Ever Cricket Sledges Of All Time. What the term sledging means? It means to distract the player of opposite team so that he will not be able to play the game. In this article we are going to tell you about the top 10 cricket sledges of all time. So here are the full information regarding this.
Ever Cricket Sledges Of All Time :
1. Sir Viv Richards vs. Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas made the decision to give Viv some verbal’s as to the appearance of the ball. Thomas said that “It’s red, round and weighs about five ounces, in case you were wondering.” and after this statement the ball was out of the ground by the West Indian Legend and he replied.
2. Adam Gilchrist vs. Mohammad Kaif
In the fourth Test of Australia’s tour of India in 2004, Gilchrist was very sure that Mohammad Kaif had glove behind one. Adam Gilchrist was the Aussie Wicket Keeper and a legendary walker himself. Umpire Rudi Koertzen had given “not out” and after the next ball Gilchrist showed in his extremely Australian way and said “The whole world is watching champ,”
3. Andrew Flintoff vs. Tino Best
Andrew Flintoff has been involved in numerous incidents of sledging and on-field but no doubt he was an England Legend. The greatest moments of sledging of Flintoff has came in the Test Match against the West Indies at Lord’s in 2004. The all-rounder fast bowler warned about the dangers of big-hitting in such an antiquated ground: “Mind those windows, Tino.”
4. Denis Lillee vs. Batsmen
This Sledge is one of the most simple sledge which came from Aussie fast bowling legend Dennis Lillee. This Western Australian Bowler had a stock line which he uses against most of the batsman throughout his career. “You know why are you batting so badly because you’ve got some s**t on the end of your bat.”
5. Robin Smith vs. Merv Hughes
Merv Hughes was the mustached madness of hughes, he bowls like a fast train he that much fast, and does bullying and threatening the batsman. Robin Smith was also mustached but he was cool, he stares to the fast bowlers with his iconic grill-less helmet. During one memorable match they goit encountered with each other. Smith missed a ball of Hughes and in that Hughes replied “You can’t f*** bat”. Smith did not responded to that but he hit the boundary to the next ball and then he replied “Hey Merv, we make a fine pair because if i can’t f***ing bat then you also can’t f***ing bowl”.
6. Daryll Cullinan vs. Shane Warne
Daryll Cullinan is a South AFRICAN Player and had averaged more than 44 in the end of his Test career but this number dropped down to 12.75 when Australia was the opponents. The main reason of this was the presence of the Legendary Leg-Spinner Shane Warne. Cullinan came to the strike after a long time due to his injury and that over was of the Shane Warne and he told him that “From two years i am waiting for this opportunity to insult you in front of your own crowd” and the South African quickly replied that “Looks like you spent you spent you time eating”.
7. Fred Trueman vs. the World
Fred Trueman took first-class wickets and at same time he also delivered many sledges. When they were playing for England during a tour down under. An Australian was coming into the field and he opened the gate and before he closes it Fiery Fred replied that “Don’t bother shutting it, son, you won’t be there long enough”.
8. Shane Warne vs. Everyone
Paul Collingwood, who received an MBE for his exceptional efforts in his Country’s 2005. In the matc there was no beating around the bush from shane. “You got an MBE, right? For scoring seven at the Oval? That’s embarrassing.”
9. Mark Boucher vs. Tatenda Taibu
Tatenda Taibu was trying to bat his Zimbabwean side out of trouble in a test match against South Africa but he cannot play well because wicket keeper was Mark Boucher and he was continuously speaking and it really worked for the Mark.
10. Jimmy Ormond vs. Mark Waugh
Jimmy Ormond arrived at the for his first innings of England and then he met with the incredulous Mark Waugh and he is the brother of Steve Waugh, who look at him and said “Look who it is. Mate, what are you doing out here? you’re not good enough to play for England” and in the reply Ormond said that “Maybe you are right , but at least I’m the best player in my family.”
