When hefty Zimbabwean chicken farmer Eddo Brandes kept on playing and missing to an increasingly frustrated Glenn McGrath, the Australian had had enough and decided a bit of verbals were called for: 'Oi, Brandes, why the hell are you so fat?' Quick as a flash, the answer came back: 'Because every time I shag your missus, she gives me a biscuit.' Few games have such a rich history of sledging as cricket, with the Australians famed masters of the art. This collection, featuring contributions from talkSPORT's own Darren Gough and Ronnie Irani as well as many other cricket stars, brings together the best examples from around the world. To be effective, sometimes the sledge can be funny, as when Andrew Flintoff urged Tino Best, who was struggling to lay a bat on the ball, to 'mind the windows' at Lord's. Best immediately charged down the pitch to attack Ashley Giles' next ball and was stumped. But sometimes an element of real menace can do the trick, as when Malcolm Marshall commented to a struggling David Boon: 'Now are you going to get out or am I going to have to bowl round the wicket and kill you?'
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`Some of the funniest and most original examples of sledging ever published. The perfect Christmas gift for any cricket fan' --Cricket World
`A collection of the best sledges ever uttered on a cricket pitch . . . Boom, and indeed, boom' --Sport Magazine
`A bumper compendium of classic cricketing insults . . .' --Shortlist
`A collection of the best sledges ever uttered on a cricket pitch . . . Boom, and indeed, boom' --Sport Magazine
`A bumper compendium of classic cricketing insults . . .' --Shortlist
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Ed Sampson
Format:Hardcover
Having read both this and The Sledger's Handbook I was struck by how few sledges there were in this title. It's all padding with barely twenty quotes (and if you're a cricket fan you've heard most of them before). Save your money and wait for the Updated Sledger's Handbook early in 2011.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By M. Sear
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fun book. Good price etc. but a lot of this material is re-hashed. As such - for £2 on Kindle its a bargain. For £4 its OK as a "real" book. But anything over this dont bother.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Chunk
Format:Hardcover
This book was a very funny light read. Lots of of short snappy stories - just like half of the ole lads about my cricket club tell them!!! Read this book in 3 days - couldn't put it down and just wanted to burst out laughing on the train, in the office - anywhere I was reading it. Defo a recommended purchase for any cricket enthusiast or smart ass alike! A must if you are both!!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
FUNNY READ
One of the funniest reads about cricket . Some really funny sledges from the best cricketers in the world .
Published 2 months ago by H. A. Bowden
5.0 out of 5 stars
good Christmas present
My son really liked this sledging Christmas book,it was read before the end of Boxing Day.I will buy other books by this author.
Published 2 months ago by Carol Ann Lawrence
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great pressie
This book arrived quickly. Bought as a present for my grandad as he loves his cricket. Made him laugh out loud.
Published 3 months ago by L. Talbot
5.0 out of 5 stars
Funny book
Bought as a secret santa present for work, great for the price even though I'm sure it was put on a shelf never to be read again outside our Christmas lunch.
Published 5 months ago by acw1989
5.0 out of 5 stars
why r u so fat?
very simple, if you like cricket this is a MUST buy, very funny and a quality read, it'll have you in stiches
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Published 18 months ago by pistol08
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fanastic stocking filler
This was bought as a little extra for a cricket fan that likes a bit of witty banter.... and this did not disappoint. Read more
Published 18 months ago by H. Burnett
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great fun
For those who like cricket or indeed quick wits this book is an ideal gift, not for the faint hearted though!
Published on 10 Mar 2011 by Louiseog
1.0 out of 5 stars
no balls
Saved the best for last; well the back cover actually. Yep, read the back cover, read the book. The rest of the book is rubbish and it is a shame the abundance of cricket humour... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2011 by wizzard
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic!
Great banter, a really funny book - it made me laugh out loud, and it's not often that a book has that effect on you.
Published on 5 Feb 2011 by Michelle Preston
4.0 out of 5 stars
easy read
Bought the book for my partner who never reads books and he loved it. An easy read for those who are not normally book readers
Published on 30 Jan 2011 by chrisg
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