Judgement Dave blog

Sledging - the art of putting your opponent off their game - is an integral part of cricket. Of course the Aussies think they are the undisputed kings of the wicket insults, although they think they're kings of everything don't they? We do have to admit they're pretty good at it, but as this list shows, it's not always the Australians who win the verbal jousts.


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10: Fred Trueman vs. Raman Subba Row
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Row (after having the ball hit through his legs): "I should've kept my legs together, Fred."
Trueman: "So should your mother."


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9: Daryll Cullinan vs. Shane Warne
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Warne: "I've been waiting two years to humiliate you again."
Cullinan: "Looks like you spent it eating."


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8: Shane Warne and Ian Healy vs. Arjuna Ranatunga
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Shane Warne asks the slightly overweight batsman Ranatunga what it would take to tempt him out of his crease.
Ian Healy: "Put a Mars Bar on a good length. That should do it."


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7: Steve Waugh and Ian Healey vs Nasser Hussain
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Waugh tells Ricky Ponting to field at silly point as Hussain is batting.
Waugh: "I want you right under his nose."
Healey: "That would be anywhere inside a three-mile radius."


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6: Merv Hughes vs. Robin Smith
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"Does your husband play cricket as well?"



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5: Merv Hughes vs. Javed Miandad
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Miandad: "You look like a fat bus conductor."
Hughes (after bowling him on the next ball): "Tickets please!"


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4: Merv Hughes vs. Viv Richards
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Richards: "This is my island, my culture. Don't you be staring at me. In my culture we just bowl."
Hughes (After taking his wicket a few balls later):
"In my culture we just say f-k off."


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3: Robin Smith vs. Merv Hughes
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Hughes (after Smith had played and missed): "You can't f-king bat".
Smith (after he reached the boundary): "Hey Merv, we make a fine pair. I can't f-king bat & you can't f-king bowl."


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2: Glenn McGrath vs. Eddo Brandes
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Two versions of this have gone down in history. Either way it works though!

McGrath: "Hey Eddo, why are you so F-ing Fat?"
Brandes: "Because every time I shag your (version a) mother (or, version b) wife, she gives me a biscuit."


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1: Rodney Marsh vs. Ian Botham
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Rodney Marsh: "So how's your wife…and my kids?"
Ian Botham: "The wife's fine, but the kids are retarded."