LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 13: (L-R) Elizabeth Hurley and Shane Warne attends the screening of Tania Bryer's CNBC interview with former President Bill Clinton on March 13, 2013 in London, England.
Melbourne: Spin legend Shane Warne has termed the decision to dump four Australian cricketers, including vice-captain Shane Watson, from the team for not making presentations a ridiculous one.
......the issue of 4 players being unavailable for Australia selection due to not delivering homework or a report to the coach, the answer is simple. The Capt runs the team & in conjunction with the selectors picks the team. The Capt should always have final say. Ridiculous what's happening, Warne wrote on his official twitter page @warne888.
Throughout his illustrious career, Warne has never been a big advocator of coaches for the senior teams and had time and again questioned the then head coach John Buchanan's role behind the stupendous success of Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting's teams.
Former Australian cricket star Glenn McGrath sits still as a team from Madame Tussauds takes over 250 measurements along with exact colour matches of his eyes, skin tone and hair to make the final figure, in Sydney on February 13, 2013. The team will now fly back to the Madame Tussauds headquarters in London where they will take a further 800 hours to create and perfect McGrath’s figure before going on display along side fellow cricketing legend Shane Warne aT Madame Tussauds in Sydney.
Shane Warne, the angry man of Australian cricket, has a plan to fix the game Down Under. Today, on his website (www.shanewarne.com), he put out part I of that plan, which starts with selecting the right team, which naturally has to be done by the right group of selectors. The team, and the game, has to be managed by the right people as well, all of whom, in Warne's opinion, should be ex-cricketers.
He wants Mark Taylor, a player and captain he has always had a high regard for, to be the CEO or GM of Cricket Australia. And he wants Stephen Fleming to coach Australia. For an Aussie to pick a Kiwi is akin to blasphemy, but Warne has nothing but praise for Fleming, calling him the best opposition captain he played against.
Sydney: Shane Warne says he will unveil his own blueprint for the future of Australian cricket within 24 hours after a Twitter rant in which he described current high-performance managers as muppets.
In a further series of Twitter posts on Tuesday, the veteran leg spinner said Australian cricket is in disarray and called for the appointment of former cricketers to decision-making roles.
Warne appeared to be referring to Cricket Australia's current high performance manager, former Australia rugby international Pat Howard, when he made his criticisms. Warne said cricketers should be running the sport in Australia not ex-rugby or any other sportspeople. Please, seriously.
Former Australian international cricketer Shane Warne (L) looks on ahead of the men's singles semi-final between Britain's Andy Murray and Switzerland's Roger Federer on day twelve of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 25, 2013.
