That’s the Way to Sledge Someone!

Well, there has been a bit of a firestorm going around the blogsphere the last week or so. Man, you take a week off and all the exciting stuff happens!

We have a name for trolls, haters and other negative people here in Australia ‘sledgers’.

Sledgers are people who sledge others to put them off their game, mostly found in sporting arenas sledging is a big part of sport and it seems this has juxtaposed itself over to the blogsphere.

Here in OZ cricket is synonymous with sledging and let me tell you, there have been some crackers over the years which I thought I would share with you.

Hey, if the blogsphere is gonna go to shit, lets have a laugh along the way yeah?

(note – most of you probably wont recognise the names or the terms for the game, but it’s the sledge that counts)

1. Rod Marsh & Ian Botham: When Botham took guard in an Ashes match, Marsh welcomed him to the wicket with the immortal words: "So how's your wife & my kids?"

2. Daryll Cullinan & Shane Warne: As Cullinan was on his way to the wicket, Warne told him he had been waiting 2 years for another chance to humiliate him. "Looks like you spent it eating," Cullinan retorted.

3. Glenn McGrath (bowling to portly Zimbabwean chicken farmer Eddo Brandes): "Hey Eddo, why are you so Fucking Fat?" Eddo Brandes: "Because every time I Fuck your wife, she throws me a biscuit"

4. Merv Hughes & Javed Miandad during 1991 Adelaide Test, Javed called Merv a fat bus conductor. A few balls later Merv dismissed Javed: "Tickets please", Merv called out as he ran past the departing batsman.

5. Merv Hughes & 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 fuck off."

6. McGrath to Ramnaresh Sarwan: "So what does Brian Lara's dick taste like?" Sarwan: "I don't know. Ask your wife." McGrath (losing it): "If you ever effing mention my wife again, I'll Fucking rip your Fucking throat out."

7. Yet another Australian witticism with this time porky Sri Lankan batsman Arjuna Ranatunga the victim. Shane Warne, trying to tempt the batsman out of his crease mused what it took to get the plump character to get out of his crease and drive. Wicketkeeper Ian Healy piped up "Put a Mars Bar on a good length. That should do it."