In honour of Tino Best’s record high score for a number 11 batsmen of 95 runs, we give to you the video of Freddie Flintoff’s prediction that Tino wouldn’t be around in three years.

Mind the Windows Tino.

Its not often that we get to hear exactly just what the players are saying to one another, this is a great little video showing the kind of banter that has made Kumar Sangakarra a sledging legend.

“Watch the windows, Tino!”

This had the exact desired effect.

Best came charging out of his crease like a mad man. He took a wild swing at the ball, missed it completely and was promptly stumped by Geraint Jones.

The windows were safe. Tino walked off. Flintoff spent the next few overs giggling like a little schoolgirl.

Malcolm Marshall then proceeded to bowl out Anshuman Gaekwad and Dilip Vengsarkar for two ducks, setting the stage for Gavaskar to walk in at 0/2.

Viv Richards said “Man, it don’t matter where you come in to bat, the score is still zero.”

The Pakistani crows were holding up signs saying ”Hey kid, go home and drink milk” (Roughly translated)

Tendulkars response was to hit 2 sixes in on over from young leg spinner Mustaq Ahmed. Older leg spinner Abdul Qadir then threw his own challenge out to Tendulkar saying ”Why are you hitting kids? Try and hit me.”

Tendulkar again remained silenty and let his bat do the talking. He hit 4 sixes in the over.

6, 0, 4, 6, 6, 6.

Lilliee was bowling to Kim Hughes in the nets. Lilliee fired off a nasty bouncer towards his captain and fellow team mate. Hughes bareley managed to avoid it bouncing off his head.

Lilliee asked Hughes:

“Did I get you?”

Hughes responded “No, I’m alright”

“Then I’ll get you next time you bastard” replied a disappointed Lilliee

“I have seen God, he bats at number 4 for India”

(For those of you who couldnt figure it out, the number four in the Indian team at the time was Sachin Tendulkar)

“Today, I will hit you out of the ground”

It was part of the teams strategy to disrupt McGrath’s concentration. And it worked, MGrath ended up bowling 9 overs for 61 runs and India won by 20 runs.

Vaughan put Ponting in his place when he told him:

“Get back in the slips Ponting. Who do you think you are, Steve Waugh?”

“You just dropped the test mate”

Soon after, the Australian Captain was dismissed by Harbhajan Singh, and as Waugh walked off the pitch, Rahul Dravid said to him

“Who’s given away the test now?”

Ganguly Later wrote in his book “Ground Rules” of the incident

“Just before tea on the final day when they were only three wickets down, I dropped a sharp chance off Steve Waugh at backward short leg. Maybe if he had said nothing, the game would have drifted to a draw, the result that appeared to be its natural conclusion. But Waugh could not resist the chirp: `You just dropped the Test, mate.’ Sometimes sledging can work against you and, on this occasion, it had the effect of geeing up the Indians.”