Top 10 Ashes sledging incidents

Merv Hughes-Graham Gooch

Merv Hughes is someone who likes to ruffle up the opponent's feathers by getting under his skin. No one has been spared and even the great Viv Richards had some torrid time in dealing with the Aussie pacer's sledges.

In an encounter between Hughes and former England international Graham Gooch, the bowler was dominating the batsman and sent several deliveries whistling past the batter before having a staredown contest with the batsman. Hughes then exclaimed, "I’ll get you a f**king piano you Pommie poofta. Let’s see if you can play that."