Sledging

"I don't like the word sledging but what I would say is we will be trying as hard as possible to make all their batsmen feel as uncomfortable as possible in the middle - and he is no exception to that," Strauss said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The sledging is funny, even BBC news and weather presenters thought it was entertaining and said they would like to do the same. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

All the public comment about the cops sledging is really positive. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

In the severest cold they indulge in sledging parties, either by day or with torches at night. ❋ Unknown (1903)

In cricket they call it "sledging", and I came across numerous examples of it when I read the former Australia international Shane Warne's autobiography last year. ❋ Unknown (2011)

However much of good I may write of Wilson, his many friends in England, those who served with him on the ship or in the hut, and most of all those who had the good fortune to sledge with him (for it is sledging which is far the greatest test) will all be dissatisfied, for I know that ❋ Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1922)

The Ashes 2010: Strauss and Ponting lock horns over Anderson 'sledging' ❋ Paul Hayward (2010)

To gain prescription privileges is to open the door to losing that expert position in the future. loosethesmacktalk: Why accept a culture of 'sledging' or 'smack talk' fullstop. ❋ Unknown (2010)

AB: What about the "sledging" some teams implement, especially Australia? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Taylor also urged skiers to check their level of activity cover if they wish to enjoy some of the other activities often available such as sledging, snowmobiling or tobogganing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's been interesting to hear about all the "sledging" that the home players were doing to distract the Lions. the hooker du Plessis seemed to think coming over all aggressive to BOD would throw him off his game, but according to the Leinster star's column in the Guardian, he stood his ground. ❋ HARPIN' ON RUGBY (2009)

Ricky Ponting's Ashes tourists will not be operating under a 'sledging' gag against England this summer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Having decamped to Durban to prepare with his team-mates for the second match of four at Kingsmead, starting on Boxing Day, Trott made it clear any attempts at 'sledging' simply have no effect on him. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact, the more I think about this, the more I suspect that his opponents will be rather scared of running against him or for that matter, sledging or directly attacking him at all. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Were they hoping he was going to flounce off, rather than spend a notice period sledging them? ❋ Ian Tucker (2010)

Some good, honest, old-fashioned sledging between the Aussies and the Poms in the inevitable phoney war is just what we want in this climate. ❋ Vic Marks (2010)

A law graduate, he also writes about the sport, and is known as one of the game's smartest, wittiest exponents of the art of sledging—trying to distract opposing batsmen by making rude comments about them. ❋ Richard Lord (2011)

There's yet to be sledging between the two men, but Titchmarsh provides enough subtle needle to be going on with in an interview in Radio Times; asked if it's true that he was invited to return to rescue the BBC show, he replies "I can't comment, it would be unkind", adding when pressed "I'm not going to say I wasn't offered it". ❋ Unknown (2011)