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    Art of Sledging
    Art of Sledging
    Art of Sledging
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    Art of Sledging

    By J Harold

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    A hilarious collection of rude, crude, famous, and infamous "sledges"—a must-have for every cricket tragic. In these days of cricketing correctness and codes of behavior being handed down by the Cricket Police, here is a salute to the good old days when games were won and lost by whatever means available. With a great one-liner on every page, this is a collection of crude, rude, famous, and infamous sledges from the world of cricket. It's a book that will complement every household's throne room.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllen Unwin
    Release dateNov 1, 2008
    ISBN9781741766158
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      Book preview

      Art of Sledging - J Harold

      The Art

      of

      SLEDGING

      The Art

      of

      SLEDGING

      J. HAROLD

      First published in 2008

      Copyright © J. Harold 2008

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. The Australian Copyright Act 1968 (the Act) allows a maximum of one chapter or 10% of this book, whichever is the greater, to be photocopied by any educational institution for its educational purposes provided that the educational institution (or body that administers it) has given a remuneration notice to Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) under the Act.

      Allen & Unwin

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      Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

      Harold, J, 1976–

      The art of sledging.

      ISBN 978 1 74175 581 7

      1. Cricket – Australia – Quotations, maxims, etc.

      2. Invective – Australia. 3. Sportsmanship – Australia.

      796.3580994

      Book design based on a concept by J. Harold

      Text design and typesetting by Pauline Haas, Bluerinse Setting

      Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group

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      sledging

      /slεd3Iη/(say ‘slejing’)

      verb 1. Cricket the practice among bowlers and

      fielders of heaping abuse and ridicule on the

      person batting. 2. Colloquial any ridicule or

      criticism. [figurative use of SLEDGE² + -ING¹]

      A True Gentleman’s Sport

      Sledging has an honourable tradition and nowhere is this tradition afforded as much respect as in the game of cricket. True, ’tis a gentleman’s game and no self-respecting gentleman cricketer would be without his own personal collection of merciless remarks and cruel commentary. Fair’s fair after all.

      The noble art of sledging is best celebrated on the field when a lone batsmen must front eleven of his rivals and hold his own for as long, or as little, as it takes. Contact not permitted, all intimidation must be made through the brute force and fierce precision of words.

      Ruthless insults and brutal replies are essential in any worthy cricket match. And it is cricket’s unique pace (some call it slow) that has fostered the sledging culture. Six overs allows plenty of time for running dialogue or ongoing debate; or sometimes even a slow psychological battle of tit for tat unleashed at a tortuously steady rate.

      A couple of hours facing googlies, wronguns, and wides

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