jpmason33

>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
>***** 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.
>
>MW: "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."
>
>JO: "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 ****. 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
>
>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 your mother," he replied.
>

Brendan Hughes

Got a thing about weights and mothers, haven't they?

Liked #2

EDIT - oh, and #5.

Scooby-Mark

Some very funny ones in there !!!

Granby

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FPMSL

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class

not sure if they are all true though...

chop

Fuchsrohre

class!

David Lock

Anyone watching the recent series when Warne was bowling will remember Gilchrist (I think) shouting down the wicket after nearly every ball "Oh nice one Shaney" or similar. I was just waiting for an English batsman to shout down in a rough ozzie accent "buggered that one Shaney" or similar

kammy

PMSL.

Scoob99

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Brilliant just brilliant and I think you will find that they are true

dba

I like the famous Roy Keane sledge in the infamous match against Arsenal a couple of years ago

Keane takes out Viera,and he leans over says simply;

'take that you c**t'

short and sweet