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Thank you @Peterthegreat

My parents had that record in the 7" single rack in their Ferguson Radiogram! I used to play them all when I was little. "You belong to me, and I belong to you" was the lyric, which is a little more possessive than is acceptable these days. The other two records I recall playing were "Foggy Mountain Breakdown, by Lester Flatts and Earl Scruggs, a fast paced banjo number, which I think was from a film and something called "the click song" by Miriam something or other that was of African origin. I think these must have been my mum's records, as my dad's were all Count Basie, Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington or similar. I recall Oscar Peterson's Night Train album had a stylised American loco on the cover.

Anyway, since we're in the midst of the last ashes test, another quick cricket question that should be easy......

Which Englishman has the best batting average (>20 innings) in the Aussie Big Bash League?
 
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Which Englishman has the best batting average (>20 innings) in the Aussie Big Bash League?
I should clarify, this is not the English bloke with the best BBL batting average amongst the English BBL players......he has the best barring average of everyone in the BBL
 

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I should clarify, this is not the English bloke with the best BBL batting average amongst the English BBL players......he has the best barring average of everyone in the BBL

I'm pretty sure they said on the commentary overnight that Steve Smith had the best average in the Big Bash??
 

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I'm pretty sure they said on the commentary overnight that Steve Smith had the best average in the Big Bash??
Actually you are right. I think I must have been looking at the players registered with a team this year, because it's Jamie Overton in the table I'm looking at. But Steve Smith's average is indeed 3 runs higher on wiki.

Apologies for the googly there, and please pose us the next question
 

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Who has been married four times, each time to a musician who has in their career had at least one top 20 hit single, as well as having a top ten single with her own group?
 

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Patsy Kensit?

That's right.

First husband - Dan Donovan from Big Audio Dynamite
Second husband - Jim Kerr from Simple Minds
Third husband - Liam Gallagher from Oasis
Fourth Husband - Jeremy Healy from Haysi Fantayzee

Her group - Eighth Wonder
Her hit - I'm Not Scared
 
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That's right.

First husband - Dan Donovan from Big Audio Dynamite
Second husband - Jim Kerr from Simple Minds
Third husband - Liam Gallagher from Oasis
Fourth Husband - Jeremy Healy from Hays Fantayzee

Her group - Eighth Wonder
Her hit - I'm Not Scared
Thanks. I knew of the first three, so took a guess there was a fourth. I wouldn't bet against a fifth or sixth either.

After disgracing myself in the previous round, I had better declare open floor!
 

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There is another letter apart from J that does not appear on the periodic table. What is it. (Could be considered a slight catch question)
 

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If I may.

How can you drive from London to Paris, via Poland, in around 1¾ hours?
 

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