1. Glenn McGrath welcomes Zimbabwean Eddo Brandes with: "Oi, Brandes, why are you so fat?" "Because every time I f**k your wife, she gives me a biscuit," was the famous reply.
2. Mark Waugh was chirping away at Jimmy Ormond during the Surrey seamer's only Test in 2001. Eventually, Ormond said: "I may not be as good as a lot of the players out here, but you're a fine one to talk. You're not even the best player in your own bloody family."
3. "How does it feel to drop the World Cup, son?", Steve Waugh chides South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs after he spilled a sitter in the 1999 World Cup semi-final.
4. Sir Vivian Richards is Getting a torid time in the morning session v Glamorgan.
Bowler beats outside off stump on 4/5 occasions, walks down to Richards and says "Its red and round and you're meant to hit hit"
Next ball, short and Richards puts it out of the ground. Goes and does a bit of gardening and says "You know what its looks like, you go and fing it"
5. Merv Hughes and 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."
6. Ian Healy's v Arjuna Ranatunga - Arjuna Ranatunga asked for a runner whereby Healy replied
"you dont get a runner for being a overwight unfit fat cuuuuunt
7. Mark Waugh gets abuse - Mark - "Ohh, I remember you from a couple years ago in Australia. You were shyit then, you're foooking useless now".
Kiwi - (Turning around) - "Yeah, that's me and when I was there you were going out with that old, ugly slut and now I hear you've married her. You dumb cuuuuntt".
Sledging - still worth a look for non-cricket fans!
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Re: Sledging - still worth a look for non-cricket fans!
A guy named Vivian?snarl wrote:4. Sir Vivian Richards
BTW, Snarl, this might just be the most brilliant post you've ever made! Or possibly in TransFans history.
Well done sir. Most of these are pretty ace. A shat-load of good tips.
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Re: Sledging - still worth a look for non-cricket fans!
Never seen the Young Ones? Although that was spelt differently.Predabot wrote:A guy named Vivian?
Re: Sledging - still worth a look for non-cricket fans!
A classic example of the human mind being unable to handle the concept of something that appears to be "against the norm" of its past experiences.Predabot wrote:A guy named Vivian?snarl wrote:4. Sir Vivian Richards
This is why a lot of what goes on in, say, Buffy, for example, is disregarded by the main populace, as they go about their daily lives.
And just so Pred doesn't make any more nominal exclamations, names can be associated with whatever gender they want to be. It's just that things tend towards what you would "normally" expect in your locale.