Australia vs India
6 January 2025
Rishabh Pant and Pat Cummins engaged in a sustained verbal war throughout the Sydney Test as India, led by stand-in captain Pant, and Australia fought for the series in the final match.
England vs India
9 July 2014
James Anderson and Virat Kohli waged a fierce verbal battle throughout England's 2014 Test series, with Anderson targeting Kohli's technique against the swinging ball. The feud — and Kohli's early struggles — led to a transformation: Kohli scored 186 at Old Trafford to silence his critics and emerge as the player who would dominate world cricket for a decade.
Australia vs Pakistan
1991-01-01
The long-running verbal feud between Merv Hughes and Javed Miandad across multiple series produced cricket's most celebrated sledging exchanges, including the famous 'bus driver' insult and Miandad's mocking celebration when Hughes was dismissed.