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Should we make Malcolm Knox the patron saint of the AGB? I'm sure he would welcome the honour. Who wouldn't?

Don't be fooled, this victory really was of the Claytons variety

ANY comment about Sri Lanka's performance in Melbourne would, it seems, be bringing the game of cricket into disrepute. On this stage, after a 17-year absence, in front of its home-away-from-home crowd, its batting was unprintable. Michael Hussey's children made a better fist of it on the MCG in a hit-out on Friday afternoon, and nobody got hurt either.

For Australia's development, the Boxing Day Test was not so much overwhelming as irrelevant.

Apropos Carrot's comment Thursday that he loves the AGB for its "bizarre, rambling bollocks", I find myself wondering that people who accidentally stray into this here dark corner of the internet must feel like a campervan full of teenagers asking for directions at an isolated Texas farmhouse.

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[m0nty]

Everyone wave hello for Malcolm.

[m0nty]

Malcolm also presages an excellent new nickname for Starc: Calici.

[The Don has risen]

He comes from the schol of hard knox right next to fort knox

[Gonzo]

As a mostly silent lurker of this corner of the internet, please keep up the level of rambling bollocks.

Fits in perfectly for those of us already down the rabbit hole of oddity that is being an cricket fan in exile in the USA.

I get the Channel 9 commentators, but they are interrupted by strange ads in Hindi marketing matrimony, money transfer services, tabla performances and life insurance.

AGB, don't go line and length, it wouldn't suit you.

[The Mongrel]

Speaking of channel 9 commentators:

Former England captain and Channel 9 commentator Tony Greig has died of cardiac arrest during his treatment for lung cancer.

He was 66.

Greig first became aware he had a problem during Australia's one-day series against Pakistan in Dubai in August and September.

Initially diagnosed with bronchitis in May, the condition lingered and, by the time of the ICC World Twenty20 that finished in Sri Lanka in October, Greig had tests that revealed a small lesion at the base of his right lung.

On his return to Australia he had fluid removed from the right lung and testing revealed he had lung cancer.

Last month, he spoke to the Channel Nine commentary team, of which he is usually a member, during their coverage of the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Brisbane.

Greig was candid about the disease.

'It's not good. The truth is I've got lung cancer. Now it's a case of what they can do,' Greig said.

He had on operation later that month.

[The Mongrel]

Kerry Packer died on Boxing Day too. A faithful servant to the last.

[Tony Tea]

Don't worry, Gonzo, there are no plans to get sensible.

[Tony Tea]

Pity about Tawny. Pain in the quoit, but had gotten less aggravating over time, and was a fine cricketer to boot.

[@tkyc]

Always thought Crash Craddock was the 'in print' version of the AGB?

My Greigy condolences on appropriate page.

[Carrot]

Surely we're more dusty and conservative than an isolated Texan farmhouse? One would hope less incestuous, not to mention funnier. Failing that, we'd have to work out what brand of flesh-eating disease the teenagers would catch, and/or who the resident blood-thirsty psychopath would be.

Perhaps a modern-day Victorian gentlemen's club in the tropics would be more appropriate, where we had all been driven mad by the heat and the mosquitoes. White tie would be worn at all times, Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dali would be regulars, and there would be a strict rules against bent arms and corporal punishment. Conversation would be robust, short-tempered and loud, and semi-regular duels would be fought. We could call it the Wild Dogs Tavern.

We'd have to keep a good stock of soft drinks for Tony, though.

[lou]

Is Mike Hussey retiring???

[Carrot]

What the hell?? Where did that come from?

Now I really think our chances are slim for the Ashes.

[lou]

They were anyway, Carrot. I'll miss watching Huss running faster than anyone else between the stumps as much as his pull shot and driving.

Still, big gain for the Warriors. They need someone in that team who gives a shit.

[The Don has risen]

plenty of sense here...nonsense