Despite their potent on-field partnership and friendship off it, Glenn McGrath does not agree with Shane Warne’s outspoken views on their former captain Steve Waugh.
Warne had termed Steve Waugh as the “the most selfish cricketer I have played with.”
McGrath said: “I thought Steve Waugh was a great captain and a very good leader. He was a fantastic team-man and led by example.”
On Steve Waugh dropping Warne for the fourth and final Test of the 1999 series in the Caribbean, McGrath said: “Great captains have to make these decisions. It was a huge decision but Steve had to make it. In the end we won the Test and levelled the series.”
Australia won that Test at St. John’s, Antigua, by 176 runs, to draw the series 2-2. And Colin Miller, who replaced Warne, returned figures of 17-5-39-2 and 21-10-27-1, picking wickets and holding one end up.
“In the end, we won the Test,” McGrath said.
“Like Warnie, Steve too is my friend. But sometimes, tough decisions have to be made.”
McGrath also recalled that he got his great rival Brian Lara in both innings of that Test: caught behind for 100 in the first innings and leg-before for seven in the second.
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Waugh the most selfish cricketer that I’ve played with: Warne Warne spoke about his sacking from the final Test against the West Indies in 1999, with Australia trailing 1-2.
Waugh hits back at Warne jibe "You have got to do that at times and you have got to be prepared not to be liked by everyone," said Waugh.
Warne had termed Steve Waugh as the “the most selfish cricketer I have played with.”
McGrath said: “I thought Steve Waugh was a great captain and a very good leader. He was a fantastic team-man and led by example.”
On Steve Waugh dropping Warne for the fourth and final Test of the 1999 series in the Caribbean, McGrath said: “Great captains have to make these decisions. It was a huge decision but Steve had to make it. In the end we won the Test and levelled the series.”
Australia won that Test at St. John’s, Antigua, by 176 runs, to draw the series 2-2. And Colin Miller, who replaced Warne, returned figures of 17-5-39-2 and 21-10-27-1, picking wickets and holding one end up.
“In the end, we won the Test,” McGrath said.
“Like Warnie, Steve too is my friend. But sometimes, tough decisions have to be made.”
McGrath also recalled that he got his great rival Brian Lara in both innings of that Test: caught behind for 100 in the first innings and leg-before for seven in the second.
Also read:
Waugh the most selfish cricketer that I’ve played with: Warne Warne spoke about his sacking from the final Test against the West Indies in 1999, with Australia trailing 1-2.
Waugh hits back at Warne jibe "You have got to do that at times and you have got to be prepared not to be liked by everyone," said Waugh.
