Clever/Amusing Sledges you have heard while playing

Clarence · 07-09-2005, 11:53 PM

This thread is about sledges you have while playing, not famous sledges.

Anyhow;

In a school game last year.

Opposition fielder: Alot of helmets here boys, must be scared.

My batting partner: Not scared, but at our school we have something inside our heads to protect.

Decent I thought.

Barney Rubble · 08-09-2005, 08:37 AM

I was fielding in the covers in a game this season, and the batsman played and missed at one outside off, which was called a wide. Before the wide was called, and having not been able to tell how wide it was, I said:

"We've got him fishing there boys"

His reply:

"Yeah, but I'd need a bloody long rod"

Even if it was at me I thought it was mildly amusing - the ball was extremely wide, apparently.

vic_orthdox · 08-09-2005, 08:53 AM

We played against this guy who is a male model. So someone went and printed the front page off his website and sat it down at the crease as he came out to bat. He saw it, tried to hit it away with his bat, missed the first time. All rather humourous I thought.

dro87 · 08-09-2005, 06:20 PM

best one i know is the s waugh one to chris Carns... about the train... really clever, but sad...

steds · 08-09-2005, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barney Rubble

I was fielding in the covers in a game this season, and the batsman played and missed at one outside off, which was called a wide. Before the wide was called, and having not been able to tell how wide it was, I said:

"We've got him fishing there boys"

His reply:

"Yeah, but I'd need a bloody long rod"

Even if it was at me I thought it was mildly amusing - the ball was extremely wide, apparently.

Blaze · 08-09-2005, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dro87

best one i know is the s waugh one to chris Carns... about the train... really clever, but sad...

Never happened. And it's not clever it's sick.

dro87 · 09-09-2005, 07:19 AM

sick, but clever, and it worked, Cairns got out the next ball...

marc71178 · 09-09-2005, 08:20 AM

It didn't ever happen though, so it can't have been either clever or worked.

Barney Rubble · 09-09-2005, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steds

Yeah - I have a habit of walking right into them when it comes to sledging.

Although I always find I am able to respond to sledging with my actions fairly well - in a game a couple of years ago, having been hit on the head or body 11 times by some short bowling, and then played and missed twice outside off stump (I was 28 not out), the bowler and slips started giving me some lip, the usual "ooh, he doesn't like it there" type stuff. I had had enough of it, so next ball, a straight one just back of a length, I stepped down and slapped him for a one-bounce four over his head, followed by a good old-fashioned glare at the bowler. He glared back, I just smiled and that annoyed him no end.

Mind you, I was caught in the deep the next over off their spinner, so maybe I got a bit carried away.

dro87 · 09-09-2005, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marc71178

It didn't ever happen though, so it can't have been either clever or worked.

I got told about that, so maybe it never happpened, but if it did it would have been sick-

Blaze · 09-09-2005, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dro87

I got told about that, so maybe it never happpened, but if it did it would have been sick-

It was just a rumour. Cairns said it never happened in his book.

dro87 · 09-09-2005, 05:21 PM

I was told by Phil Chandler, our New Zealander, and apparently they're really good m8s....

open365 · 10-09-2005, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dro87

best one i know is the s waugh one to chris Carns... about the train... really clever, but sad...

er...would someone care to explain?

Matteh · 10-09-2005, 02:21 PM

Best famous one - is Flintoff to Tino Best: "Mind the windows Tino..." Tino then got out trying to slog Giles...

One we always say at our club - 'Got him fishing, time to reel him in'

Hodgo7 · 05-10-2005, 09:37 PM

We were playing against an ordinary batsmen. Our leggie was bowling to him and he had no idea. I yelled out from fine leg "Bowl him a piano, see if he can play that " !!

True story.

07-09-2005, 11:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Clarence U19 Cricketer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: QLD Posts: 429	Clever/Amusing Sledges you have heard while playing This thread is about sledges you have while playing, not famous sledges. Anyhow; In a school game last year. Opposition fielder: Alot of helmets here boys, must be scared. My batting partner: Not scared, but at our school we have something inside our heads to protect. Decent I thought.

09-09-2005, 08:20 AM	#8 (permalink)
marc71178 Eyes not spreadsheets Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: England Posts: 56,346	It didn't ever happen though, so it can't have been either clever or worked. __________________ marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good! Anyone want to join the Society? Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.

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Hodgo7 School Boy/Girl Captain Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Calgary, Canada (from Oz) Posts: 115	We were playing against an ordinary batsmen. Our leggie was bowling to him and he had no idea. I yelled out from fine leg "Bowl him a piano, see if he can play that " !! True story. __________________ Aussies to win back the Ashes in '07

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Barney Rubble International Coach Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: All over the shop Posts: 10,191	I was fielding in the covers in a game this season, and the batsman played and missed at one outside off, which was called a wide. Before the wide was called, and having not been able to tell how wide it was, I said: "We've got him fishing there boys" His reply: "Yeah, but I'd need a bloody long rod" Even if it was at me I thought it was mildly amusing - the ball was extremely wide, apparently.

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vic_orthdox Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 24,370	We played against this guy who is a male model. So someone went and printed the front page off his website and sat it down at the crease as he came out to bat. He saw it, tried to hit it away with his bat, missed the first time. All rather humourous I thought.

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dro87 U19 12th Man Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 291	best one i know is the s waugh one to chris Carns... about the train... really clever, but sad...

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dro87 U19 12th Man Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 291	sick, but clever, and it worked, Cairns got out the next ball...

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dro87 U19 12th Man Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 291	I was told by Phil Chandler, our New Zealander, and apparently they're really good m8s....

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