Legendary leg spinner Shane Warne never shared a very friendly relationship with Steve Waugh when they played together for Australia. Warne has once again displayed his contempt for Steve Waugh by calling him the most selfish cricketer he ever played with.
Warne made the remark while responding to a stat on Twitter which talked about the number of times Waugh was involved in run-outs during his international career.
“Wow ! So S Waugh was involved in the most ever run outs in test cricket (104) & ran his partner out 73 times – is that correct? Mmmmmmmmm,” he tweeted.
Wow ! So S Waugh was involved in the most ever run outs in test cricket (104) & ran his partner out 73 times – is that correct ? Mmmmmmmmm https://t.co/TpEnbnDG1q
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) May 15, 2020
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He then said in a later tweet: “For the record AGAIN & I’ve said this 1000 times – I do not hate S Waugh at all. FYI – I picked him in my all time best Australian team recently. Steve was easily the most selfish cricketer that I ever played with and this stat…….”
For the record AGAIN & I’ve said this 1000 times – I do not hate S Waugh at all. FYI – I picked him in my all time best Australian team recently. Steve was easily the most selfish cricketer that I ever played with and this stat……. https://t.co/QMigV788L7
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) May 15, 2020
Despite the number of years, the pair shared the dressing room in the dominant Australian team of the late 1990’s Warne and Waugh share a frayed relationship ever since Warne was dropped during a Test tour of the West Indies in 1999. Warne had previously called Waugh selfish in his 2018 autobiography as well.
“Steve Waugh was the most selfish player I ever played with and was only worried about averaging 50,” he had said in the book.
