Can sledging win you games?

Often the ECB and its assorted cohorts come out with statements that make you wonder whether they are living in the present.

 

Look at this recent example.

 

"Geoff Miller, the new national selector, says England will be allowed to sledge their opponents in next year's Ashes series, providing they do not go too far."

 

An incredible woolly headed statement. God save England if they believe that sledging is what it takes to win the Ashes.