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\nShane Warne thought of Steve Waugh as \u201cthe most selfish player\u201d and wanted to \u201cpuke\u201d at the \u201cbaggy green worship\u201d. The revelations and claims come from Warne\u2019s soon-to-be-released book \u2018No Spin\u2019, the extracts of which came out in The Times here.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll that worship of the baggy green some of the guys went with it, like Lang (Justin Langer), Haydos (Matthew Hayden) and Gilly , but it wasn\u2019t for me,\u201d Warne wrote.
\n\u201cThey loved it but, to be honest, they made me want to puke with it half the time. I mean, wearing it at Wimbledon! Who wears a green cricket cap to Wimbledon? It was just embarrassing! Mark Waugh felt the same. I don\u2019t need a baggy green to prove what playing for Australia means to me or to the people who watch us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The legendary spinner pulled no punches as he recalled his eventful time in the dressing room of a seemingly invincible Australian team. Warne spoke of the time he was dropped from the team in 1999 during a Test series against West Indies owing to lack of form and said he felt let down by his skipper\u2019s refusal to back him. \u201cI was the vice-captain and bowling pretty ordinary and Tugga opened the selection meeting between the two of us and Geoff Marsh, the coach, by saying, \u2018Warney, I don\u2019t think you should play this next Test\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSilence. \u2018Er, right,\u2019 I said. \u2018Why?\u2019 \u2018I don\u2019t think you\u2019re bowling very well, mate.\u2019 \u2018Yes… fair call,\u2019 I admitted. \u2018My shoulder is taking longer than I thought but it\u2019s close now. The feel is slowly coming back and then the rhythm will come, mate. I\u2019m not worried\u2019,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n
Warne said he got the backing of Marsh and selector Allan Border but Waugh stuck to his guns and asked for his omission. \u201cDisappointed is not a strong enough word. When the crunch came, Tugga didn\u2019t support me, and I felt so totally let down by someone who I had supported big time and was also a good friend,\u201d Warne wrote.<\/p>\n
The maverick spinner said he didn\u2019t respond too well to the dropping and \u201cconducted myself badly, to be honest\u201d. \u201cI wasn\u2019t that supportive of the team, which I regret. Looking back, this was probably a combination of the shoulder issue still eating away at me and the pure anger bubbling inside at Steve\u2019s lack of trust,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the first three Tests, at various times, some bowlers came to me, grumbling about Tugga\u2019s captaincy and field placements and stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said I was backing him to the hilt and if they had a problem with the captain they should see him direct. Perhaps because of this, I was deeply disappointed that he didn\u2019t back me in return,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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