Gordon Barlow

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cr...st-series.html
An amazing series in Australia, with the Indian team showing fantastic self-discipline in the last two tests. This Daily Mail report does them justice!

Garbatellamike

great win and after the aussie skipper's obnoxious sledging poetic justice - listened to the last hour on the radio - great result

Gordon Barlow

Sledging is cheating, because it's intention is to distract the batsman. Only very rarely does a batsman's response meet the challenge. I read once of an incident when Australia was playing Zimbabwe and bowler Glen McGrath came off second best. Reportedly, he greeted a rotund Eddo Brandes at the crease with "God you're fat! How can you bat looking like a pudding? You won't last long. Anyway, why are you so bloody fat, Eddo?" The story goes that Eddo calmly took his guard, looked around the field, and shouted back down the pitch, "Because every time I tup your wife she gives me a biscuit." The keeper and slips fielders went into hysterics, to McGrath's fury.

Well, that's the story; I do hope it's a true one.

Garbatellamike

Eddo Brandes the chicken farmer - remember him well

There was another good one where Robin Smith was sledged by Merv Hughes and told he was the worst batsman in the world Smith belts him for 6 then smiles and say the worst batsman in the world and the worst bowler playing in the same match what are the odds....

Gordon Barlow

Hahaha. That's very funny! In this latest match, Ashwin certainly go the last laugh with Plonker Paine.I wonder who Australia will go to for their next captain.

Elgin1983

Ian Botham was once greeted at the crease by Rodney Marsh during an Ashes test with the question "So how's your wife and my kids?" Replied Beefy: "Wife's fine, kids are retarded."

Garbatellamike

that's good - I also liked this one

JimmyOrmond arrived at the crease to bat against the Aussies, Mark Waugh greeted him with: "What are you doing out here? You're too s**t to play for England!"

Ormond's response? "Maybe so, but at least I'm the best player in my family".

kimilseung

A great opening for the Hundred today, and hopefully tomorrows opening men's game will be equally entertaining.

kimilseung

Minor League Cricket in the USA.
Seattle vs. San Diego.

Expatrick

Australia won with 22 balls left, which is presumably what they started with.

Gordon Barlow

That's as I remember it, Kim! I once played in a Miami park with a scratch Cayman team - this would have been in the early '80s, I guess - and opened the batting against Wes Hall, before a crowd of half a dozen curious onlookers. Wes was medium pace then, but as he ran in, I could only see the image from his hey-day. I lasted six balls without laying my bat on one of them. Seven balls if you count the one that hit my off-stump.

BristolUK

kimilseung

Shame on the umpires for not giving both batters out.

BristolUK

I wonder if that would count as a cannon?