Warne on Steve Waugh

[PaulP]

www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/shane-warne-hits-out-at-steve-waugh-the-most-selfish-cricketer-ive-played-with-20160209-gmpaj1.html

For our resident cricket boffins.

[dodge]

What is it about retired (mainly) sports people bagging other retired sports people, generally ex team mates or coaches?

I wish they didn't rely on book sales and crap shows for more $$, when they should just learn to disappear gracefully. Edit: Or if they want to stay in the spotlight,  do something good

[ElwoodBlues1]

Warnies cred after his dodgy foundation wound up ie 16c in the dollar reaching said charities isnt that great and South Africa (I'm a celeb get me out of here TV show) is a good place to hide from the limelight and throw crap at others when you have some friendly TV crew happy to air your trash for some headlines and ratings...

[ItsOurTime]

That was bizarre. Waugh did the right thing in dropping him but he's selfish for doing it?

[DJC]

There are times when Shane's cricket insights make a lot of sense.  The rest of the time it is pretty evident that he is far from being the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Warne is better off keeping his mouth shut, whenever he opens it he comes across as a buffoon. When you have blokes like Sam Newman and MBB agreeing with you a lot, you know you're in trouble.

[JonHenry]

Warne said before this show started he wanted to let Australia see the real Shane Warne.

Well these comments highlight exactly who he is.
Warne forgets to tell everyone he was coming back from injury and struggling. He says he was bowling well. Before the fourth test he had taken 2/268 in the previous 3 tests in the West Indies.

Australia were down 2/1 in the series. Lara was in amazing form.
Australia won the last test to draw the series.
Stuart McGill took match figures of 5/130
Colin miller took 3/66 and made 43.

[madbluboy]

Warne is better off keeping his mouth shut, whenever he opens it he comes across as a buffoon. When you have blokes like Sam Newman and MBB agreeing with you a lot, you know you're in trouble.

Have I missed something?

[Juddkreuzer]

There are times when Shane's cricket insights make a lot of sense.  The rest of the time it is pretty evident that he is far from being the sharpest knife in the drawer.

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I love Warnies commentary on matches but the crap he spews away from the commentary box really undoes all that good work.

[LP]

Warne isn't the first past player to comment about Waugh, he's been indirectly accused of captaining for the benefit of his own statistics on more than one occasion. I've heard two such comments directly in person at sportsmen's nights. In retrospect they sum the situation up as Waugh being the direct opposite of Mark Taylor, Taylor many believe to be the equal best of any captain Australia has ever had!

I'd always thought Waugh was over-rated. He is nowhere near the best captains Australia had, he was a good batsmen without being exceptional or damaging. His fielding was good without being exceptional. For example Ponting had him covered in most areas on a like for like basis.

At the time Waugh was given the nod Australian cricket was being dominated by the relationship between the NSWCB and MCC, it still partially is the case.