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Shane Warne School of Cricket.

Sanz

Hall of Fame Member
Just how good this guy is as a captain, coach, leader etc. I think whoever decided to ignore Shane Warne for the captaincy of Australia, did a great favor to other teams. I mean one just shudders to think how much better the Aussie team would have been under him. There are talks that Warne is very keen on openning a spin Academy in India, I think why just a 'Spun Academy', he should open a 'Cricketing School' in India where he can teach cricket. I feel he wont have trouble finding sponsors for this venture.

The guy is 38, he leads a bunch of no names (and Graeme Smith) half his age, most of whom can't even speak the English language properly. Warne, didn't have to prove anything to anyone, just like other icons, he could have just taken the money and gone after few weeks. But not Warnie, that would have been very un-Warne-like thing to do. He has decided to earn his money, unlike those icons.

The Hindusan Times writes on Him :-

Captaining Jaipur in the IPL, Warne has taken everyone by storm. The players are imbued with purpose and credit their skipper's contagious energy for this. Youngsters just cannot get enough of him and the older pros regret not having rubbed shoulders with him earlier. As a captain, he is meticulous, understated, easygoing and inspirational.

He has bowled with guile, batted with purpose and captained with acuity. He mingles with everyone and is personally guiding each player.

On Wednesday, he said that he wanted to show the world what the youngsters in his team are capable of. That statement was forceful and encapsulated his desire and passion. His captaincy in the tournament, in a way, has transcended everything else.
 

Laurrz

International Debutant
I find it hard for anyone to dislike the Royals with Warneys captaincy...truly brilliant
and the kids in that team are hell lucky
 

Craig

World Traveller
Well it is no secret that he and Keith Miller are the two best guys never to captain Australia. Warne would of been captain had he not slept around, given pitch and weather information to a dodgy bookie, took a banned drug and a whole list of things and not dropping simple slip catches in the 2nd innings of the 5th Test that decided that match and the series there in England's favour :p

Otherwise he could bowl alright.
 

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Always been a big fan of Shane Warne the captain and player but, well, it was pretty obvious which way the ACB were going to go when he was in the running against Steve Waugh in 1998. As I've said in another post;

"In all honesty, I know it's a bit OT, but the best bloke I ever saw captain the Aussies, tactically-speaking, was Shane Warne. I remember watching a ODI in about 1998 where the Saffies were absolutely cruising when Steve Waugh went off the field for a bit because he was injured and Warnie took over. For the next 10 or so overs, the whole complexion of the game changed and if you ignored the score (SA were 2/plenty chasing a low score with two batsmen in and set), they suddenly looked in all sorts of trouble. Two things;

- Warnie's fields were interesting. He not only dried up all scoring options but retained enough attacking fielders to make the SA batsmen seriously look average. It was quite weird to see the game get turned on its head like that purely by fields which were very unusual.

- The rest of the team to a man got behind him. Suddenly the listless Aussie team were putting in, diving desperately for everything, the bowling was tighter, etc. A couple of wickets fell and SA, from a position of total dominance, looked as if they could lose the match.

Then Steve Waugh came back on the field, the game returned to business and usual and an easy win for SA resulted.

I know Ian Chappell was a fan of Warnie as captain instead of Waugh and there were plenty of others. Once the team started winning regularly, those criticisms faded but yeah Warnie as captain was something else. Whenever he took over, even for short periods, he looked the part. One of those things we'll never know for sure, unfortunately."

Warnie personifies the phrase 'leading by example'. It's why he's such an effective leader of men (and follower of women.....).
 

Sanz

Hall of Fame Member
I find it hard for anyone to dislike the Royals with Warneys captaincy...truly brilliant
and the kids in that team are hell lucky

And it is not without reason. The guy has been giving his 100 % as a captain. A lot of his RR players have trouble communicating in English, guess what, Warne has been trying to talk to them in their language (Hindi). Who comes to India and tries to learn a new language, that too just for a tournament that is 45 day long.

It is not easy for an aussie (as Chappell will tell you) to come to India and be successful and be able to enjoy the success. It is just amazing how he does it at the age of 38.
 

Craig

World Traveller
Always been a big fan of Shane Warne the captain and player but, well, it was pretty obvious which way the ACB were going to go when he was in the running against Steve Waugh in 1998. As I've said in another post;

"In all honesty, I know it's a bit OT, but the best bloke I ever saw captain the Aussies, tactically-speaking, was Shane Warne. I remember watching a ODI in about 1998 where the Saffies were absolutely cruising when Steve Waugh went off the field for a bit because he was injured and Warnie took over. For the next 10 or so overs, the whole complexion of the game changed and if you ignored the score (SA were 2/plenty chasing a low score with two batsmen in and set), they suddenly looked in all sorts of trouble. Two things;

- Warnie's fields were interesting. He not only dried up all scoring options but retained enough attacking fielders to make the SA batsmen seriously look average. It was quite weird to see the game get turned on its head like that purely by fields which were very unusual.

- The rest of the team to a man got behind him. Suddenly the listless Aussie team were putting in, diving desperately for everything, the bowling was tighter, etc. A couple of wickets fell and SA, from a position of total dominance, looked as if they could lose the match.

Then Steve Waugh came back on the field, the game returned to business and usual and an easy win for SA resulted.

I know Ian Chappell was a fan of Warnie as captain instead of Waugh and there were plenty of others. Once the team started winning regularly, those criticisms faded but yeah Warnie as captain was something else. Whenever he took over, even for short periods, he looked the part. One of those things we'll never know for sure, unfortunately."

Warnie personifies the phrase 'leading by example'. It's why he's such an effective leader of men (and follower of women.....).
Didn't he wax lyrical about how good of a captain Keith Miller would have been?
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Always been a big fan of Shane Warne the captain and player but, well, it was pretty obvious which way the ACB were going to go when he was in the running against Steve Waugh in 1998. As I've said in another post;

"In all honesty, I know it's a bit OT, but the best bloke I ever saw captain the Aussies, tactically-speaking, was Shane Warne. I remember watching a ODI in about 1998 where the Saffies were absolutely cruising when Steve Waugh went off the field for a bit because he was injured and Warnie took over. For the next 10 or so overs, the whole complexion of the game changed and if you ignored the score (SA were 2/plenty chasing a low score with two batsmen in and set), they suddenly looked in all sorts of trouble. Two things;

- Warnie's fields were interesting. He not only dried up all scoring options but retained enough attacking fielders to make the SA batsmen seriously look average. It was quite weird to see the game get turned on its head like that purely by fields which were very unusual.

- The rest of the team to a man got behind him. Suddenly the listless Aussie team were putting in, diving desperately for everything, the bowling was tighter, etc. A couple of wickets fell and SA, from a position of total dominance, looked as if they could lose the match.

Then Steve Waugh came back on the field, the game returned to business and usual and an easy win for SA resulted.

I know Ian Chappell was a fan of Warnie as captain instead of Waugh and there were plenty of others. Once the team started winning regularly, those criticisms faded but yeah Warnie as captain was something else. Whenever he took over, even for short periods, he looked the part. One of those things we'll never know for sure, unfortunately."

Warnie personifies the phrase 'leading by example'. It's why he's such an effective leader of men (and follower of women.....).
We, in India, have never seen Warne captain before. Not that I remember. Watching him in T20 was a revelation. Its not the best of places to assess a captain but what little one could see was very impressive.

I dont see what sleeping around with women has to do with leading a side. I could name some others who did both with distinction. Unless. of course, we are talking of leading the side and being caught during one's indiscretions.
 

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We, in India, have never seen Warne captain before. Not that I remember. Watching him in T20 was a revelation. Its not the best of places to assess a captain but what little one could see was very impressive.

I dont see what sleeping around with women has to do with leading a side. I could name some others who did both with distinction. Unless. of course, we are talking of leading the side and being caught during one's indiscretions.
Pretty conservative in Aus, really. Plus, Steve Waugh had been groomed as a future captain and had a good 5-6 years more Test experience than Warne so he was always up against it when the choice came down to him and Waugh. Waugh's clean-cut image was more palatable for the heirarchy and certainly it's gone that way for years (e.g. Boonie had ambitions to captain post-AB but Mark Taylor got the job).

Your second paragraph kills me. It'd be a great headline if Warne was 'leading the side' in an incident of ***ual congress. Can just imagine the glowing testimonials from his team-mates if he hooked them up like that!
 

Burgey

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It's also fair to say, in relation to Warne's short stints in charge of Australia, that he could afford to be uber aggressive because he had nothign to lose - not like he was an incumbent who'd be slaughtered for making overly aggressive decisions.

That said, I think he's a great skipper. He went up enormously in my estimation last night, purely for his spray of Ganghastly. Wonder how that measured on the "Spirit of Cricket scale they're using - tipping he didn't get many points.
 

honestbharani

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Warne is God.


As I said, he is now not just into my all time XI but the captain as well... Screw Bradman. I can manage with lesser batsmen if I have a captain as good as him. Hell, I can even manage with Asnodkar there..... :p ;)
 

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
I've only ever seen Warne captain in 3 one-day games for Hampshire and he got several things wrong to my mind in each of them.

Seems odd that this is the only experience I have of someone so many think so highly of as a captain.
 

weldone

Hall of Fame Member
Warne is God.


As I said, he is now not just into my all time XI but the captain as well... Screw Bradman. I can manage with lesser batsmen if I have a captain as good as him. Hell, I can even manage with Asnodkar there..... :p ;)
That might be your point of view...but I feel Bradman would have been a far far better role model than Warne (both on and off the field) which is a must for any cricket captain (let alone for an all-time XI)...

Having said that...it's my point of view and it's not necessary that everyone has to support...
 

weldone

Hall of Fame Member
But you are not some1 averaging near 100 in test cricket, attaining great successes as a test captain 'and a great role model'...right?
 
With all the due respect to great Shane Warne,captaining in a Twenty20 event can't be used to say how good someone could have been at test level,especially considering he is retired from international Cricket.
 

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But it's not just this tournament which has influenced opinion about Warne's captaincy.

Incidentally, I back Warnie's comments about Jadeja; he is awfully good. Looks the best by some distance of the non-international Indian batsmen I've seen in this tournament.
 
But it's not just this tournament which has influenced opinion about Warne's captaincy.

Incidentally, I back Warnie's comments about Jadeja; he is awfully good. Looks the best by some distance of the non-international Indian batsmen I've seen in this tournament.
I don't think a proven match fixer like Jadeja should be allowed to play any cricker reardless of how well he can do for his team.
 

Sanz

Hall of Fame Member
It is Ravinder Jadeja..:blink: Read before you post crap.

Besides, what has cricket got to do with Role Model. Are Ricky Ponting, Sourav Ganguly or the likes of Hansie Cronje, Md. Azharuddin etc are role model ?
 

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