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| From: P_R on Fri Jun 5 2:53:32 2009. | [Full View] |
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| if you are not watching this segment of play |
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| " As you would say in Punjabi... kee gull hai? sea gull hai!!!" |
remember reading this one in a Kushwanth Singh column| From: P_R on Tue Oct 6 9:43:04 2009. | [Full View] |
| From: Plum on Tue Oct 6 9:55:51 2009. | [Full View] |
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| Richard Stobi, fast-bowler for Tasmania, to Dean Waugh (Younger brother of the twins), after Dean played at and missed 4 consecutive deliveries:
"Christ, you must have been adopted!"  |
| From: P_R on Tue Oct 6 10:02:36 2009. | [Full View] |
| From: P_R on Tue Oct 6 10:08:33 2009. | [Full View] |
| From: 19thmay on Fri Oct 16 2:48:52 2009. | [Full View] |
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| Sledging is a term used in cricket to describe the practice whereby some players seek to gain an advantage by insulting or verbally intimidating the opposing batsman. The purpose is to try to weaken the opponent's concentration, thereby causing him to make mistakes or underperform. It can be effective because the batsman stands within hearing range of the bowler and certain close fielders; and vice-versa. The insults may be direct or feature in conversations among fielders designed to be overheard. |
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| According to Ian Chappell, the use of "sledging" as a term originated at Adelaide Oval in either the 1963-1964 or 1964-1965 Sheffield Shield competition. Chappell claims that a cricketer who swore in the presence of a woman was said to have reacted to an incident "like a sledgehammer". As a result, the direction of insults or obscenities at opponents became known as "sledging".[2] Despite the relatively recent coining of the term, the practice is as old as cricket itself, with historical accounts of witty banter between players being quite common. |
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| The great West Indian batsman Viv Richards was notorious for punishing bowlers that dared to sledge him. So much so, that many opposing captains banned their players from the practice. However in a county game against Glamorgan, Greg Thomas attempted to sledge him after he had played and missed at several balls in a row. He asked Richards: "It's red, round and weighs about five ounces, in case you were wondering." Richards hammered the next delivery out of the ground and into a nearby river. Turning to the bowler, he commented: "Greg, you know what it looks like, now go and find it." |
| From: P_R on Fri Oct 16 2:53:43 2009. | [Full View] |
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