Warne brands Cricket Australia bosses ‘muppets’

Jan 29, 2013 |

Melbourne

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Shane Warne

Legendary spinner Shane Warne has launched a scathing attack on Cricket Australia bosses, terming them “muppets” and criticised their rotation policy as “absolute rubbish”.

Warne was frustrated with the state of affairs in Australian cricket and seemed to single-out ex-Wallaby rugby star Pat Howard, who was appointed by CA in 2011 as high performance manager. Howard oversees the controversial rotation policy and Warne said that Cricket Australia needs to put current cricket people in the administration of the game rather than involving people from other sports.

“I think CA really need to look at the people who are making decisions on all facets of cricket in Australia, we r seriously becoming a joke!” Warne wrote in his twitter page last night. “Absolute rubbish re selections, rotations, resting & farcical decisions on matches, joke.. Dudding (cheating) the public & to(o) many excuses.. Wake up CA.

“Can CA please put current cricket people in charge to run the game, select teams, not ex rugby or any other sports people plse, seriously. “We have the best batsmen/captain in the world in @MClarke23 (Michael Clarke) - He needs current cricket people to help him out not muppets,” he wrote.

The 43-year-old reiterated his stand this morning but denied calling anyone ‘Muppets’ specifically and said he wants the best for Australian cricket.

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