The 10 best Cricket Sledges (and comebacks) in history

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10. 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?"

9. 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.

8. Robin Smith & Merv Hughes - During 1989 Lords Test Hughes said to Smith after he played & missed: "You can't ИИИИИИИИИ bat". Smith to Hughes after he smacked him to the boundary - "Hey Merv, we make a fine pair. I can't ИИИИИИИИИ bat & you can't ИИИИИИИИИ bowl."

7 . 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.

6. 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 ИИИИИИ off."

5. Glenn McGrath to Ramnaresh Sarwan - "So what does Brian Lara's d*ck taste like?" Sarwan: "I don't know. Ask your wife." McGrath lost it: "If you ever mention my wife again, I'll F***ing rip your F***ing throat out."

4. Malcolm Marshall was bowling to David Boon who had played and missed a couple of times. Marshall: "Now David, Are you going to get out now or am I going to have to bowl around the wicket and kill you?"

3. Ricky Ponting & Shaun Pollock - After going past the outside edge with a couple of deliveries, Pollock told Ponting: "It's red, round & weighs about 5 ounces." Unfortunately for Pollock, the next ball was hammered out of the ground. Ponting to Pollock: "You know what it looks like, now go find it."

2. Fred Trueman - While bowling the batsman edges and the ball goes to first slip,and right between Raman Subba Row's legs. Fred doesn't say a word. At the end of the over, Row ambles past Trueman and apologises sheepishly. "I should've kept my legs together, Fred". "So should your mother," he replied.

1. And of course you can't forget Ian Healy's legendary comment that was picked up by the Channel 9 microphones when Arjuna Ranatunga called for a runner on a particularly hot night during a one dayer in Sydney... "You don't get a runner for being an overweight, unfit, fat c**t!!!"

[JG3282]

I remember another good one. In an Ashes test, Mark Taylor told Michael Slater to stand right under Nasser Hussain's nose while he was batting. So Slater went and stood at half pitch.

In a game I played in a few years ago, an opponent was getting frustrated that he could not get me out (background info - his wife was hot), so he calls out to me "If you get out this over I'll let you look at my wife's boob's." Next thing a voice calls out from one of his team mates, "Give him a decent incentive, cos she's gunna get 'em out in the rooms after you go home anyway"

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Eddo Brandes (zimbabwe) to Glenn McGrath who sledged him, how did you get so fat? reply every time I fu##ed your wife she gave me a donut

[JG3282]

Jane McGrath is geting a reputation... I've always thought she was cute

[Hawk]

Even though they aren't all true, they are still funny.

Originally Posted by '67

4. Malcolm Marshall was bowling to David Boon who had played and missed a couple of times. Marshall: "Now David, Are you going to get out now or am I going to have to bowl around the wicket and kill you?"

I might ask the great one about that one next week...

[MoreHPformyXR6]

3. Ricky Ponting & Shaun Pollock - After going past the outside edge with a couple of deliveries, Pollock told Ponting: "It's red, round & weighs about 5 ounces." Unfortunately for Pollock, the next ball was hammered out of the ground. Ponting to Pollock: "You know what it looks like, now go find it."

Ive heard Ian Chappel mention this story b4 but it didnt invole Pollock or Punter but i think its a pretty good one.