Cricket, at its intense best, finds a way to get under anyone’s skin, be it the followers of the game or the players who play it. When it happens on the field, things get nasty. Sometimes, too nasty.

It’s a game in which thrill, passion, and emotion remain unparalleled. Cricket is incomplete without these. Through the course of time, sledging, too, has become an integral part of this beautiful game.

No one knows about the exact origin of the term ‘sledging’. Players use it often to intimidate the opposition while some also criticize it. Despite all that, it continues to find relevance in modern-day cricket.

Here’s a list of 5 epic sledging incidents in cricket history

1. Hit me if you can! (Sachin Tendulkar and Abdul Qadir)

<img class="size-full wp-image-402834" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Abdul-Qadir-and-Sachin-Tendulkar.jpg" alt="Abdul Qadir and Sachin Tendulkar" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-402834" class="wp-caption-text">Abdul Qadir and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

Imagine a 16-year old teenager batsman in his first-ever outing in limited-overs international cricket, up against a 34-year-old leg spinner, the best of his generation and at the peak of his prowess. What followed was, if not history, was the arrival of India’s best ever. The batsman was Sachin Tendulkar and the bowler, Abdul Qadir.

The first match of the India and Pakistan ODI series in 1989-90 was scheduled on 15th of December at Peshawar. Due to poor light, the official match was cancelled. For the sake of the crowd gathered in the stadium, both the countries decided to play a 20-over exhibition match. Pakistan batted first and made 157.

In reply, when Sachin Tendulkar hit Mushtaq Ahmad for two sixes in an over, Abdul Qadir came to him and said, “Bachchon ko kyon mar rahe ho? Hamein bhi maar dikhao” (“Why are you only hitting the kid? Hit me too.”) This charged up with the debutant and Abdul Qadir’s next over read: 6, 0, 4, 6, 6, 6. Unfortunately, India fell short of the target by a mere 4 runs.

2. Want a biscuit, McGrath? (Eddo Brandes and Glenn McGrath)

<img class="size-full wp-image-402838" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Glenn-McGrath-and-Eddo-Brandes.jpg" alt="Glenn McGrath and Eddo Brandes" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-402838" class="wp-caption-text">Glenn McGrath and Eddo Brandes. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The 1996 Singer World Series was contested in Sri Lanka between Australia, India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The first match on 26th of August at Colombo saw Australia completely rout Zimbabwe out as they defeated them by a big margin of 125 runs. But this is not the reason that game is remembered.

Australia plucked out Zimbabwe’s ninth wicket at 120 and in walked Eddo Brandes. The game was all but won by Australia but Eddo wasn’t going down wondering and he decided to play his shots. A few minutes later, Glenn McGrath, the Australian pacer, casually asked Eddo, ”Why are you so fat?”

Eddo Brandes, the Zimbabwean bowler, didn’t miss the opportunity and quickly replied, “Because every time I make love to your wife, she gives me a biscuit.” Even Glenn McGrath was stunned by that snorter of a reply by Eddo. Interestingly, McGrath wasn’t married at the time. He married his first wife Jane in 1999.

3. I’ll rip your f**king throat out (Glenn McGrath and Ramnaresh Sarwan)

<img class="size-full wp-image-402836" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Ramnaresh-Sarwan-and-Glenn-McGrath.jpg" alt="Ramnaresh Sarwan and Glenn McGrath" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-402836" class="wp-caption-text">Ramnaresh Sarwan and Glenn McGrath. (Photo by Hamish Blair/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Glenn McGrath is one of the very few Australians you’ll not associate with sledging very often. Yet, here he was, in Antigua, 9 years the previous incident. It was the fourth and last match of the Test Series between the West Indies and Australia. The Kangaroos had already won the preceding 3 matches and were looking good for a fourth straight win.

Chasing a record 418 runs in the fourth innings, the West Indies trio of Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul dug in. When they were at 236/4, Glenn McGrath tried to break Sarwan’s concentration and asked him, “What does Brian Lara’s d**k taste like?”.

To this, Sarwan replied, “I don’t know, ask your wife”. This caught Glenn McGrath off-guard and he got angry, warning Sarwan, “If you f**king mention my wife again, I’ll f**king rip your f**king throat out.” Sarwan wasn’t aware that McGrath’s wife was suffering from cancer and this is why McGrath got troubled.

West Indies later went on to chase the target, a record which hasn’t been bettered till now.

4. Hey, kiddo! (Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel)

<img class="size-full wp-image-402835" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Steve-Waugh-and-Parthiv-Patel-1.jpg" alt="Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-402835" class="wp-caption-text">Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

Parthiv Patel’s idea of unsettling Steve Waugh in his final Test innings by intimidating him didn’t go down as he would’ve liked. At the end, Steve Waugh ended up bossing him and saving the match for Australia, and thus the series.

The 2003-04 Indian Test tour of Australia was tied at 1-1 with the last game to be played in Sydney from 2-6 January 2004. The Aussies were set a near-impossible 443 to win on the last day of the Test match. When Waugh, the leading run-scorer in Test matches at that time, walked to the crease at 170/3, Parthiv Patel tried to distract his mind. The 18-year old Patel, with just the experience of 12 international Test matches, said, “Let’s see if you can play one of those famous slog-sweeps, and miss one.”

Steve Waugh, playing his final Test match didn’t like it and replied, “Show a bit of respect, you were in nappies when I played my first Test match.” This reply from Waugh has been instilled in the memory of cricket fans since then.

5. Shut up Ya Johnson! (James Anderson and Mitchell Johnson)

<img class="size-full wp-image-402837" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Mitchell-Johnson-and-James-Anderson.jpg" alt="Mitchell Johnson and James Anderson" width="640" loading="lazy"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-402837" class="wp-caption-text">Mitchell Johnson and James Anderson. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The Ashes is probably the most ferocious competition in the sports world. The rivalry between Australia and England goes back more than 100 years in the past, with one team bossing the other. It’s cricket in its purest form and it just keeps getting better.

The Ashes has provided a number of unforgettable moments in cricketing history, be it the ‘Bodyline’ series or the 2005 Ashes in England. But the dual between James Anderson and Mitchell Johnson during the 2010-11 Ashes in Australia holds different regard all together. It happened on the first day of the 3rd Test Match of the series. At the non-striker end, Johnson called out the bowler James Anderson and said, “Why are you chirping now mate, not getting wickets?”.

Anderson, the highest wicket-taker of the series, soon silenced Mitchell Johnson as on the next ball itself he clean bowled Ryan Harris. It’s often said that the best way to reply sledging is to perform and James Anderson did just that. It wasn’t over. After picking the wicket, Anderson turned around to Johnson and showed him the ‘shush’ symbol, keeping his index finger on his lips. This incident is now marked forever in Ashes history.

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<p>Cricket, at its intense best, finds a way to get under anyone’s skin, be it the followers of the game or the players who play it. When it happens on the field, things get nasty. Sometimes, too nasty.</p>
<p>It’s a game in which thrill, passion, and emotion remain unparalleled. Cricket is incomplete without these. Through the course of time, sledging, too, has become an integral part of this beautiful game.</p>
<p>No one knows about the exact origin of the term ‘sledging’. Players use it often to intimidate the opposition while some also criticize it. Despite all that, it continues to find relevance in modern-day cricket.</p>
<h2>Here’s a list of 5 epic sledging incidents in cricket history</h2>
<h3>1. Hit me if you can! (Sachin Tendulkar and Abdul Qadir)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402834" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402834" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-402834" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Abdul-Qadir-and-Sachin-Tendulkar.jpg" alt="Abdul Qadir and Sachin Tendulkar" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402834" class="wp-caption-text">Abdul Qadir and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Imagine a 16-year old teenager batsman in his first-ever outing in limited-overs international cricket, up against a 34-year-old leg spinner, the best of his generation and at the peak of his prowess. What followed was, if not history, was the arrival of India’s best ever. The batsman was Sachin Tendulkar and the bowler, Abdul Qadir.</p>
<p>The first match of the India and Pakistan ODI series in 1989-90 was scheduled on 15th of December at Peshawar. Due to poor light, the official match was cancelled. For the sake of the crowd gathered in the stadium, both the countries decided to play a 20-over exhibition match. Pakistan batted first and made 157.</p>
<p>In reply, when Sachin Tendulkar hit Mushtaq Ahmad for two sixes in an over, Abdul Qadir came to him and said, “Bachchon ko kyon mar rahe ho? Hamein bhi maar dikhao” (“Why are you only hitting the kid? Hit me too.”) This charged up with the debutant and Abdul Qadir’s next over read: 6, 0, 4, 6, 6, 6. Unfortunately, India fell short of the target by a mere 4 runs.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>2. Want a biscuit, McGrath? (Eddo Brandes and Glenn McGrath)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402838" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402838" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-402838" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Glenn-McGrath-and-Eddo-Brandes.jpg" alt="Glenn McGrath and Eddo Brandes" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402838" class="wp-caption-text">Glenn McGrath and Eddo Brandes. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The 1996 Singer World Series was contested in Sri Lanka between Australia, India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The first match on 26th of August at Colombo saw Australia completely rout Zimbabwe out as they defeated them by a big margin of 125 runs. But this is not the reason that game is remembered.</p>
<p>Australia plucked out Zimbabwe’s ninth wicket at 120 and in walked Eddo Brandes. The game was all but won by Australia but Eddo wasn’t going down wondering and he decided to play his shots. A few minutes later, Glenn McGrath, the Australian pacer, casually asked Eddo, ”Why are you so fat?”</p>
<p>Eddo Brandes, the Zimbabwean bowler, didn’t miss the opportunity and quickly replied, “Because every time I make love to your wife, she gives me a biscuit.” Even Glenn McGrath was stunned by that snorter of a reply by Eddo. Interestingly, McGrath wasn’t married at the time. He married his first wife Jane in 1999.</p>
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<h3>3. I’ll rip your f**king throat out (Glenn McGrath and Ramnaresh Sarwan)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402836" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402836" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-402836" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Ramnaresh-Sarwan-and-Glenn-McGrath.jpg" alt="Ramnaresh Sarwan and Glenn McGrath" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402836" class="wp-caption-text">Ramnaresh Sarwan and Glenn McGrath. (Photo by Hamish Blair/Getty Images)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Glenn McGrath is one of the very few Australians you’ll not associate with sledging very often. Yet, here he was, in Antigua, 9 years the previous incident. It was the fourth and last match of the Test Series between the West Indies and Australia. The Kangaroos had already won the preceding 3 matches and were looking good for a fourth straight win.</p>
<p>Chasing a record 418 runs in the fourth innings, the West Indies trio of Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul dug in. When they were at 236/4, Glenn McGrath tried to break Sarwan’s concentration and asked him, “What does Brian Lara’s d**k taste like?”.</p>
<p>To this, Sarwan replied, “I don’t know, ask your wife”. This caught Glenn McGrath off-guard and he got angry, warning Sarwan, “If you f**king mention my wife again, I’ll f**king rip your f**king throat out.” Sarwan wasn’t aware that McGrath’s wife was suffering from cancer and this is why McGrath got troubled.</p>
<p>West Indies later went on to chase the target, a record which hasn’t been bettered till now.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>4. Hey, kiddo! (Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402835" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402835" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-402835" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Steve-Waugh-and-Parthiv-Patel-1.jpg" alt="Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402835" class="wp-caption-text">Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Parthiv Patel’s idea of unsettling Steve Waugh in his final Test innings by intimidating him didn’t go down as he would’ve liked. At the end, Steve Waugh ended up bossing him and saving the match for Australia, and thus the series.</p>
<p>The 2003-04 Indian Test tour of Australia was tied at 1-1 with the last game to be played in Sydney from 2-6 January 2004. The Aussies were set a near-impossible 443 to win on the last day of the Test match. When Waugh, the leading run-scorer in Test matches at that time, walked to the crease at 170/3, Parthiv Patel tried to distract his mind. The 18-year old Patel, with just the experience of 12 international Test matches, said, “Let’s see if you can play one of those famous slog-sweeps, and miss one.”</p>
<p>Steve Waugh, playing his final Test match didn’t like it and replied, “Show a bit of respect, you were in nappies when I played my first Test match.” This reply from Waugh has been instilled in the memory of cricket fans since then.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>5. Shut up Ya Johnson! (James Anderson and Mitchell Johnson)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402837" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402837" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-402837" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Mitchell-Johnson-and-James-Anderson.jpg" alt="Mitchell Johnson and James Anderson" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img>
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402837" class="wp-caption-text">Mitchell Johnson and James Anderson. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The Ashes is probably the most ferocious competition in the sports world. The rivalry between Australia and England goes back more than 100 years in the past, with one team bossing the other. It’s cricket in its purest form and it just keeps getting better.</p>
<p>The Ashes has provided a number of unforgettable moments in cricketing history, be it the ‘Bodyline’ series or the 2005 Ashes in England. But the dual between James Anderson and Mitchell Johnson during the 2010-11 Ashes in Australia holds different regard all together. It happened on the first day of the 3rd Test Match of the series. At the non-striker end, Johnson called out the bowler James Anderson and said, “Why are you chirping now mate, not getting wickets?”.</p>
<p>Anderson, the highest wicket-taker of the series, soon silenced Mitchell Johnson as on the next ball itself he clean bowled Ryan Harris. It’s often said that the best way to reply sledging is to perform and James Anderson did just that. It wasn’t over. After picking the wicket, Anderson turned around to Johnson and showed him the ‘shush’ symbol, keeping his index finger on his lips. This incident is now marked forever in Ashes history.</p>
<p></p>

<p>Cricket, at its intense best, finds a way to get under anyone’s skin, be it the followers of the game or the players who play it. When it happens on the field, things get nasty. Sometimes, too nasty.</p>
<p>It’s a game in which thrill, passion, and emotion remain unparalleled. Cricket is incomplete without these. Through the course of time, sledging, too, has become an integral part of this beautiful game.</p>
<p>No one knows about the exact origin of the term ‘sledging’. Players use it often to intimidate the opposition while some also criticize it. Despite all that, it continues to find relevance in modern-day cricket.</p>
<h2>Here’s a list of 5 epic sledging incidents in cricket history</h2>
<h3>1. Hit me if you can! (Sachin Tendulkar and Abdul Qadir)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402834" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402834" style="width: 640px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-402834" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Abdul-Qadir-and-Sachin-Tendulkar.jpg" alt="Abdul Qadir and Sachin Tendulkar" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402834" class="wp-caption-text">Abdul Qadir and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Imagine a 16-year old teenager batsman in his first-ever outing in limited-overs international cricket, up against a 34-year-old leg spinner, the best of his generation and at the peak of his prowess. What followed was, if not history, was the arrival of India’s best ever. The batsman was Sachin Tendulkar and the bowler, Abdul Qadir.</p>
<p>The first match of the India and Pakistan ODI series in 1989-90 was scheduled on 15th of December at Peshawar. Due to poor light, the official match was cancelled. For the sake of the crowd gathered in the stadium, both the countries decided to play a 20-over exhibition match. Pakistan batted first and made 157.</p>
<p>In reply, when Sachin Tendulkar hit Mushtaq Ahmad for two sixes in an over, Abdul Qadir came to him and said, “Bachchon ko kyon mar rahe ho? Hamein bhi maar dikhao” (“Why are you only hitting the kid? Hit me too.”) This charged up with the debutant and Abdul Qadir’s next over read: 6, 0, 4, 6, 6, 6. Unfortunately, India fell short of the target by a mere 4 runs.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>2. Want a biscuit, McGrath? (Eddo Brandes and Glenn McGrath)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402838" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402838" style="width: 640px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-402838" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Glenn-McGrath-and-Eddo-Brandes.jpg" alt="Glenn McGrath and Eddo Brandes" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402838" class="wp-caption-text">Glenn McGrath and Eddo Brandes. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The 1996 Singer World Series was contested in Sri Lanka between Australia, India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The first match on 26th of August at Colombo saw Australia completely rout Zimbabwe out as they defeated them by a big margin of 125 runs. But this is not the reason that game is remembered.</p>
<p>Australia plucked out Zimbabwe’s ninth wicket at 120 and in walked Eddo Brandes. The game was all but won by Australia but Eddo wasn’t going down wondering and he decided to play his shots. A few minutes later, Glenn McGrath, the Australian pacer, casually asked Eddo, ”Why are you so fat?”</p>
<p>Eddo Brandes, the Zimbabwean bowler, didn’t miss the opportunity and quickly replied, “Because every time I make love to your wife, she gives me a biscuit.” Even Glenn McGrath was stunned by that snorter of a reply by Eddo. Interestingly, McGrath wasn’t married at the time. He married his first wife Jane in 1999.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>3. I’ll rip your f**king throat out (Glenn McGrath and Ramnaresh Sarwan)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402836" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402836" style="width: 640px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-402836" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Ramnaresh-Sarwan-and-Glenn-McGrath.jpg" alt="Ramnaresh Sarwan and Glenn McGrath" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402836" class="wp-caption-text">Ramnaresh Sarwan and Glenn McGrath. (Photo by Hamish Blair/Getty Images)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Glenn McGrath is one of the very few Australians you’ll not associate with sledging very often. Yet, here he was, in Antigua, 9 years the previous incident. It was the fourth and last match of the Test Series between the West Indies and Australia. The Kangaroos had already won the preceding 3 matches and were looking good for a fourth straight win.</p>
<p>Chasing a record 418 runs in the fourth innings, the West Indies trio of Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul dug in. When they were at 236/4, Glenn McGrath tried to break Sarwan’s concentration and asked him, “What does Brian Lara’s d**k taste like?”.</p>
<p>To this, Sarwan replied, “I don’t know, ask your wife”. This caught Glenn McGrath off-guard and he got angry, warning Sarwan, “If you f**king mention my wife again, I’ll f**king rip your f**king throat out.” Sarwan wasn’t aware that McGrath’s wife was suffering from cancer and this is why McGrath got troubled.</p>
<p>West Indies later went on to chase the target, a record which hasn’t been bettered till now.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>4. Hey, kiddo! (Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402835" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402835" style="width: 640px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-402835" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Steve-Waugh-and-Parthiv-Patel-1.jpg" alt="Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402835" class="wp-caption-text">Steve Waugh and Parthiv Patel. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>Parthiv Patel’s idea of unsettling Steve Waugh in his final Test innings by intimidating him didn’t go down as he would’ve liked. At the end, Steve Waugh ended up bossing him and saving the match for Australia, and thus the series.</p>
<p>The 2003-04 Indian Test tour of Australia was tied at 1-1 with the last game to be played in Sydney from 2-6 January 2004. The Aussies were set a near-impossible 443 to win on the last day of the Test match. When Waugh, the leading run-scorer in Test matches at that time, walked to the crease at 170/3, Parthiv Patel tried to distract his mind. The 18-year old Patel, with just the experience of 12 international Test matches, said, “Let’s see if you can play one of those famous slog-sweeps, and miss one.”</p>
<p>Steve Waugh, playing his final Test match didn’t like it and replied, “Show a bit of respect, you were in nappies when I played my first Test match.” This reply from Waugh has been instilled in the memory of cricket fans since then.</p>
<p></p>
<h3>5. Shut up Ya Johnson! (James Anderson and Mitchell Johnson)</h3>
<figure id="attachment_402837" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-402837" style="width: 640px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-402837" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2020/02/Mitchell-Johnson-and-James-Anderson.jpg" alt="Mitchell Johnson and James Anderson" width="640" loading="lazy">
<figcaption id="caption-attachment-402837" class="wp-caption-text">Mitchell Johnson and James Anderson. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>
</figure>
<p>The Ashes is probably the most ferocious competition in the sports world. The rivalry between Australia and England goes back more than 100 years in the past, with one team bossing the other. It’s cricket in its purest form and it just keeps getting better.</p>
<p>The Ashes has provided a number of unforgettable moments in cricketing history, be it the ‘Bodyline’ series or the 2005 Ashes in England. But the dual between James Anderson and Mitchell Johnson during the 2010-11 Ashes in Australia holds different regard all together. It happened on the first day of the 3rd Test Match of the series. At the non-striker end, Johnson called out the bowler James Anderson and said, “Why are you chirping now mate, not getting wickets?”.</p>
<p>Anderson, the highest wicket-taker of the series, soon silenced Mitchell Johnson as on the next ball itself he clean bowled Ryan Harris. It’s often said that the best way to reply sledging is to perform and James Anderson did just that. It wasn’t over. After picking the wicket, Anderson turned around to Johnson and showed him the ‘shush’ symbol, keeping his index finger on his lips. This incident is now marked forever in Ashes history.</p>
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