Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Best Sledges in Cricket ....

Here's a collection of some awesome cricket sledges ....

Viv Richards v Greg Thomas:
This incident took place during a county championship match between Glamorgan and Somerset. Glamorgan quickie Greg Thomas had beaten Viv Richards' bat a couple of times and informed the legendary West Indian ace: " It's red, round and weighs about five ounces, in case you were wondering."
The very next ball was given the King Viv treament and smashed out of the ground, into a river - at which point Richards piped up: " Greg, you know what it looks like. Now go and find it."

Merv Hughes and Viv Richards:
Merv Hughes usually never short of a word while on the field, rarely keeps quite. During a test match in the West Indies Hughes didn't say a word to Viv, but continued to stare at him after deliveries. "This is my island, my culture. Don't you be staring at me. In my culture we just bowl." Merv didn't reply, but after he dismissed him he announced to the batsman: "In my culture we just say f*ck off. "

Ian Healy Vs Runatunga:
Ian Healy's made a legendary comment which was picked up by the Channel 9 microphones when Arjuna Ranatunga called for a runner on a particularly hot night during a one dayer in Sydney… "You don't get a runner for being an overweight, unfit, fat c*nt!"

McGrath to Ramnaresh Sarwan:
McGrath: "So what does Brian Lara's d*ck taste like?"
Sarwan: "I don't know. Ask your wife. "
McGrath (losing it): "If you ever F*&king mention my wife again, I'll F*cking rip your F*fing throat out."
(McGrath's wife was recovering from radiation therapy for secondary cancer at that time.)

Mark Waugh Vs Adam Parore:
Mark Waugh was standing at second slip, Adam Parore relatively new to cricket came to the crease played & missed the first ball.
Mark Waugh- "Ohh, I remember you from a couple years ago in Australia. You were sh*t then, you're fu*king useless now".
Parore- (Turning around) "Yeah, that's me & when I was there you were going out with that old, ugly sl*t & now I hear you've married her. You dumb c*nt ".

Ravi shastri v/s Mike Whitney:
It is common knowledge that Indian's usually don't resort to sledging, and the Aussies swear by it. In this rare ocassion the tables had turned and it was the Aussies who were at the receiving end.
Shastri hits the ball towards Mike Whitney (the 12th man in the game) and looks for a single, this guy gets the ball in and says:
Whitney: "If you leave the crease i'll break your f***ing head". Shastri didn't bat an eyelid before replying : " If you could bat as well as you can talk you wouldn't be the f***ing 12th man"

Robin Smith and Merv Hughes:
During 1989 Lords Test, Merv Hughes said to Robin Smith after he played and missed: " You can't f*cking bat". Simth replied, both with the bat and with words, he smashed Hughes to the boundry and said " Hey Merv, we make a fine pair. I can't f*cking bat and you can't f*cking bowl."

Hughes Vs Miandad:
The inimitable Merv Hughes has forgotten more about sledging than most people will ever know, so he was more than a little miffed to be on the receiving end in the 1991 Adelaide Test against Pakistan. Hughes and Javed Miandad almost came to blows after the Pakistani batsman dared to call big Merv a " fat bus conductor". But revenge was sweet for Hughes. A few balls later he finally got his man and as Miandad walked past, he could not resist shouting "Tickets, please!"

Viv Richards to Gavaskar: Gavaskar had decided to relinquish his opening position and come in at no 4 for that test. But, Malcolm Marshall fired out Anshuman Gaekwad and Dilip Vengsarkar for ducks, setting the stage for Gavaskar to walk in at 0/2. And he thought there would be less pressure! Viv Richards says "Man, it don't matter where you come in to bat, the score is still zero."

Raman Subba Row missed a sitter of a catch at slip off Fred Truman’s bowling, with the ball going through his legs.
Later, he went and apologized to Truman:
Subba Row: “Sorry Fred, I should have kept my legs together”
Truman: “Not you.. your mother should have”

Saturday, June 17, 2006

CEO's - Introverted or Extroverted ....

Here's an interesting article that talks about tendency for introversion among top CEO's ...

http://biz.yahoo.com/usat/060606/13582592.html

Art of Marketing ...

Two "New Russians" meet. One of them looks extremely happy and the other one wants to know the reason. The first one shares the secret -

"I have to tell you. It's all because of the elephant that I bought recently. It is so good that it has taken over all the work in the house. It cooks, does dishes, re-arranges stuff, vacuums the floor, does the laundry, irons clothes, drives children to school and at night acts as our security guard.."

"Stop!" says the second one, "You are kidding right.."

"No" the first one continues, "I am really blessed. Because of the elephant even our marital life is getting better as my wife is happy and relieved from the drudgery of house work. It is the best thing to happen to me"

The second one is now convinced and wants to buy the elephant too. The first one says that these kinds of elephants were never on sale and he was lucky to have chanced upon one. The second one badly wants the elephant now and start making offers to the first one to sell the elephant. The first one is not interested in selling upon the conclusion of a VERY lengthy negotiation session. The first one reluctantly agrees to sell the elephant for $8M. Both parties are happy.

A week passes by and they both meet again. The second one is visibly disturbed. When asked, he tells his sad story -

"I don't know what happened to the elephant. Something is terribly wrong. The elephant does NOTHING. It just eats and poops. My wife is already sick of cleaning up. We fight on this topic almost everyday.."

The first one says - "I don't know about the elephant but I have to tell you. With this attitude, you won't be able to sell the elephant to anyone."