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Its immeasurable to how much of an effect it had on them winning. It seemed to have an effect on Wagner getting Shah but I cant say either way.Must be why they won.
On a semi-relevant subject Wagner strikes me as a bit of a knob anyway.
I rate his ticker but f*** me how he gets wickets continually bowling 135km bouncers when the batsmen know his plan has got me buggered.
You're right though, when you describe Wagners bowling it sounds innocuous. Maybe there is something outside his bowling that gives him an extra edge? Maybe its his intimiatry nature which involves an amount of sledging? I don't know but I certainly wouldn't dismiss it as having no effect.
Sledging happens in every sport and some people are effected by it (both positively and negatively) and some aren't. Johnathan Thurston and the QLD team used to constantly sledge Mitchell Pearce at every opportunity in State of Origin. Harry Taylor is apparently one of the great sledgers. Its just more noticeable in cricket because its the centre of the action as usually nothing else is happening while it is going on.
Hell PhatBoy you are actually one of the great sledgers on this board (thats a compliment). Your prolific use of the word * and creative variations on insults always give me a good chuckle.