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Title: What is the best sledge you have ever heard/used on a field?
Post by: sachin200 on November 23, 2016, 04:28:36 AM
I am a keeper and always looking for quick one liners. I am not witty by nature nor am I good at coming up with stuff that can crack people, so I try to remember whatever I myself have heard to give it back to the guys coming in to bat.
Here is my favourite ones -

A guy edging and catches repeatedly dropping short - he is trying to get his bats edges knocked!
A guy having a go at a ball with a full blooded swing and missing it completely - where is it man? I can't see it at all. Has it reached the moon yet?
A guy with good quality kit but limited skills - the kit is not gonna make runs if the guy using it is a dumb!
Someone taking extra time to get ready/asking others to tie his shoelaces/adjust his helmet strap etc. - where is your butler man?
Any more funny suggestions?
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Post by: tom line on November 23, 2016, 06:31:35 AM
After several plays and misses from one batsmen in a row our captain shouts out, "watch out lads his bats on tinder"
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Post by: langer17 on November 23, 2016, 06:59:48 AM
Had a bloke ask for people to move out of his eyesight but they weren't anywhere near his eyesight as they were behind mid off. Next over comes around and there's a tree in a similar spot behind the bowler from this end,  so I asked him if he wanted me to call Jim's mowing to cut it down for him. I quite liked that one haha.
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Post by: Northern monkey on November 23, 2016, 07:07:43 AM
'This lads a big hitter'
As a new batter walks to the crease
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Post by: Mr_Orange on November 23, 2016, 08:34:48 AM
A former opening batsmen from our team was clueless against a legspinner who, after beating the bat 3-4 balls on the run, said to him "want me to go and buy you a book on how to play legspin?". Our bat said nothing but next ball got an almighty slog sweep out and put him into the adjacent canal. He walked down the pitch, tapped his bat down a few times and said "want me to buy you a dog to go and fetch that ball?".

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Post by: justnotcricket86 on November 23, 2016, 09:31:16 AM
One of the worst I have heard. One of our chaps shouted the "more blocks than a lego set" line.

Keep in mind they were chasing 180 and were about 125/1 at this point.....Sent him to long on/long off for 10 overs to think about his behavior
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Post by: The Cricket Boutique on November 23, 2016, 09:31:46 AM
Playing in our first team a few years ago and one of our old opening bowlers, who used to be quick but turned to bowling steady medium at best was bowling at this lad (about 17).

Bowler tries to bowl a short one which gets to just above hip height and then pipes up with "Ten years ago that would have been up round your head" to which I replied from slip "Ten years ago the lad would have been 7 and about 3 feet tall"

Not sure about sledging your own team mates but I couldn't help it.
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Post by: FattusCattus on November 23, 2016, 10:01:08 AM
One of the worst I have heard. One of our chaps shouted the "more blocks than a lego set" line.

Keep in mind they were chasing 180 and were about 125/1 at this point.....Sent him to long on/long off for 10 overs to think about his behavior

This.

I find most of the sledging that happens at the level I play at is done by a clueless, talentless youngster and is usually toe-curlingly bad. Often the sledge comes from the bloke who takes no wickets or scores no runs each week and just makes him look like a dick.

I'll wade in if the bloke has blatantly cheated or is picking on a youngster, but other than that - if you are of average talent - best keep schtum, this game has a habit of biting you on the ass!
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Post by: WalkingWicket37 on November 23, 2016, 10:14:46 AM
We played against a guy wearing those Purple and Yellow Puma spikes last season.
He didn't bowl and was doing fine leg to fine leg in the first innings, but we thought he must have been good to play wearing them.

Turned out he batted number 11. Our keeper couldn't help himself when he was taking guard and piped up "big wicket here guys, even is his shoes are brighter than his talent".
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Post by: Seniorplayer on November 23, 2016, 11:01:52 AM
 Not the best but Theres two that I remember both aimed at me I walk out to open  our  the batting  fielders and umpires  are in position  I say middle please umpire followed by taking guard then I hear a shout from the oppositions Aussie pro standing at 1st slip of : Hey mate there's S--T on the end of of your bat so I take a look at the toe he then shouts not that end the other F----ing end.
                                                                                                                                                                                       The  other sledge which I thought was funny was I was facing a county spinner the ball was spinning one way then the other and bouncing at speed I couldn't  get a bat on it after a few overs of this someone shouts : bowl him a newspaper see if he can read that!.
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Post by: Calzehbhoy on November 23, 2016, 01:05:16 PM
One that got me a couple of ears back and I still don't know why it worked but it did...

Walked out to bat and the WK just said 'Bloody hell, this guy must be good he's got shiny stickers on his bat'. I was averaging 42 for the year but that just made me completely lose focus, I was out for a horrid 13 ball duck!
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Post by: Stuey on November 23, 2016, 01:55:14 PM
I was once that annoying kid at short leg trying to sledge Ken Mcewan during  an Essex league game. TBF it was our keeper/skipper egging me on, I wasn't really comfortable with it and terrible at it. All it did was entice Mcewan to try to hit me every ball no matter where it pitched, I ended up leaping around all over the place to avoid the ball. After a few overs I gave up, despite my skipper telling me to carry on. The worst of it was we batted 2nd, so I had to endure Mcewan telling me I was the worst number 3 in the league, by which point I as mentally shot. At 16 it was a valuable lesson!     
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Post by: sachin200 on November 23, 2016, 03:40:53 PM
I myself have called people by third-grade Bollywood movie star names etc. for the people who showed attitude while coming in to bat. Have asked our quickies to bowl slow since the batter was too old and too scared to face real pace etc.
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Post by: Manormanic on November 23, 2016, 03:50:59 PM
Nah, the best was one of our "old medium pacers" who, after an over of play-and-misses and an edge for four took off his glasses and handed them to the batsmen!
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Post by: WalkingWicket37 on November 23, 2016, 03:59:39 PM
I myself have called people by third-grade Bollywood movie star names etc.

Brett Lee?? ???
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Post by: Calzehbhoy on November 23, 2016, 05:16:50 PM
Another one I like which seems to wind batsmen up is when they play and miss at a good ball letting them know that a half decent batsman would have nicked it.
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Post by: InternalTraining on November 23, 2016, 05:28:29 PM
This.

I find most of the sledging that happens at the level I play at is done by a clueless, talentless youngster and is usually toe-curlingly bad. Often the sledge comes from the bloke who takes no wickets or scores no runs each week and just makes him look like a dick.

I'll wade in if the bloke has blatantly cheated or is picking on a youngster, but other than that - if you are of average talent - best keep schtum, this game has a habit of biting you on the ass!

This

You know, it is my observation that the most useless player in the team talks the most smack and acts like an on-field general/professor. Now, our captain is lenient so ani can get away with it but a toughie captain would surely leave his footprints all over the ani butts.
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Post by: InternalTraining on November 23, 2016, 05:28:51 PM
Brett Lee?? ???

Hahahhahaha
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Post by: jamielsn15 on November 23, 2016, 06:26:26 PM
A guy I used to work with got sledged from the stands when he played a bit of club cricket in Jamaica.

Three old Jamaican guys sat in the concrete stands and after a remark of the batsman, "yes, YES!, make da willow siiinnnnggggggg!!!" He got this...

He'd spent several overs on the cover boundary running shuttles, trying in vain to stop  boundary after boundary.  After a few overs, when it was quiet, one of the old Jamaican gentlemen, in that unmistakably accent, said, "hey, get da white boy a bike!"

Awesome.
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Post by: sachin200 on November 23, 2016, 08:33:01 PM
Brett Lee?? ???
LOL! Worse!
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Post by: jblowe on November 23, 2016, 09:28:49 PM
Got Sledged all season due to my slightly long beard.

While I was batting one side constantly referred to me as "Uncle Albert", and kept asking if Trigger was in next.

Another side called me Santa, and when one of our juniors came out to bat said "Here comes Santa's little helper" then asked me if my kit bag was really a big sack.

Got a lot of "Who do you think you are? WG" then someone would add, "well he is odd enough".
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Post by: Jaffa on November 23, 2016, 11:19:39 PM
Playing away in a 35 over game, fair play the bloke in wasn't going to give his wicket away but we all knew he needed to push on to make a game of it.

After numerous overs of one maybe two runs an over, one of our fielders on the boundary shouted across, 'Ruddy Hell, there's more singles here than on Tinder'! We had to laugh. 
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Post by: FattusCattus on November 24, 2016, 10:09:40 AM
Got Sledged all season due to my slightly long beard.

While I was batting one side constantly referred to me as "Uncle Albert", and kept asking if Trigger was in next.

Another side called me Santa, and when one of our juniors came out to bat said "Here comes Santa's little helper" then asked me if my kit bag was really a big sack.

Got a lot of "Who do you think you are? WG" then someone would add, "well he is odd enough".

If I may be so bold  your highness - you are more of a King George VI beard than a V, and therefore should be shown a bit more respect.
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Post by: smilley792 on November 24, 2016, 10:35:02 AM
Got Sledged all season due to my slightly long beard.

While I was batting one side constantly referred to me as "Uncle Albert", and kept asking if Trigger was in next.

Another side called me Santa, and when one of our juniors came out to bat said "Here comes Santa's little helper" then asked me if my kit bag was really a big sack.

Got a lot of "Who do you think you are? WG" then someone would add, "well he is odd enough".


Not really sledged, but I get more chat from the oppo when I have shaved.

Beards rule!
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Post by: KPittman on November 24, 2016, 01:06:35 PM
Best one that happened at my club this season was one of our 3rd XI batsmen was playing a quite ugly innings but after taking generic sledge after generic sledge, the fielder at point resorted to using current affairs and went with 'next one's coming to me Scratchy McScratchface'.
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Post by: 19reading87 on November 24, 2016, 01:57:43 PM
Balcony cricket
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Post by: FattusCattus on November 24, 2016, 02:05:32 PM
I don't claim these to be genius or hysterically funny, but we used to have a big South African playing for us who just came out with the most priceless things.

Opposition Opener gets out first ball of the match, as he trudges past our chap comments - "Early bath for you bud, don't use all the hot water!"

Playing a friendly, he was intrigued by the opposition's enormous antipodean overseas player who was lamping it everywhere. In between overs he wandered up to him and said "where you from mate - Aussie?", to which the giant replied "Nah Papua New Guinea", - "ah ha!" says our boy, "Cannibal eh?" and wanders off!
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Post by: alexhilly1492 on November 24, 2016, 02:50:37 PM
Balcony cricket

Yes!!!!
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Post by: Bat and Ball Cricket on November 24, 2016, 11:29:22 PM
I've gone back to Grade Cricket this year after a few years in another comp, to help 'guide' the up and coming youngsters.
I'm pretty reserved with the younger guys in my team, but the opposition has always been free game.

I'm bowling away at a 17ish kid, who after playing and missing at 10 balls and barely keeping out two yorkers says to me 'your bowling well mate!'.

Without thinking, the fast bowler in me (though past my prime) barks back 'How about you worry about your f#$*ing batting mate. I know i'm bowling f#$*ing well, but you look like you could use all the help you can f#$*ing get.'
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Post by: Wickets-then-runs on November 25, 2016, 01:40:53 AM
A particularly young-looking kid comesout to bat a few weeks ago and one of our blokes chirps him with "do your balls even touch your Spiderman undies yet, mate?"
Cracked everyone up including the young fella!
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Post by: GoodLeave on December 11, 2016, 08:23:19 PM
Stumbled across a program on TV about Tuffer's cars.

Apartently he got sledged by Healy. "Hey, Tuffers, can you lend me your brain? I'm building an idiot."

Might borrow that myself!
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Post by: Number4 on December 14, 2016, 07:20:24 AM
Just come across this... Haven't seen this one before..... Love the whole video

https://youtu.be/cYh6DEmYIb8
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Post by: tate035 on December 14, 2016, 09:15:35 AM
Just come across this... Haven't seen this one before..... Love the whole video

https://youtu.be/cYh6DEmYIb8

Greg Matthews... One of my all time favourite cricket personalities...  :)
Never a dull moment with him..
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Post by: Seniorplayer on December 14, 2016, 10:15:46 AM
Gregg Matthews remember him well he play for our local Birmingham league club
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Post by: alexhilly1492 on December 14, 2016, 10:18:37 AM
Ashes 2010/11

Mitch to jimmy "what you chirping now mate, not getting wickets?"

Jimmy: bowls Ryan Harris, turns to Mitch arms wide then puts index finger to lips saying shush!
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Post by: ppccopener on December 14, 2016, 11:04:05 AM
best sledge I ever heard was at first CBF nets when Fattus said to me  ''I've seen you bat I've  seen you bowl and I can't tell if you do either''

 :)