Posts Tagged ‘Shane Warne’
“The Warne face now seems hauntingly unlined, skimmed with TV gloss, as though he alone exists in a parallel dimension of benevolent soft focus. Watching him bossing his Rajasthan Royals players around I assumed at first this was a brilliantly innovative import from his expertise at the card table: the skipper’s new unreadable poker face, ice cool even in the white heat of the most enervating Pot Noodle Moment Of Occasional Mild Tension” – The Guardian’s Barney Ronay either speculates unkindly or tries to spin an extended metaphor. Not sure which, actually.
“It’s a lack of respect for Test cricket. It’s disappointing that the captain of England decides to have a rest from a Test series, I can’t comprehend that… I hope they are not taking Bangladesh too easy because they can be quite strong” – watch out folks, here’s Shane Warne back at his post, fighting the Ashes air war on Ricky Ponting’s behalf. Stand by your beds!
“If England want to ruin Stuart Broad, it strikes me that they may be going the right way about it… He is a decent bowler and a reasonable batsman – just not an international all-rounder. By thinking that he is, England risk taking his focus away from what he is learning to do well, first and foremost to support frontline bowlers, then to chip in with runs” – Shane Warne continues to audition for the role of England selector.
“I think the Australians are lacking aggression, a bit of in your face, a snarl, some nasty stuff. I just want to see them get a bit more aggressive, it’s all a bit too friendly. They don’t seem to want to be saying anything to the batsmen, getting in their face or pumping their chests out” – Shane Warne offers the Australian side some tactical advice.
“I don’t think he has an obvious flaw in his technique” – Shane Warne on Kevin Pietersen (high praise indeed).
“Shane Warne’s wrong ‘un was about as subtle as his chat-up technique. But at the start of the 20th century, the googly was viewed as a sneaky piece of sophistry” – The Guardian on pre-Pietersen innovations that have caused the cricketing world to tut.
