Sledging during cricket match Normally sledging is considered as a disturbance, but here’s an exception. During the 1997 Ashes series, England’s coach David Lloyd and captain Michael Atherton came to a realization about Steve Waugh. He loved getting sledged. He actually thrived under it. So the English team made a decree. No one at all was to talk to Waugh when he came out to bat. Australia were 3-42 when Waugh came out to bat, and it didn’t take long for Waugh to realize that, “Oh, I get it. Nobody’s talking to Steve. OK! I’ll talk to my f***ing self then.” Waugh then proceeded to spend the next 4 hours talking to himself while making 108 runs. The next innings England repeated the silent treatment, and Waugh repeated his efforts. He made 116 in the second innings. Another interesting incidence of sledging was Australian 12th man Mike Whitney’s exchange with Ravi Shastri. Whitney: “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.” Another great incidence of sledging, Rod Marsh of Australia, “So how‘s your wife and my kids?” Ian Botham, “The wife is fine, but the kids are retarded.”
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:21:03 +0000
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