combined Sydney Grade XI|Parramatta|1927-28|
\A. F. Kippax’s XI vs Richmond-Tweed|Lismore|1928-29|1
\NSW Cricket Association vs Hunter River|West Maitland Showground|1928-29|6
\AUSTRALIA vs WEST INDIES|Sydney|1930-31|10
\ A. F. Kippax’s XI vs Tumut|Racecourse Cricket Ground|1931-32|1
\New South Wales vs Queensland|Brisbane|1931-32|5
\New South Wales vs South Australia|Sydney|1931-32|5
\Australia vs New York West Indians|Innisfail Park|1932|3
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Melbourne|1932-33|1
\Australians vs Cambrdge University|Fenner’s|1934|4
\Australians vs Hampshire|Southampton|1934|2
\South Australia vs New South Wales|Sydney|1935-36|8
\Kensington vs Port Adelaide|Alberton|1935-36|2
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Brisbane|1936-37|2
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Sydney|1936-37|1
\South Australia vs Queensland|Brisbane|1939-40|1
\South Australia vs Victoria|Adelaide|1940-41|1
\D. G. Bradman’s XI vs S. J. McCabe’s XI|Melbourne|1940-41|1
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Adelaide|1946-47|8
\D. G. Bradman’s XI vs P. L. Riding’s XI|Adelaide|1947-48|1
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Nottingham|1948|10
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|The Oval|1948|2
 
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DON BRADMAN’S DUCKS AT ALL LEVELS OF CRICKET


Game | Venue | Season | Balls faced (where known)
\Bowral XIII vs Bowral B XIII|Glebe Park|1920-21|
\Bowral vs Mittagong Farm Homes|Mittagong|1923-24|
\Bowral vs Burrawang|Burrawang Park|1924-25|1
\Bowral A vs Berrima A|Berrima Sports Ground|1925-26|
\Bowral A vs Bowral B|Glebe Park|1925-26|
\New South Wales vs Queensland|Sydney|1927-28|1
\The Bohemians vs Canowindra XII|Canowindra|1927-28|
\Parramatta D. C. A. vs Combined Sydney Grade XI|Parramatta|1927-28|
\A. F. Kippax’s XI vs Richmond-Tweed|Lismore|1928-29|1
\NSW Cricket Association vs Hunter River|West Maitland Showground|1928-29|6
\AUSTRALIA vs WEST INDIES|Sydney|1930-31|10
\ A. F. Kippax’s XI vs Tumut|Racecourse Cricket Ground|1931-32|1
\New South Wales vs Queensland|Brisbane|1931-32|5
\New South Wales vs South Australia|Sydney|1931-32|5
\Australia vs New York West Indians|Innisfail Park|1932|3
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Melbourne|1932-33|1
\Australians vs Cambrdge University|Fenner’s|1934|4
\Australians vs Hampshire|Southampton|1934|2
\South Australia vs New South Wales|Sydney|1935-36|8
\Kensington vs Port Adelaide|Alberton|1935-36|2
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Brisbane|1936-37|2
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Sydney|1936-37|1
\South Australia vs Queensland|Brisbane|1939-40|1
\South Australia vs Victoria|Adelaide|1940-41|1
\D. G. Bradman’s XI vs S. J. McCabe’s XI|Melbourne|1940-41|1
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Adelaide|1946-47|8
\D. G. Bradman’s XI vs P. L. Riding’s XI|Adelaide|1947-48|1
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|Nottingham|1948|10
\AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND|The Oval|1948|2
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I'll soon be better than Don at something.
 
Last time a player advanced through to the SF of an Australian Open by winning all five matches in four sets?
 
Professional fighters don't fight too often, but from his professional debut to winning the WBC Heavyweight title:

Mike Tyson fought 28 TIMES in under 21 months [28-0, 26 KO's, 15 1R KO's, 5 2R KO's].
 
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