Maybe Shane Warne wanted to take some of the attention away from Australia’s embarrassing innings defeat to England in the second Ashes Test last week, or maybe he simply wanted his ego massaged for a while, but either way he was remarkably slow in quashing the rumours that he was in the frame for a shock recall for their next outing.
Despite being kept busy with both his work as a commentator for Sky Sports and with his new talk show for Channel 9 in Australia, the spin legend has been touted by some Cricket Betting as a replacement for both misfiring bowler Xavier Doherty and captain Ricky Ponting, with many sections of the media suggesting that the current captain would be better off were he to concentrate solely on his role as a batsman.
Peter Fitzsimons, a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald, led the backlash against Ponting, and following his suggestion that Warne be instated as captain in a three-Test comeback, Cricket Odds of 6-1 were floated by some bookmakers that such a situation may arise, but it appears that Warney has now hushed any rumours of this nature.
Despite describing himself as being “flattered” at these suggestions, he has effectively ruled himself out of contention by suggesting Michael Beer be called up instead – and he duly has been.
Despite not being neither captain, nor selector, is seems that he still holds a great deal of sway in the future of Australian cricket, but it would appear that for now at least, he won’t be letting his fingers do the talking. Plus those Big Macs and hair implants aren’t going to sell themselves are they
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