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Sledging should not be banned - Part 2

More interesting sledges:

1. “So how’s your wife and my kids” Former Aussie wicketkeeper Rod Marsh to Ian Botham.
2. “Hell, Gatt, move out of the way. I can’t see the stumps!” Aussie legend Dennis Lillee after stopping in his run-up to Mike Gatting during the opening match of England’s 1994-95 tour.
3. “You can’t f……. bat!” Merv Hughes to England’s Robin Smith in the 1989 Lords Test. Smith quips right back at Hughes after he cracked one of his ensuing balls to the boundary. “Hey, Merv, we make a fine pair. I can’t f…. bat, and you can’t f…. bowl!”
4. “F… me, look who it is. Mate, what are you doing here? There’s no way you’re good enough to play for England.”Mark Waugh to Jimmy Ormond. “Maybe not, but at least I’m the best player in my family.”
5. “A cricket tour in Australia would be the most delightful period in your life…if you were deaf.” Said by bodyline fast bowler Harold Larwood, so sledging has being going on for decades!!
6. 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.
7. Merv Hughes & Javed Miandad in the 1991 Adelaide Test against Pakistan. Hughes was less than impressed when Javed called him a “fat bus conductor” as the pair squared up to one another. A few balls later, Hughes got his man and as Javed walked past, could not resist shouting “Tickets, please!”
8. Merv Hughes was one of the greatest exponents of the fine “art” of sledging. Once during a tour game in South Africa Hughes was bowling to Hansie Cronje . It was an especially flat wicket and Cronje was hitting Hughes for fours and sixes all over the place. After the umpteenth boundary, Hughes headed down the pitch, stood near Cronje, let out a fart and said: “Try hitting that for six.” It was five minutes before the guffawing stopped and play could resume.
9. Greg Thomas was bowling to Viv Richards in a county game. Viv missed a superb out swinger, and Thomas said “It’s red, round and weighs about 5 1/2 ounces.” Next ball Viv hits Greg Thomas out of the ground for a 6 and replies,”Greg, you know what it looks like. Go ahead and find it!”
10. Ravi Shastri v/s the aussie 12th man Mike Whitney. Shastri hits it and looks for a single…Whitney 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”
11. Steve Waugh…Last Test…comes up to bat…PArthiv-”so this is your last test…show us some of those famous slog-sweeps of yours.” Steve- “Respect Me…For when I made my test debut You were still in your nappies”
12. 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?”
13. In an England v Australia Test during early 1960’s Trueman was fielding close to the gate from the pavilion. As a new batsman came out he turned to shut the gate, Trueman said “Don’t bother son, you won’t be out there long enough.

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