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Some interesting tidbits on sledging in cricket:

1. In a Sheffield Shield game between NSW and SA, a Waugh twin was taking an enternity to take guard, asking the umpire for centre, middle and leg, two legs - the whole lot. Then he steps away towards leg side and has another look around the field, before re checking centre. Jamie Siddons, a prolific run scorer who unluckily never played a test is at slip, and decided enough is enough. “For christ sake, it’s not a ‘f*cken test match.” Waugh replies: “Of course it isn’t … You’re here.”
2. In the 1980’s Ian Botham returned early from a tour of Pakistan, and on radio joked “Pakistan is the sort of country to send your mother in-law to.” Needless to say the Pakistanis did not find this amusing, and when Pakistan defeated England in the 1992 World Cup Final, Aamer Sohail told Ian Botham “Why don’t you send your mother-in-law out to play, she cannot do much worse.”
3. In one of the tour matches in South Africa, Australia played Hansie Cronje’s province. Cronje was at the non strikers end, there was a short chubby batsman on strike. Ian Healy yelled to Warne, “Bowl a Mars Bar half way down…We’ll get him stumped” The Aussies and Cronje were all in hysterics, all this was before a classic reply from the batsman. “Nah, Boonie (David Boon) fielding at short leg will be onto it before I can move.”
4. Tino Best, never short of a word or two when he is bowling, was done up like a kipper by the England all-rounder as West Indies slumped to defeat in the first Test. Flintoff saw his opponent preparing to face Giles’ off-spin and shouted: “Watch the windows, Tino!” The wind-up had the desired effect, causing Best to come charging out of his crease like a man possessed. He took a wild swing at the ball, missed and was promptly stumped by Geraint Jones. Flintoff spent the next five minutes laughing, as Best sat on the balcony rueing his stupidity.

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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.

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Shane Warne recently released his list of the top 50 players, naming Sachin Tendulkar as the best player. Here is the list:

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Brian Lara
3. Curtly Ambrose
4. Allan Border
5. Glenn McGrath
6. Wasim Akram
7. Muthiah Muralitharan
8. Ricky Ponting
9. Mark Taylor
10. Ian Healy

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