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gazgolf1
28th February 2010, 12:31 PM
The greatest cricketing sledges of all time


1. Rod Marsh & Ian Botham:
When Botham took guard in an Ashes match,
Marsh welcomed him to the wicket with the immortal words:
"So how's your wife & my kids?"


2. Daryll Cullinan & Shane Warne:
As Cullinan was on his way to the wicket, Warne told him he had been
waiting 2 years for another chance to humiliate him.

"Looks like you spent it eating," Cullinan retorted.


3. Glenn McGrath (bowling to portly Zimbabwean chicken farmer Eddo Brandes):
"Hey Eddo, why are you so f***ing fat?"
Eddo Brandes: "Because every time I f*** your mother, she throws me a
biscuit."


4. Robin Smith & Merv Hughes:
During 1989 Lords Test, Hughes said to Smith after he played & missed:
"You can't f**king bat."
Smith to Hughes after he smacked him to the boundary:
"Hey Merv, we make a fine pair. I can't f**king bat & you can't f**king bowl."


5. Merv Hughes & Javed Miandad:
During 1991 Adelaide Test, Javed called Merv a fat bus conductor.
A few balls later Merv dismissed Javed. "Tickets please," Merv called
out as he ran past the departing batsman.


6. Merv Hughes & Viv Richards:
During a test match in the West Indies, Hughes didn't say a word to
Viv, but continued to stare at him after deliveries.


"This is my island, my culture. Don't you be staring at me.
In my culture we just bowl."
Merv didn't reply, but after he dismissed him he announced to the
batsman: "In my culture we just say f**k off."


7. Ian Healy & Arjuna Ranatunga:
And of course you can't forget Ian Healy's legendary comment which was
picked up by the Channel 9 microphones when Arjuna Ranatunga called for
a runner on a particularly hot night during a one-dayer in Sydney: "You
don't get a runner for being an overweight, unfit, fat c**t!"


8. James Ormond & Mark Waugh
Ormand had just come out to bat on an Ashes tour and was greeted by
Mark Waugh.
Mark Waugh: "F*ck me, look who it is. Mate, what are you doing out
here?
There's no way you're good enough to play for England."
James Ormond: "Maybe not, but at least I'm the best player in my
family."


9. Glenn McGrath & Ramnaresh Sarwan
McGrath to Sarwan: "So what does Brian Lara's d*ck taste like?"
Sarwan: "I don't know. Ask your wife."
McGrath (losing it): "If you ever f**king mention my wife again, I'll
f***ing rip your f***ing throat out!"


10. Mark Waugh & Adam Parore
Waugh standing at second slip, the new player (Parore) comes to the
crease playing & missing the first ball.
Mark: "Oh, I remember you from a couple years ago in Australia. You
were sh*t then, you're fu*king useless now."
Parore (turning around): "Yeah, that's me. And when I was there you
were going out with that old, ugly slut.
And now I hear you've married her, you dumb c*nt!"


11. Ian Healy & Arjuna Ranatunga
Yet another Australian witticism with this time porky Sri Lankan
batsman Arjuna Ranatunga the victim.
Shane Warne, trying to tempt the batsman out of his crease mused what
it took to get the plump character to get out of his crease and drive.

Wicketkeeper Ian Healy piped up, "Put a Mars Bar on a good length. That
should do it."


12. Ravi Shastri vs the Aussie 12th man (don't remember who,
and don't want to slander anyone)
Shastri hits it to this guy and looks for a single.
This guy gets the ball in and says, "If you leave the crease I'll break
your f***ing head."
Shastri: "If you could bat as well as you can talk you wouldn't be the
f***ing 12th man."


13. Malcolm Marshall & David Boon
Malcolm Marshall was bowling to David Boon who had played and missed a
couple of times.
Marshall: "Now, David, are you going to get out now or am I going to
have to bowl around the wicket and kill you?"


14. Fred Trueman & Raman Subba Row
Fred Trueman bowling. The batsman edges and the ball goes to first
slip, and right between Raman Subba Row's legs.
Fred doesn't say a word. At the end of the over, Row ambles past
Trueman and apologises sheepishly "I should've kept my legs together, Fred."


"So should've your mother," he replied.

sms316
28th February 2010, 12:35 PM
3. Glenn McGrath (bowling to portly Zimbabwean chicken farmer Eddo Brandes):
"Hey Eddo, why are you so f***ing fat?"
Eddo Brandes: "Because every time I f*** your mother, she throws me a
biscuit."

Actually used that one to a member of a club I worked at once. He wasn't impressed. His playing partners were though.

Don't think he ever spoke to me again now that I think of it.

matty
28th February 2010, 12:58 PM
No.10, ouch. Probably as bit below the belt but I bet Waugh didn't say muxh for the rest of the game. :lol:

Dennis
28th February 2010, 03:07 PM
The classic Steve Waugh to Hershell Gibbs after just being dropped in the World Cup Final....

"You just dropped the World Cup"

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Yossarian
28th February 2010, 04:07 PM
The response to no 1 was, wife is fine, kids are ****ing ugly.

zacdullard
28th February 2010, 04:23 PM
I didn't know that cricketers were such a funny bunch.

dhills2
28th February 2010, 04:45 PM
Cricket sledging is the best ever. I still remember my first game of club cricket where the captain of the other team was a big Maori fella who was mouthing off at me for a good hour or so while I was batting (ended up running out of partners as I came in at 7) and then when it came his turn to bat (first drop) he took a month of Sundays to get to the middle only to be bowled first nut. I was fielding at point at the time & a simple "back you go f-head" was all that was required :)

No 1 - used in Major League (the movie)
No 9 & No 10 - well done sir.

Coffs_Hacker
28th February 2010, 06:11 PM
Shane warne & Scott muller

"Can't bowl, can't throw "

markTHEblake
28th February 2010, 06:38 PM
I always though that the best 'sledge' ever was from Viv Richards. It was a one day match (must have been in the old WSC), and Viv was facing up to some dynamic new leg spinner that everyone was raving about from Pakistan, and the commentators were discussing how they thought Viv would handle him - having never seen him bowl before.

Straight back over the head for six. Showed how much respect Viv had for this guy :-)

IMHO sledgers are cowards, the best crickers let their talent do the talking as Viv did.

uahmad
28th February 2010, 06:47 PM
I always though that the best 'sledge' ever was from Viv Richards. It was a one day match (must have been in the old WSC), and Viv was facing up to some dynamic new leg spinner that everyone was raving about from Pakistan, and the commentators were discussing how they thought Viv would handle him - having never seen him bowl before.

Straight back over the head for six. Showed how much respect Viv had for this guy :-)

IMHO sledgers are cowards, the best crickers let their talent do the talking as Viv did.

Disagree sledges are for coward, you would be suprised how well they work in a game for someone who mentally cant handle them..

Anyway Viv richards also had a few beauties.. but one of his most class act was this one;

An English county bowler was having surprising success against the great
West Indian Viv Richards, who'd played and missed at several balls.
Foolishly, the bowler piped up: "Hey Viv, it's red and it's round." A
steaming Richards cracked the next ball into another postcode and told the
bowler: "You know what it looks like, man - go fetch it."

markTHEblake
28th February 2010, 06:52 PM
Anyway Viv richards also had a few beauties.. but one of his most class act was this one;
all that have been mentioned - including that one, are reverse sledges, and imho, all fair.

The initiators are the gutless ones.

fatbastard
28th February 2010, 07:45 PM
I only ever had one season of grade cricket in Sydney as I played baseball for most of my life.

In one of the early games I was going ok and happened to play a few here and there and was on about 60 and we were chalking up a pretty good total...

The oppo bowler was an older guy who had busted his guts all day for not much success... He sent down a really good ball which I knicked through the slips cordon... As I was going past him at the other end, he mentioned something about me being lucky with a few expletives thrown in... As I was coming back for the second, I just graciously said "Look at the F***ing score board C**t"

An oldie but a goodie!!!:mrgreen:

LarryLong
28th February 2010, 08:27 PM
Sledging has to be funny, or it's just abuse, and abuse is pretty pissweak on a cricket field.

Here's some good work from Kumar Sangakkara:

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I don't do a great deal of sledging, but my proudest sledging moment came a couple of years ago. I was bowling to a pretty solid bat who had a good technique, and I couldn't find a way through. I bowl a pretty consistent line and length, so for about three overs I bowled on the spot around off stump and he drove almost every ball to mid off. One of them got through for a two, so I moved a bloke from point to about 5 metres to the left of mid-off. My captain yelled out from the slips "You can't put two men there Longy!". I called back "Why not? It's not like he's going to hit it anywhere else".

Next ball, he swings across the line for cow corner. Edge, caught. :lol:

Dennis
28th February 2010, 09:16 PM
#9 is pissweak from McGrath

uahmad
28th February 2010, 09:34 PM
anyway not a sledge,

but something that makes me laugh all the time is watching Javed Miandad the then bad boy of cricket threating to clobber dennis lillee with this bat after being kicked by him.. check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tisjdB_3iOc



Another good one is Javed Miandad immitating Kiran's appeal..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBv5DNxCoBc