Sledging
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Ind vs Aus: Matt Renshaw enjoys Kohli's 'toilet' sledge
Cricket | Mar 05, 2017, 09:37 PM ISTYoung Australian opener Matt Renshaw was left amused after Indian skipper Virat Kohli tried to unnerve Renshaw in a constant sledging. Kohli was on a sledging spree on day two of the second Test
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‘Don’t sledge Kohli, it will backfire’, Hussey warns Australia
Cricket | Feb 03, 2017, 02:52 PM ISTVirat Kohli will be Australia's "public enemy number one" during the upcoming Test series against India, according to former batsman Michael Hussey but he has advised Steve Smith and Co. not to sledge him as it would bring the best out of the Indian
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World Cup 2015: No sledging war with Warner, says Anderson
Cricket | Feb 13, 2015, 10:34 AM ISTMelbourne: England pace spearhead James Anderson says the team has no intention of provoking a sledging war with firebrand Australian opener David Warner in the high-profile cricket World Cup opener here tomorrow.Anderson, who has a
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Sledging was worse two decades ago: Flintoff
Cricket | Jan 22, 2015, 01:33 PM ISTLondon: The ICC's recently-promised crackdown on sledging might make it seem that players are behaving badly more often right now but former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff feels the on-field altercations were 10 times worse a
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Aaron Finch backs Warner over verbal confrontations
Cricket | Jan 21, 2015, 04:12 PM ISTAdelaide: Australian opener Aaron Finch has backed teammate David Warner over sledging saying the latter's ability to take on opponents verbally benefits the team.“Having a guy like that (Warner) in your team is fantastic,” Finch
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I would not like to see kids sledging on field: McGrath
Cricket | Jan 20, 2015, 09:50 PM ISTBrisbane: Former fast bowling great Glenn McGrath says playing with a passion was a must for cricketers but he would not appreciate if kids are involved in fiery on-field spats.In the ongoing India's tour of
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Don't cross the line in aggression: Lehmann
Cricket | Jan 19, 2015, 02:48 PM ISTMelbourne: Australian cricket coach Darren Lehmann today warned his wards against "crossing the line" in on-field aggression but conceded that the side would always "teeter pretty close" to the edge.The verbal spat between David Warner
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Verbal spats won't lead to punch-up: Root
Cricket | Jan 19, 2015, 02:33 PM ISTBrisbane: The continuing on-field spats among players do not make for a good sight says Joe Root but the England batsman is sure that it would never deteriorate into cricketers punching each other like in
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World Cup: No sledging, no nonsense, warns ICC
Cricket | Jan 23, 2015, 04:24 PM ISTWellington: Umpires and Match Referees have been given full authority by the International Cricket Council to take action against the players who misbehave or do any kind of sledging on the field.Cricketers taking part in
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Australia failed to pay tribute to Phillip by continuing sledging: Jonathan Agnew
Cricket | Jan 13, 2015, 01:43 PM ISTBBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew says the Australian cricket team have failed to live up to their intentions to pay tribute to Phillip Hughes by continuing their aggressive sledging on the field against India.The ex-English
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Australian PM Tony Abbott: I was a good sledger
Cricket | Jan 02, 2015, 12:34 PM ISTSydney: If “sledging” had been the sole criterion to get into a playing XI of a cricket team, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, by his own admission, showed enough expertise in that area to get
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We haven't started with Virat Kohli yet: Darren Lehmann
Cricket | Dec 31, 2014, 12:37 PM ISTMelbourne: Not the least bit annoyed with Virat Kohli's aggression both on and off the field, Australian cricket coach Darren Lehmann said the home side is liking the charged up atmosphere created by the newly-appointed
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Sledging saga in the 'Gentlemen's game'
Cricket | Jan 03, 2015, 11:23 AM ISTNew Delhi: Sledging and Cricket go together now a days. One seldom sees a series not marred by the sledging incidents. Latest is the Virat Kohli-Mitchell Johnson incident that happened in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2014.
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Kohli-Johnson verbal volleys continue
Cricket | Dec 29, 2014, 05:59 PM ISTMelbourne: A day after expressing his displeasure at Australia's on-field banter, India vice-captain Virat Kohli Monday once again had a go at Mitchell Johnson and apparently said something to the home team's pace spearhead as
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If Kohli wants to play aggressive, let him: Warner
Cricket | Dec 30, 2014, 04:44 AM ISTMelbourne: Unfazed by Virat Kohli's aggressive body language on the field and no-holds-barred criticism off it, Australian opener David Warner today said the Indian is free to play the way he wishes and the ICC
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No reason to respect Mitchell Johnson, says Virat
Cricket | Dec 29, 2014, 11:50 AM ISTMelbourne: After knocking third hundred of the series, Virat Kohli said he was left with no good reason to respect Mitchell Johnson and some of the other Australia players after verbal volleys throughout the day
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Ex-bowling coach Joe Dawes warns India to ignore sledging to beat Oz
Cricket | Dec 23, 2014, 04:33 PM ISTSydney: Former Indian cricket team bowling coach Joe Dawes has warned Mahendra Singh Dhoni's struggling men to ignore sledging if they want to beat Australia, claiming that the tourists have a good, young group of
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Allan Border: This is not summer to get involved in sledging
Cricket | Dec 05, 2014, 08:08 PM ISTMelbourne: Former captain Allan Border wants the current team to play "hard-edged Australian brand of cricket" in the memory of Phillip Hughes but at the same time urged them not to get involved in some
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Steve Smith: I was sledging, not chatting with Azhar Ali
Cricket | Nov 11, 2014, 01:08 PM ISTSydney: Australian batsman Steve Smith says his captain Michael Clarke may have misinterpreted his sledging with Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali during the second Test in Abu Dhabi as a friendly chat.Early in Pakistan's first innings,
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Ashes: Treat sledging as a compliment, says coach Gooch
Cricket | Dec 02, 2013, 08:25 PM ISTAdelaide: Graham Gooch has advised England's under-fire batsmen to treat sledging as a compliment. He is preparing his team for a Test they cannot afford to lose.The man who has seen everything in English cricket