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Sledging

I discovered today that the term "sledging" is not widely known outside of Australia! Basically - in my own words - it's a term that means: saying things to or about an opponent that are derogatory.

In cricket, quite often the fielders will "talk" about the batsman to put them off or to distract them. I.e.: sledging.

Apparently a near equivalent for US readers - in sporting terms - would be "trash talking" or "mud slinging".

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Posted: Feb 13 2003, 02:55 PM by digory | with 5 comment(s)

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Ben Richardson said:

How good was Symonds 143!!
# February 12, 2003 6:16 AM

Darren Neimke said:

It was great. I'll bet that he got sledged a bit ;) and probably did some "trash-talkin'" of his own after that knock.
# February 12, 2003 6:19 AM

Deepak Sharma said:

Now it get's interesting. .Net mixed with Cricket. Yeah, I like it. Symonds century was great. More so because you guys defeated Pakistan. I am an Indian. You know what I mean...:) So, Sledging is known to me. That is what every Fast bowler and wicketkeeper does...Right? :)
# February 12, 2003 6:52 AM

Darren Neimke said:

It's not so much the mixing of Cricket and .NET as the recognition that we are a diverse community :-)
# February 12, 2003 7:03 AM

Greg said:

I will have to do some sledging on the tennis courts this weekend! I also call this 'playing mind games' with your opponent. Like in tennis, if your opponent is serving really good, on the next change over you make a comment "Wow, you are serving really good today..have you changed something in your serve?" Then, they can't serve anymore because they are now thinking about it!

# February 12, 2003 2:27 PM
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