Petulant Warne looks silly
Perhaps Murali should have been tested in match conditions. Going topless at the University of WA and wearing glow stickers isn’t exactly replicating the pressure and fatigue of a test match. However the timing of this needling from Shane Warne, with Murali about to overtake Warne on the greatest wicket takers list, makes Warne looks petulant.
Makes Warne look sad.
Warne has previously needled Murali about his record against minnow countries Zimbabwe and Bangladesh (Murali has 163 wickets against those nations, Warne has 17). A fair point given Warne’s strike rate is better against the rest of the world, while the averages of the pair would be far closer. Scheduling isn’t Murali’s fault though, and it could be argued though that if Warne hadn’t taken that diuretic, he wouldn’t be stuck on 708.
Now, out of nowhere, Warne has entered the chucking debate.
Why has it taken 12 years and 702 wickets for Warne to voice this desire to have Murali tested in match conditions? Why the same week that Murali could become number one? And how exactly does that happen? Does the shirt come off and glow stickers come out for the final session?
In any case, the rules have been changed for Murali, so the debate is finished. People need to move on.
Warne always maintained he didn’t play for records. His rah-rah football team mentality a perfect illustration that Warne was a results man first and foremost.
That was while he was playing.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to believe that losing this record, held by Warne for three years, is not hurting.
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