DEVON COUNTY CRICKET
NOT MUCH SNOW THIS WINTER! WHAT’S THAT? ...BUT YOU WANTED TO DO SOME SLEDGING?
A voice was heard here in the offi ces of Sport S.D. saying they hadn’t done much sledging this winter (yet). A reply of, “well, it isn’t cricket season!” was yelled back from another room.
from some of the legends of the game. I’m sure most of you are quite familiar with the term ‘sledging’, or you wouldn’t be reading this... But incase your only fl icking through this because your bored or perhaps sat waiting for your chinese then let Wikipedia shed some light: “Sledging is a term used in cricket to describe the practice whereby some players seek to gain an advantage by insulting or verbally intimidating the opposing player. The purpose is to try to weaken the opponent’s concentration, thereby causing him to make mistakes or underperform. It can be effective because the batsman stands within hearing range of the bowler and certain close fi elders; and vice-versa. The insults may be direct or feature in conversations among fi elders designed to be overheard.”
S So here are the Sport South Devon Top 5 for this issue...
Little-known England batsman James Ormond made our top 5. Upon arriving at the crease during a Test
match in 2001, Ormond got some chat from Mark Waugh. “Blimey, look who it is. Mate, what are you doing out here? There’s no way you’re good enough to play for England.” Ormond came straight back with: “Maybe not, but at least I’m the best player in my family.”
Ricky Ponting versus Shaun Pollock: After going past the outside edge with a few deliveries, Pollock said to Ponting: “It’s red, round and weighs about fi ve ounces.”
The next ball was smacked out the ground... Ponting turns to Pollock: “You know what it looks like, now go fi nd it.”
Viv Richards and Merv Hughes: Viv Richards hit Merv Hughes for four consecutive boundaries in one over.
Merv stops halfway down the pitch, passed wind very loudly, and said to Viv: “let’s see you hit that to the boundary!” Viv was left speechless.
Shane Warne to Paul Collingwood after England’s Ashes success of 2005: “You got an MBE, right? For scoring seven at The Oval? That’s embarrassing.”
Malcolm Marshall was delivering to an in form David Boon. Marshall: “Now David, are you going to
get out now or am I going to have to bowl around the wicket and kill you?”
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o after we sorted the confusion about not being able to fl y down hills on trays, this then led us to collating some of our favourite snippets of ‘cricket sledging’
Sport South Devons’ very own Cricket Pundit
THE MAN FROM CASINO IS NO GAMBLE FOR BOVEY
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The news that Neil Hancock, the Devon captain, and native of Casino in Australia, has joined Bovey Tracey C.C. for the 2012 season, is a major boost to South Devon cricket.
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Hancock of Bovey
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to leave Sidmouth late last year, and has arrived at Bovey Tracey at a vital time for the moorland club. Although fi nishing third in the Devon League Premier Division in 2011, not one of its batsmen managed to contribute 400 runs in its 18 League matches, nor ever looked good enough to do so. Pint Pot predicts that Neil’s
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belligerent middle order stroke play will change all that, and make his new club realistic challengers for a title which it last won ten years ago. Neil, whose career as a professional cricketer began
at the Recreation Ground, Torquay, may now end it, 15 years later, at the Recreation Ground, Bovey Tracey.
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